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solosnake
01/13/18 8:06:34 PM
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Upon the original release, it can not have the Square or Enix name attached to it, anywhere in the world, either as a developer or publisher.

As for what counts as a jrpg, lets keep it as traditional as possible. That means turn based battles and menu systems. Lets exclude Strategy RPGs and Action RPGs as those are distinctive enough genres on their own, it would be better for those genres to have their own top 10s.
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DoomSwell
01/13/18 8:32:25 PM
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That's pretty strict, even for a big RPG fan like me.

1. Radiant Historia
2. Persona 5
3. Wild Arms 2
4. Xenoblade Chronicles X
5. Breath of Fire 3
6. Persona 3
7. Wild Arms 3
8. MagiNation
9. Legend of Legaia
10. Sweet Home

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solosnake
01/13/18 8:48:52 PM
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Yeah, this is pretty tough, I am still working on my list lol
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solosnake
01/14/18 5:54:50 AM
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This one took some thinking. I decided against including xenoblade titles as well as games like ni no kuni and tales of series. I felt like they were a little too close to the action side. This made it even tougher. I feel like I may be forgetting some games, but here we go:

1. Breath of Fire 3
2. Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
3. Pokemon Yellow
4. Grandia 2
5. Suikoden
6. Phantasy Star 2
7. Xenosaga
8. Trails in the Sky
9. Lufia
10. Legend of Dragoon

There are a lot of notables I havent played that I feel would immediately go into the top 10, Suikoden 2, Earthbound, Phantasy Star 4 ect.

For comparison here is my top 10 jrpgs not including any of these restrictions:

1: Chrono Trigger
2. Xenoblade Chronicles
3. Dark Souls
4. Final Fantasy Tactics
5. Final Fantasy IX
6. Final Fantasy VI
7. Chrono Cross
8. Breath of Fire 3
9. Xenogears
10. Vagrant Story

Only 1 game is on both lists.
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The_Freecs
01/14/18 5:59:16 AM
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1 - Call of Duty Black ops 3
2 - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
3 - DOOM
4 - Dragon Ball Fighterz
5 - Devil May Cry 3
6 - Mario Oddysey
7 - Crash Bandicoot 3
8 - Donkey Kong Country 2
9 - Blazblue
10 - Final Fantasy IX
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tri sapphire
01/14/18 7:17:33 AM
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Without SQ/E:

1. Wild Arms
2. Phantasy Star IV
3. Legend of Legaia
4. Breath of Fire 3
5. Wild Arms 2
6. Grandia II
7. Legend of Dragoon
8. Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
9. Suikoden II
10. Breath of Fire

With SQ/E:

1. Star Ocean: The Second Story
2. Chrono Trigger
3. Wild Arms
4. Phantasy Star IV
5. Xenogears
6. Legend of Legaia
7. Final Fantasy IX
8. Breath of Fire 3
9. Chrono Cross
10. Soul Blazer
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Garioshi
01/14/18 7:26:45 AM
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Didn't grow up in the 90's, where your definition of JRPGs were everywhere. Most RPGs I enjoy are at least semi-active.
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AlisLandale
01/14/18 7:33:22 AM
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In no order:

Earthbound Beginnings
Phantasy Star
Xenoblade Chronicles
Persona 4
Legend of Dragoon

Annnd...i dunno. Im tapped out
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Coffeebeanz
01/14/18 7:35:22 AM
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Phantasy Star IV
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pieisthebest
01/14/18 7:45:38 AM
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Off the top of my head

Lunar 1
Grandia 1
Persona 3
Trails of the Sky
Mother 3
SMT Nocturne
Breath of Fire III
Phantasy Star IV
Suikoden 2
Atelier Escha and Logy/Shallie/Sophie
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Funkydog
01/14/18 7:47:33 AM
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Ilishe
01/14/18 7:54:22 AM
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Suikoden 2
Suikoden
Breath of Fire 4
Breath of Fire 3
Suikoden 5
Persona 2 (complete)
Lunar SSSC
Lunar 2 Eternal Blue
Suikoden 3
Persona 4

Very honorable mention to Wild Arms 3.
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scar the 1
01/14/18 7:58:33 AM
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What a tricky question! I dunno if I can put them in order, but here are some that come to mind:

- At least one, probably several, of the Mario RPG series.
- At least one, probably several, of the Pokmon series.
- I honestly kinda liked Golden Sun 2.
- Lufia 2 was pretty neat.
- Haven't played a lot of recent JRPGs, some of them might be nice.
- There's this dating sim/JRPG for the GBA that had some fun mechanics, but ultimately I didn't really enjoy the dating sim elements or the inability to backtrack in it.
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GiftedACIII
01/14/18 8:29:55 AM
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Mario and Luigi
Etrian odyssey
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sauceje
01/14/18 8:51:09 AM
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GiftedACIII posted...
Mario and Luigi
Etrian odyssey

