Party

A party is a battle mechanic in the series.
==Profile==
=== Megami Tensei / Megami Tensei II / Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei ===
The first Megami Tensei features the protagonist Akemi Nakajima alongside his partner Yumiko Shirasagi, and the special recruitable demon Cerberus. In addition, Nakajima can recruit and fuse demons he encounters in his journey.
In Megami Tensei II, the protagonist starts off his adventure with his friend, but they eventually separate and the protagonist is later joined by the Partner. Once again, the protagonist can recruit demons through negotiation and fuse them.
=== Shin Megami Tensei / Shin Megami Tensei II / Shin Megami Tensei if... ===
In the first two games, the party consists of the protagonist of each game, up to 3 demons and up to 3 human partners, the latter of which is determined by the story.
In the SNES version of Shin Megami Tensei, the party is arranged from 1 to 6, with 1 being in the front line and 6 being all the way at the back. How much damage someone takes is determined by how close they are to the front.
In Shin Megami Tensei II, the party is now divided between a front-row and back-row, with characters in the front-row taking more damage than those at the back. This change has been carried to the PlayStation and Game Boy Advance ports of Shin Megami Tensei.
In Shin Megami Tensei if..., the protagonist has one partner for the entire game, each corresponding to their respective route. As such, you can have up to 4 demons in your party. Excluding this, the gameplay is exactly the same as in Shin Megami Tensei II.
===Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne===
The Demi-fiend's party is consisted of himself and up to three demons. Defeat of the Demi-Fiend will result in a Game Over.
===Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey / Redux===
The protagonist's party consists of the protagonist himself and 3 extra demons. He may use up a turn to swap extra combatants. The protagonist's defeat will result in a Game Over. If the "March to Death" app exclusive to Redux is installed, a Game Over will require all summoned demons to be defeated as well.
===Shin Megami Tensei IV===
Flynn's party consists of himself, three Demons and a partner. Before the alignment lock, at the start of each battle, one out of Jonathan, Walter and Isabeau will be chosen randomly as a guest ally with their own movepool and HP bar. After the alignment lock, only either one of Merkabah (Jonathan) in Law, Lucifer (Walter) in Chaos and Isabeau in Neutral can be used. When certain Challenge Quests are active, the partner may be overridden by one endemic to the quest, such as Nozomi.
Flynn may also use up half of a Press Turn icon to switch one combatant for another. If the whole active party is killed, it will result in Charon requesting a fee to revive Flynn, effectively resetting the game to the state before the last battle. If Flynn doesn't pay, it will trigger a Game Over. Flynn may also choose to revive himself without paying the fee if he has insufficient funds, although this will result in Charon accumulating debt on him. If Flynn dies while still having Macca on Charon's tab, it will trigger an automatic Game Over. The moment Flynn has sufficient money to pay for the tab, Charon will automatically deduct the sum from Flynn's wallet.
===Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse===
Nanashi's party consists of himself and up to three demons, as well as a human partner that he may choose at any time. He starts with Asahi and may later recruit Nozomi, Navarre, Gaston, Toki, Hallelujah or Isabeau to use in battle.
In most difficulties, the party will only be considered defeated if the whole party is wiped out. In Apocalypse difficulty, if Nanashi is knocked out, the party is automatically defeated. Losing in battle usually has no consequences, and Dagda offers to revive Nanashi for free; declining will mean remaining in Yomotsu Hirasaka, leading to a Game Over.
Dagda cannot revive Nanashi anywhere in the Cosmic Egg until the Massacre and Peace route confrontations are over; being defeated under these circumstances results in a regular Game Over.
If Nanashi accepts Merkabah's offer to join him and defeat Lucifer (triggering the early Law Ending), all other partners members will desert and Merkabah will be his sole partner during the upcoming confrontation against Lucifer. This is the only instance where Merkabah can be used as a partner in this game, although Nanashi may use him as a summonable demon during a New Game Plus.
If he reaches the penultimate floor of the Cosmic Egg and accepts Dagda's deal, all human allies will abandon Nanashi; after the resulting confrontation and the battle against Krishna that follows, he may choose to revive one of the partners as a goddess, regardless of gender; the revived partner will be the sole partner available for the rest of the game.
If his previous decisions are in alignment with Dagda, rejecting his offer will result in the Deity erasing all demons within the current party, including the stock.
During the final battle against YHVH, Flynn will have a separate party of his own, the make-up of which depends on the chosen Route: On the Massacre Route, Flynn is joined by Satan; On the Bonds Route, a temporarily reborn Walter and Jonathan join Flynn and Isabeau. In either case, the secondary party has a pool of items of their own to use.
=== Shin Megami Tensei V ===
Much like in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, the protagonist's party consists only of himself and the demons he recruits and/or fuses. Similarly to that game as well, the protagonist's death triggers a Game Over even if the rest of the party is still alive.
