Sunday, January 28, 2018

World Mythology and Video Games





こんぼんは。

Aside from the Persona series, there are a number of other games I've played that gave me a bit more of a taste of world mythology. Many of them are made by Atlus, and have many of the same beings across games. The first Atlus game I played was: Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
However, even more ubiquitous games like Pokemon reference real-world mythology, although it takes more digging to find the connections. For example, consider that Froslass is a reference to the ゆきおんな (yuki-onna).
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What are some of your favorite games/series for learning more about world mythology?

Next time, I'll talk about some of my favorite games and anime for Japanese culture.

じゃあ、また。

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