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NewsSquare Enix remembers that Chrono Trigger exists, announcing various new projects as it celebrates the Dragon Ball, Final Fantasy, and Dragon Quest royalty behind the cult JRPG
By Iain Harris Published
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NewsAs Final Fantasy 14 raiders tear through the MMO's hardest duty with no healers and then no tanks, the community can only see this going one way: "Now it's time to clear without DPS"
By Anna Koselke Published
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newsJRPG producer says people prefer their anime girls to have thick thighs when the economy's in the tank, and he's not even joking a little bit
By Jordan Gerblick Published
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NewsSuikoden lead hopes to expand the cult JRPG series "beyond where it ended" and would happily follow Zelda to the silver screen: "If you have any friends in Hollywood, please let us know"
By Iain Harris Published
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NewsAs Suikoden returns from the dead, Konami wants the cult JRPG classic to "become a huge title that can rival other AAA" games
By Dustin Bailey Published
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NewsAfter dominating 2024 with Sonic, Persona, Yakuza, and Metaphor, Sega is the first company to become the year's best-rated publisher 3 times
By Kaan Serin Published
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NewsSega outlines plan to "strengthen" Persona, Yakuza, and Sonic studios, says "Atlus is an important studio for us to expand Japanese IPs overseas"
By Anna Koselke Published
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Dragon Quest
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NewsIn a true JRPG miracle, Square Enix says Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D sales are better "than initially assumed"
By Jordan Gerblick Published
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NewsDragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate isn't canceled despite the lack of updates confirms series creator Yuji Horii, who says the team is "working hard" on the JRPG
By Catherine Lewis Published
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NewsDragon Quest 3 lead Yuji Horii once said that the original JRPG "had to be four times as interesting as DQ1," otherwise "people wouldn't say it was fun"
By Alex Raisbeck Published
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NewsDragon Quest's creator says he's "never thought about retirement," while Final Fantasy's father reveals his next script is complete
By Kaan Serin Published
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NewsDragon Quest 3 remake producer wants Final Fantasy 6 to get the HD-2D treatment because it has "the highest quality pixel art"
By Jordan Gerblick Published
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NewsDragon Quest 3 remake producer would "love" to do more HD-2D JRPG remakes, but with 9 releases in 7 years, he worries fans may get "bored" of them
By Iain Harris Published
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NewsRecreating a 36-year-old JRPG classic put a mountain of pressure on the Dragon Quest 3 remake devs: "If this fails, I won't be able to stay in the industry"
By Iain Harris Published
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News38 years later, Dragon Quest creator says losing half of your money after falling in battle was intended as a kindness to get JRPG players on board with leveling up
By Catherine Lewis Published
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NewsDragon Quest 3 creator's group skewers Elon Musk for sharing "mistranslated" video that made it seem "as if the speaker was expressing a negative opinion against a certain ideology"
By Catherine Lewis Last updated
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Final Fantasy
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NewsAs Final Fantasy 14 raiders tear through the MMO's hardest duty with no healers and then no tanks, the community can only see this going one way: "Now it's time to clear without DPS"
By Anna Koselke Published
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NewsFinal Fantasy 14's funniest speedrunning beef continues as runner who lost a world record to its original champ in just 1 day returns, beats record, is promptly dethroned again
By Catherine Lewis Published
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NewsSony finally managed to pry Final Fantasy 7 away from Nintendo thanks to a "schmoozer" of a former employee who hung out with Square Enix executives at his parties, according to one former PlayStation boss
By Iain Harris Published
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NewsSquare Enix kills Final Fantasy game's mobile version after being unable to "completely fix" a bug stopping fans from accessing their additional paid content
By Iain Harris Published
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NewsFinal Fantasy creator says the original JRPG's programmer was "like a god" to him: "I still strongly feel that the core program itself is the ‘life’ of a game"
By Iain Harris Published
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Feature10 Games like Final Fantasy to play today if you love JRPGs and unforgettable stories
By Malindy Hetfeld Last updated
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NewsAfter 3 years of playing Final Fantasy 14 "almost every single day," series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reckons the MMO "might be the game that I've played the most in my life"
By Iain Harris Published
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NewsAs the Final Fantasy 14 devs "continue to take a firm stance" against mods that can enable harassment, Yoshi-P says improvements are starting in patch 7.2
By Dustin Bailey Published
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NewsFinal Fantasy 14 gets its biggest post-Dawntrail patch yet in 7.2 next month, adding a new Savage tier, trials, Phantom Jobs, Cosmic Exploration, and more
By Anna Koselke Published
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Persona
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NewsSega outlines plan to "strengthen" Persona, Yakuza, and Sonic studios, says "Atlus is an important studio for us to expand Japanese IPs overseas"
By Anna Koselke Published
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NewsPersona 4's iconic singer confirms she's "recording for a new game," leaving JRPG fans wondering if a remake is finally on the cards
By Catherine Lewis Published
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NewsAtlus makes games like Persona 3 by "serving players deadly poison wrapped in a sweet coating"
By Issy van der Velde Published
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News"Persona is a story about growing up": Atlus lead reveals why the JRPG series always centers around a young male protagonist, but doesn't rule out adults or women in the future
By Anna Koselke Published
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NewsBefore Persona veterans decided Metaphor: ReFantazio had to be a fantasy JRPG, they had "talks about making a science-fiction universe"
By Anna Koselke Published
