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pearljammer on 29 April 2009

1. Final Fantasy IV (played recently as FFIV DS)
2. Final Fantasy VI
3. Secret of Mana (Still play yearly)
4. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
5. Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy Tactics (tie)

It's actually quite difficult to narrow it down to such a short list.



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ookaze on 29 April 2009
Words Of Wisdom said:

The widely accepted definition of JRPG is any RPG that comes out of Japan and doesn't fall into a more specific category (A/S/T...etc).  The more niche subgenres override the larger ones.  For example, Disgaea is recognized as an sRPG and not a jRPG.  Kingdom Hearts is an aRPG and not a jRPG.

But you're wrong, the widely accepted definition of JRPG are just console RPG that come from Japan, and this includes SRPG, ARPG or Turn-based/traditional RPG. As long as it comes from Japan it's a JRPG.

For you FFTactics is not a JRPG, now that's a new one.

Anyway, my list :

1. FFTactics

2. Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn

3. Tales of Symphonia

4. Valkyria Chronicles

5. Final Fantasy VII

 



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vykk8930 on 29 April 2009

1) Earthbound Zero/Mother (the one on the NES that never made it to the the States)
2)Chrono Trigger
3)Skies of Arcadia
4)Final Fantasy VI
5)Valkyria Chronicles



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luisgvm on 29 April 2009

1. legend of the dragoon.
2. final fantasy 8
3. final fantasy 7
4. final fantasy 10
5. final fantasy 9

and runner up¡¡¡. final fantasy 12. truly epic games specially number 1. i have loved other games that are epic too but i am not going to mention them all.



Mirson on 29 April 2009

1. Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
2. Final Fantasy IV
3. Vagrant Story
4. Digital Devil Saga 2
5. Secret of Mana/Persona 4/Final Fantasy IX/Odin Sphere [can't choose]



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Alasted on 29 April 2009

1. Chrono Trigger
2. n/a
3. n/a
4. n/a
5. n/a



Sephiroth357 on 29 April 2009

Number #5!

The World Ends with You!

Number #4!

Final Fantasy X!

Number #3!

Kingdom Hearts!

Number #2!

Kingdom Hearts 2!

Number #1!

Final Fantasy VII!




dunno001 on 29 April 2009

Hrm... I think I recall a thread like this not too long ago, but I don't know where it went. (It's probably in the great ether of threads I don't want to wade through.) But I can do 5 RPGs:

1. Persona 4
2. Dragon Quest 4
3. Final Fantasy 6
4. Chrono Trigger
5. Fire Emblem series (or if no SRPGs, Lufia 2)



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NinjaBlade360 on 29 April 2009

1.Final Fantasy VII
2.pokemon gold & silver
3.Final Fantasy X
4.Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
5.Dragon Warrior



Words Of Wisdom on 29 April 2009
Torillian said:
But how do you define "widely accepted or established" definitions. Here's some Wikipedia definitions.

jRPG - a Roll playing game from Japan or "the majority of console roll playing games"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JRPG
sRPG - This sub-genre of role-playing game principally refers to games which incorporate gameplay from strategy games as an alternative to traditional RPG systems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRPG

All I have done is said that a game being a sRPG does not negate the fact that it also came from Japan.

All JRPG means is an RPG from Japan, and then there are separations within that.

@bold : Um, duh.  Obvious statement is obvious.

Also, I define "widely accepted/established" as what 99% of websites and gamers classify games as.  For example:

http://ps2.ign.com/objects/016/016467.html : Kingdom Hearts = ARPG

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/home/516587.html : Kingdom Hearts = ARPG

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/adventure/kingdomhearts/index.html : Kingdom Hearts = ARPG

Note that it's aRPG and not jRPG.

ookaze said:

But you're wrong, the widely accepted definition of JRPG are just console RPG that come from Japan, and this includes SRPG, ARPG or Turn-based/traditional RPG. As long as it comes from Japan it's a JRPG.

For you FFTactics is not a JRPG, now that's a new one.

Final Fantasy Tactics is TBS oddly enough according to gamefaqs and IGN.  Not sure if I would agree or disagree with that.  There are a lot of generic units in the game but not enough to make it TBS vs sRPG.  Then again, Tactics is mostly trash so it doesn't matter to me.  The decent gameplay couldn't make up for the generic snooze-fest that was its story and the wholely unmemorable characters.