🐉 Video GamesFinal Fantasy VIIRPG · Square · 1997The 1997 PlayStation game that brought JRPGs mainstream globally. Cloud, Sephiroth, Aerith, and that scene.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesChrono TriggerRPG · Square · 1995The SNES JRPG. Time travel, the dream team development, multiple endings.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesStar Wars: Knights of the Old RepublicRPG · BioWare · 2003The 2003 Xbox RPG that introduced an entire generation to Star Wars beyond the movies.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesFinal Fantasy VIRPG · Square · 1994The SNES masterpiece. Kefka, the Opera House, a world that gets destroyed midway through. JRPG storytelling never recovered.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesPersona 4RPG · Atlus · 2008The cozy small-town murder-mystery JRPG. Possibly Persona's peak.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesFinal Fantasy XRPG · Square · 2001PS2 launch-window epic. Voice acting (FF's first), the Sphere Grid, and "I love you" by a fire.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesEarthboundRPG · Ape · 1994Mother 2 in English. Suburban-America JRPG. PSI Rockin'.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesPokémon RedRPG · Game Freak · 1996The 1996 game that started global Pokémania. Catch all 151 — or trade with friends for the ones your version locks out.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesPokémon BlueRPG · Game Freak · 1996The Blue version sibling — Gen 1 with a different exclusive-Pokémon list. The original "Charmander or Squirtle?" debate.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesFinal Fantasy IXRPG · Square · 2000A return-to-roots medieval-fantasy FF. Quietly considered by many staff their favourite of the era.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic IIRPG · Obsidian Entertainment · 2004The Obsidian sequel. The Sith Lords. Kreia.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorRPG · Intelligent Systems · 2004A turn-based Mario RPG with theater-stage battles, charismatic partners, and Nintendo's sharpest writing.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesThe Elder Scrolls III: MorrowindRPG · Bethesda · 2002Vvardenfell. Levitate spells, alien mushroom architecture, peak weirdness for the franchise.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesDragon Quest VIIIRPG · Level-5 · 2004The PS2 turn-based-JRPG masterpiece. Akira Toriyama art, fully orchestral score.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesSecret of ManaRPG · Square · 1993The SNES action-RPG that pioneered co-op JRPG.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesPokémon YellowRPG · Game Freak · 1998The anime-faithful Pikachu-starter version. Your Pikachu follows you around the overworld and refuses to evolve.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesPokémon RubyRPG · Game Freak · 2002Gen 3 on GBA. Hoenn region, abilities, double battles, weather. Many consider this the high-water mark.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesPokémon SapphireRPG · Game Freak · 2002Ruby's sister version with Kyogre as the cover legendary.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesPokémon HeartGoldRPG · Game Freak · 2009The Gen 2 remake with the Pokéwalker pedometer and your starter following you in the overworld. Many fans' all-time favourite.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesPersona 3RPG · Atlus · 2006The 2006 PS2 social-sim-JRPG that defined modern Persona.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesChrono CrossRPG · Square · 1999The Chrono Trigger sequel. 40+ playable characters, gorgeous PS1 art.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesTales of SymphoniaRPG · Namco Tales Studio · 2003The GameCube real-time-action JRPG. Many tales-fans' favourite.Recommend it?
🐉 Video GamesDiabloRPG · Blizzard North · 1996The 1996 isometric click-fest that named the ARPG genre.Recommend it?