=== Devil Summoner (series) ===
Following the same gameplay principle as Shin Megami Tensei II, party members aside from recruitable and fusable demons are story dependant. In the first game, the party members are Rei Reiho and Kyouji Kuzunoha. In Soul Hackers, the party members are Hitomi Tono, Nemissa and the special demon Zeed.
The Raidou Kuzunoha duology are action-RPGs, so they do not posses party members aside from fusable and recruitable demons and Raidou Kuzunoha himself.
As a departure from the series standard, Soul Hackers 2 features 4 active party members and a navigator, akin to Persona from P3 onwards. Those party members can equip demons in order to gain powers.
=== Megami Ibunroku Persona===
In the early Persona series, the party consists of the protagonist and 4 other party members, all of which can wield multiple Personas. In all three games, a Game Over is only triggered if every party member is knocked out at once. The different members of the party are dictated by the story and/or the player's decision.
In Megami Ibunroku Persona, who accompanies the protagonist is dictated by the route taken (SEBEC route or Snow Queen Quest), and if they're recruited by the protagonist or not. Each route has mandatory party members:
* SEBEC: Maki, Mark and Nanjo in SEBEC;
* SSQ: Yukino and Yuka.
Recruitable party members for each route are: 
* SEBEC: Brown, Elly, Yuka and Reiji;
* SQQ: Brown, Nanjo and Elly.
In the SEBEC route, recruitable party members are met at different points throughout the story, upon which the protagonist is asked if they want that character to join them. If the party does not have a fifth member by the time they meet Yuka, she will join automatically. Though if the protagonist has done the side quest allowing Reiji to join the party as the fifth member later on, then Yuka will not join, making the party go significantly longer without a fifth party member. In the Snow Queen Quest, the protagonist is not directly asked by anyone if they can join him, and instead he has to seek out the two additional party members he wants to have in his party.
===Persona 2: Innocent Sin / Eternal Punishment===
Innocent Sin only has mandatory party members, with Yukino being replaced by Jun for the last third of the game. 
Eternal Punishment has one choice of party member for the second third of the game. At some point in the story, the party has to choose either Nanjo or Elly for their fifth party member. Then later in the game, after following either character's respective route, the fifth party member is replaced by Tatsuya for the endgame.
===Persona 3 / Persona 4 / Persona 5===
In the Persona series from Persona 3 onward, a party consists of the bearer of the Wild Card and up to three characters who can support them in battle. If this Wild Card bearer is knocked out, the game is over.
In Persona 3 and Persona 4, the protagonist chooses who to have in their party at the entrance of a dungeon, and he cannot swap party members anywhere else. As such, the members not directly in the party do not gain any experience. 
In Persona 5, however, all of the party members are available at all times, and the party can be changed at any point outside of a battle. Back-up members even gain experience thanks to Yuuki Mishima's Confidant, though not as much as the active members until the protagonist maxes his Confidant.
===Persona Q / Q2===
In Persona Q, the P3 hero is required in the party during the P3 Route, and the P4 hero is required in the P4 Route. If either are knocked out in their respective Routes, the game is over. The protagonist can create teams with certain characters in them, and choose between the different teams exclusively in the main hub. Like in Persona 3 and Persona 4, back-up members do not gain EXP. 
In Persona Q2, no protagonist is required inside the party, and the Game Over is triggered when the whole party is knocked out instead. The sole exception is the Risky difficulty, in which the P5 hero must be in the party at all times and his defeat will result in an automatic game over.
===Persona 5 Strikers===
The protagonist is usually locked in the party, and three out of nine other party members may accompany him, with one, Zenkichi Hasegawa, only available later on. He can assign 3 different members to any direction on the d-pad, except up as that is assigned to Joker himself, and switch to them at any moment outside of combat. However, there are some scenarios where the protagonist is not required to be within the active party.
Unlike past games, his defeat alone will not result in a Game Over. Instead, the game over triggers when the entire party is defeated.
===Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner / Digital Devil Saga 2===
The duology only has story relevant party members, up to 3 of which are in the active party. Demons are not recruitable or fusable in any way, and can only be defeated or devoured. A Game Over is triggered when all 3 party members are knocked out.
=== Devil Survivor / Devil Survivor 2 ===
Due to the Devil Survivor series being strategy RPGs, there are multiple teams, up to 4 teams on the battlefield, each composed of one leader (usually a human) in the center and up to 2 demons on the sides. A team is defeated when their leader is knocked out, though they can be revived with certain skills. In order for a Game Over to be triggered, all allied teams must be defeated. Though some missions have an extra condition, such as a time limit, that if met, also trigger a Game Over.
==List of Party Members==
===Soul Hackers 2===
 	 	 	 	
