New Soul Hackers 2 Trailer Reveals Asura and His Friends

Atlus has released another trailer revealing one of the demons that will be included in the upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2.

This trailer is another of those showing a Sabbath, which is a special bonus attack that lets you unleash all your demons under certain conditions. That being said, it also reveals Asura, whom we hadn’t seen before

He originally debuted all the way back in the original Megami Tensei and also appeared in the recent Shin Megami Tensei V.

You can check the trailer out below.

Soul Hackers 2 launches for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC ( both on Steam and on the Windows Store) on August 26, just one day after the Japanese release on August 25.

You can check out the original trailer, plenty of screenshots, a second gallery, more images, even more screenshots, another gallery, one more, a video explaining the gameplay, another, one more, a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth, on top of tons of gameplay, another trailer revealing the English cast, one about the world, one about the DLC, and one in English about the characters.

You can also watch the previous daily trailers including one showcasing Bar Heidrun, one showcasing Baphomet, one showcasing Norn, one featuring Nekomata, one showcasing Ramenya, one revealing Silky, one featuring Inanna, one revealing Doppelganger, one showcasing a Sabbath, one revealing Nigi Mitama, one showing off Halphas, one focusing on Lilith, and one showing Parvati.

Here’s how Atlus officially describes the game:

“Soul Hackers 2 inherits the essence of Devil Summoner: Soul Hacker, while evolving the game concept with a more defined art style, addictive RPG gameplay and ATLUS’s next-level storytelling. Set in the Shin Megami Tensei universe, Soul Hackers 2 follows a brand new story about two Agents of Aion, Ringo and Figure, and their fight to stop the destruction of the world.

Produced and directed by Eiji Ishida and Mitsuru Hirata, other featured staff includes music composed by MONACA, character designs by Shirow Miwa and Production Manager Shinjiro Takata.”

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