i am having a trouble to choose one of the console. to help me to narrow the option, i will stick with any console, which produce most JRPG games only.
at all i found out only JRPG can satisfies me.
i would like to listen to all of your advice and comments as well.
which console should i stick with ?

for current gen console?

if yes, better get Xbox360 lost Oddessy, Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata or get PS3 for next upcoming big JRPG tittles

if not..simply get a PS2

as the status now, it seems like xbox360 is getting alot of JRPG treatment 1st and maybe port to PS3 later....
such as Star Ocean 4, tales of vesperia and bla bla bla...

just an information, current Wii have famous JRPG like Tales of Symphonia 2, upcoming would be Dragon Quest X, final fantasy crystal chronicle wii and new Tales of is announced and to be release on Wii year end 09.

while ps3, cross edge, recent release eternal sonata with extra content that 360 doesnt have. white knight chronicle, disgaea 3, and bla bla bla...

This post has been edited by SWATwolf: Jan 2 2009, 02:19 AM

u want JRPG of coz go with 360 la..orr just the PS2 or the DS

three sixty for the win wohoo~

Ya, XBOX360. I own a PS3 for quite sometimes but finally bought an XBOX360 due to JRPG titles released on this platform.

360 is your choice.

or u can buy FUNSTATION.... 1mil game in 1.... FTW!!...

X habis2 dgn Funstation dia.

I suggest u buy 360.Reasons I buy 360 it have more JRPG especially from Square Enix.

This post has been edited by Brian O'Connor: Jan 2 2009, 02:56 PM

Square Enix Last Remnant and Infinite.. so-so only... now waiting for White Knight .... this game damn good... MMORPG + Story = FTW!!!


FunStation .... FTW...

This post has been edited by samurai20: Jan 2 2009, 03:03 PM

would suggest xbx 360. even ff xiii also comin for xbox 360 too.

AiyerSerrBuk

360. Becuase of TOV.
Sorry,sorta have my fan mode on.

but but... wii have more tales, 2 already!

Still AiyerSerrBuk 360 wins

I suspect u r the producer of FUNSTATION.

I'm odering it from him... sight out of stock..

Damn, i m right.

ps2 got ALOT of GREAT jrpg.
-kingdom heart, final fantasy series, shin megami tensei series including persona n digital devil saga, .hack series, tales of... series, ar tolenico, arc the lad series, breath of fire, dark cloud series, xenosaga series, suikoden series, magna carta, odin sphere, rogue galaxy, shining force exa, star ocen 3 , wild arms series, valkyrie profile, etc...

nds!

Yes. NDS has the best JRPG line up, but console wise it seems 360 has a nice line up. I myself bought Infinite Undiscovery.

Next gen JRPGs getting less and less attractive to me.. I still think 16/32 bit era had the best line up

I totally agree.
The 16 bit era we saw birth or expansion of legendary JRPG (Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG...)
the 32/64 bit we have Zelda Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy series...

Could it be the shifting of market focus from Japan to US by game companies,
that has caused the declining JPRG line up? I wonder....

console wise 360, handheld nds has the most

I think too much focus now on the system for newer JRPGs.. I prefer the old school style JRPGs, basic leveling up and few jobs to choose from

they need to change in order to survive

True enough.

Especially now that western RPGs has taken charge, its absolutely boring. Western RPGs, no offense here IMO they are just too darn boring to play.

Yeah dude, western RPG is overated.

Western RPG=no cool/beauitiful characters=no turn base battle=no story=no plot(hero save the princess or world=no beautiful ost and background music=booooringgg!

Why would the westerner want to make an RPG?Just leave it to the japanese to build the game and they should just concerntrate on FPS,SLG,Action. etc.RPG are meant to be made by the Japanese only.

"Its not weird for a Japanese to make a shot gun but its weird for an american to make a samurai sword"

The problem is even Japanese developers are making JRPGs to play like WRPGs these days.. and the lost quite a bit of JRPG lovers and couldn't reach most Western audience. Both head couldn't reach a shore

the conclusion is stick with DS ?

Don't put it that way. Because in that case its like saying western devs shouldn't even be creating games in the first place.

As much as I despise western RPGs, you need to give them due credit. What you got out of JRPGs in the first place was all drawn from the very first Dungeon and Dragons board game, which is a western RPG. Western games do get more publicity because of the deep pockets western publishers has. Japan still sticks to their own country, but its a beginning trend now that Japanese devs and publishers has realised they have been overtaken by the west.

The problem with western RPGs now a days is that they tend to think creating your own character and giving him/her the stats you want will make it a very customizable game. Problem is that in order to alleviate leveling up issues, side quests need to be implemented. This does make things very tedious and it makes the story confusing. Something which many JRPG enthusiasts hates, we just want to get along with the story and level up like no tomorow with random battles.

i'll stick with JRPGs franchises like, tales of,
recent games like Eternal Sonata, Tales of Hearts, Shining Force Feather are all using anime RPG systems.

And I still support them, currently i think Namco still did the best JRPG till today. Just my opinion though, FF series is just getting too overrated sometime.

Really?

I think Atlus does a better job. Their Persona series is more than enough to speak for themselves, and I'm not even going to go into their either SMT spin-offs.

