Two of my childhood favorite JRPGs from retro SEGA consoles are coming to Xbox

What you need to know GungHo Online Entertainment America, Inc., has announced that it will port the Grandia HD Collection to Xbox and PlayStation consoles. The Grandia HD Collection will launch on March 26, 2024, for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. The Grandia HD Collection is a bundle containing the […]

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Sea of Stars review: A charming and wonderfully crafted indie Xbox tribute to classic JRPGs

The period from the 1990s to the early 2000s is considered by many gamers (including myself) to be the golden age of JRPGs. During this era, many iconic titles like Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, Super Mario RPG, Illusion of Gaia, Breath of Fire, EarthBound, The Legend of Dragoon, Grandia, and the recently remade Live […]

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Best JRPGs for Xbox One, Series X, and Series S 2022

It has been a long and arduous journey for the Xbox when it came to acquiring JRPGs. Previous console generations saw scant few JRPG titles gracing Xbox consoles, but nowadays, we’re frankly spoiled for choice. From JRPGs that feature classic turn-based combat to others with an action-RPG approach, all enrich the grand tales these games […]

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Persona 5 Royal Xbox review: One of the best and most stylish JRPGS on Xbox

Out of the many sub-series within Atlus’ long-running Shin Megami Tensei franchise, none are more popular than the Persona series. What started as a series of humble JRPGs, where teenagers fought to save the world while balancing their school life, slowly grew into a worldwide phenomenon thanks to the release of Persona 5 in 2016 […]

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Soul Hackers 2 for Xbox review: This game has rekindled my love for Atlus JRPGs

During the mid-2000s, I grew up playing a bunch of JRPGs from Atlus’ long-running Shin Megami Tensei franchise on the PlayStation 2, namely Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Digital Devil Saga, and Persona 3 and 4. These games drew me in with their dark storylines, memorable characters, and relentlessly brutal combat systems where one wrong […]

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JRPGs shouldn’t be skipping Xbox

Source: Windows Central In recent years there’s been an unfortunate trend permeating the Xbox platform. Many noteworthy JRPGs aren’t bothering with Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S releases. While in some cases, such as Final Fantasy VII Remake, we can point to exclusivity deals as the root cause for exclusions. However, there are plenty of […]

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