What does “Shin Megami Tensei” translate to? We go over the meaning and how it connects to the series’s history.
What Does “Shin Megami Tensei” Mean?
In Japanese, “Shin Megami Tensei” means “New Goddess Reincarnation.” Shin Megami Tensei games do occasionally have reincarnation in their stories and feature goddesses as obtainable demons, including an entire race known as Megami. But the title has less to do with the games’ stories and more to do with how the series is differentiated from but still related to the original media that is about a character who is the reincarnation of a goddess.