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"Should JRPGs be considered a distinct genre?": Lunar icon Kei Shigema reflects on the genre with new remasters on the way and how RPGs have changed 33 years later
By Dustin Bailey published
Interview Interview | "The time I spent working on this game was the happiest and most fulfilling period of my life"

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
News Briana White as Zelda? Yes, please

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
News It's me, I'm fans

Metaphor: ReFantazio wanted to fix the JRPG grinding problem, but Atlus went too far at one point and accidentally broke the whole combat system
By Kaan Serin published
news "We made it clear within the team that action only exists to smoothly get the player into the heart of the game, which is the turn-based battles."

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
News "I want to put my full focus into whatever project I’m on, then add to it and build from there"

It's not just your favorite JRPGs, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 takes notes from Studio Ghibli movies like Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle too
By Jordan Gerblick published
News Clair Obscur dev Sandfall hopes to capture the same "sense of wonder" as the best Studio Ghibli films

The lead UI designer on Metaphor: ReFantazio had never designed for a game before – he just rolled up and made some of the best UI I've ever seen in a JRPG
By Austin Wood published
News "Hyper stylish" became the guiding light for Metaphor: ReFantazio

Shin Megami Tensei's overlooked action spin-off is coming back this summer after almost 20 years, and the OG JRPG's director hopes "things don’t end here"
By Kaan Serin published
News Raidou Remastered is coming to all consoles and PC later this year
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