Board 8 > How many of these JRPG series have you played?

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List form:

Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Pokemon
Monster Hunter
Shadow Hearts
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
Mana
Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
Super Mario RPG
Yo-Kai Watch
Yakuza
Fire Emblem
SaGa
Inazuma Eleven
Xeno
NieR/Drakengard
Dragon's Dogma
Chrono
The Legend of Heroes
Ys
Sakura Wars
Disgaea
Atelier
Monster Rancher
Bravely
Star Ocean
Valkyria Chronicles
Golden Sun
Breath of Fire
Arc the Lad
Phantasy Star
Front Mission
God Eater
Ni No Kuni
Suikoden
Shiren
Ogre Battle
Hydlide
The World Ends With You
Grandia
Etrian Odyssey
Valkyrie Profile
Mother
Summon Night
Shining
.Hack
Sword Art Online
PoPoLoCrois
Soul Blazer
LBX
Chaos Rings
Lunar
Rune Factory

Also after talking on Discord I'm curious which are the most/least played franchises here, so feel free to list the ones you've played (or your favs!)

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35

Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Pokemon
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
Mana
Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
Super Mario RPG
Yo-Kai Watch
Yakuza
Fire Emblem
Inazuma Eleven
Xeno
NieR/Drakengard
Chrono
The Legend of Heroes
Ys
Sakura Wars
Disgaea
Atelier
Bravely
Star Ocean
Valkyria Chronicles
Golden Sun
Breath of Fire
Arc the Lad
Suikoden
The World Ends With You
Etrian Odyssey
Valkyrie Profile
Mother
Summon Night
Shining
Sword Art Online
LBX

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36 after a quick scan

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I've never even heard of LBX and I was unaware that Sword Art Online had games

oh and I've played 18 of them, I didn't make a list because it wouldn't be an interesting list

Atelier
Final Fantasy
Fire Emblem
Legend of Heroes
MOTHER
Phantasy Star
Pokmon
SMT
Yakuza
Ys

oh I miscounted apparently

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Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Pokemon
Monster Hunter
Shadow Hearts
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
Mana
Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
Super Mario RPG
Yo-Kai Watch*
Yakuza**
Fire Emblem
SaGa
Inazuma Eleven
Xeno
NieR/Drakengard
Dragon's Dogma
Chrono
The Legend of Heroes
Ys
Sakura Wars
Disgaea
Atelier*
Monster Rancher
Bravely
Star Ocean
Valkyria Chronicles
Golden Sun
Breath of Fire
Arc the Lad
Phantasy Star
Front Mission
God Eater*
Suikoden
Shiren*
Ogre Battle
Hydlide*
The World Ends With You
Grandia
Etrian Odyssey
Valkyrie Profile
Mother
Summon Night*
Shining
.Hack
PoPoLoCrois*
Soul Blazer***
Lunar
Rune Factory

*I've at least booted a game in this series up, but have played so little that I arguably shouldn't count it. Yo-Kai watch was just a demo, I think?
**I've played this series, but not the JRPG of this series.
***This is assuming we're counting Illusion of Gaia/Terranigma

So 43 or 50, depending on if you count the single *s. Missing Sword Art Online, Ni No Kuni, LBX, and Chaos Rings completely.

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think i've played 10 for more than like 1 hour, but i've probably beaten one or more games in four

nearly beat twewy, phantasy star 4, and suikoden, but never closed them out
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Final Fantasy
Pokemon
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
Super Mario RPG
Fire Emblem
Xeno
NieR/Drakengard
Chrono
The Legend of Heroes
Disgaea
Bravely
Golden Sun
Ogre Battle
The World Ends With You

Looks like 16.
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Some of these are not JRPGs unless I have a major misunderstanding about Yakuza et al

ChainLTTP posted...

Some of these are not JRPGs unless I have a major misunderstanding about Yakuza et al

The latest game in the series is a turn based JRPG

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Just 14 and it's the most popular options aside from like Shadow Hearts

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ChainLTTP posted...

