Super NES, best system ever. That's when RPG's were right. I'd have more PS1 JRPG's on my list, but I'm only starting to get into those now (I had a PS1, but wasn't knowledgable about games back in the day).

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Fable is shit...

OH 3's, now I see the trend, but no.

Sonic CD was awesome. If I extended my list to 1993 I'd give Sonic CD and Mega Man X a tie.

It's odd to see Metroid Prime 2 (the worst of the trilogy) make your list, but Metroid Prime 1 & 3 didn't. Great Mid-90's. choices.

I'm convinced we'll never get a string of classics like Link to the Past, Final Fantasy IV, Chrono Trigger, Tales of Phantasia, Final Fantasy VI, and Mario RPG again. (does Zelda count as an RPG?).  There was also stuff like Breath of Fire and Secret of Mana...then the PS1 followed it up immediately thereafter with 4 Final Fantasies (7, 8, 9, and tactics), Xenogears, Suikoden, etc.  

The 90's ruled for RPG's.  

You made a great selection for mid 90's as well, but....

No River City Ransom? Sim City was pretty epic, but I'd still have given it runner up. It's one of the few NES games I can play.

WOW You really like Final Fantasy...Never been a huge fan, but I'm working through VI and I can see why this is the best of the series. I particularly like the smaller Square and Squaresoft franchises like Super Mario RPG, Chrono Trigger, Front Mission, Drakengard, XenoGears, Valkyrie Profile, etc.

2007: Halo 3
2008: MGS4
2009: Uncharted 2
2010: God of War 3 or Red Dead Redemption i can't decide
2011: Uncharted 3

2007: Mass Effect ... really only quality title for this year aside from maybe Bioshock which has plenty of problems especially in the story

2008: Fallout 3 ... No brainer here really, and it has survived the test of time by being better than New Vegas

2009: Dragon Age Origins ... all I could think of really as this year sucked for gaming

2010: Red Dead Redemption ... Mass Effect 2 would have been GOTY had it not been inferior to the original in every respect. Red Dead was a real surprise for me considering it was Rockstar which is best known for its highly overrated and incredibly bland Grand Theft Auto series

2011: Deus Ex Human Revolution ... Better than all 4 of the other games mentioned by far, a very rare game that is only seen maybe once in a decade or so

I never really liked Tales of Phantasia, but I agree with you. Zelda isn't an RPG, and to be fair, Skyward Sword is pretty bad ass.

If we ever get a load of quality JRPG's it's likely to occur on the 3DS. I really liked how Square, Capcom, and Namco remade a lot of their JRPG's for the GBA and DS. GBA, although not as epic as PS1 and SNES, was still pretty awesome with JRPG's. I mean 2 Golden Suns, 2 Fire Emblems, 5 Final Fantasy Remakes, along with a new Tactics game, Lufia, Pokemon, 3 good DBZ RPG's, Onimusha Tactics, Tactics Ogre, Shining Souls, Shining Force, Boktoi, etc.

Anyway we will never see as heavy of a JRPG load on consoles like before, but there will be little bursts now and then. Wii for instance is killing it with XenoBlade, The Last Story, Pandora's Tower, Monster Hunter Tri and Zelda. There are also a few gems on PS360 - Valkyria Chronicles, Tales of ___, Star Ocean, Lost Odyssey, Infinite Undiscovery, etc.

Anyway, after XenoBlade, I'm back to Chrono Cross and my PS1 JRP's LOL. It was a good time.

Yeah I know, makes it even more baffling how I could loathe 13 and its sequel so much.  

2007: Super Mario Galaxy
2008: Metal Gear Solid 4
2009: Demon's Souls
2010: Donkey Kong Country Returns
2011: Portal 2 so far (but I still have to play Skyward Sword, Arkham City, Dark Souls, Deus Ex)