Gonna use Basil's template
Origins
-Final Fantasy (NES) (emulator, no shame)
-Mother (NES)
Evolution
-Final Fantasy VI (SNES)
-Chrono Trigger (SNES)
-Phantasy Star IV (Genesis)
-Final Fantasy IV (SNES)
-Phantasy Star III & Final Fantasy V (Genesis/SNES) (for voting purposes consider only PSIII)
Prominence
-Xenogears (PS)
-Castlevania SOTN (PS) (i consider an action RPG and it's japanese)
-Chrono Cross (PS)
-Final Fantasy VIII (PS)
-Final Fantasy IX & VII (PS) - (for voting purposes consider only IX)
Maturation
-Persona 3 (PS2)
-Golden Sun (GBA)
-Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne/Lucifer's Call (PS2)
-Persona 4 (PS2)
-Final Fantasy Tactics (GBA) (still a jrpg ¬_¬)
Modern
-Etrian Odyssey (DS) - Only remarkable jrpg (from those i've played which admitedley are not that much) and it's not even great.
-Haven't (or didn't) finished some i would like to vote for
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Story
-Xenogears(PS)
-Chrono Trigger (PS)
-Final Fantasy VI (PS)
-Phantasy Star IV (Genesis)
-Xenosaga (PS2)
Design
-Final Fantasy VI (SNES)
-Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Gameplay
-Final Fantasy VI (SNES)
-Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Presentation
-Final Fantasy VI (PS)
-Chrono Trigger (PS)
-Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox360) (only for the graphics)
-Persona 4 (PS2)
-Xenogears (PS)
Influence
-Final Fantasy (NES)
-Phantasy Star (SMS)
-Castlevania SOTN (PS)
-Final Fantasy IV (SNES)
-Xenogears (PS) - More pioneer than influential due to regulations and general world changes in modern time
Multiplayer
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