Shin Megami Tensei/Trivia

General Information

 * There are only three Shin Megami Tensei games that allow the player to begin and end the game as a girl. They are Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, Shin Megami Tensei: if......, and the recent PSP remake of Persona 3. Note that only in the first example is being female mandatory.
 * There is actually a fourth game where this is possible, the entirely unknown Shin Megami Tensei NINE, also having a pseudo-MMORPG style that would be fully realized in Shin Megami Tensei: IMAGINE five years later.
 * Curious about why Cereberus's design has only one head? This design choice is a tradition that remained from the original novel's depiction.
 * Big Name Fan: The artwork of Kazuma Kaneko has earned quite a few fans all over, most notably Hirohiko Araki, the creator of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. This also holds true in reverse with Kaneko himself being a fan of Araki.
 * Cash Cow Franchise: The Persona spinoffs, more specifically Persona 3 and Persona 4 have become some of Atlus' most popular properties. They got so popular, they even started to drop the "Shin Megami Tensei" label.
 * Fan Nickname: The protagonists of Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army, Nocturne, Persona, Persona 3, and Persona 4 are nameless in the game, but fans often use the names given to the characters in various manga and drama CD's based off the games.
 * The protagonist of Shin Megami Tensei: if... was also named like this at first, until she was given a name (and a definite gender) in Persona 1.
 * Franchise Killer: More like Subseries Killer, but Ronde for the Sega Saturn ended up completely killing off the Majin Tensei subsidies.
 * No Export for You: Several of the games have this issue. Considering the massive issues some of these deal with, it's fair to say it is quite justified.
 * Sequel First: Jack Bros., an obscure Virtual Boy Gauntlet clone spin off, was the first game in the series to be come to the US with many of the games.

Persona 3

 * One of the items obtainable from vending machines is called "Cielo Mist", a drink made in Jamaica. This is a reference to the character Cielo from Digital Devil Saga, who spoke with a Jamaican accent.
 * Also, the Kirijo company was part of the Nanjo group from the first Persona game, as stated by Mitsuru's father.

Persona 4

 * If one is able to, they are able to access a dungeon that must be cleared by December 24th, 2011. This is almost one year to the before the Mayan calendar ends.