Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem started with … a photo booth game

LOS ANGELES — One of the craziest team-ups on the Japanese role-playing scene started in one of the most unlikeliest of places.

In an interview with GamesBeat today at the Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow, Shinjiro Takata, producer of the Atlus and Nintendo collaboration Genei Ibun Roku (Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem), mentioned that the partnership came from an unlikely beginning: a photo booth game.