Some of these are not JRPGs unless I have a major misunderstanding about Yakuza et al

Y7 is turn based because the new lead character is a huge dork obsessed with Dragon Quest (to the point where Sega got permission to straight up reference DQ instead of an offbrand mock name) and he imagines all the combat as turn based encounters. It's great.

25, including demos and stuff I played a couple hours of and didn't finish.

Also Yakuza games were RPGSs even before they explicitly became turn-based and I WILL die on this hill

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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

Also Yakuza games were RPGSs even before they explicitly became turn-based and I WILL die on this hill

I've always seen them as beat 'em ups with RPG elements.

Murphiroth posted...

I've always seen them as beat 'em ups with RPG elements.

For sure, but it leans very hard into those RPG structures. You can just as easily say it's an action RPG with a beat-em-up battle system. It's a hybrid genre.

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32/54. Bunch of stuff at the end I haven't. Having single games like Dragon's Dogma on the list is kinda dumb.

Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Pokemon

Shadow Hearts
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
Mana
Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
Super Mario RPG

Yakuza
Fire Emblem

Xeno
NieR/Drakengard

Chrono
The Legend of Heroes
Ys

Disgaea
Atelier

Bravely
Star Ocean
Valkyria Chronicles
Golden Sun
Breath of Fire

Phantasy Star

Ni No Kuni
Suikoden

Ogre Battle

The World Ends With You
Grandia

Valkyrie Profile
Mother

Lunar
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At a quick glance, 20, I think.

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10 lmao

Final Fantasy - All numbered main games from I to IX except III
Pokemon - All main games, about half of spin off games
Super Mario RPG - Mario RPG, all Mario and Luigi games, The original Paper Mario and halfway TTYD
Yo-Kai Watch - Only the first game
Fire Emblem - 6, 7, 8, Awakening and Shadow Dragon
NieR/Drakengard - Automata and currently playing Replicant
Chrono - Only Trigger
Golden Sun - All 3 games
Breath of Fire - Only the first 2
Lunar - Only Legend for the GBA

What kind of a shitty gamer am I

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18

Final Fantasy
Pokemon
Shadow Hearts
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
Mana
Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
Super Mario RPG
Yakuza
Xeno
NieR/Drakengard
Dragon's Dogma
Chrono
Arc the Lad
Phantasy Star
Front Mission
Hydlide
Mother

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Theres a few that I technically played a very little bit of that I dont think I should count, but it was like ~23 probably that I spent some legitimate time on.
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20

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Like 25 of them, but quite a few of those I've only played like < 1 hour.

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Beat at least one entry (15)
Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Pokemon
Mana
Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
Super Mario RPG
Yakuza
Fire Emblem
Inazuma Eleven
NieR/Drakengard
Dragon's Dogma
Chrono
The Legend of Heroes
Ys
Phantasy Star

Played, but haven't finished, at least one entry (9)
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
SaGa
Xeno
Disgaea
Golden Sun
Breath of Fire
Ni No Kuni
Mother

Own at least one entry, but haven't played yet
Shadow Hearts
Atelier
Suikoden
Ogre Battle
Grandia
Lunar

so 24

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Final Fantasy
Pokemon
Super Mario RPG
Mother
Shining

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42 it seems

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35

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I'm counting 14:
Final Fantasy
Pokemon
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
Mana
Super Mario RPG
Fire Emblem
Xeno
Chrono
Golden Sun
Phantasy Star
Ogre Battle
Mother
Summon Night

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Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Pokemon
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
Mana
Super Mario RPG
Fire Emblem
NieR/Drakengard
Chrono
The Legend of Heroes
Ys
Star Ocean
Breath of Fire
Arc the Lad
Phantasy Star
God Eater
Ni No Kuni
Suikoden
Hydlide
Mother
Soul Blazer
Lunar

41, played

35, beat at least one entry in the series

Four

And that's counting the like 10 minutes of Chrono Trigger I played once
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Played a lot of/beaten:
Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Pokemon
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
Mana
Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
Super Mario RPG - If this includes Mario & Luigi, otherwise it goes down to the played a little. I tried emulating the original on PSP but couldn't get into it.
Yo-Kai Watch
Fire Emblem
Xeno
Ys
Disgaea
Atelier
Bravely
Star Ocean
Golden Sun
Ni No Kuni
Suikoden
The World Ends With You
.Hack
PoPoLoCrois - Only the Story of Seasons crossover on 3DS, but it was still a JRPG so it should count I guess.
Rune Factory

