Why no SMT in the name?

[Zell 427]

Thought this was something completely unrelated but then i saw the SMT monsters soooooo wtf? lol

[HeartBreak]

I think calling it Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers 2 would be a mouthful

[William Shakesman]

Same reason they don't call Shin Megami Tensei "Persona: Shin Megami Tensei" since it's a Persona spinoff

[hunvagy2]

Originally posted by William Shakesman:

Same reason they don't call Shin Megami Tensei "Persona: Shin Megami Tensei" since it's a Persona spinoff

That would be the other way around. SMT is the mainline, Persona is the spinoff.

[it's love]

Originally posted by hunvagy2:

Originally posted by William Shakesman:

Same reason they don't call Shin Megami Tensei "Persona: Shin Megami Tensei" since it's a Persona spinoff

That would be the other way around. SMT is the mainline, Persona is the spinoff.

hook line and sinker

[FhqwhTODD]

Originally posted by Maid Enjoyer:

I think calling it Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers 2 would be a mouthful

Why would they suddenly care when things like: "Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Demon Compendium Second Collection" Exist?

[Michel Baie]

Originally posted by Gottkaiser Fhqwhgod:

Originally posted by Maid Enjoyer:

I think calling it Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers 2 would be a mouthful

Why would they suddenly care when things like: "Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Demon Compendium Second Collection" Exist?

Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Summoner : Raidou Kuzonoha vs The Soulless Army entered the chat

They didn't even bothered to have everything in the side of the PS2 box and cut the SMT part, but it's still right there on the front.
French edition, so your own copy may differ.

[matteste]

Originally posted by Maid Enjoyer:

I think calling it Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers 2 would be a mouthful

"Ignore when people say that the length of a game's title is not important, that a title should just convey what the game is about. They're just jealous theirs isn't as long."
--Atlus, announcing Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon

[khaychi]

The SMT name sure would generate a tiny bit of buzz around it. So far i've seen zero advertisement besides a trailer on the YT Sony Playstation channel and the 10 second Summer Game Fest trailer.

Well, it's Atlus doing Atlus things. As usual.

[Stoibs]

Originally posted by kc:

The SMT name sure would generate a tiny bit of buzz around it. So far i've seen zero advertisement besides a trailer on the YT Sony Playstation channel and the 10 second Summer Game Fest trailer.

Well, it's Atlus doing Atlus things. As usual.

There was like an entire Hour of gameplay on this during gamefest, I'm surprised so little people saw or are mentioning it.
Honestly as a casual newbie to SMT it was watching that which got me onboard and pretty much made me hyped for picking this up.

[Monterossa]

Marketing reason. Even on Japanese Steam, it's just ソウルハッカーズ2.

They pick the name that will help selling the game. Most people doesn't know what Shin Megami Tensei means anyway.

[Candyman2000]

Smt part that was tagged on to so many spinoffs was done only for markets outside of japan. Also at this point people need to drop the smt is the mainline stuff cause i'm afraid that ship has sailed everything is persona now even if its titled otherwise.

[Derosani]

It's more a spin off of Persona at this point :^)

[Moon Rabbit]

Least it isn't Square-Enix with their goofy nonsense.

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 5-2.8: Operatic Omnian Fantastique Agito Crystalician Orwellian Dream Drop Promise Rainbow Connection

[Zell 427]

Originally posted by Moon Rabbit:

Least it isn't Square-Enix with their goofy nonsense.

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 5-2.8: Operatic Omnian Fantastique Agito Crystalician Orwellian Dream Drop Promise Rainbow Connection

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 5-2.8: Operatic Omnian Fantastique Agito Crystalician Orwellian Dream Drop Promise Rainbow Connection *Final Cut

there , fixed it for ya

[OverKill]

Because it's a not a Shin Megami Tensei game, it's a Devil Summoner game.
Yes I'm aware the first Devil Summoner game had SMT in Japan, that doesn't really matter. It doesn't help that Atlus West added fuel to the fire by putting SMT on literally everything they released after Shin Megami Tensei III up to Persona 4 The Golden.
They're all a seperate sub-series of Megami Tensei.