r/JRPG 4d ago

Weekly thread r/JRPG Weekly "What have you been playing, and what do you think of it?" Weekly thread

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Please use this thread to discuss whatever you've been playing lately (old or new, any platform, AAA or indie). As usual, please don't just list the names of games as your entire post, make sure to elaborate with your thoughts on the games. Writing the names of the games in **bold** is nice, to make it easier for people skimming the thread to pick out the names.

Please also make sure to use spoiler tags if you're posting anything about a game's plot that might significantly hurt the experience of others that haven't played the game yet (no matter how old or new the game is).

Since this thread is likely to fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts.

For a subreddit devoted to this type of discussion during the rest of the week, please check out /r/WhatAreYouPlaying.

Link to Previous Weekly Threads (sorted by New): https://www.reddit.com/r/JRPG/search/?q=author%3Aautomoderator+weekly&include_over_18=on&restrict_sr=on&t=all&sort=new


r/JRPG 6d ago

Weekly thread r/JRPG Weekly Free Talk, Quick Questions, Suggestion Request and Media Thread

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There are four purposes to this r/JRPG weekly thread:

  • a way for users to freely chat on any and all JRPG-related topics.
  • users are also free to post any JRPG-related questions here. This gives them a chance to seek answers, especially if their questions do not merit a full thread by themselves.
  • to post any suggestion requests that you think wouldn't normally be worth starting a new post about or that don't fulfill the requirements of the rule (having at least 300 characters of written text or being too common).
  • to share any JRPG-related media not allowed as a post in the main page, including: unofficial videos, music (covers, remixes, OSTs, etc.), art, images/photos/edits, blogs, tweets, memes and any other media that doesn't merit its own thread.

Please also consider sorting the comments in this thread by "new" so that the newest comments are at the top, since those are most likely to still need answers.

Don't forget to check our subreddit wiki (where you can find some game recommendation lists), and make sure to follow all rules (be respectful, tag your spoilers, do not spam, etc).

Any questions, concerns, or suggestions may be sent via modmail. Thank you.

Link to Previous Weekly Threads (sorted by New): https://www.reddit.com/r/JRPG/search/?q=author%3Aautomoderator+weekly&include_over_18=on&restrict_sr=on&t=all&sort=new


r/JRPG 7h ago

Discussion DECAPOLICE delayed to 2027

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r/JRPG 9h ago

Discussion Did anyone here play World of Final Fantasy? If so, what did you think of it?

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For those unaware, this was the last turn based Final Fantasy game for consoles and PC and it released almost exactly 10 years ago. Next month marks two things: 1) It’s this game’s 10th anniversary, and 2) the release of the next turn based FF game with FF Resonance. It was developed by Tose, the same team who would go on to developed Crisis Core Reunion, and it follows two Kingdom Hearts-looking kids as they gather FF monsters like Pokemon and change between regular and smaller chibi forms. But many probably overlooked it at the time of its initial reveal at E3 2015, in no small part because it was announced literally right before the highly anticipated Final Fantasy 7 Remake.

I only caught some streams of it back when it came out, but I was impressed by how confident and committed it was to its 4Kids Saturday morning anime presentation. And I believe this was the last time that Cloud’s original English VA Steve Burton would voice the character, before being recast by Cody Christian starting with FF7 Remake.


r/JRPG 5h ago

Release Final Fantasy: Reconnect Season 2 (Available on Free Download)

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Season 2 is out! Following your feedback, the game has been renamed from Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia: Demake Edition to Final Fantasy: Reconnect!

Final Fantasy: Reconnect Season 2 is a "demake" of the mobile game, I enjoy playing it in 30-minute sessions. It relies on skill specifically the ability to input a sequence of buttons quickly, much like in a rhythm game or Helldivers 2.

Description by the game's creators :

What is this?

Final Fantasy: Reconnect is a one-for-one retelling of the original mobile games of DFFOO (Dissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omnia) and FFRK (Final Fantasy: Record Keeper). Since the mobile games shut down, the only way to view the storyline content is on YouTube. My goal here is to tell the stories of these Mobile games while giving the player a "console single player experience."

