Shin Megami Tensei vs Megami Tensei This series is called Shin Megami Tensei not Megami Tensei Yes the original two games were called just Megami Tensei and the Shin came from the Super Nintendo s naming style in Japan That however does not change the fact that this series is largely known as Shin Megami Tensei Not a single game since the original two has been called Megami Tensei yet a good deal of them in Japan have been Shin Megami Tensei long after the SNES days Furthermore ALL of these games have been released outside of Japan under the Shin Megami Tensei title Atlus itself refers to this as the Shin Megami Tensei franchise Not sure why Wikipedia refuses to accept this but it s time to change this article to reflect the fact that this series is Shin Megami Tensei not Megami Tensei