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JRPG stands for Japanese Role-Playing Game. This unique genre of game combines the Western RPG or Role-Playing Game genre first popularized by Dungeons and Dragons with Eastern storytelling and cultural references often seen in anime or manga. JRPGs are almost exclusively made in Japan.
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Kingdom Hearts was one of the first RPGs I ever played on my PlayStation 2. I remember thinking it was revolutionary. I was so excited to see a game that lets you visit Disney worlds and interact with those characters. To this day I have replayed it and the other games in the franchise multiple…
In my lifetime, there have only been two game releases that had me more hyped up about them than I was back in 1999 for Final Fantasy VIII. Those games were Super Mario 64, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. That I expected Final Fantasy VIII to stand proudly with those two masterpieces…
Fans of Final Fantasy VII Remake are eagerly awaiting for “part 2” of the episodic series. Yoshiniro Kitase’s (Final Fantasy VII’s Director, and FFVIIR’s producer) recent comments hint at the direction that the series will take, but not at a release date. Tetsuya Nomura, FFVIIR’s Director, has a history of absurdly long development cycles when…
World of Final Fantasy: MAXIMA grabbed my attention soon after I purchased my Nintendo Switch. I have been a fan of JRPGs for as long as I can remember, especially the Final Fantasy series. This game is certainly more enjoyable if you have some Final Fantasy knowledge. Without it, you wouldn’t get as much joy…
1997’s Grandia, touted to be the Sega Saturn’s answer to Final Fantasy VII, is a legitimately great Japanese Role-Playing game in its own right. The Saturn version holds an 87% GameRankings meta score. As a spiritual sequel to GameArts’ own Lunar Series, Grandia had some big boots to fill. Not Quite the “Final Fantasy VII…
Monster Hunter is a franchise that has been historically loyal to Nintendo consoles. With its biggest release yet in 2019, Monster Hunter World, Capcom was forced to skip the Nintendo Switch. The Switch’s hardware simply is not compatible with the game’s huge open-world, next-gen graphics, and MMO connectivity. Still, for Switch fans, there is no…
“Final Fantasy XV -The Dawn of the Future-“ is more than just the definitive, true conclusion of the FFXV Saga (at least until a PS5 port of the game comes out with all the cancelled DLC restored) we all deserve, and hopefully the end of what would come to be known as the “Bahamut Saga”,…
When it comes to Pokémon, I am no stranger. I have enjoyed every generation since the beginning, but none have quite matched the effect that generation 2 had on me. I remember opening Pokémon Silver one Christmas morning and being completely excited. I had a blast with Pokémon Red but Silver just blew my mind….
Growing up, we always had PlayStations. My first console was the first PlayStation, so I never got to experience the NES or SNES. Of course, I was born in 1992 so I pretty much missed the window anyway, but I still always felt like I missed a huge part of history. When I stumbled upon…
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, was Nintendo GameCube’s Swan Song, and the Wii’s launch killer app for the Nintendo core gamer. While I ranked the game as the 4th best Legend of Zelda game in our “Top Ten All Time Zelda List“, Twilight Princess is my personal second favorite Zelda game, after Ocarina of…