Owned or "owned" but only played a little:
Monster Hunter - bought one for PSP when GameCrazy went out of business and was selling their inventory for cheap. Didn't really care for it. Have tried other demos since and still did not care for it.
SaGa - I owned Final Fantasy Legends III, which I guess counts? I barely remember it and know I didn't play much. I also played the demos of the spiritual successors on 3DS, but never got around to buying them outright.
Chrono - Had the DS Trigger remake, not sure how far I got, but probably not halfway. Just couldn't hold my interest.
The Legend of Heroes - Bought Sky FC, but got burned out trying to read all the NPC dialogue, lmao. I should get back to it, but ehh.
Valkyrie Profile - I had something on DS, but stopped playing quickly when I learned I had to sacrifice my units to power up other units or something? Something about that turned me off, I like to keep everyone alive, not sacrifice them. :(

Tried a demo:
Etrian Odyssey - Tried the EO4 demo, and it was okay, but never got around to buying any of them.

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mnkboy907 posted...

Valkyrie Profile - I had something on DS, but stopped playing quickly when I learned I had to sacrifice my units to power up other units or something? Something about that turned me off, I like to keep everyone alive, not sacrifice them. :(

You didn't have to! You could give a unit some ludicrous buffs for a single battle at the cost of sacrificing them at the battle's end but it was optional to do that!

It played into the multiple endings. You'd get shifted onto different routes depending on how much you abused that ability. The "best" ending was to not sacrifice anyone (unless maybe there was a forced one as a tutorial I forget)

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28

Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Pokemon
Monster Hunter
Shadow Hearts
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
Mana
Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
Super Mario RPG
Yakuza
Fire Emblem
SaGa
Chrono
Ys
Atelier
Monster Rancher
Star Ocean
Golden Sun
Breath of Fire
Ni No Kuni
Suikoden
The World Ends With You
Mother
Summon Night
Shining
.Hack
Soul Blazer


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Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Pokemon
Monster Hunter
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
Mana
Super Mario RPG
Fire Emblem
SaGa
Xeno
NieR/Drakengard
Chrono
Y's
Disgaea
Atelier
Monster Rancher
Bravely
Star Ocean
Golden Sun
Breath of Fire
Arc the Lad
Phantasy Star
Front Mission
Ni No Kuni
Suikoden
Ogre Battle
Grandia
Valkyrie Profile
Mother
Summon Night
Shining
.Hack
Soul Blazer
Lunar

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Only thirteen, pretty much limited to the ones which were on the SNES or GBA. Not even gonna bother listing because they're very boring.

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Using my judgement for what doesn't count
Not:
Monster Hunter
Xeno
Dragon's Dogma
Sakura
Atelier

Monster Rancher
Valkyria Chronicles
Breath of Fire
Arc the Lad
Phantasy Star

God Eater
Shiren
Ogre Battle
Hydlide
Grandia

Etrian Odyssey
.Hack
Sword Art Online
PoPoLoCrois
LBX

Chaos Rings
Lunar
Rune Factory

So minus 23 ish. Probably shouldn't allow Golden Sun but I prefer being in a higher range.

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xp1337 posted...

You didn't have to! You could give a unit some ludicrous buffs for a single battle at the cost of sacrificing them at the battle's end but it was optional to do that!

It played into the multiple endings. You'd get shifted onto different routes depending on how much you abused that ability. The "best" ending was to not sacrifice anyone (unless maybe there was a forced one as a tutorial I forget)

I feel like there must've been a forced sacrifice, because I probably wouldn't have stopped if I hadn't had to do it. And I guess that made me think it was something I'd have to do throughout the game. Oh well.

