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Was It?

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No 38 33.04%
 
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Ssenkahdavic on 08 December 2012

Handhelds definitely destroyed the JRPGs "last" gen. Not sure which I played more RPGs on (DS or PSP) but damn did they make this gen bearable.



 

  

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brendude13 on 08 December 2012
Soriku said:
brendude13 said:
I agree with PS360.

I'm a huge JRPG fan and there aren't many DS RPGs I feel really compelled to buy. I alright have Pokemon Heart Gold and I'm thinking about getting Chrono Trigger, but that's about it.


If you're not interested in any of the games Lelouch just listed I'm not sure how you can call yourself a huge JRPG fan. Especially when all you've listed are two very popular RPGs - Pokemon and Chrono Trigger.

No, I'm not interested in any of those games, nor have I heard of them. I must not be a JRPG fan then, thanks for telling me.



bonkers555 on 08 December 2012

I'm sorry, I have to disagree here. The PSP was/is the king of JRPGs. You got all the Persona series, Tactic Ogre, all the great FInal Fantasy remakes, Ys, Growlancer and one my favorite Lunar and that's just a small list. PSP will go down as one of the best RPGs system of all time only behind PS1.

BTW: PS3/360 JRPGs are not even close of being the best. PSP>DS>>>>>>Wii>360>PS3 in terms of JRPGs. And the Vita is having a great start!



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mrstickball on 09 December 2012
Soriku said:
mrstickball said:
Depends on what you enjoy, really.

JRPGs? Yes.

WRPGs? No.

Overall? No.

Look at PC releases over the past 7 years for RPGs... For console JRPGs, it was (loved my DS when I had it for DQIV and FFIII among others).

Going forward, iOS/Android will be the go-to consoles for both JRPGs and WRPGs, given what has been released recently and what is ahead.

There are better RPGs coming to the 3DS already than iOS/Android...

I doubt that.

Go look up what Square-Enix has been releasing to mobiles. They're increasing what they're doing, and sales are really picking up for their offerings. The tipping point for their catalog on mobiles outselling handhelds is getting close, sans maybe Dragon Quest (which hasn't been released on iOS, AFIAK).

And that doesn't preclude the other 100 developers out there with WRPGs and JRPGs for iOS and Android.

 

 



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Kyuubi Ricky SSJ2 on 09 December 2012

Yeah it was, DS was a beast. I've got quite a big backlog of RPGs to get through on the DS. One of the best consoles ever, it's up there with the PS2 and SNES.



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Zelhawks37 on 09 December 2012

Handhelds in general held down the RPG front and hopefully, 8th gen will see more RPGs than last gen, because they are one of my fav genres. Also, add in Golden Sun to that long list on DS.



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mrstickball on 10 December 2012
Soriku said:
brendude13 said:
Soriku said:
brendude13 said:
I agree with PS360.

I'm a huge JRPG fan and there aren't many DS RPGs I feel really compelled to buy. I alright have Pokemon Heart Gold and I'm thinking about getting Chrono Trigger, but that's about it.


If you're not interested in any of the games Lelouch just listed I'm not sure how you can call yourself a huge JRPG fan. Especially when all you've listed are two very popular RPGs - Pokemon and Chrono Trigger.

No, I'm not interested in any of those games, nor have I heard of them. I must not be a JRPG fan then, thanks for telling me.


A JRPG fan, sure. But if you've really heard of none of them (you seriously haven't heard of at least Fire Emblem and Dragon Quest?) and have no interest in them, and can only list popular JRPGS like Pokemon and Chrono Trigger that you're interested in then I have a hard time believing that you're that big of JRPG fan and instead are a fan of your typical big popular JRPG series (Pokemon, FF, KH, Chrono Trigger, etc.). Unless you can list some more series you've played. But I have a hard time believing that a big JRPG fan wouldn't be interested in at least some of those titles.

mrstickball said:
Soriku said:
mrstickball said:
Depends on what you enjoy, really.

JRPGs? Yes.

WRPGs? No.

Overall? No.

Look at PC releases over the past 7 years for RPGs... For console JRPGs, it was (loved my DS when I had it for DQIV and FFIII among others).

Going forward, iOS/Android will be the go-to consoles for both JRPGs and WRPGs, given what has been released recently and what is ahead.

There are better RPGs coming to the 3DS already than iOS/Android...

I doubt that.

Go look up what Square-Enix has been releasing to mobiles. They're increasing what they're doing, and sales are really picking up for their offerings. The tipping point for their catalog on mobiles outselling handhelds is getting close, sans maybe Dragon Quest (which hasn't been released on iOS, AFIAK).

And that doesn't preclude the other 100 developers out there with WRPGs and JRPGs for iOS and Android.

 

 


We'll see what happens in the future but I think the bulk of major JRPG support that includes new games and not just quick ports like most of SE's iOS/Androids will remain on the 3DS, Vita, and other dedicated handhelds as long as they are popular in Japan (and right now, the 3DS at least is exploding).

WRPGs are likely a different story though much of them remain on consoles. Are there a lot quality WRPGs on iOS/Android? Or is it more of a quantity vs. quality type thing?

There are quite a few good WRPGs on iOS and Android. Baldur's Gate was just announced for Android, which is pretty big.

Outside of Infinity Blade, there are some very epic (50+hr) RPGs like the Arvenum series. Then you have the Ravensword series, which is an open world first person RPG like Skyrim and the like, but for iOS.

Feel free to look through the hundreds of iOS RPG reviews from Touch Arcade. You may be surprised which ones you like:

http://toucharcade.com/category/games/role-playing/page/2/

 



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