naznatips said:
Released and Announced JRPGs by Platform: DS:
Dragon Quest IV
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest VI
Dragon Quest IX
Dragon Quest Hereos: Rocket Slime
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimmoire of the Rift
Front Mission 1st
Font Mission 2089: Border of Madness
Heroes of Mana
Children of Mana
It's a Wonderful World (The World Ends With You outside Japan)
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
Tales of Innocence
Sonic RPG (Western and Japanese Collaboration)
Inazuma Eleven
Blue Dragon Plus
ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat
Fire Emblem: Dragon of Darkness and Sword of Light
Etrian Odyssey
Digimon World DS
Digimon World: Sunburst/Moonlight
Luminous Arc
Luminous Arc 2 Will
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2
Pokemon Ranger
Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon
Rune Factory 2
Xenosaga I & II
Lunar DS
Lunar Knights
Contact
Izuna
Etrian Odyssey 2
Egg Monster Hero
Shiren the Wanderer DS
Magical Starsign
Mega Man Star Force (Leo, Dragon, Pegasus)
Mega Man Star Force 2 (Berserk X Shinobi and Berserk X Dinosaur)
Summon Night: Twin Age
Tales of the Tempest
Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal
LostMagic
Spectrobes
Spectrobes 2
Soma Bringer
Fire Emblem DS Conclusion: Calling anything but the DS the RPG console is a joke. It's not really fair to combine Western and Japanese RPGs because they are very different in style, gameplay, and audience. If we really want to compare home consoles, and leave out the DS, the Wii has more JRPGs announced for it in under a year on the market than the PS3 and 360 combined. That's what comes with being market leader in Japan. JRPGs are a niche genre and other than Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest don't sell well. Basically no JRPGs other than Final Fantasy and maybe a couple others by Square have any chance of making a profit on the PS3 or 360, and there are a lot of RPGs in Japan that aren't made by Square... they are all on the Wii, as well as a few by Square. |
It's really not fair to call the DS the king of RPG's with all those remakes, but that's just my opinion. Also western RPG's seem to sell pretty well so I do think there is a reason they should be listed.
