Destructoid Draws ENCORE: Homemade Shin Megami Tensei Demons

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[Destructoid alumni The Blonde Bass returns with a Shin Megami Tensei-themed entry of the Destructoid Draws series, spotlighting the fine artistic abilities of our community. Amazing work from all, as always! – Moyse]

I’ll be honest, I’ve been stumped for a while trying to come up with a fitting theme for this Destructoid Draws. So far, the Encore series has been trying to mirror the original one. Dream Crossovers was the tock to Favorite Franchises’ tick. Favorite Sidekicks naturally followed from Favorite Villains. And, uh… we did Guilty Gear twice. As a treat.

But this time around, I did not know how to follow up the fourth ever Destructoid Draws: OC Mega Man Robot Masters. That one was something special. We were able to let our inner kids loose — and it resulted in a ton of great designs like Net Man, Soda Man, and Ocean Man. Where do you go from here? Was there anything that could give us the same mix of creative freedom and thematic consistency?

Well, Cactooze came up to the rescue, suggesting Shin Megami Tensei for this installment. It clicked instantly. SMT is already a fascinating mix of characters from across humanity’s myths and stories as is.

So without further ado, let’s get into what members of the community came up with!

CactoozeVodyanoy

The Vodyanoy is sort of like a Slavic Kappa, so I mixed them a bit. It drowns people for fun… pretty fucking metal. It would have access to the Bufu tree because there are no water skills in this series. Let’s also give it a gun since that’s a thing too in these games!

(Bass: This is another reason why Persona 2 is the objectively superior Persona, it has the Aqua line)

TheBlondeBassLa Corriveau

Be careful of the Corriveau’s wiles, lest you end up as another dead husband