Both Atlus and Namco did very well.............but why still no Persona at PS3, i have sold off my PS2 after i have finish the Digital Devil Saga 2, damn regret after saw the Persona 4 came out at PS2 only.

you want handheld or console? if you are outgoing people that keep going out, nds is not a bad idea, but if you want to view it in stunning graphic, 360(current game)/ps3(future game) is your way to go

I wonder how do Valkyria Chronicles and White Knight perform on the PS3. Many people were poking on 360's JRPG's sales Don't mean to start a war ya, just curious

number 1 sales in Japan

but you never online with your ps3, so you lose half of the content of white knight!

A good J-RPG is not about on which console it is played.It is about the good gameplay, storyline and the sidequest. I can still say that Lunar series(Silver Star & Eternal Blue) is the great rpg that I ever played compared to the 2nd and 3rd gen console's rpg even though the graphic is very outdated and lame. The battle system is simple yet sophisticated.Wide exploring area i.e. dungeans and world map, good, well composed and romantic storyline,great soundtrack(be it in japan or english) and of course the anime cutscenes are beautiful especially the character design is done by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto(Neon Genesis Evangelion)

This post has been edited by Brian O'Connor: Jan 7 2009, 02:04 PM

A true classic never die.

Anyone played Chrono Trigger on SNES? Get the latest port on NDS, u still have a blast playing it.

At the time of development for Persona 4, Atlus still wasn't sure about the PS3's potential as console. More over, Atlus simply doesn't have that much money to throw around in a development, they either make it or break it. So of course, the easy way out to gain some extra free cash through the PS2.


Valkyria Chronicles is sadly.... too underated and even in Japan it isn't doing entirely too well. Hopefully the new re-release with a lower price will attract more sales, because I think the game is indeed exceptional.

As for White Knight.... well, the media indeed has given it alot of mixed reviews. Many said its bad, some said its as good as it'll get and some says its the best PS3 RPG yet. It sure is doing damn well for first week sales in Japan though.

best to stick with PS2 1st and play all the nice JRPG
until u get enough of it

I don't know how sidequest is makes thing confusing, I mean it's in almost every RPG these days, J or W. Wasn't that considered a must no matter what type of RPG it is?

I'm one of those that enjoyed western's new take on RPG. Don't get me wrong, I played JRPG, a lot, back in those days on my GBA, as it seems to be the only genre of games that ever worth playing on that platform. But the oversaturation of it kinda backfired a bit on JRPG. I gotten sick of it. Gotten sick of button spam "A" to speed through tons of dialog, which gets ridiculously predictable after you played a few JRPGs in a row.

Western's take on branching storyline give interesting motivation to replay the game, and there's still no sign of oversaturation of it on the market, which is a good thing as western market mostly dominated by shooters which always make RPG a more "minor" game. give me just enough fix to play one(or maybe 2) WRPG a year.

360 i think but wii get xenoblade and the last story.

JRPG or WRPG... No matter.. As long as its a good RPG then I am sold..Both of it have their good points..

Hmm...still, looking at how the sales goes for JRPG in western country.... I think you better just get a PS3... Also, since most of the RPG are multi platform except for Lost odyssey and Tales of Vesperia. But Valkyria Chronicles is PS3 exclusive.. and all PS3 games are region free too..So, I suggest you get PS3 first before you get Xbox...

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Added on January 1, 2011, 9:32 pmHmm.. But I thought RPG is all about the heavy story element in it... Well, maybe you like a briefer story which the WRPG cater for.. People have different taste after all..

This post has been edited by lilko: Jan 1 2011, 09:35 PM

PS3 and PSP*especially* have many nice jrpg.

I don't think it is brief at all. Asian RPG receives heavy influence from Asian drama, in which they like to take the story of a big picture plot and take it there using personal relationships of characters to carry it.

I don't like this approach in a lot of Asian drama where they tackle relationships between father/son/wife/sister while there is an ongoing war. In the end the big plot taken the back seat for the character relationships.

I totally rage quit watching Hong Kong Drama after Feng Sheng Bang years ago(mother/son families when there are whole lot of deities fighting a war for the world, how did they get away with that!!! ).

Don't take me for a gamer that love quick fix. I like quick fix. But I'm also a 100% completionist when it comes to play games. I like to do every quest, max out my levels, and gain every trophies when playing a game. These thing(charater relationships) can be more tactfully done by making them into side quest.

Try Mass Effect 2. I can choose to screw around with my team relationships when I want, and proceed with the main big quest when I'm ready(Mass Effect 1 done it better). I don't want to look at sisters quarel when I am expecting the next stage of the big picture. I'll take care of both of them when I'm ready

This post has been edited by sjneow: Jan 5 2011, 03:18 PM

Lol.. I should correct myself, its not brief story.. Its more the story where you can control you situation rather than going through with the character's fixed personality and their dilemmas.. So normally cutscenes aren't that long too..

Haha.. You watch Feng shen Bang? Well, I recomend you not watch HK drama if you dislike their generic drama... But, I do not think Japanese game developers give you such deterring drama.. I mean its more straight forward.. But with allot of quirky scenes..

Well, Mass effect is nice... but both of them have their pros and cons... switching between them is actually kind of refreshing.. WRPG except God of wars normally has limited movement while action JRPG got more.. or else they give you a old school time still turn base.. dangling sweet in front does not feel that good though..

This post has been edited by lilko: Jan 15 2011, 10:21 AM

Hey bro, it doesn't matter what console you choose honestly.
Just check out which console have the most RPG games that you might find interesting, and than dig it out...

IMHO, at the moment, the PS3 has more RPG titles than xbox360.

that's just my opinion...