So it's been getting pretty annoying seeing the fanboys on all sides talk about how console XXX has no JRPGs. This will both serve as a way to quell that argument and a quick-reference list for those who care about the genre and want to know what's out and upcomming. I will include all types of JRPGs (SRPGs, Action RPGs, etc.). I will not include games that will never leave Japan, regardless of whether the console is region free or not, or vaporware (I need something concrete that it exists). I need at least one screen or scan of any game I add here. If any of those games I leave off for that reason are ever announced for NA or have a screen or scan posted I will of course add them. So here we go.
Xbox 360
Enchanted Arms (Turn-based RPG) - August 29, 2006
Blue Dragon (Turn-based RPG) - August 28, 2007
Eternal Sonata (Turn-based RPG) - September 17, 2007
Lost Odyssey (Turn-based RPG) - February 12, 2008
Infinite Undiscovery (Action RPG) - September 2, 2008
Tales of Vesperia (Action RPG) - August 26, 2008
The Last Remnant (Turn-based RPG) - November 20, 2008
Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Action RPG) - Q2 2009
Final Fantasy XIII (Turn-based RPG) - lol
Playstation 3
Enchanted Arms (Turn-based RPG) - April 3, 2007
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (SRPG) - August 26, 2008
Eternal Sonata (Turn-based RPG) - October 21, 2008
Valkyria Chronicles (SRPG) - November 11, 2008
White Knight Chronicles (Action RPG) - 2009
The Last Remnant (Turn-based RPG) - 2009
Demon's Souls (Action RPG) - 2009
Final Fantasy XIII (Turn-based RPG) - lol
Final Fantasy Versus XIII (Action RPG) - lol plus 6 months
Wii
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (SRPG) - November 5, 2007
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon (Roguelike RPG) - July 7, 2008
Dokapon Kingdom (Partygame RPG) - October 14, 2008
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Action RPG) - November 11, 2008
Little King's Story (Strategy/Simulation RPG) - January 2009
Rune Factory: Frontier (Action/Simulation RPG) - Q1 2009
Muramasa: The Demon Blade (2D Action RPG)- 2009
Golden Bonds (Action RPG) - TBA
Arc Rise Fantasia (Turn-based RPG) - TBA
Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon (Action RPG)- TBA
Tact of Magic (RTSRPG) - TBA
Dynamic Slash (Action RPG) - TBA
Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga (Action RPG)- TBA
Tales Wii (Action RPG)- TBA
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Action RPG) - TBA
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Action RPG) - lol
Games not listed cause I didn't feel like it and they were really bad:
Zoids Assault, Spectral Force 3, Operation Darkness (360)
Opoona, Dragon Quest Swords, and Baroque (Wii)
Hopefully this list lets people know that there are good games in the genre on all platforms, and quells some of the fighting. Feel free to argue about which is best and all that crap in here, but keep it civil.
Updated - Points of interest for RPG fans:
-Of the 360's and PS3's 9 major RPGs, 4 are multiplatform. Of the Wii's 16 major RPGs all are exclusive except Echoes of Time, which is multiplat with the DS.
-Of the 360's RPGs 3 are first party. Of the PS3's 2 are first party, and of the Wii's RPGs all are third party except for 1.
-The 360 has no SRPGs aside from the 3 unanimously hated ones. It has the best selection of turn-based RPGs.
-Action RPGs in general are much more common than turn-based in the modern console market.
-The Wii only has one turn-based RPG, but is the only console to branch outside the traditional JRPG game types (Action, Strategy, and Turn-based).
