Octopath Traveler one or two?

[Jumpin]

If you’re going for a classic RPG, go with a remaster of the real deal.

FF6 Pixel Remaster fixes issues, such as the gimmicky Sword Tech and Blitz attacks that rendered them unappealing after some use—those are usable now without the gimmickry.

If you’re looking for an experimental old school RPG, Square Enix dumped almost the entire SaGa franchise onto the Switch - many of them remastered. I’d recommend Romancing Saga 2 and 3 - they’re not for everyone, and will probably require a “read before playing” guide, but I really enjoy those two. FF Legend 1-3 (SaGa 1-3) are the original versions ported to Switch. FF Legend 1 has some terrible gimmicks that render the game into a grind-fest (particularly humans). FF Legend 2 was a lot better, but the limited item stash was a bit frustrating—I’d recommend using Robots in that game. The FFL trilogy are decent for those who want to see very early RPGs, the first ones on handheld, but IMO Mystic Quest/Adventures of Mana aged way better than its contemporaries—although, fixing a few small things in FFL2 would make it the best aged of those early handheld RPGs.

Mystic Quest, which is also known as Adventures of Mana and Seiken Densetsu 1, is a rather simplistic hybrid of an action adventure game and action RPG that manages to be a lot of fun. It’s also on Switch, I believe. There was an adaptation of it called Sword of Mana which attempted to make the story and gameplay more complex, and IMO it felt bloated in both - and a lot of the dialogue felt drawn out, losing the oomph of the original Mystic Quest. So, IMO, play Mystic Quest or Adventures of Mana, but not Sword of Mana.

Last edited by Jumpin - on 29 July 2023