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{{Infobox video game
| title = Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Intruder
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| developer = Bbmf
| publisher = Bbmf
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| series = ''[[Devil Summoner]]''
| platforms = [[Mobile game|Mobile phones]]
| released = {{video game release|JP|August 30, 2007}}
| genre = [[Strategy video game|Strategy]], [[role-playing video game|role-playing]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
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'''''Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Intruder'''''{{efn|{{nihongo|''Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Intruder''|デビルサマナー ソウルハッカーズ Intruder|Debiru Samanā Sōru Hakkāzu Intorūdā|lead=yes}}}} is a [[strategy video game|strategy]] [[role-playing video game]] developed and published by Bbmf. It is a spin-off from [[Atlus]]'s ''[[Devil Summoner]]'' series, which in turn is part of the larger ''[[Megami Tensei]]'' series. It was released for Japanese feature phones starting on August 30, 2007, through the Megaten Alpha mobile game distribution service.

The game is set half a year after the events of the 1997 game ''[[Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers]]'', and follows the [[hacker group]] the Spookies and the demon Nemissa as they reunite in the now deserted high-technological city Amami. The gameplay alternates between adventure parts, where the player interacts with the characters, and battle parts, where they command digital demons in turn-based combat. The game was well received for its gameplay, which critics called fresh and deep, and for its setting and writing.

==Gameplay==
''Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers Intruder'' is a [[strategy video game|strategy]] [[role-playing video game]] in which the player commands a group of digital demons.<ref name="dengeki">{{cite web |url=https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2008/2/7/f046e14107375f452aa1a59a9aa1a80f.html |title=『デビルサマナー ソウルハッカーズ』の続編がSRPGで登場 |language=ja |date=2008-02-07 |website=[[Dengeki Online]] |publisher=Kadokawa Game Linkage |access-date=2024-04-29 |archive-date=2013-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818172945/https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2008/2/7/f046e14107375f452aa1a59a9aa1a80f.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ga"/><ref name="inside 2007-08">{{cite web |url=https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2007/08/30/23104.html |title=iモード用ゲームサイト「メガテンα」『デビルサマナー ソウルハッカーズ Intruder』配信開始 |language=ja |author=Kaidou, Ayano |date=2007-08-30 |website=Inside |publisher=IID, Inc. |access-date=2024-04-29 |archive-date=2024-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321191114/https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2007/08/30/23104.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is split into chapters, each consisting of two types of segments: adventure parts, where the player progresses through the story and interacts with characters, while making decisions that affect how the plot progresses;<ref name="ga"/> and battle parts, where the player and the computer-controlled opponent take turns commanding their demon units across a tile-based arena. Each battle has a set victory condition that the player must meet to progress in the game; conversely, the battle is lost if all friendly units are defeated.<ref name="inside 2008"/>

Moving a demon unit uses up some electric power points; some, but not all, points are replenished after each turn, requiring the player to plan when to spend them, as they cannot move their units when they have run out of points.<ref name="dengeki"/><ref name="ga"/> When a demon unit is adjacent to another demon, they can use magical or physical attacks against it; the attack power increases based on how many tiles have been captured by the party the demon belongs to, which is done by stepping onto new tiles,<ref name="dengeki"/> painting them in the color of the capturing party. An already captured tile can only be captured by the other party through defeating the demon controlling it. The arenas have recovery tiles, which are the only methods of replenishing health, making them important areas to take control of.<ref name="inside 2008">{{cite web |url=https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2008/02/07/26896.html |title=EZアプリ『デビルサマナー ソウルハッカーズ Intruder』配信開始 |language=ja |author=Kaidou, Ayano |date=2008-02-07 |website=Inside |publisher=IID, Inc. |access-date=2024-04-29 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226195147/https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2008/02/07/26896.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The player builds up a larger party of demons throughout the game,<ref name="inside 2008"/> and can improve it further by visiting the Goumaden to fuse multiple demons into single, stronger ones. Demons have different levels of capacity, and each battle has an upper limit for the total amount of capacity of the demons brought into battle.<ref name="famitsu 2007-08"/>

==Premise==
{{See also|Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers#Plot}}
''Soul Hackers Intruder'' is a sequel to ''[[Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers]]'', set half a year after the events of the original game, as the hacker group the Spookies and the demon Nemissa reunite in the technologically advanced Amami City,<ref name="inside 2007-08"/><ref name="famitsu 2007-08"/> which in the time has been deserted and closed off from the public. The group tries to learn the identity of a new enemy hiding in Amami.<ref name="inside 2007-08"/><ref name="famitsu 2007-10"/>

==Development and release==
''Soul Hackers Intruder'' was developed and published by Bbmf, and released for various Japanese [[feature phones]] starting on August 30, 2007,<ref name="ga"/> through the Megaten Alpha mobile game distribution service.<ref name="famitsu 2007-08">{{cite web |url=https://www.famitsu.com/k_tai/news/2007/08/29/607,1188396187,77207,0,0.html |title=『デビルサマナー ソウルハッカーズ』の後日談を描くシミュレーションRPGが登場! |language=ja |date=2007-08-30 |website=[[Famitsu]] |publisher=Kadokawa Game Linkage |access-date=2024-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321191110/https://www.famitsu.com/k_tai/news/2007/08/29/607,1188396187,77207,0,0.html |archive-date=2024-03-21 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Reception==
''Soul Hackers Intruder'' was well received by critics: ''[[Famitsu]]'' and ''{{Ill|GA Graphic|ja}}'' both liked the change of genre from regular role-playing to strategy role-playing, finding that it made the game feel fresh to players who had already played the original ''Soul Hackers''.<ref name="ga"/><ref name="famitsu 2007-08"/> The latter commended the gameplay for its depth, saying that it lived up to that of the original game,<ref name="ga">{{cite web |url=http://ga.sbcr.jp/mgame/007588/ |title=「デビルサマナー ソウルハッカーズ」がシステム一新してケータイに |language=ja |date=2007-08-30 |website={{Ill|GA Graphic|ja}} |publisher=[[SB Creative]] |access-date=2024-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914041829/http://ga.sbcr.jp/mgame/007588/ |archive-date=2007-09-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[Dengeki Online]]'' recommended it to fans of the ''[[Devil Summoner]]'' series.<ref name="dengeki"/>

''NLab'' appreciated the story for its handling of the character Nemissa, and how it explains why she would take on the same appearance as when she possessed Hitomi's body in the original ''Soul Hackers'', contrasting this against her contextless inclusion as [[downloadable content]] in the 2022 game ''[[Soul Hackers 2]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/2209/10/news069_4.html |title=【「ソウルハッカーズ2」否定寄りレビュー】取捨選択を間違えて差別化しきれず、女神転生とペルソナを継承するには力不足 ターゲティングも誤ってしまった |language=ja |page=4 |date=2022-09-11 |website=NLab |publisher=IT Media |access-date=2024-04-29 |archive-date=2024-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321191112/https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/2209/10/news069_4.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Famitsu'' liked the setting, and getting to return to it after the original game.<ref name="famitsu 2007-10">{{cite web |url=https://www.famitsu.com/k_tai/news/1210928_1350.html |title=『デビルサマナー ソウルハッカーズ』の後日談を描くシミュレーションRPGが登場! |language=ja |date=2007-08-30 |website=[[Famitsu]] |publisher=Kadokawa Game Linkage |access-date=2024-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028185508/https://www.famitsu.com/k_tai/news/1210928_1350.html |archive-date=2007-10-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Devil Summoner series}}

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