Ringo	Arrow	Milady	Saizo	Figue
===Megami Ibunroku Persona===
Characters in bold are mandatory party members. Characters in italics are recruitable party members
====SEBEC Route====
 	 	 	
Protagonist 	Maki Sonomura 	Masao Inaba	Kei Nanjo
 	 	 	
Hidehiko Uesugi	Eriko Kirishima	Yuka Ayase 	Reiji Kido
====Snow Queen Quest====
 	 	
Protagonist 	Yukino Mayuzumi	Yuka Ayase
 	 	
Hidehiko Uesugi	Kei Nanjo 	Eriko Kirishima
===Persona 2: Innocent Sin===
 	 	 	 	 	
Tatsuya Suou	Eikichi Mishina	Lisa Silverman	Maya Amano	Yukino Mayuzumi	Jun Kurosu
===Persona 2: Eternal Punishment===
 	 	 	
Maya Amano	Ulala Serizawa 	Katsyua Suou	Baofu
 	 	 	
Kei Nanjo 	Eriko Kirishima	Tatsuya Suou	
===Persona 3 / FES / Portable===
	 	 	
	Makoto Yuki	Kotone Shiomi	
 	 	 	 	
Yukari Takeba	Junpei Iori	Akihiko Sanada	Mitsuru Kirijo	Fuuka Yamagishi
 	 	 	 	
Aigis	Koromaru	Ken Amada	Shinjiro Aragaki	Metis
===Persona 4 / Golden===
 	 	 	
Yu Narukami 	Yosuke Hanamura	Chie Satonaka	Yukiko Amagi
 	 	 	
Kanji Tatsumi	Rise Kujikawa 	Teddie 	Naoto Shirogane
===Persona 5 / Royal===
 	 	 	 	
Ren Amamiya 	Ryuji Sakamoto	Morgana 	Ann Takamaki 	Yusuke Kitagawa
 	 	 	 	
Makoto Niijima	Haru Okumura 	Goro Akechi	Sumire Yoshizawa	Futaba Sakura
===Persona 5 Strikers===
 	 	 	 	
