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The games also tend to be [[Nintendo Hard]]. Elemental affinities, buffing and debuffing are much more important here than in regular JRPGs: they can make or break battles. ''[[Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne]]'' introduced the Press Turn battle system to the series, where hitting an enemy's elemental weakness would reward you with more actions while hitting their elemental strengths would cost you actions. In an aversion of [[Useless Useful Spell]], buffing, [[One-Hit Kill|instant death]] and [[Standard Status Effects|ailment]] attacks are both effective and encouraged. Press Turn would go on to be adopted in various forms in the '''''Shin Megami Tensei''''' games that followed, such as the "One More!" system in ''[[Persona 3]]'' and ''[[Persona 4]]''.

The ''Shin Megami Tensei'' series has multiple [[Spin-Off|spinoffs]]: the ''[[Persona (video game)|Persona]]'' series, the ''Devil Summoner'' series and ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]'' are the best-known in the US. Others include ''Majin Tensei'', ''[[Last Bible]]'', and ''Devil Children''/''Demi Kids''. It also has an [[MMORPG]] called ''[[Shin Megami Tensei Imagine|Shin Megami Tensei: IMAGINE]]''. Despite being spinoffs, many include references to other Megaten games or feature character cameos. The games have been released outside Japan under the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' label since ''[[Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne]]'', while in Japan, only a handful of the games bear that name; the rest are unofficially known as ''MegaTen'' titles.

The ''Shin Megami Tensei'' series has multiple [[Spin-Off|spinoffs]]: the ''[[Persona (video game)|Persona]]'' series, the ''Devil Summoner'' series and ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]'' are the best-known in the US. Others include ''Majin Tensei'', ''[[Last Bible]]'', and ''Devil Children''/''Demi Kids''. It also has an [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] called ''[[Shin Megami Tensei Imagine|Shin Megami Tensei: IMAGINE]]''. Despite being spinoffs, many include references to other Megaten games or feature character cameos. The games have been released outside Japan under the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' label since ''[[Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne]]'', while in Japan, only a handful of the games bear that name; the rest are unofficially known as ''MegaTen'' titles.

A very extensive article about the games in the series [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/megaten/megaten.htm can be found here]. There's also a comprehensive database of all the games [http://shindds.free.fr/index.php in French here].