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 News NewsSquare Enix finally says the words Final Fantasy 14's MMO fashion devotees have waited years to hear: "From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job!"By Dustin Bailey Published 
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 News NewsNobody told Octopath Traveler 0 devs they'd make an extreme town building system, so they guessed it was a mistake before the JRPG's producer said it "absolutely" wasn't: "I thought it would be only logical"By Ashley Bardhan Published 
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 News NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says "basically nothing" from the original JRPG's development survived: "We're talking about the mid '90s... There's almost no documentation left"By Ashley Bardhan Published 
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 News NewsSquare Enix says no spoilers for the remakes of 38-year-old NES JRPGs Dragon Quest 1 and 2, please – there's a "big surprise" in storeBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth director knows there's a debate around yellow paint in games, but says "there is definitely a need for that kind of thing" and the only real question is "about how it's done"By Jordan Gerblick Last updated 
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 News NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Remake lead looked to "story-driven" PlayStation hits like God of War and The Last of Us to help shape the JRPG remake's first entryBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says the team could do a "completely new IP" or maybe "something new within the Final Fantasy series" after finishing Part 3 of the JRPG remakeBy Dustin Bailey Last updated 
 
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Dragon Quest
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 News NewsSquare Enix says no spoilers for the remakes of 38-year-old NES JRPGs Dragon Quest 1 and 2, please – there's a "big surprise" in storeBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsSquare Enix is remaking Dragon Quest 7 next as "nowadays, players are much more accustomed to games with darker stories," and the JRPG is "often said to have more dark and sorrowful episodes"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsDragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake adds "numerous" new scenarios "that connect to the overall Erdrick Trilogy" as well as "encounters with people not featured in the original title"By Jordan Gerblick Published 
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 News NewsDragon Quest 7 remake director calms fans worried the JRPG is being rushed to make up for Dragon Quest 12's absence: "Everyone's pouring their hearts and souls into this"By Kaan Serin Published 
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 News NewsDragon Quest creator hints he hasn't forgotten about the Zenithian Trilogy: "There are various projects in motion, it's just that 7 happened to get completed first"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsAfter 25 years, Dragon Quest creator debunks Dragon Quest 7 fan theory about the real identity of the classic JRPG's final boss: "That's completely wrong. I didn't consider that even slightly"By Jordan Gerblick Published 
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 News NewsDragon Quest 7 Reimagined takes the original JRPG's bloated story and cuts "subplots that have little or no direct relevance" to the main quest, but also adds "entirely new scenarios"By Jordan Gerblick Published 
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 News NewsSquare Enix reveals another classic JRPG getting a remake: Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined announced, coming February 2026 to consoles and PCBy Austin Wood Published 
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 News NewsAfter modernizing the first three Dragon Quest games, remake producer says if the HD-2D games are "really well regarded," then "that would definitely create a movement within the company to want to do more remakes"By Scott McCrae Published 
 
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Final Fantasy
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 News NewsSquare Enix finally says the words Final Fantasy 14's MMO fashion devotees have waited years to hear: "From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job!"By Dustin Bailey Published 
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 News NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says "basically nothing" from the original JRPG's development survived: "We're talking about the mid '90s... There's almost no documentation left"By Ashley Bardhan Published 
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 News NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth director knows there's a debate around yellow paint in games, but says "there is definitely a need for that kind of thing" and the only real question is "about how it's done"By Jordan Gerblick Last updated 
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 News NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Remake lead looked to "story-driven" PlayStation hits like God of War and The Last of Us to help shape the JRPG remake's first entryBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says the team could do a "completely new IP" or maybe "something new within the Final Fantasy series" after finishing Part 3 of the JRPG remakeBy Dustin Bailey Last updated 
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 News NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says defying industry norms and keeping the dev team together for the whole RPG trilogy was key to its success: "That's quite a rare thing"By Dustin Bailey Published 
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 News NewsNintendo Switch 2's game-key cards are "part of a larger trend that we can't avoid," Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says, as physical media is becoming "less and less part of the industry"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Remake director promises Part 3 news "in the not too far future" and tells fans he's "running straight to my hotel room and back to checking some of the levels"By Kaan Serin Published 
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 News NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says "however much AI might try and intrude and take part in the creative side of things," his team would want to be "good enough creators" that "we could do better than AI"By Iain Harris Published 
 