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kirbymuncher
01/14/18 9:16:00 AM
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1. pokemon emerald
2. paper mario thousand year door
3. dungeon travelers 2-2
4. pokemon firered
5. dungeon travelers 2
6. pokemon yellow
7. paper mario
8. pokemon platinum
9. pokemon gold
10. uhhhhhhh

as you can see I haven't played too much that fits these restrictions. Even without the SQ/E rule I'm pretty sure all I could add is chrono trigger. I also don't feel like DRPGs (the two dungeon travelers games) are that much like a traditional jrpg but you did say turn based combat and menus, which they have.

I do like pokemon but not as much as this list might suggest, it's more just a lack of other things to put in the spaces. I should get around to playing dragon quarter so I can have a full 10
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scar the 1
01/14/18 4:12:10 PM
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Oh and Mother 3 is amazing
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Alucard188
01/14/18 4:22:05 PM
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1: Persona 5
2: Lufia 2
3: Earthbound
4: Persona 4 Golden
5: Radiant Historia
6: Breath of Fire 2
7: Suikoden 2
8: Persona 3
9: Wild Arms 5
10: Lunar: SSSC

I had to struggle to think of the last 3 games. Just shows how much of an impact SE had on my RPG library if you discount all RPGs made by Enix and Squaresoft. Also, restricting it to traditional turn-based, menu-driven RPGs meant you couldn't pick Star Ocean or any of the Tales games.
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solosnake
01/15/18 9:45:05 AM
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bump
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ChromaticAngel
01/15/18 9:51:37 AM
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Does Breath of Fire 1 count?

The NA localization was done by Square USA (which is now defunct) but the Japanese original game does not have Squaresoft or Enix anywhere in the credits.
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solosnake
01/15/18 9:53:38 AM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
Does Breath of Fire 1 count?

The NA localization was done by Square USA (which is now defunct) but the Japanese original game does not have Squaresoft or Enix anywhere in the credits.

nah, the other bof games count though
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Slayerblade11
01/15/18 9:58:11 AM
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Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne and 9 different pokemon games
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BruceWayneJr
01/15/18 10:05:13 AM
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Panzer Dragoon Saga
Skies of Arcadia
Suikoden
Suikoden 2
Mother 3
Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
Knights of the Old Republic
Knights of the Old Republic 2
Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts 2
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scar the 1
01/15/18 10:06:53 AM
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BruceWayneJr posted...
Knights of the Old Republic
Knights of the Old Republic 2

>jrpgs
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Muffinz0rz
01/15/18 10:08:46 AM
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Xenoblade and Tales, really
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ChromaticAngel
01/15/18 10:39:47 AM
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ok well

Breath of Fire 3
Paper Mario
Paper Mario TTYD
Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinestrals
Radiant Historia
Skies of Arcadia
Legend of Dragoon
Hyperdimension Neptunia Rebirth 1
Pokemon Sapphire
Xenosaga
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BruceWayneJr
01/15/18 2:44:01 PM
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scar the 1 posted...
BruceWayneJr posted...
Knights of the Old Republic
Knights of the Old Republic 2

>jrpgs


Oooooopps
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DragonImps
01/15/18 3:06:50 PM
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Undertale
Mother 3
Pokemon HeartGold
Pokemon White
Paper Mario
Thousand-Year Door
Super Paper Mario
Bowser's Inside Story
Paper Jam
Pokemon Platinum

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ChromaticAngel
01/15/18 3:08:50 PM
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DragonImps posted...
Undertale

Eh. This game has only superficial jrpg elements. It's more of a bullet hell.
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Stagmar
01/15/18 3:15:35 PM
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Had a hard time narrowing it down to just 10, but:
Persona 5
Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Persona 4
Shadow Hearts
Skies of Arcadia
Radiant Historia
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Digital Devil Saga (might just be because it was the first SMT game I played)
SMT IV
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solosnake
01/16/18 2:26:14 AM
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Bump
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DragonImps
01/16/18 10:20:31 AM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
DragonImps posted...
Undertale

Eh. This game has only superficial jrpg elements. It's more of a bullet hell.

Not really sure which it is, but I'd lean more towards jrpg. You end battles with your menu options, and your choices even effect how difficult the next bullet pattern is in some cases.
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hollow_shrine
01/16/18 10:27:49 AM
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Star Ocean 2
Grandia 2
Tales of Phantasia
P4
P5
SMT3:N
BoF3
Skies of Arcadia
Ogre Battle 64
Tactics Ogre : LUCT

Honorable mentions are...
Earthbound
DDS 1&2
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