<s>
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
If	I-Application
...	I-Application
,	O
stylized	O
as	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
if	I-Application
…,	O
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atlus	O
in	O
1994	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
from	O
the	O
Shin	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
series	O
,	O
itself	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
larger	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
release	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
;	O
it	O
had	O
also	O
been	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
in	O
2011	O
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
in	O
2013	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
If	I-Application
...	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
change	O
from	O
previous	O
Shin	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
titles	O
,	O
focusing	O
on	O
a	O
small-scale	O
environment	O
and	O
threat	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
large-scale	O
environment	O
as	O
in	O
previous	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Positive	O
response	O
to	O
its	O
setting	O
and	O
spin-off	O
status	O
was	O
the	O
impetus	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
spin-off	O
Persona	B-Application
and	O
Devil	O
Summoner	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
If	I-Application
...	I-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
take	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
protagonist	O
(	O
an	O
unnamed	O
boy	O
or	O
girl	O
,	O
who	O
appears	O
in	O
later	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
titles	O
as	O
a	O
girl	O
named	O
Tamaki	O
Uchida	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
If	I-Application
...	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
spin-off	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
smaller	O
world	O
scope	O
came	O
about	O
because	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
director	O
Kouji	O
Okada	O
felt	O
he	O
had	O
reached	O
the	O
limit	O
of	O
what	O
he	O
could	O
do	O
with	O
large-scale	O
worlds	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
Shin	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
working	O
title	O
was	O
Shin	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Guardian	O
system	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
future	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
director	O
Katsura	O
Hashino	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
...	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
represent	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
titular	O
theme	O
of	O
reincarnation	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
markedly	O
absent	O
from	O
previous	O
Shin	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
titles	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
enabling	O
players	O
to	O
continue	O
enjoying	O
the	O
game	O
even	O
after	O
their	O
party	O
was	O
defeated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akira	O
's	O
transformation	O
into	O
Amon	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
similar	O
transformation	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
manga	O
Devilman	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
If	I-Application
...	I-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
on	O
October	O
28	O
,	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
December	O
26	O
,	O
2002	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
port	O
contains	O
additional	O
elements	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
easy	O
mode	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
retouched	O
graphics	O
and	O
updated	O
character	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
port	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	O
on	O
September	O
8	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
for	O
the	O
i-Revo	O
PC	O
system	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
version	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
for	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
marking	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
first	O
appearance	O
on	O
a	O
portable	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
prologue	O
to	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
If	I-Application
...	I-Application
,	O
following	O
Hazama	O
's	O
activities	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
incident	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
considered	O
offering	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
limited	O
ROM	B-Protocol
cartridge	I-Protocol
for	O
players	O
,	O
but	O
budgetary	O
constraints	O
prevented	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
English	O
fan	O
translation	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
25	O
,	O
2018	O
by	O
the	O
Aeon	O
Genesis	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Famicom	O
Tsūshin	O
gave	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
version	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
29	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Famitsu	O
Weeklys	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
port	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
28	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kurt	O
Kalata	O
and	O
Christopher	O
J	O
.	O
Snelgrove	O
at	O
Hardcore	O
Gaming	O
101	O
thought	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
fun	O
,	O
but	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
lacked	O
the	O
"	O
philosophical	O
and	O
religious	O
quandaries	O
"	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
Shin	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPGFan	O
's	O
Kyle	O
Miller	O
thought	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
music	O
was	O
worse	O
than	O
that	O
in	O
previous	O
Shin	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
games	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
enjoyable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
France	O
in	O
2006	O
as	O
Shin	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
If	O
....	O
A	O
second	O
manga	O
also	O
written	O
and	O
illustrated	O
by	O
Yanagisawa	O
,	O
Shin	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
Kahn	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
setting	O
proved	O
popular	O
enough	O
for	O
Atlus	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
game	O
focused	O
around	O
it	O
titled	O
Megami	B-Application
Ibunroku	I-Application
Persona	I-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Persona	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Karukozaka	O
High	O
School	O
was	O
later	O
featured	O
as	O
the	O
setting	O
for	O
an	O
optional	O
story	O
quest	O
in	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
remake	O
of	O
Persona	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Innocent	I-Application
Sin	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
popularity	O
and	O
modern-day	O
setting	O
also	O
influenced	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Devil	I-Application
Summoner	I-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Devil	O
Summoner	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accessories	O
and	O
outfits	O
from	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
If	I-Application
...	I-Application
have	O
also	O
been	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
:	I-Application
Imagine	I-Application
,	O
and	O
as	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
for	O
the	O
game	O
Persona	B-Application
5	I-Application
along	O
with	O
Shin	B-Application
Megami	I-Application
Tensei	I-Application
If	I-Application
...	I-Application
music	O
.	O
</s>
