<s>
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
DemiKids	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
role-playing	O
video	O
games	O
primarily	O
developed	O
by	O
Multimedia	O
Intelligence	O
Transfer	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atlus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
from	O
Atlus	O
 '	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
and	O
began	O
in	O
2000	O
with	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
games	O
Black	O
Book	O
and	O
Red	O
Book	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
more	O
role-playing	O
games	O
and	O
three	O
games	O
in	O
other	O
genres	O
were	O
released	O
until	O
2004	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
no	O
new	O
releases	O
until	O
the	O
2011	O
social	O
game	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
one	O
such	O
devil	O
child	O
,	O
and	O
battles	O
against	O
demons	O
;	O
the	B-Application
devil	I-Application
children	I-Application
do	O
not	O
fight	O
directly	O
themselves	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
but	O
have	O
allied	O
demons	O
in	O
their	O
party	O
fight	O
for	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
–	O
Black	O
Book	O
and	O
Red	O
Book	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
on	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
2000	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
re-released	O
digitally	O
through	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
service	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
on	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
remake	O
of	O
both	O
games	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
28	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
re-released	O
digitally	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Store	O
on	O
October	O
13	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
–	O
White	O
Book	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
on	O
July	O
27	O
,	O
2001	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
on	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
2002	O
in	O
Japan	O
under	O
the	O
titles	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
–	O
Light	O
Book	O
and	O
Dark	O
Book	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
October	O
7	O
,	O
2003	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Light	O
Version	O
follows	O
Jin	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
sucked	O
into	O
Valhalla	B-Application
and	O
fights	O
against	O
the	O
Imperium	O
forces	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
rebels	O
;	O
he	O
is	O
accompanied	O
by	O
the	O
Sun	O
Lion	O
Rand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	O
Version	O
follows	O
Akira	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
summoned	O
by	O
Lucifer	B-Algorithm
to	O
a	O
land	O
called	O
Dem	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
tasked	O
with	O
erasing	O
portals	O
;	O
he	O
is	O
accompanied	O
by	O
the	O
dragon	O
Gale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
–	O
Book	O
of	O
Fire	O
and	O
Book	O
of	O
Ice	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
on	O
September	O
12	O
,	O
2003	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
on	O
July	O
25	O
,	O
2003	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
–	O
Messiah	O
Riser	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
on	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
2004	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
mobile	B-Application
phones	I-Application
through	O
the	O
social	O
networking	O
service	O
GREE	O
on	O
July	O
13	O
,	O
2011	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	B-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
games	O
are	O
released	O
in	O
pairs	O
,	O
similarly	O
to	O
the	O
Pokémon	O
series	O
,	O
each	O
release	O
is	O
its	O
own	O
separate	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
story	O
and	O
protagonist	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
stories	O
in	O
each	O
pair	O
's	O
two	O
releases	O
sometimes	O
intertwine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
devil	I-Application
children	I-Application
are	O
given	O
weaponry	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
guns	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
joined	O
by	O
guiding	O
companion	O
monsters	O
who	O
can	O
speak	O
human	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
titles	O
are	O
role-playing	O
games	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
battles	O
against	O
demons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
changed	O
in	O
Book	O
of	O
Fire	O
and	O
Book	O
of	O
Ice	O
,	O
where	O
the	B-Application
devil	I-Application
children	I-Application
are	O
able	O
to	O
fight	O
by	O
using	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2011	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
is	O
a	O
social	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
collects	O
demons	O
,	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
devils	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
complete	O
quests	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
strongest	O
Devil	O
King	O
;	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
test	O
themselves	O
in	O
daily	O
tournaments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Devil	O
Children	O
was	O
created	O
presumably	O
as	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
Pokémon	O
series	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
for	O
younger	O
players	O
,	O
featuring	O
child	O
characters	O
and	O
cute	O
monsters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Multimedia	O
Intelligence	O
Transfer	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atlus	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
2011	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Index	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
anime	O
,	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	O
DeviChil	O
,	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
CBC	O
,	O
Dentsu	O
,	O
and	O
TMS	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
with	O
additional	O
animation	O
provided	O
by	O
Actas	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
aired	O
for	O
50	O
episodes	O
from	O
October	O
7	O
,	O
2000	O
to	O
September	O
29	O
,	O
2001	O
;	O
the	O
second	O
,	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	O
D-Children	O
–	O
Light	O
&	O
Dark	O
,	O
aired	O
for	O
52	O
episodes	O
from	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
2002	O
to	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
TV	O
Tokyo	O
and	O
NAS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actas	B-Application
animated	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
Studio	O
Comet	O
animated	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
Devil	O
Children	O
music	O
albums	O
were	O
released	O
by	O
First	O
Smile	O
Entertainment	O
on	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2000	O
and	O
February	O
21	O
,	O
2001	O
:	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
Perfect	O
Soundtracks	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
the	O
soundtracks	O
of	O
Black	O
Book	O
and	O
Red	O
Book	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
one	O
vocal	O
theme	O
composed	O
by	O
Hiro	O
Takahashi	O
and	O
one	O
by	O
Nao	O
Ito	O
;	O
and	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Children	I-Application
Arrange	O
Tracks	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
new	O
arrangements	O
by	O
Hamada	O
and	O
Motoi	O
Sakuraba	O
of	O
Black	O
Book	O
and	O
Red	O
Book	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kalata	O
and	O
Snelgrove	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
series	O
was	O
unusually	O
simplistic	O
for	O
the	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
series	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
found	O
its	O
gameplay	O
to	O
have	O
more	O
depth	O
than	O
Pokémon	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
challenge	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kalata	O
and	O
Snelgrove	O
were	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
titles	O
 '	O
visuals	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
disappointed	O
in	O
the	O
updated	O
music	O
and	O
graphics	O
in	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
remake	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
looked	O
like	O
"	O
a	O
subpar	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
RPG	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kalata	O
and	O
Snelgrove	O
did	O
however	O
find	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
games	O
 '	O
graphics	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
large	O
improvement	O
over	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
