SMT IV is a really good game but the first few hours are particularly unfair. That game has a backwards difficulty curve and you're not prepared to deal with the stuff they throw at you at the beginning, you kinda just have to luck out. It's one of those games that turns into something really good after you've soldiered through the rough first bits.
My opinion on Bravely Default wavers back and forth a lot but, on the whole, I'll say it's a pretty good game. There are a lot of pretty cool classes to pick from and level up and you can change at any time, which you should do because if you don't, it gets boring. Change up those classes if you want to play this game!
I like Fire Emblem Awakening a lot more than I liked Fire Emblem Fates. Play Awakening if you're going to play a Fire Emblem game.
I don't have much experience with any Pokemon game. I didn't play them as a kid and I've never been able to get into them.
Honestly, for a road trip, I think Etrian Odyssey IV would be a way better game than any of those you've picked. It doesn't have much in the way of story, really, but let's be honest here - SMT IV and Bravely Default have terrible fucking stories. Awakening has some pretty good characters, but they're all one-off and you know pretty much everything about them after a couple of interactions and the story itself is an OK patchwork of overused tropes. Gameplay-wise, I found it much more satisfying than any of the other games listed.
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