I’ve finally completed the Yosuga route, it even glitched on me after beating Yosuga the first time where it didn’t run the ending scene. I had a hunch and replayed it and found it went through the second time. I think whomever implemented the trophy obtainment icons didn’t do a good job, because it seems it pauses the actual scene and in the case of Yosuga, it didn’t allow the final scene to play through. I tried making alternate builds, but the high level party members with pierce made that moot. I had initially intended to do another full TDE playthrough and acquire Dante, but I’ve already beaten the TDE route twice on hard mode in the PS2 version. All together, I’ve beaten 10 full playthroughs of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, if you don’t count alternate save files since around 2009. So, Shijima, TDE, TDE, Musubi and Yosuga in both alternate save files of TDE. And then, with the HD Remaster on the PS4, here are the playthroughs and a short description of what I intended for each:
1st PS4 Playthrough on Hard: TDE with 100 percent complete of Raidou version and Maxed out Demi-fiend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ECe4DkDY6w&list=PLDovUMnbGFEUAYl2Xufz97M640kqPSYVr
Name: Naoki Kashima
Nickname: Hitoshura
Endgame Play Style: Phys Build (Pierce)
Version: Raidou Style
Playthrough: TDE + Vizor Quests for extra press-turn. Remember the victory message has to all be red.
English VA
2nd PS4 Playthrough, Shijima: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7V9B4SPdO8&list=PLDovUMnbGFEUSGb8osVXsn_ffbG2Xixze
Name: Shin Managi
Nickname: Demi-Fiend
Play Style: Death Build
Version: Raidou Style
Playthrough: Hikawa’s Shijima for Free Samael.
Japanese VA
3rd PS4 Playthrough, Human Freedom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ajIfQ8lxpg&list=PLDovUMnbGFEUla9zaKPYIomdoGxafbgJf
Name: Ashu Spitama
Nickname: Zoroaster
Play Style: Luck Build (All Stats on Luck)
Version: Raidou Style
Playthrough: Yuko Takao’s Human “Freedom” Route.
Japanese VA
4th PS4 Playthrough, Normal Demon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dbjVy5bDzQ&list=PLDovUMnbGFEV-M9O5T5NAB8H1BIkrWjcr
Name: Vohu Manah
Nickname: Saoyshant or “Saoshant” if too long
Play Style: Stat Build (Increase / Decrease Attack and Defense) and Boost + Element attack
Version: Dante Style
Playthrough: Normal Demon Ending
English VA
5th PS4 Playthrough, Musubi / Best Boy Isamu route: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJf0b9bRYwA&list=PLDovUMnbGFEVzsQn-R60tvqx6jjcf2rvR
Name: Jarin Magatsu or Ahura Mazda
Nickname: Arius
Play Style: Impervious Build (Void / Drain / Repel when applicable)
Version: Dante Style
Playthrough: Isamu’s Musubi Route.
English VA
6th PS4 Playthrough, Best Girl Chiaki / Yosuga path: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOp3SqV0OiE&list=PLDovUMnbGFEUpijQXDOBaDNX7m4ykicdE
Name: Naoki Nishikata
Nickname: Nishikata
Renamed: Chiaki Tachibana into Chiaki Takagi
Play Style: Stat / Healing Build
Version: Dante Style
Playthrough: Chiaki’s Yosuga, but get all the way to Fifth Kalpa to get Dante and kill Metatron.
English VA
It took a bit more time than I intended and I had played other games between playthroughs to reduce the potential risk of boredom. Now that I’ve finished it all, I intend to write the remaining thematic analyses so I hope people look forward to that. I don’t have a definite timeframe when they’ll be done though. If anyone wishes to watch them, hope you enjoy. Anyway, all done! 🙂