Shin Megami Tensei/Awesome

Shin Megami Tensei II
"Satan: "O Lord, my judgment is not yet complete. There is one more not amongst the chosen that must be judged...one that has committed the grave sin of genocide...yes, Lord, the one I must now judge...is the one, highest god, my creator... You, YHVH!""
 * Why has the original series not gotten enough credit? Okay, let's explain it. You...kill...God. And Satan. And pretty much everybody in your way. This is one of the original Omnicidal Neutral games.
 * Considering that YHVH is depicted in this game as an S-class Complete Monster, his destruction definitely warrants a spot here. From the Aeon Genesis translation:

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

 * Thor (yes, that Thor)
 * When weak rich girl Chiaki . Watch it here.
 * Another unseen CMoA for poor Chiaki: The reason she received a pulsing demonic arm from Gozu-Tennoh was because
 * Holy crap, I've played the game three times and never noticed that she . Seconding the Crowning Moment.
 * Though, there is one rather morally ambiguous awesome moment:
 * Whenever  uses Fire of Sinai. The Evil Laugh before it seals the deal.
 * Destroying  and seeing him rage and curse, in either   And then comes the True Final Boss...
 * This troper got into SMT after seeing what she thought was the first crowning moment of the game- How's that for a game intro?
 * Dante's jump from the Mantra Headquarters down to the main character was very interesting, considering that when you can later do the same, it leaves you with 1 HP.

Persona

 * Kei Nanjo, spoiled little rich kid who's embarrassed by Yamaoka's (his butler) constant attention, sees him injured on the floor after a zombie attack. Nanjo cries for him, realizing the old man treated him more as his family than anyone in the Nanjo clan, and when Yamaoka dies, Nanjo snaps and flies in a rage so powerful it awakens his Persona.
 * Kei Nanjo, spoiled little rich kid who's embarrassed by Yamaoka's (his butler) constant attention, sees him injured on the floor after a zombie attack. Nanjo cries for him, realizing the old man treated him more as his family than anyone in the Nanjo clan, and when Yamaoka dies, Nanjo snaps and flies in a rage so powerful it awakens his Persona.

Persona 2

 * Innocent Sin has Eikichi's Take a Level In Badass moment loaded with this, with a healthy side order of heartwarming. He's getting beaten up by four guys while some loser is holding a knife to his former girlfriend . He takes the beating, but when the asshole with the knife attempts to cut her, he throws all four goons off effortlessly and beats the fail out of the bastard with the knife. The heartwarming part is this:
 * Decking Philemon for the crap he's made everyone pass through.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army

 * Raidou whacking  upside the head with a bottle at the soda joint.
 * Also a Crowning Moment of Funny, as said spoilered fellow was in full Leisure Suit Larry mode.
 * Also in Raidou: For this troper, it was this moment. He does not even blink!. (Warning: pre-Ep. 3 spoiler; very new players may want to avoid.)
 * He totally blinks. 1:29 minute mark.
 * Huh. Missed that somehow. Well, either way, still gets CMOA points for, y'know, not showing the slightest bit of fear with this thing right in his face.
 * And again here, starting at 0:40. He watches a second giant robot battleship rise from the water after the first one levels half the city, and he's completely unimpressed.
 * Good ones. But few really compare to the moment Sukuna-Hikona decides to stop playing and plays on a big screen he summoned the awesome scene of the Soulless God Battleship drifting into the Capital's harbor... and immediately deploy its bipedal combat form. Horrific? Sure. Awesome? OF COURSE.
 * And the ending, where

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha VS King Abaddon

 * Raidou at the end of any boss battle. He flourishes his sword, then sheaths it as he turns his back to his enemy and completely ignores it while it explodes into green energy. This crazy shit is all in a day's work for Raidou Kuzunoha.
 * The final battle against itself, which has Raidou literally cutting his way through the embodiment of despair, jumping on top of it to dismantle its defenses and taking it down once and for all,showing   that underestimating humanity was not the smartest move to make.
 * Even more awesome when you realize that during the final phase of the final boss battle, the game's Main Theme plays throughout!
 * Also,the Heroic Sacrifice pulls of near the end of the game and the subsequent resolution by   count as well.
 * Raidou and Taotie teaming up to.

