Begin your journey in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster. Learn about the initial events, character introductions, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding the world's impending end.
When you start the game, you will hear a woman's voice. She tells you that a lost power is coming to the world, and that in order to be reborn. An old prophecy tells of the world disappearing along with all of its residents. She notes that you don't want that, but she wants you to survive. She says she needs to know your name.
Go ahead and enter your name. It'll ask for your family name, given name, and nickname in that order. Your family name and given name will be used throughout the game by the various characters--your nickname will be the name of your Hero in battle and in menus, etc.
After giving your name, the woman tells you that now you won't lose your power to live when the great destruction comes. She tells you to believe in yourself and live strong. You can respond either with "OK" or "I don't understand you." I don't think what you say matters here.
The woman tells you that her job is to rebuild the world once it is destroyed. She asks you to call her name, and you're brought back to the naming screen. The default name for her is Takao Yuko. Throughout the rest of the FAQ I'll refer to her as Yuko, though you're free to call her whatever you want.
After naming her, Yuko asks you to come find her in the new world, and tells you to wake up.
You wake up on the subway. You've arrived at Yoyogi station, your destination.
As soon as you leave the station, you get a text message on your cell phone. The message is from a classmate. He chastises you for your tardines, and tells you to hurry up and rendezvous at Yoyogi park. Aftewards the two of you are going to go visit Yuko--your teacher--who is sick at the hospital. The game now asks you to enter the name of your friend. The default is Nitta Isamu.
As you leave the station, you'll be stopped by a worker/ticket taker. He's surprised that you're going to the park what with the "incident" that happened there. He asks if you haven't heard of it. If you reply that you didn't know of it, he'll tell you that some group went nuts and started killing people in the park.
Go outside to Shinjuku. Talk to people hanging around the park. The official story is that the killing in the park was a terrorist act, enacted against the company "Cyverse." However, a friend of yours will tell you the rumor that demons were sighted in the park during the rampage.
Go and head inside to the park. It's closed up. There's a man there bitching about it; he wants to take pictures of the crime scene. He asks if you want something. You can either ask what's happening or tell him you don't want anything. If you ask what happened, the reporter will tell you that while officially, the killings took place in a clash between a terrorist and a corporation, rumors are it was a battle between users of dark powers.
At this point, your telephone rings. It's another classmate, and the game asks you to enter her name. The default is Tachibana Chiaki.
Chiaki asks you to come straight to the hospital--you took too long so she and Isamu went ahead. She says that she wants to talk to the teacher about her future plans (graduation etc): You can either say "I'll hurry." or chastise Chiaki by saying "Hey, she's in the hospital!" Chiaki bitches at you if you say #2.
The reporter asks if you're going to the hospital; apparently he is too. He introduces himself as Hijiri, and gives you a magazine that will be coming out soon--he is a writer for it. Hijiri says you didn't know what happened here and don't know what the deal about the hospital really is--the magazine will fill you in on the story. The article is titled "Special: The Gaians and the Miroku tome." (SMT vets will recognize the Gaians as one of the main religious factions from the first two SMT games) Hijiri says there's a lot of BS stories about, and the story may be a load of garbage--if the rumors are false he apologizes in advance.
Before you head to the hospital, check the vending machine here. You'll get a "mysterious drink" from it. Once the game starts in earnest this will be revealed to be a Soma, a great healing item, so grab it. Then, head to the hospital.
Chiaki is in the hospital lobby. She is spooked, and says the hospital is really strange--there's nobody here at all. Isamu has gone further into the hospital, looking for Yuko, but hasn't come back in a while. She notices the magazine you're carrying and asks about it. You can say "Someone gave it to me." or "Want to read it?"
Either way, she'll take the magazine and leaf through it. She gets shocked, it's an occult-themed magazine--very bad timing for that sort of thing. Chiaki says the magazine will be a "good timekiller" and keeps it. She sends you upstairs to look for Yuko or Isamu.
On the second floor, there's another vending machine. It'll give you another mysterious drink, but this is just an Iwakura Water--not nearly as nice as a Soma. Still worth getting though. On the east end of the second floor, you'll see someone walking around on the opposite hall. Run over to where the person was. In room A202, you can hear noises in the next room. Go on into that room, and you'll find Isamu. You startle him, and after getting PO'd at you for freaking him out, goes on to tell you that something really weird is going on-- he's sure he has the right hospital, that these are visiting hours, and that Yuko should be here--he called ahead in advance to make sure she was here. You can either say "Something might have happened." or "I'm sure there's nothing to worry about."
Either way, he says he's going to go back and talk to Chiaki. Follow him back there.
Chiaki tells you she was reading the "Gaia and the Miroku Tome" article that Hijiri wrote. She tells you that Gaia is a cult that worships demons. They believe the writings of the "Miroku Tome" and hold them as some sort of prophecy. The prophecy says the some sort of "Chaos" is coming to earth. The Gaians are trying to bring that chaos about and make the prophecy reality. However, it isn't specific a
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