It's going to be quite some time until we get our hands on Shin Megami Tensei V, but it does seem the bulk of development is now underway. While the dev team starts the heavy lifting, Famitsu sat down with producer Kazuyuki Yamai to get a feeling of what experience we can expect from the final game.

the team has gotten an idea of how the game's story and systems will work
the team is at a stage where some characters can be moved around
the real meat of development is starting from here on
it will be some time before there will be any more news
the series appears to have 3 generations of players following it
there's the fans from the NES/SNES, the fans who started with SMT III, and those who came in with IV and IV Final the goal is to make SMT V a game that can be enjoyed be all generations, while also being appealing to current gamers
the team is aiming to make something completely new, but fundamentally SMT-like
SMT asks the player if they really want to save the world, and it's a "life simulator" RPG
they are trying to make SMT V a game that people at the end of the 2010's can empathize with

SMT V will be representing new values

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