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Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy maestro Tetsuya Nomura says Super Mario 64 "truly shaped my current guiding principle" when moving to 3D JRPGs

Especially during Final Fantasy 7's 3D transition

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says characters from spin-offs "such as Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus, and Crisis Core" will appear in the JRPG

"Our goal is to create a single, new Final Fantasy 7 that incorporates the settings and concepts of all the previous spin-off titles," says Naoki Hamaguchi

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation lead says "the way we design games also needs to evolve" as streaming over buying becomes more common, even if he does "fully support" content creators

It makes sense, like Naoki Hamaguchi says, "as times change"

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The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales review

The Adventures of Elliot finds joy in speedrunning history.

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One Persona 4 Revival actor shared her "hardcore manifestation" to get into the JRPG remake over 2 years ago, and it clearly worked: "Dreams really do come true"

Marie actor Ari Thrash says "to be able to be a part of this cast is surreal beyond belief"

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Final Fantasy Resonance lead says games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are leading a turn-based resurgence because "creators who grew up playing JRPGs" are now making them themselves

"I feel like a lot of us creators who had grown up playing turn-based games are now creating games ourselves"

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will have an endgame "unlike Remake and Rebirth," teases the JRPG's lead, and I sure can't wait to have my teeth kicked in by Ruby and Emerald Weapon again

You don't have to replay the entire adventure on hard mode if you're seeking a challenge

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation devs were "able to remain true" to the original 1997 JRPG, lead says, even if the story order "might be shifted up a bit"

Square Enix "did make some adjustments," says Naoki Hamaguchi

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"Too good to become unplayable": Final Fantasy Resonance exists because a JRPG veteran was "frustrated" players ignored their game the first time

Producer Keisuke Nakashima says Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is "filled with stuff that screams Final Fantasy"

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In a big win for JRPG sickos, Square Enix confirms Final Fantasy Resonance is being made by the team behind Octopath Traveler and more, if the HD-2D art style didn't already give it away

Team Asano is the right team for the job

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Square Enix finally announced the one Final Fantasy game I've wanted for 8 years

Final Fantasy Resonance is just what I was waiting for

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My favorite JRPG ever added a wildly out-of-place racing minigame and I'm so glad it exists: "Xenoblade Kart is real"

Nopon Grand Prix is the most unexpected addition to Xenoblade Chronicles' Switch 2 Edition, but fans love it

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Xenoblade Chronicles JRPG trilogy gets Nintendo Switch 2 editions this year, and the first one is out today

Now it's Shulk time

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Best GameCube Games: 25 Essential Titles That Still Hold Up Today

The story goes that if you had a GameCube, you adored it. If you didn’t, you couldn’t understand the affection those who played the cube-shaped toybox lavished on it.

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says fans will "see for themselves" if the JRPG remake trilogy links to Advent Children, though other Square Enix veterans may have spoiled that already

Nomura and Kitase have already let it slip

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's story changes based on your choices, but director Naoki Hamaguchi says the JRPG will have a "singular ending"

Square Enix didn't want to limit the final part of the trilogy to a "singular storytelling experience"

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Everything announced at the Xbox Games Showcase 2026

From Gears of War: E-Day to Persona 6, we've covered it all

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Hopes fly for a new Persona 4 Revival trailer as the JRPG remake gets another age rating ahead of Summer Game Fest and Xbox Games Showcase

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One of the best games of the decade joins Chained Echoes and over 16 other JRPG love letters in this upcoming crossover

CrossCode is coming to Infinite Alliance

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An infamously useless Dragon Quest weapon that's been a series mainstay for 39 years owes its existence to a Famicom limitation, according to the JRPG series' creator

It's name contradicts its weakness, but you can thank the lack of Kanji for that

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Former Square Enix exec says backlash over Final Fantasy 6 AI mock-up shared by the JRPG series' creator "shows how far down the rabbit hole the madness goes"

The father of Final Fantasy, Hironobu Sakaguchi, has since addressed the backlash himself

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Final Fantasy 6 remake AI slop wows series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, fellow JRPG veteran tells him to stop but agrees the game deserves the Final Fantasy 7 treatment

The AI got another one

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Persona 5 Royal lead says the JRPG series' growth might have "contributed to the recent spread of turn-based combat," but for Atlus, it's just "an expression of our game-design philosophy"

"For us, turn‑based elements are simply a means to an end"

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10 Best Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 RPGs to play in 2026

Discover all the best RPGs hiding on the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 today, from Xenoblade to Fire Emblem.

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Dragon Quest creator believes AI can make JRPG characters "feel even more human" and "listen to people's concerns with empathy," hopes to add it to "other series too"

Dragon Quest 10 is getting a chatbot made with Google

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