Where's all the RPG's gone

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I remember when we owned a Japanese Snes, we used to get the Game Pro mag and it used to have loads of reviews/previews of JRPG's. What's happened to those type of games ?. Why is there a lack of them on this gen consoles ?.

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  • stud u likestud u like Posts: 42,100
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    There are plenty of them about. "Ni No Kuni" is the latest.
  • SchmiznurfSchmiznurf Posts: 4,434
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    They are all on the PS3 and Nintendo unfortunately.
  • BesterBester Posts: 9,698
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    The Last Story, Pandora's Tower, Xenoblade Chronicles - all Nintendo.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,784
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    There are plenty of them about. "Ni No Kuni" is the latest.

    Yeah I got that one :)

    The 360 could have done with a few off them imo.
  • alternatealternate Posts: 8,110
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    360 doesn't sell in Japan. MS threw money at Mistwalker to make a few games but it didn't break japan like they hoped.
  • General ZodGeneral Zod Posts: 392
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    Try the PSP. Theres hundreds of JRPG's on it. No localisation though, so you need to be able to read Japanese.
  • 2dshmuplover2dshmuplover Posts: 8,271
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    They went to the handhelds, both the DS and the PSP had huge amount of them. The PS3, 360 and Wii also had their fair share too, but generally speaking it's the portable systems where you will find the best examples of the genre these days.
  • 2dshmuplover2dshmuplover Posts: 8,271
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    Yeah I got that one :)

    The 360 could have done with a few off them imo.

    The 360 did have a few JRPG exclusives:


    Mistwalker:

    Blue Dragon
    Lost Odyssey

    Namco:

    Tales of Vesperia
    MagnaCarta II

    Square-Enix:

    Infinite Undiscovery
    The Last Remnant
  • SchmiznurfSchmiznurf Posts: 4,434
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    The 360 did have a few JRPG exclusives:


    Mistwalker:

    Blue Dragon
    Lost Odyssey

    Namco:

    Tales of Vesperia
    MagnaCarta II

    Square-Enix:

    Infinite Undiscovery
    The Last Remnant

    And I already have all of them.
  • WellHiddenMarkWellHiddenMark Posts: 1,797
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    Try the PSP. Theres hundreds of JRPG's on it. No localisation though, so you need to be able to read Japanese.

    Just a minor setback there :p
  • 2dshmuplover2dshmuplover Posts: 8,271
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    Schmiznurf wrote: »
    And I already have all of them.

    Congrats.

    xBlaKOuTZxX, you may wish to try Tales of Vesperia on 360 if you liked Ni No Kuni, it's pretty highly regarded among JRPG fans and it's quite similar in both combat and visual style. See what you think here

    I think there's even a demo on the marketplace.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,357
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    miss a good old rpg seems fps are getting more love these days.
  • zelda fanzelda fan Posts: 6,330
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    bob2005 wrote: »
    miss a good old rpg seems fps are getting more love these days.

    Tell me about it:mad: it's why i hardly buy any games anymore.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,357
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    remember the ps1 days so many rpg's so much choice these days lucky if you get a couple of good ones.
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