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The Game Awards nominees prove that 2024 is the year of the JRPG, with Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Metaphor ReFantazio leading the field

Astro Bot is no slouch, either

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

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

"It’s something that even my supervisors are constantly unsure and mulling over"

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"

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"

"I’ll have to live my life branded as the man who failed to remake a legendary game"

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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"

We could've had Metaphor: ReSci-Fitazio

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

Better to lose your money than your experience, right?

I've not stopped thinking about Metaphor: ReFantazio's perfect ending since I rolled credits, and I'm not sure I ever will

Opinion | Metaphor: ReFantazio's ending makes the JRPG's story truly phenomenal

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reportedly reuniting once more with JRPG legend Nobuo Uematsu on a new unnamed game 38 years after their first collaboration

It's in development at Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey studio Mistwalker

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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

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

The JRPG won't be stuck on a different console for much longer

Metaphor: ReFantazio has the ultimate solution to JRPG grinding, and all you need to do is cook a bunch of noodles

Metaphor: ReFantazio has the ultimate solution to JRPG grinding, and all you need to do is cook a bunch of noodles

Hope you're hungry

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

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

A mysterious playtest has emerged

Undefeated JPRG grifter Yoko Taro congratulates Metaphor: ReFantazio developer, immediately asks fans to buy Nier Automata too

Undefeated JPRG grifter Yoko Taro congratulates Metaphor: ReFantazio developer, immediately asks fans to buy Nier Automata too

Yoko Taro has been very forthright in suggesting Metaphor fans' next game

Just one week after Metaphor: ReFantazio's release, Persona director Katsura Hashino says he's already cooking up his next JRPG

Just one week after Metaphor: ReFantazio's release, Persona director Katsura Hashino says he's already cooking up his next JRPG

It's not Persona 6, though

The Ys X: Nordics Steam Next Fest demo is the best JRPG comfort food I've had all year, a meaty 8 hours long, and also available on PS5 and Switch

The Ys X: Nordics Steam Next Fest demo is the best JRPG comfort food I've had all year, a meaty 8 hours long, and also available on PS5 and Switch

The best-kept secret in JRPGs doesn't shouldn't be secret anymore

New Metaphor: ReFantazio patch aims to resolve game-breaking progression bugs in the JRPG, with a PC release coming "at a later date"

New Metaphor: ReFantazio patch aims to resolve game-breaking progression bugs in the JRPG, with a PC release coming "at a later date"

Patch 1.03 is available now on PlayStation and Xbox

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Atlus brings the hammer down on Metaphor: ReFantazio spoilers with a new rule prohibiting video thumbnails and titles from ruining the JRPG's story

Keep those spoilers hidden, please

Metaphor: ReFantazio looks surprisingly good on the Nintendo 3DS, even if it's the crunchiest form of the JRPG you could possibly play

It works, but at what cost?

Metaphor: ReFantazio rewards JRPG players with buffs and bonuses for using the toilet and remembering to shower

Your protagonist can get permanent buffs just for having a bathroom break

Metaphor: ReFantazio's turn-based combat excels, but its brief action-based fights are what's made me fall in love with the JRPG grind all over again

I forgot how fun it was to kick back and wail on weaklings in the same dungeon for hours on end.

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Metaphor: ReFantazio is yet another 80+ hour JRPG from Atlus, but its director says the studio "didn't want to bore our players by keeping it the same the entire time"

The game is admittedly "pretty voluminous"

For fantasy JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio, Persona director gave himself a crash course featuring classics like The Lord of the Rings, but "if we tried to copy that it would just be a copy"

Director Katsura Hashino wasn't as familiar making fantasy worlds, so he studied the best

Persona director and JRPG veteran says the amazing menus in Metaphor: ReFantazio were "really annoying" to make, just as Persona 5's were "impossible to read at first"

Never underestimate the power of a good menu

Metaphor: ReFantazio Metacritic score confirms a new certified JRPG banger, as the Persona devs' latest effort ties with Astro Bot as one of the best games of the year

It looks like we have yet another Game of the Year contender on our hands

Metaphor: ReFantazio players could complete an entire Persona with the 60 hours some of them have spent in the JRPG's demo

Metaphor: ReFantazio's Prologue demo is taking most people 4-6 hours to complete

First review for Persona devs' new JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio gives it the exact same score as Persona 5 Royal and confirms it's at least 80 hours long

Another meaty JRPG for an absolutely stacked 2024

After admitting he was a Master Chief fanboy years ago, Atelier Yumia producer says the crafting JRPG's "biggest reference" is Halo

Combat Evolved shaped the upcoming alchemy RPG

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