GameInformer- "It’s no secret that this generation of video games hasn’t been particularly kind to Japanese games in general, and Japanese RPGs in particular have fallen out of favor. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing in this once-beloved genre worth playing from the past five years. With this generation approaching its end, we decided to look back on the must-play JRPGs that came out on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, and PSP."
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
And with FFXIII on it, the list becomes invalid to me.
Yes I would agree...I don't know why they would have added that terrible game but to each his own. Their are some RPG's in their that I haven't played as of yet...please don't judge me and yes I am ashamed that I haven't played them....(dragon quest and disgea) But I look forward to catching in those franchises...Lost Odyssey is a classic of a game EVERYONE should play that game...OH Japanese RPG's are NOT dead please do not believe the foolishness that others are saying...They still have the telling of a story in a video game on SMASH!
Why is game informer doing this? They are already known as japan trolls
"It’s no secret that this generation of video games hasn’t been particularly kind to Japanese games in general, and Japanese RPGs in particular have fallen out of favor."
HAHAHAHAHAHA not really. Japanese rpgs have never been this popular or mainstream
I am so happy this guy is leaving GI
I don't think there are too many of them in this gen (at least there aren't if you own only one gaming platform, which is my case)... Souls series, Valkyria Chronicles and Folklore are all I can think of (never tried Disgaea, although I intent to at some point).
Of course, I might just be misinformed, for I do see a lot of people here saying there's a lot going on in the genre this gen. I just fail to see it.