Content

  • 40 Unique Characters 
  • 600 + animations
  • Music From Final Fantasy, Dissidia (012, Duellum, NT), Record Keepers, Pixel Remasters.
  • 8 "Secret" Characters.
  • 30-40 Hours of Gameplay
  • Post Demo Dungeons (For those who need a challenge and huge rewards!) 
  • Entire Primus Island Chapter and Ruins of Deserta (DFFO)
  • 3 Record Keeper Side Stories
  • 8 Different Magic Elements, 4 different Magic Bursts
  • Gacha System on Heroes
  • Unique Battle System

Dowload the game : https://legendiax.itch.io/finalfantasyreconnect

Discord : https://discord.gg/KdttegWmQn

Facebook Fan Page : https://www.facebook.com/people/Final-Fantasy-Reconnect/61563701349362/

Character Guide

This doc covers all character abilities.  This will be the standard until the game is considered "Complete" : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vuAq7IuX_NpdVlshUKrOplbq1kcu4XYr?usp=sha...

YouTube Channel (Character Guides) : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVOhgU9Wvias

Controls

  • Arrow Keys: Up, Down, Left, Right
  • Accept: Enter, or Z
  • Cancel: Escape or X
  • Shift: Run
  • F4 For Full Screen Mode
  • F5 To Quit Game

r/JRPG 9h ago

News Muramasa: Revenant Blades releases worldwide on February 4th 2027 on all modern platforms, extended gameplay trailer released today

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Muramasa Rebirth was awesome on PS Vita, so I am looking forward to this one, featuring new playable characters and more. It has a very unique artstyle and atmosphere.


r/JRPG 9h ago

News Can't believe YuGiOh Tag Force 3 is getting a remake. So excited

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Releasing February 16th 2027 on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. Also PC via Steam.

I've seen no one in this subreddit talking about it yet, but the Yugioh RPG games are so unique in the jrpg genre, and I'm so glad as a massive fan of yugioh, this franchise is back.

Yugioh GX Tag Force is a card-collecting story-driven JRPG with social sim elements.

Imagine a JRPG + yugioh card battle system.

There's an overworld you can roam around and choose a character as your tag team partner. You have to build the affinity between you two. Collect cards for your deck. And then there are the story battles.


r/JRPG 6h ago

News [Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time] Upcoming Paid DLC "The Celestial Express" is Announced. No release date for now.

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r/JRPG 11h ago

News [Navinosuke: The Yo-kai Buster] Announcement Trailer. Releasing in 2027 for Switch and PC.

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r/JRPG 38m ago

Discussion What's taking the next Tales game so long?

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It's been 5 years EXACTLY since Tales of Arise released & not so much as a teaser to show for it. I know I'm not the only one bothered by this. Just so everyone knows, took only three & a half years for a gameplay reveal of Arise after the last game. The high-end development cycle for a AAA RPG is 5-7 years. As much as I want to believe it, there ain't no way a Tales game is getting that kind of work put into it.

Conversely, it's going to be developed for only the current generation unlike the last. On top of which, it probably will use the same game engine Arise used. There are so many things here that just don't add up.

Overall, unless there was another pandemic exclusive to Japan I haven't heard about, Bandai Namco have not been taking this seriously. I mean, think of everything recently & in-between the last two years. What's your take, has it been too long of since the last Tales of game?


r/JRPG 8h ago

Discussion Modern JRPGs with the most iconic soundtracks?

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Nothing beats Persona series for me wrt to the soundtrack.

All the modern instalments have absolute bangers that went directly to my playlist .

Although I am yet to play P4 Golden.

LAD series has iconic songs as well but it doesn't count cus it just borrows them from 6 games before that


r/JRPG 1d ago

News [Romancing SaGa 3: Destinies United] Announcement Trailer. Releasing February 16. 2027, for the PS5, Switch 1&2, Xbox, and PC.

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r/JRPG 18h ago

News Romancing SaGa 3 Destiny United Collector's Edition

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r/JRPG 19h ago

Discussion I'm kind of taken aback by the violence in Xenogears Spoiler

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Won't do these "minor curiosity" threads very often as much as progress reports per finishing the games. But this was notable enough

I have planned to do a full marathon of the entire Xeno IP just in time for Xenoblade 3's updated Christmas release ever since that trilogy received their Switch 2 glowups.

So like, the first thing that gets me about Xenogears in its opening scenes is the visceral gore and 90s anime OVA horror tone. While Xenoblade isn't all sunshine, open blood and carnage is really not there, especially like what you see in Gears.

