Most of the gameplay footage seem to take place in Japanese rural areas, looked it up and seems like it begins in a medieval Europe type of setting at least.
You're the sensei so you're probably right.
Some kind of weird time travel in IV. They've already dabbled with T.T. in the first SMT, but that was only 30 years. This seems to go all over the place from 1400s to cyberpunk futuristic settings.
I have a feeling it's going to be Japan, but a fictional version where euro styled buildings are a common thing. I mean they've always had the usual Japan locations like Roppongi, Shibuya, Nagoya, etc. But even if they were "warped" to other places it'd be fine and kind of cool.









