"Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne" - General Quiz

Answer: They only spend half a turn

Compared to the "Persona" series, it's quite similar but different. Instead of the user getting a second move, their turn essentially costs half of what it usually would. This can, with clever play, allow the user to receive a second turn that round if the player does not use an attack that misses or is blocked.

Answer: Fiend

There are ten Fiends in the game. Defeating a Fiend causes them to drop a particular Menorah, needed to progress through the Amala Network. Some Fiends, such as Matador and Hell Biker, are mandatory bosses. However, some Fiends such as Daisoujou can be missed, so the player needs to do some headhunting to get all ten of them.

Answer: Enemies cannot be recruited

Enemies under a new Kagatsuchi are much more feral and aggressive. This also impacts their stats, as they will both deal and receive more damage from all sources. They cannot be negotiated with in anyway, such as being recruited.

Answer: The turn costs twice as much

This will also cancel out any advantage gained should the attack have simultaneously hit a different enemy for their weakness. As such, even if it would hit an enemy for their weakness, using an attack that a different enemy is immune to is usually not worth it.

Answer: The player is in a safe area

If the radar is colored blue, the player cannot enter a combat encounter. It does take the radar a moment to update, however, so the player could find themselves taking several steps outside of a safe area before the radar changes off of being blue.

Answer: 20%

If the target is weak to Light or Dark respectively, the 20% becomes a still low 30%. Hamaon and Mudoon, the best instakill powers in the game, top out at 60% if th target is weak to them. This game was not kind to instakill powers, sadly.

Answer: They last infinitely

In the "Persona" series, buffs and debuffs last for three turns. Only in "Persona 5" can this three turns be extended somehow. In "hin Megami Tensei", however, the duration on buffs and debuffs has always been infinite.

Answer: Forneus

Forneus is weak to Electric, which the player's partnered Pixie can easily exploit using Zio. He is immune to Ice, but since the player cannot acquire any way to deal Ice damage by this point in the game anyway, this is meaningless.

Answer: Maxes his Hit Rate/Evasion

Missing attacks in this game is extremely punishing, so Matador's ability to max his Evasion rate instantly can prove overwhelming to players who don't know how to deal with enemies buffing themselves. This is the first enemy to present such a problem, which is the biggest reason Matador is seen as the first roadblock of a new player's experience.

Andalucia, Matador's other signature move, can certainly threaten the player's team just as much, if not more sometimes, as Red Capote. Andalucia dishes out a lot of Physical damage to the player's entire team t once, which can overwhelm players who do not have good ways to keep their team healthy all at once, such as having a Media user.

Answer: They get returned to the main menu

Players are highly advised to save their games frequently. If the player goes a few hours without saving, then suffers a defeat, they lose those hours of progress completely as they get sent back to the main menu. Save often!