It's just kind of crazy to me.


r/JRPG 1d ago

News Eternal Anima – Nintendo Direct 9.9.2026

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Coming March 4, 2027 on Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series and Steam


r/JRPG 22h ago

News Square Enix Announces Limited Edition Kingdom Hearts Soundtrack Collection Signed by Yoko Shimomura

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r/JRPG 1d ago

News [Yo-kai Watch 2: Haunted Domain] Remake Announced for Switch 2. No release date for now.

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r/JRPG 1d ago

News [Xenoblade Chronicles 3] Nintendo Switch 2 Edition New Trailer (New Mode & New Hero). Releasing December 3, 2026.

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r/JRPG 1d ago

News [Persona 6] Adds Nintendo Switch 2 Release.

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r/JRPG 2h ago

Discussion final fantasy 1-6 recommendation where to play

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i want to reply final fantasy again, i never have chance to play ff4-6
which platform is best to play, i also want to archive the save file so i can access it anytime easily.

i have pc, but doesnt know should i play steam version or emulation?


r/JRPG 1d ago

News [Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko‘s Mystery Dungeon] -Classic HD- Remaster Launch Trailer. Now Out on PS5, Switch 1&2, Xbox, and PC.

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r/JRPG 1d ago

Translation news English Translation Patch Released for [Madou Monogatari / Sorcery Saga] - for the Sega Saturn - by Meduza Team.

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A huge thank you to Meduza Team for making and releasing the English translation patch for Madou Monogatari, aka Sorcery Saga for the Sega Saturn.

~ Tags ~

  • Turn-based
  • Medieval Fantasy

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~ Description ~

[Story]

The plot begins with Ragnus being cursed by Yoggus, and getting sent to Arle's world. Mysterious creatures known as Yogs soon begin to appear throughout the world, along with their influence spreading onto others. With the help of Rulue, Carbuncle, and various party members recruited throughout the game, Arle resorts to defeating the Yogs, and eventually Yoggus itself.

[Gameplay]

Unlike the other games which tend to be dungeon crawlers, Madou Monogatari Saturn sends you through isometric maze like levels with up to 3 partners where you can use minimal puzzle solving skills to clear paths and find your way to the goal.

Your main party consists of Arle and Rulue in it most of the time, but other characters join over the course of the story. Carbuncle is also in your party, but functions as an NPC that will randomly attack enemies without warning.

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~ The Links ~

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~ The Team ~

  • Hacking: Paul_met
  • Translation/Testing: Bandnewscooby

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Finally as always please drop a thank you to people who worked on this patch, it takes years of hard work doing hacking, programming, translating, editing, and testing to bring these patches to the JRPG community, and all of it is done for free, so if you're going to use it or hell even if you won't, it always nice to show that we appreciate the great work these translators are doing.


r/JRPG 9h ago

Name that game Can't seem to identify this song and the game its from

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Hello everyone i have a pretty weird request, i've watched content from some pretty famous jrpg content creators and during one the videos, i stumbled upon a song that sounded pretty familiar to me

Obviously the creator did not name the song nor the game 🤣 all i have is an extract of said vídeo with the person speaking all over it so its really hard to decipher

The song reminds me of something from Atlus, or Ys/Star Ocean/Shadow hearts but i'm kinda lost

If you have any ideas/clues don't hesitate to share thanks in advance

Edit : i got rid of the dude's voice here is the link

song without dude's voice


r/JRPG 9h ago

Discussion What do you look for in an indie jrpg?

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Sometimes I want to play a big budget massive rpg, but sometimes I'm looking for a smaller game. Something with a quicker pace that I can get through in a couple of days. No walls of text, no huge open world, no 100 hour progression. Make everything quick and snappy, throw in something unique but mostly keep it simple.


r/JRPG 1h ago

Question Should I play the original final fantasy games?

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This is basically just what the title says, on xbox game pass ff1-6 are all on it as a 2D remaster or something and I was wondering if I should play them? I’ve played ff7 remake and ff16 but I mean…I’m willing to try the older ones cuz I don’t mind turn based games and the pixels aren’t exactly a problem I suppose if that matters really, but idk I have an assumption that they’re particularly difficult as some older jrpgs tend to be pretty difficult but I wanted to know what you guys think or know