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NewsMetaphor ReFantazio director is "delighted to see Japanese-style RPGs" like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 going worldwide
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NewsDragon Quest 7 Reimagined "isn't meant to supplement or improve upon" previous versions of the classic JRPG
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Best ListThe best Yakuza games, ranked
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NewsSquare Enix shoutout has Xenogears fans behaving exactly as you'd expect on the classic JRPG's 28th anniversary
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NewsDragon Quest 7 Reimagined is having a great time on Steam, but it's no Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D
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newsWorking with Final Fantasy is like "deciphering sacred texts," says veteran JRPG composer
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OpinionIn Clair Obscur's wake, Dragon Quest 7 finally has its chance to shine
By Aidan Moher Published
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Dragon Quest
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NewsDragon Quest 7 Reimagined "isn't meant to supplement or improve upon" previous versions of the classic JRPG
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NewsDragon Quest 7 Reimagined is having a great time on Steam, but it's no Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D
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NewsDragon Quest 8 translator's decision to make the JRPG British English didn't go down well with Square Enix's US office
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Now PlayingI've fallen in love with Dragon Quest 7 – not the JRPG's breezy new remake, but the 25-year-old PS1 original
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NewsDragon Quest visionary Yuji Horii is getting his own RPG-style manga detailing his journey to creating the iconic JRPG
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NewsFinal Fantasy's Yoshinori Kitase and Dragon Quest's Yuji Horii are both on board with Square Enix's multiplatform push
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NewsDragon Quest 7 Reimagined lead says he always has a cleric in his party because he's "not particularly skilled at RPGs"
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NewsSquare Enix says don't spoil Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined or it might ban you from playing
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NewsDragon Quest creator Yuji Horii says Final Fantasy protagonists "speak a lot," forming a "key difference" between the two iconic JRPG series: "You're not necessarily becoming the protagonist"
By Scott McCrae Published
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Final Fantasy
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newsWorking with Final Fantasy is like "deciphering sacred texts," says veteran JRPG composer
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newsBefore Final Fantasy 7 blew up, some Square Enix leadership thought there wasn't "real money" in English translations
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NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3's reveal might be imminent as the RPG's director promises more news "than ever before"
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NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth comes to Nintendo Switch 2 less than half a year after FF7 Remake's port, Square Enix confirms
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NewsFinal Fantasy 11 devs pay tribute to 91-year-old grandma who played the MMO for almost 20 years before passing away
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NewsFinal Fantasy 7's Tetsuya Nomura reveals early art that "envisioned combat" not fully realized until FF7 Remake
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NewsFinal Fantasy 7's Materia almost had a very different name before series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi stepped in
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newsA "new version" of Final Fantasy 7 is replacing the current one on Steam, and Square Enix hasn't said what's different
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NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 uses Unreal Engine 4 because "we're already familiar" with it, director explains
By Ashley Bardhan Published
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Persona
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NewsJRPG icon behind Persona and Shin Megami Tensei breaks his 16-year hiatus from games with an upcoming "school life RPG"
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Best ListThe best Persona games, ranked
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NewsAs the wait for Persona 6 continues, developers tease "opportunities in 2026 to talk about future developments"
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NewsPersona 5 and Metaphor director hasn't been "super involved" in the Atlus JRPG series since P5 Royal
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NewsA year later, Persona 3 Reload gets a fresh update bringing back the PS2 JRPG's original vocalist: "I'm truly overjoyed and grateful to be reunited with everyone again"
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NewsFollowing performance complaints over Persona 3 Reload's Switch 2 demo, Atlus promises "future patches" are on the way but they won't be "in time" for the JRPG's launch
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NewsAtlus considered a Persona 3 Reload port for both the OG Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, but opted for only the latter as the JRPG's devs couldn't manage both "without any significant delay"
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NewsPersona studio has "several projects in development" beyond Persona 4 Revival, Atlus wants the JRPG series' 30th anniversary next year to let fans "enjoy the series even more" – and what better time to finally announce Persona 6?
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NewsPersona 4 Revival is "shaping up nicely" – but it's "not just about adding more" content, because the JRPG devs "have to create an experience that's enjoyable in a new and different way"
By Catherine Lewis Published
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Xenoblade Chronicles
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NewsOne of my most minor complaints about Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition was a bug all along, and it's now been fixed in the JRPG's latest patch
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NewsAfter 9 years in Wii U prison, sci-fi JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X debuts as March's best-selling Switch game in the US, kicking Mario Kart 8 into second place
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OpinionI spent 10 years waiting for the answers to Xenoblade Chronicles X's haunting cliffhanger ending, and it was worth the wait
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NewsSci-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"
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NewsSci-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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Yakuza
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Best ListThe best Yakuza games, ranked
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NewsYakuza lead is proud "people can finally say they enjoy the Like a Dragon series more openly"
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NewsSega is delisting Yakuza 0 in favor of its divisive Director's Cut, risking locking PS4 and Xbox One users out of the RPG entirely
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NewsAfter 16 years, Yakuza 3 is getting a much-needed remake and RGG going the extra mile with a new expansion making one of the series' most popular villains playable for the first time
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NewsThe worst Yakuza game is finally getting a remake: RGG Studio accidentally leaks Yakuza Kiwami 3
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NewsGiving that Elden Ring co-op modder a run for their money, there's now a Yakuza 5 mod that lets you play with a friend or AI-controlled Ichiban
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Opinion10 years after Yakuza 0, Majima's swashbuckling return finally puts a bowline knot on decades of character growth
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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"
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NewsKiryu turns into the Daddy of Dojima with this Yakuza 6 trick
By Hirun Cryer Published
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Yakuza Like A Dragon
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NewsYakuza lead is proud "people can finally say they enjoy the Like a Dragon series more openly"
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NewsSega is delisting Yakuza 0 in favor of its divisive Director's Cut, risking locking PS4 and Xbox One users out of the RPG entirely
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OpinionLike a Dragon fans, please stop saying Kiwami 3 is a remake of the worst game in the series when Yakuza 4 is worse
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NewsAfter 16 years, Yakuza 3 is getting a much-needed remake and RGG going the extra mile with a new expansion making one of the series' most popular villains playable for the first time
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NewsSega wants you to make your own Like a Dragon games in Roblox, but your creations need to "stay true to the world and lore" established in the Yakuza series, so please don't make Kiryu and Majima kiss
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NewsLike a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii lead avoided ship-based games like Sea of Thieves and Assassin's Creed to make "something uniquely Yakuza-like"
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Opinion10 years on, Yakuza 0 is still one of the strongest entry points to a franchise ever made
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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"
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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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OpinionIn Clair Obscur's wake, Dragon Quest 7 finally has its chance to shine
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NewsXenogears translator had a rough time with the legendary PS1 JRPG, and not just because it's about killing God
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NewsDragon Quest 8 translator's decision to make the JRPG British English didn't go down well with Square Enix's US office
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