Digital Devil Saga

 * The end of what this Troper likes to call, "The Journey of the Blue Prince and the Red Prince", when,
 * Don't forget Cielo
 * Gale earns his own CMoA after

"Heat: Bring it ON!!"
 * And of course,

"Heat:, so get your snobby bitch-ass out of the way!"
 * That's it? Come on! Heat has a WAY better line in that scene:


 * Two for the player: . Nintendo Hard boss in comparison to a game series that is already Nintendo Hard? You seriously can't say that you don't feel like the biggest badass ever after kicking their asses. No matter how many times it took you.

Digital Devil Saga 2

 * The introduction, before the events of the game even starts, Serph is navigating the now devoid of life real world and stops in front of a statue with a gun in its mouth. He is surrounded by Karma society troops immediately after that. The following scene was the single most badass display that cements the reason why he is the leader of the Embryon.
 * Roland's first appearance in the game starts with a nihilistic Crowning Moment of Awesome, moves onto a badass Crowning Moment of Awesome,, and ends with a enlightened Crowning Moment of Awesome when he
 * When Sera . Go Sera! Go Sera! I knew you weren't useless.
 * In the flashback,
 * Cielo's moment to step up comes when
 * The later half of the game is full of Crowning Moments of Awesome for the entire supportive cast!! And this here is getting into serious spoilers,
 * Argilla and Ronald
 * Gale
 * Cielo's
 * Even Heat's
 * Even Heat's

Devil Survivor

 * The Main Character pulls one off on the third day of the Tokyo Lockdown, by beating up an (almost) immortal demon that was going to kill hundreds of people. How does he do it?
 * And that doesn't mean all of his special attacks and magic suddenly started working on the demon either; The Main Character goes toe-to-toe and beats the demons down with his fists. Whether he's wearing the strap on around his wrist or using his cell phone as a knuckle duster is totally up to whatever the player feels would be most awesome.
 * And then it comes full circle in . Cue Curb Stomp Battle for any adequately leveled player.
 * While it's rather dark, the Chaos End qualifies, ending with Kind of makes  rather silly looking.
 * Showing  you're worthy of the mantle of King of Bel counts. Defying , he who calls himself your father - even braving Megidoladyne, at least twice, and more than likely four times, until he no longer has anything else to use against you. One can feel him smiling   while he calmly stated Belberith had zero chances against you.
 * Beating Babel in most paths. But nothing beats Gin's path, where you command it to banish all demons from within the Yamanote Lockdown... and he does exactly that. Including your own. Which only makes it all the more awesome when you get to destroy that devil tower thing with.

Strange Journey

 * The Neutral path ending becomes a CMOA for artificial intelligences everywhere, as.
 * as he falls, defeated, in Horologium. He curses you, and rages and screams... and then appears, calls him out on his ridiculous pretenses and rubs on his face how low he's fallen.
 * Sealing  back into its can. Smug bastard deserved it.
 * Commander Gore, . One of the few occasions in the series where you're praised by choosing the higher path, and a CMOH to boot.
 * Watching the demon lords of each sector lose their marbles by means of a Shut UP, Hannibal.

The Series in General

 * After much toil, sweat and tears, the player gets a great one by finally getting that elusive demon/Persona come out of the Cathedral of Shadows/Velvet Room... exactly just like you wanted it.
 * Especially if it's any of the big ones like Satan, Metatron, Helel, Lucifer, Messiah, Orpheus Kai/Telos or Izanagi-No-Okami.
 * The sheer volume of mythological gods, demons and spirits in the series and the respect and care with which they are treated makes this a Crowning Series of Awesome. Beat that, Pokémon.
 * Oh, and of course, much of it is due to Kazuma Kaneko's great artwork. Praise to where it's due.