Ren Amamiya 	Ryuji Sakamoto	Morgana	Ann Takamaki 	Yusuke Kitagawa
 	 	 	 	
Makoto Niijima	Haru Okumura 	Sophia 	Zenkichi Hasegawa	Futaba Sakura
===Persona 5 Tactica===
 	 	 	 	 	
Ren Amamiya 	Ryuji Sakamoto	Morgana 	Ann Takamaki	Yusuke Kitagawa 	Makoto Niijima
 	 	 	 	 	
Haru Okumura	Goro Akechi 	Sumire Yoshizawa	Erina 	Toshiro Kasukabe	Futaba Sakura
===Persona Q===
Persona 3	 	 	 	 	
Persona 3	P3 Hero 	Yukari Takeba 	Junpei Iori 	Akihiko Sanada 	Mitsuru Kirijo
Persona 3	 	 	 	 	
Persona 3	Fuuka Yamagashi	Aigis 	Koromaru 	Ken Amada 	Shinjiro Aragaki
Persona 4	 	 	 	 	
Persona 4	P4 Hero 	Yosuke Hanamura	Chie Satonaka	Yukiko Amagi 	
Persona 4	 	 	 	 	
Persona 4	Kanji Tatsumi 	Rise Kujikawa 	Teddie 	Naoto Shirogane	
Persona Q	 	 	 	 	
Persona Q	Rei and Zen 	Rei and Zen 	Rei and Zen 	Rei and Zen 	Rei and Zen
===Persona Q2===
Persona 3 	 	 	 	 	
Persona 3 	P3 Hero 	P3P Heroine 	Yukari Takeba 	Junpei Iori 	Akihiko Sanada
Persona 3 	 	 	 	 	
Persona 3 	Mitsuru Kirijo 	Aigis 	Koromaru 	Ken Amada 	Shinjiro Aragaki
Persona 4 	 	 	 	 	
Persona 4 	P4 Hero 	Yosuke Hanamura	Chie Satonaka 	Yukiko Amagi	
Persona 4 	 	 	 	 	
Persona 4 	Kanji Tatsumi 	Teddie 	Naoto Shirogane	 	
Persona 5 	 	 	 	 	
Persona 5 	P5 Hero 	Ryuji Sakamoto 	Morgana 	Ann Takamaki	
Persona 5 	 	 	 	 	
Persona 5 	Yusuke Kitagawa	Makoto Niijima 	Haru Okumura 	Goro Akechi 	
Navigators	 	 	 	 	
Navigators	Fuuka Yamagashi	Rise Kujikawa 	Futaba Sakura 	 	
===Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Turner===
Characters 	 	 	 	 	
Characters 	Serph	Heat	Argilla 	Gale	Cielo
Atma Avatars	 	 	 	 	
Atma Avatars	Varna	Agni	Prithivi	Vayu	Dyaus
=== Digital Devil Saga 2===
Characters 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Characters 	Serph	Argilla 	Gale	Cielo	Roland	Sera 	Heat	Seraph
Atma Avatars	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Atma Avatars	Varna	Prithivi	Vayu	Dyaus	Indra 	Varnani	Agni	Ardha
===Devil Survivor===
 	 	 	 	 	
Protagonist 	Asturo Kihara 	Yuzu Tanikawa	Naoya 	Amane Kuzuryu	Keisuke Takagi
 	 	 	 	 	
Midori Komaki	Mari Mochizuki	Kaido 	Black Frost	Gin 	Misaki Izuna
===Devil Survivor 2===
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Protagonist	Daichi Shijima	Io Nitta 	Yuzuru Akie 	Hinako Kujou 	Keita Wakui 	Airi Ban 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Jungo Torii
Fumi Kanno 	Makoto Sako 	Otome Yanagiya	Yamato Hotsuin	Ronaldo Kuriki	Anguished One	Miyako Hotsuin	
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