Becoming a fledgling samurai in Shin Megami Tensei 4 sounds pleasant, but what responsibilities does an initiate have? Cleaning shoes? Answering phones? A new gameplay trailer shows a samurai's duties are far more of the 'wearing a cool wrist computer' and 'slaying demons' variety, thankfully.

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While Atlus has released heaps of games with Shin Megami Tensei branding, from Persona to Devil Summoner, there are only four games in the core SMT series. The fourth, snappily titled Shin Megami Tensei IV, will arrive in North America on Nintendo 3DS this summer with a samurai tale, Atlus announced today.

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Aside from the teasers for new Zelda and Mario titles, Nintendo announced a few other franchise surprises during its Nintendo Direct presentation today. Among them, the company revealed a new Wii U Yoshi game, a party game, and a couple of interesting RPGs.

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Over 15 years after its debut on Sega Saturn in Japan, Atlus's Shin Megami Tensei spin-off Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is due to finally arrive in North America in the form of a Nintendo 3DS revamp. Soul Hackers hit Saturn in 1997 then PSone in 1999 but never officially launched outside Japan. The revamp is due in spring 2013.

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