What was your Game of the Year in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011?

[Michael-5]

Runa216 said:

Michael-5 said:

Runa216 said:

1996: Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars
1995: Chrono Trigger (With credit to Donkey Kong Country 2)
1994: Donkey Kong Country

and before that....I didn't really care. DKC was the first game I got into, and it was the game to get me into video games

I am absolutely adoring some of your mid-90's picks. 

Super NES, best system ever. That's when RPG's were right. I'd have more PS1 JRPG's on my list, but I'm only starting to get into those now (I had a PS1, but wasn't knowledgable about games back in the day).

I'm convinced we'll never get a string of classics like Link to the Past, Final Fantasy IV, Chrono Trigger, Tales of Phantasia, Final Fantasy VI, and Mario RPG again. (does Zelda count as an RPG?).  There was also stuff like Breath of Fire and Secret of Mana...then the PS1 followed it up immediately thereafter with 4 Final Fantasies (7, 8, 9, and tactics), Xenogears, Suikoden, etc.  

The 90's ruled for RPG's.  

I never really liked Tales of Phantasia, but I agree with you. Zelda isn't an RPG, and to be fair, Skyward Sword is pretty bad ass.

If we ever get a load of quality JRPG's it's likely to occur on the 3DS. I really liked how Square, Capcom, and Namco remade a lot of their JRPG's for the GBA and DS. GBA, although not as epic as PS1 and SNES, was still pretty awesome with JRPG's. I mean 2 Golden Suns, 2 Fire Emblems, 5 Final Fantasy Remakes, along with a new Tactics game, Lufia, Pokemon, 3 good DBZ RPG's, Onimusha Tactics, Tactics Ogre, Shining Souls, Shining Force, Boktoi, etc.

Anyway we will never see as heavy of a JRPG load on consoles like before, but there will be little bursts now and then. Wii for instance is killing it with XenoBlade, The Last Story, Pandora's Tower, Monster Hunter Tri and Zelda. There are also a few gems on PS360 - Valkyria Chronicles, Tales of ___, Star Ocean, Lost Odyssey, Infinite Undiscovery, etc.

Anyway, after XenoBlade, I'm back to Chrono Cross and my PS1 JRP's LOL. It was a good time.