How Bravely Default’s Producer Hopes To Make It Square’s Next “Epic” RPG

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Boutros said:

Then again, Pokémon (the first and only big RPG franchise that started on handhelds) is 15 years old.

More recent than FF, Fire Emblem, Tales and DQ.

And if you count Persona, you can count Mario and Luigi, Dragon Quest Monsters, Megaman Battle Network, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon... many others.

And there's Ni No Kuni, Inazuma Eleven, Little Battlers Xperience (all big only in japan, but I think that's what the dev meant)