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Actually played:

Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Pokemon
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
Mana
Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
Super Mario RPG
Fire Emblem
SaGa
Xeno
NieR/Drakengard
Chrono
Bravely
Golden Sun
Mother

Barely started:

Monster Hunter (demo)
Ys
Ni No Kuni
The World Ends With You
Etrian Odyssey (demo)

Voted 11-20 because I missed EO the first time through (and I don't even know if it's fair to count the last five)

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I haven't played all of the games in any of those series, and some I've never finished a game, but of the ones I spent enough time on to form an opinion? 30.

51 - only missing Hyldlide, Yo-kai watch and LBX

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Define played.

If its at all, I think the only one I havent is Hyldlide (I dont even know what that is), but its a decent amount, its around 45

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Hyldlide (I dont even know what that is),

it was a very niche, like, nes era jrpg most people havent played

if people bein honest maybe 1% of ppl voting here actually played it. i've barely heard of it and im a 42/x guy

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I used to hear about Hydlide all the time when people were talking about the worst video games. I think it had an AVGN episode, too.

Can't remember the last time I heard someone mention it, though.

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Hydlide was a bit of a meme on this board (and elsewhere on the internet I think?), like, 15 years ago, mainly for how shit it is. I remember playing a little bit of it on an emulator back then.

Anyway, my list, only counting ones where I've beaten at least one entry:

Final Fantasy
Pokemon
Kingdom Hearts
Tales Of
Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
Super Mario RPG
Fire Emblem
Xeno
NieR/Drakengard
Dragon's Dogma
Disgaea
Golden Sun
The World Ends With You
Mother
Summon Night
Rune Factory

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agesboy posted...

it was a very niche, like, nes era jrpg most people havent played

if people bein honest maybe 1% of ppl voting here actually played it. i've barely heard of it and im a 42/x guy

I played it at some point for a bit and it was maybe the worst game Ive ever played
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28, too lazy to list them out.

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andylt posted...

List form:

Final Fantasy yes, at least half
Dragon Quest yes, at least half
Pokemon yes, at least half
Monster Hunter no
Shadow Hearts yes, all 3
Kingdom Hearts yes, at least half
Tales Of yes, at least half
Mana yes, but only 3 remake
Shin Megami Tensei/Persona yes, at least half
Super Mario RPG yes, but only bowser inside
Yo-Kai Watch no
Yakuza yes, but only 1 to 3 and dead souls
Fire Emblem yes, all the official english
SaGa no
Inazuma Eleven no
Xeno yes, but only saga and blade
NieR/Drakengard no
Dragon's Dogma no
Chrono yes, all 2
The Legend of Heroes yes, but only sky
Ys yes, all the official english
Sakura Wars yes, all the official english
Disgaea yes, but only 1 and 2
Atelier yes, all the official english
Monster Rancher yes, 1 to 4, dunno if more
Bravely no
Star Ocean yes, except 5
Valkyria Chronicles yes, all 4
Golden Sun no
Breath of Fire no
Arc the Lad yes, but only 1 and twilight
Phantasy Star no
Front Mission no, unless you count left alive
God Eater no
Ni No Kuni yes, first one only
Suikoden yes, all 5
Shiren yes, the ds one
Ogre Battle yes, the psp one
Hydlide no
The World Ends With You yes
Grandia yes, but didn't finish justin one
Etrian Odyssey no
Valkyrie Profile yes, except 2
Mother no
Summon Night yes, the gba and ds one
Shining yes, post-tony shining tho
.Hack yes, all official english one
Sword Art Online no
PoPoLoCrois no
Soul Blazer never heard of
LBX never heard of
Chaos Rings never heard of
Lunar yes, but only first one
Rune Factory yes, all 4

37 yes; played and finished.
No; can mean I have/started it, but never finish any of the series.
3 titles I never heard of, or too obscure for me to remember.

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A surprisingly decent amount I thought. 17. Can't count Ys yet cause I started it yet.

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i've played (not beaten, but played) at least one entry in... 38 series there?
oops, 39 actually

the ones i never got onto were
Yo-Kai Watch
Yakuza (yes really, i've seen enough others play it to never get around to it myself)
Dragon's Dogma
Disgaea (also yes really)
Monster Rancher
God Eater
Hydlide
Grandia
Summon Night
Sword Art Online
PoPoLoCrois
Soul Blazer
LBX
Chaos Rings
Rune Factory