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Shin Megami Tensei V for Nintendo Switch Celebrates Halloween With Pyro Jack (Jack O’Lantern) Trailer

Atlus is releasing trailers about Shin Megami Tensei V's demons, and today's video has been delivered with perfect timing to celebrate Halloween.

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Atlus is releasing a massive sequence of trailers dedicated to Shin Megami Tensei V’s demons, but today’s video has been delivered with perfect timing to celebrate Halloween.

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This time around we get to see Pyro Jack, known in Japan as Jack O’Lantern, inspired by Irish folklore and traditionally tied to Halloween. It has been part of the Shin Megami Tensei franchise since Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II in 1990.

You can watch it in action below.

You can also enjoy more recent trailers from this series about demons including IncubusIppon-DataraObaryonTsuchigumoMokoiMoh ShuvuuMishagujiYoshitsune, AzumiRaja NagaKaliNornAquansOkuninushiSeiryuKing Frost, KohryuYaksiniAmonKaya-no-HimeIdunValkyrie, and Ouyamatsumi.

Shin Megami Tensei V releases for Nintendo Switch on Nov. 12, 2021. If you’re unfamiliar with it, you can enjoy and a brief official description below, hinting at the story.

“When a grisly murder scene in modern-day Tokyo blocks our protagonist’s walk home, an unplanned detour leaves him buried and unconscious.

He awakens in a new Tokyo, a wasteland ravaged by apocalypse now called Da’at… but before bloodthirsty demons can claim his life, a savior emerges, and they unite to become a mighty being neither human nor demon: a Nahobino.

With newfound power, the protagonist ventures through Da’at, an enigmatic realm filled with mythical deities and demonic tyrants in constant conflict for survival. Searching for answers, the protagonist must forge his own path in a battle between light and dark to dictate the fate of the world.”

If you want to see more, you can enjoy the latest promotional videothe previous two gameplay trailersanother trailermore promotional videos, another recent trailer, two trailers showing characters and combat featuresthe story traileran earlier promotional video, another trailer from a Nintendo Directthe latest gameplayprevious screenshotseven more images, and the latest gallery.

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