SMT Bullshit Explanation A phrase coined by the Let's Player Sirlionhart regarding the games' often unforgiving difficulty often leading to moments that can leave the player (as he described it) "salty".

Kaneko in his field of flowers. Explanation As a result of Kaneko's seemingly shrinking involvement in the series, it leads to a lot of people giving the answer when asked where he has gone off to that he is now spending time in his flower-field that was shown in the Persona 2 guide book. A variation of the meme is that he instead is locked in Atlus' secret bunker, only allowed out to smoke once a year.

Use buffs, retard. Explanation A common notion that players of other JRPGs carry is that buff and debuff skills are all Useless Useful Spells . The series averts this hard, where buffs and debuffs can determine whether you barely survive an attack or suffer a Total Party Kill . This is one of the first pieces of advice to be given to anyone inexperienced with SMT.

Play a real Shin Megami Tensei/Shin Megoomi Tensay game! Explanation A rather infamous video has two men stage a debate embodying the countless Mainline vs Persona arguments in the fanbase. The one arguing for mainline says this partway in, and both sides of the fanbase have run wild with it. The franchise name is sometimes butchered like the original video. What does or doesn't qualify as a real Shin Megami Tensei game, other than actual mainline games and modern Persona, is up to debate.

"ATTACK AND DETHRONE GOD" Explanation A Fox News broadcast on June 5th, 2020 (in light of the George Floyd riots) listed "Attack and dethrone God" as one of the goals of antifa protesters, who they claimed to be associated with the (long-defunct) Weather Underground Organization. The phrase immediately began trending on Twitter alongside Shin Megami Tensei, as ATTACK AND DETHRONE GOD succinctly describes what the franchise is about. This meme quickly became more popular after the HD remaster of Nocturne and the release date of Shin Megami Tensei V were revealed.

HEE FUCKING HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Explanation A variant of the popular "LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" meme with the face having Jack Frost's hat, which became more popular after the HD remaster of Nocturne and Shin Megami Tensei V 's release date being revealed, much to the joy of the fans of the franchise.

Shin Megami Tensei is the Dark Souls of Persona Explanation More people are familiar with Persona than Shin Megami Tensei, so some people who had previously played a Persona game before playing an SMT game would compare it to Dark Souls