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FeatureThe best Persona games, ranked
By Malindy Hetfeld Last updated
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NewsAs the Persona and Yakuza series fly beyond 20 million sales each, Sega says its JRPG successes are thanks to the power of multi-platform releases
By Anna Koselke Published
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NewsJRPG fans are eating good - as if Metaphor: ReFantazio wasn't enough, another Persona 5 spin-off seems to be getting a Steam release soon
By Anna Koselke Published
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NewsJust one week after Metaphor: ReFantazio's release, Persona director Katsura Hashino says he's already cooking up his next JRPG
By Anna Koselke Published
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Xenoblade Chronicles
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NewsXenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition looks like an incredible revival of one of the best Wii U JRPGs, but fans might be most excited about one simple thing – the larger text size
By Catherine Lewis Published
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NewsAfter pumping out Xenoblade Chronicles games for a decade and helping out on Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Monolith Soft is now fully owned by Nintendo
By Kaan Serin Published
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NewsWith Xenoblade Chronicles X's Nintendo Switch port finally on the horizon, one of the JRPG's last-standing Wii U survivors is already counting down the 3,300 hours until his return
By Catherine Lewis Published
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NewsForgotten JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X is finally getting a Nintendo Switch remaster after 10 years, and it's only a few months away
By Dustin Bailey Published
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NewsXenoblade developer Monolith Soft has already made some of the best JRPGs of all time, but its representative director says its "aim for higher quality will never change"
By Catherine Lewis Published
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NewsThe Game Awards star 'Flute Guy' apologizes for using the wrong flute for Xenoblade Chronicles 3, is instantly forgiven
By Jordan Gerblick Published
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newsXenoblade Chronicles 3 reportedly in "final stages" of development
By Austin Wood Last updated
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FeatureXenoblade Chronicles 3 highlights why JRPGs must find balance with tutorials
By Chris Schilling Published
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NewsXenoblade Chronicles 3 is a "stopping point" for the series, but not the end
By Jordan Gerblick Published
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Yakuza
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Opinion10 years after Yakuza 0, Majima's swashbuckling return finally puts a bowline knot on decades of character growth
By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published
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Best ListThe best Yakuza games, ranked
By Dom Peppiatt Last updated
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NewsLike A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza is longer than the last Yakuza spin-off, but it's not the dev's fault: "The volume increased by itself"
By Kaan Serin Published
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NewsKiryu turns into the Daddy of Dojima with this Yakuza 6 trick
By Hirun Cryer Published
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NewsThree fantastic Yakuza games are back on Xbox Game Pass right now
By Hirun Cryer Published
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NewsYakuza star Kazuma Kiryu would beat up John Wick, according to Yakuza director
By Hope Bellingham Published
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NewsYakuza 6 hides the ghosts of dead characters in camera photos
By Hirun Cryer Published
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newsSEGA will celebrate 15 years of Yakuza with a livestream and a peek at "future developments"
By Vikki Blake Published
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NewsThe next Yakuza game will be revealed this weekend
By Jordan Gerblick Published
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Yakuza Like A Dragon
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NewsYears before we learned of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Majima's voice actor pitched a JRPG about the fan-favorite anti-hero and was told "that's not going to happen"
By Jordan Gerblick Published
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Big in 202510 years since last being a full protagonist, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii turns Majima into a swashbuckling Spider-Man
By James Daly Published
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NewsLike a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is getting New Game Plus for free after fans ripped Infinite Wealth to shreds for locking it behind DLC
By Dustin Bailey Published
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NewsLike A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii revives another Sega arcade classic that's never been ported - a true Yakuza games tradition
By Kaan Serin Published
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NewsAs the Persona and Yakuza series fly beyond 20 million sales each, Sega says its JRPG successes are thanks to the power of multi-platform releases
By Anna Koselke Published
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Now PlayingThis zombie Yakuza spin-off is the perfect Halloween game for Like A Dragon fans, but it's still rotting away on PS3
By James Daly Published
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NewsLike a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii shows off Assassin's Creed Black Flag-style naval combat and brings release date forward a week
By Jordan Gerblick Published
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NewsThe next Yakuza game is the most newcomer-friendly and "least shackled to past events in the Like a Dragon series" - all because its protagonist has amnesia
By Kaan Serin Published
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NewsIn an era where sequels take years, Baldur's Gate 3 developer calls Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii's quick turnaround "genius sh*t"
By Kaan Serin Published
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NewsSega outlines plan to "strengthen" Persona, Yakuza, and Sonic studios, says "Atlus is an important studio for us to expand Japanese IPs overseas"
By Anna Koselke Published
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NewsKonami spent over 5 years bringing an iconic JRPG series back to life as reviving Suikoden "would be over" before it began if they released a "half-baked product"
By Iain Harris Published
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Opinion10 years after Yakuza 0, Majima's swashbuckling return finally puts a bowline knot on decades of character growth
By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published
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