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After 8 months, Final Fantasy 14 expansion Dawntrail finally goes back to "Mixed" Steam reviews as MMO fans praise patch 7.2: "A massive improvement in all regards"
By Anna Koselke Published
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Final Fantasy 14's annual Hatching Tide event is here, but its one limited-time reward has left some fans of the MMO disappointed: "You're serious, a parasol?"
By Anna Koselke Published
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"I just want people to be able to enjoy the game": Earthbound legend Shigesato Itoi is "glad" the SNES JRPG got the English localization changes it did
By Dustin Bailey Published
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After Final Fantasy 9 remake hopes were crushed by the Switch 2 Direct, Square Enix reignites the hype with a cryptic post: "If you know, you know"
By Catherine Lewis Published
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Danganronpa creator's new tactical RPG features 100 endings dense enough to be considered "true" routes, with no "easy" or quick bad finale
By Anna Koselke Published
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For a wondrous moment, 2 seconds of Bravely Default's trailer in the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct had the internet convinced the Final Fantasy 9 Remake was real
By Kaan Serin Published
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With its Nintendo Switch 2 remaster on the horizon, Bravely Default producer hopes "we can carry on this lineage into the future"
By Kaan Serin Published
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Dragon Quest
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In 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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Dragon 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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Dragon 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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Dragon 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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Dragon 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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Dragon 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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Recreating 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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38 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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Dragon 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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After 8 months, Final Fantasy 14 expansion Dawntrail finally goes back to "Mixed" Steam reviews as MMO fans praise patch 7.2: "A massive improvement in all regards"
By Anna Koselke Published
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Final Fantasy 14's annual Hatching Tide event is here, but its one limited-time reward has left some fans of the MMO disappointed: "You're serious, a parasol?"
By Anna Koselke Published
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After Final Fantasy 9 remake hopes were crushed by the Switch 2 Direct, Square Enix reignites the hype with a cryptic post: "If you know, you know"
By Catherine Lewis Published
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For a wondrous moment, 2 seconds of Bravely Default's trailer in the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct had the internet convinced the Final Fantasy 9 Remake was real
By Kaan Serin Published
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 and its sequels might too, as Square Enix says to "look forward to the continued development" of the JRPG series
By Anna Koselke Published
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake's Aerith actor is throwing her hat into the ring for the Legend of Zelda movie: "I just wanna audition for Zelda so bad"
By Anna Koselke Published
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Final Fantasy 9 gets website celebrating 25th anniversary with hints of "various projects," leaving fans of the JRPG hopeful for the long-rumored remake
By Anna Koselke Published
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth battle director says combining everything he learned on Monster Hunter: World with Square Enix's technology and unique skills created a "chemical reaction"
By Scott McCrae Published
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Final Fantasy 14 patch makes an effort to combat mods that can enable harassment, but players report it's "very easy" to reverse newly hidden account IDs
By Catherine Lewis Published
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Persona
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Persona 4 fans are in shambles as website domain for "p4re" appears, potentially following in the footsteps of the Persona 3 Reload announcement
By Catherine Lewis Published
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Sega 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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Persona 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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Atlus 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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"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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Before 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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The best Persona games, ranked
By Malindy Hetfeld Last updated
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As 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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JRPG 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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Xenoblade Chronicles
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I spent 10 years waiting for the answers to Xenoblade Chronicles X's haunting cliffhanger ending, and it was worth the wait
By Catherine Lewis Published
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Sci-fi JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X's overpowered combat system is back in Definitive Edition, and it's taken fans mere hours to deal millions of damage in 1 hit: "New Arts are so broken"
By Catherine Lewis Published
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Sci-fi JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is tied with Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 as the 3rd highest-rated game of the year on Metacritic so far
By Catherine Lewis Published
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Xenoblade 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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After 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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With 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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Forgotten 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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Xenoblade 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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The 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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Yakuza
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10 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 List
The best Yakuza games, ranked
By Dom Peppiatt Last updated
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Like 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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Kiryu turns into the Daddy of Dojima with this Yakuza 6 trick
By Hirun Cryer Published
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Three fantastic Yakuza games are back on Xbox Game Pass right now
By Hirun Cryer Published
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Yakuza star Kazuma Kiryu would beat up John Wick, according to Yakuza director
By Hope Bellingham Published
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Yakuza 6 hides the ghosts of dead characters in camera photos
By Hirun Cryer Published
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SEGA will celebrate 15 years of Yakuza with a livestream and a peek at "future developments"
By Vikki Blake Published
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The next Yakuza game will be revealed this weekend
By Jordan Gerblick Published
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Yakuza Like A Dragon
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10 years on, Yakuza 0 is still one of the strongest entry points to a franchise ever made
By James Daly Published
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Years 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 2025
10 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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Like 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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Like 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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As 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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This 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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Like 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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The 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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With its Nintendo Switch 2 remaster on the horizon, Bravely Default producer hopes "we can carry on this lineage into the future"
By Kaan Serin Published
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 and its sequels might too, as Square Enix says to "look forward to the continued development" of the JRPG series
By Anna Koselke Published
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Metaphor: ReFantazio had to dial back an early battle system inspired by a notoriously brutal 2003 JRPG, because 20 years later, players found it "irrational" and "just not fun"
By Jordan Gerblick Published
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