A prince, three friends and a road trip in a black car; ten years in development.
Squall, junctioning and a card game better than the combat.
The job system at its most flexible, and a tree that talks.
The first fully 3D Dragon Quest, with Akira Toriyama's world in cel shading.
Ivalice, the gambit system and a political plot; Matsuno's last Final Fantasy.
Titans, Blades and Rex; the divisive middle Xenoblade with the best soundtrack.
108 Stars of Destiny, a castle to fill and a war between brothers; Konami's first.
Cecil turns from dark knight to paladin; the first Final Fantasy with a real story.
Three generations, a marriage you choose and monsters you recruit; the fans' favourite.
Ichiban in Hawaii with a Pokemon parody; the biggest Yakuza.
The Luminary and a classic turn-based quest; the most traditional great JRPG of its decade.
The MMORPG rebuilt from a failure; A Realm Reborn to Dawntrail with the best story in the series.
Midgar expanded to a full game with real-time combat; the first part of the retelling.
Out of Midgar into the world map, Gold Saucer and the scene everyone knows.
Ichiban Kasuga turns the series turn-based in Yokohama; the funniest RPG of 2020.
Two Solstice warriors in a Chrono Trigger tribute; Sabotage Studio.
Clive Rosfield and Eikon battles in a Game of Thrones Valisthea; the action Final Fantasy.
Eight travellers in HD-2D pixel art; Square's retro look.
Two nations at eternal war and soldiers with ten years to live; Monolith Soft's best.
Atlus's fantasy Persona: an election to become king; the 2024 JRPG.
A 16-bit JRPG with mechs made by one German; the best homage to the SNES.
Catch Pokemon in real time in a feudal Sinnoh; the series finally changes.
Paldea, three stories and a fully open world; the ambitious, broken one.
The Phantom Thieves steal hearts in Tokyo; the most stylish JRPG.
A love letter to the classic Final Fantasy with a brave/default combat twist.
A high school by day, the Dark Hour by night; the Persona formula begins.
A world on the bodies of two dead titans; the Wii JRPG fans campaigned to bring West.
108 characters to recruit, a castle to build and a war between friends; Konami's RPG peak.
A murder mystery in a rural Japanese town solved by entering the TV; friendship as a game mechanic.
Psynergy and Djinn on the Game Boy Advance; the handheld JRPG that looked impossible.
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