Lost RPG Franchises: Where Are They Now?

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BasilZero said:
The PS1/PS2 era was the best era for RPGs, guess creative fatigue killed them all this generation! (l0l)

Mana - Dawn of Mana/Heroes of Mana sold so poor (along with the Children of Mana,etc), frozen IP.
Breath of Fire - BoF3 flopped obviously cause of Capcom's incompetence and because of that the IP is frozen , they had the chance to give it to Camelot who offered but decided not to.
Shadow Hearts - Unknown
Suikoden - Didnt the development team completely disband?
Wild Arms - PSP killed the series l0l

I don't think BoF3 really had much to do with the series being frozen as the game was the most commercially successful in the series, and it was followed by BoF4 and BoF5, along with several spinoffs. Breath of Fire 4 is also both the next most commercially successful in the series, and also by far the best game in the series.

The reason that the series is on hold is because one of Capcom's old leaders, Keiji Inafuna, decided that Capcom should kill the main series so the resources could be used on other projects. Now that he's finally out of the way, maybe Capcom will do another.