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Persona
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 News 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"By Dustin Bailey Published 
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 News 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 launchBy Anna Koselke Published 
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 News 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"By Anna Koselke Published 
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 News 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?By Jordan Gerblick Published 
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 News 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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 Opinion OpinionI'm finally playing Persona 4 after 17 years, and I can already see where the JRPG's remake should step in with improvementsBy Jasmine Gould-Wilson Published 
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 News NewsPersona 3 Reload Switch 2 excitement has been immediately dampened by Game-Key cards and the $35 expansion not being included in the $90 premium edition: "Thanks for saving my money Atlus!"By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsPersona 3 Reload is coming to Switch 2 in October, finally confirming what we've expected since it was announcedBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsAfter a sterling run of 20 beloved games, remasters, and spin-offs, Atlus finally finds something bad enough to make Persona devs apologize and "ask for your patience": gachaBy Anna Koselke Published 
 
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Xenoblade Chronicles
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 News 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 patchBy Catherine Lewis Published 
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 News 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 placeBy Catherine Lewis Published 
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 Opinion OpinionI spent 10 years waiting for the answers to Xenoblade Chronicles X's haunting cliffhanger ending, and it was worth the waitBy Catherine Lewis Published 
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 News 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"By Catherine Lewis Published 
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 News 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 farBy Catherine Lewis Published 
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 News 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 sizeBy Catherine Lewis Published 
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 News 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 NintendoBy Kaan Serin Published 
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 News 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 returnBy Catherine Lewis Published 
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 News NewsForgotten JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X is finally getting a Nintendo Switch remaster after 10 years, and it's only a few months awayBy Dustin Bailey Published 
 
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Yakuza
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 Best List Best ListThe best Yakuza games, rankedBy Dom Peppiatt Last updated 
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 News 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 timeBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News NewsThe worst Yakuza game is finally getting a remake: RGG Studio accidentally leaks Yakuza Kiwami 3By Scott McCrae Published 
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 News 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 IchibanBy Kaan Serin Published 
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 Opinion Opinion10 years after Yakuza 0, Majima's swashbuckling return finally puts a bowline knot on decades of character growthBy Oscar Taylor-Kent Published 
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 News 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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 News NewsKiryu turns into the Daddy of Dojima with this Yakuza 6 trickBy Hirun Cryer Published 
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 News NewsThree fantastic Yakuza games are back on Xbox Game Pass right nowBy Hirun Cryer Published 
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 News NewsYakuza star Kazuma Kiryu would beat up John Wick, according to Yakuza directorBy Hope Bellingham Published 
 
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Yakuza Like A Dragon
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 Opinion OpinionLike a Dragon fans, please stop saying Kiwami 3 is a remake of the worst game in the series when Yakuza 4 is worseBy James Daly Published 
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 News 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 timeBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News 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 kissBy Scott McCrae Published 
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 News 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"By Kaan Serin Published 
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 Opinion Opinion10 years on, Yakuza 0 is still one of the strongest entry points to a franchise ever madeBy James Daly Published 
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 News 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 2025 Big in 202510 years since last being a full protagonist, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii turns Majima into a swashbuckling Spider-ManBy James Daly Published 
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 News 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 DLCBy Dustin Bailey Published 
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 News NewsLike A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii revives another Sega arcade classic that's never been ported - a true Yakuza games traditionBy Kaan Serin Published 
 
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More about JRPGs
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 News NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says the team could do a "completely new IP" or maybe "something new within the Final Fantasy series" after finishing Part 3 of the JRPG remakeBy Dustin Bailey Last updated 
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 News NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says defying industry norms and keeping the dev team together for the whole RPG trilogy was key to its success: "That's quite a rare thing"By Dustin Bailey Published 
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 News NewsClair Obscur: Expedition 33 is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director's GOTY pick, and not just because it features JRPG-inspired combat: "It gets all of the elements in it right"By Kaan Serin Published 
 
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