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Did the Nintendo 64 even have any JRPGs?
My other pick would be the Atari Jaguar.
This question can be interpreted as:
a) Weakest library
b) Lowest over-all average quality
c) Biggest collection of terrible games
And interestingly enough if we go with option c) the same console might end up having the best and worst collection of JRPGs. :lol:
Speaking only in terms of systems I have owned and played a lot, the Sega Genesis was not an RPG-friendly console. I missed out on so much growing up with that instead of a SNES. :(
Xbox?
>>> Xbox, I guess..:luca:
yep first Xbox. I have been severely disappointed with the PS3 in JRPGs though.
Xbox really is the only answer I can think of since it pretty much had none and doesn't have the excuse of existing before JRPG's really became a thing.
There's so many systems that failed to even get off the ground, it's hard to really single one out.
Only one I can think of:Quote:
Originally Posted by Newmani
I don't count the Jaguar as a system. :D
...Yeah, I'm going with the N64 on this. Complete lack of RPGs in general, and the ones it has are... yeah. Not good.
XBox is damn close though, cause for all the problems Elder Scrolls has, at the very least there are things the games do right. :p
The thread does specify "JRPGs", though. So Elder Scrolls games don't count.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoCracker
Oh, then Pretty much a tie. :p
A system with any JRPG's has a better JRPG library than a system with none by default. Therefore the Xbox had it worse than the N64.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoCracker
xbox had...Phantom Dust, sorta; BlackStone; some more
There were a few. None that ever really made a name for itself or anything but they did exist.
Genesis didn't have much but it did have the Phantasy Star series, which was fantastic, and makes up for ANY lack in the console otherwise. Phantasy Star IV = one of the best JRPGs of all time = Genesis can't be all that bad.
Sad state of affairs when your JRPG's end up being made by some no name company in Taiwan and Microsoft Game Studios though.Quote:
Originally Posted by chionos
And the N64 had Ogre Battle 64 so I stand by my assessment that the Xbox was definitely worse.
I didn't say anything about the quality, just that they exist! The Xbox was the worst console for a lot of things, not the least of which were JRPG's, so you'll get no argument from me there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vivi22Sad state of affairs when your JRPG's end up being made by some no name company in Taiwan and Microsoft Game Studios though.Quote:
Originally Posted by chionos
And the N64 had Ogre Battle 64 so I stand by my assessment that the Xbox was definitely worse.
Also, there were Quest 64 and Paper Mario, which come close (granted the "J" in JRPG is just a sad little lower case "j" for these two) enough to be acceptable.
Oh trout I forgot Paper Mario. How could I do that!
XBox is so worse.
To be fair, in order to have the worst collection of JRPGs one must have a collection of JRPGs, meaning more than one... ;)
I don't know what console you're referring to. If it's the N64 you're wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
I'm referring to how people are saying that the worst collection is the one with no collection, or a console with just one game, which isn't really a collection either. I think people have mentioned a console with one JRPG and another console with no JRPGs, neither of which have a collection of JRPGs and therefore can not have the worst collection of JRPGs. I mean, I don't think New Zealand has the worst snakes because it has no snakes...
GameCube? I can't really think of any. I don't want to say PS2 because I like the RPGs on the PS2.
Comparing snakes to games is a silly comparison. Most people don't want to have snakes, but if they did want a snake, the country with none is a bad country. Just like a console with no JRPGs has the worst collection of them since a JRPG fan won't get any. If you have no JRPGs, that's a worse collection than a collection of bad ones by default.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
And I don't know that a console really exists that has one JRPG so that's also a silly statement. But even then, a console with one has a better collection than a console with none since there's at least a JRPG on it. I think you can see what I'm getting at here.
If you wanted to ask which console has the worst JRPGs then that's cool, a console with none will always have one of the worst collections since it has none. I have a terrible classic car collection because I have no classic cars.
Virtual Boy.
Okay, to make this a little less about arguing over semantics, of the systems you own, which had the weakest selection of JRPGs?
Xbox 360. While I haven't play them that much, Infinite Undiscovery and Enchanted Arms are kind of underwhelming when I compare them to the rest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
Dude, I literally only bought an X360 to play Lost Odyssey. It's also got (though not all console-exclusive) Blue Dragon, The Last Remnant, Star Ocean 4, FFXIII....Quote:
Originally Posted by ToriJXbox 360. While I haven't play them that much, Infinite Undiscovery and Enchanted Arms are kind of underwhelming when I compare them to the rest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
You're not doing yourself any favors adding XIII to that list.Quote:
Originally Posted by metagloriaDude, I literally only bought an X360 to play Lost Odyssey. It's also got (though not all console-exclusive) Blue Dragon, The Last Remnant, Star Ocean 4, FFXIII....Quote:
Originally Posted by ToriJXbox 360. While I haven't play them that much, Infinite Undiscovery and Enchanted Arms are kind of underwhelming when I compare them to the rest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
Nintendo 64 in that case. As mentioned, I think Quest 64 was the only RPG offering. Quite strange considering the pedigree of RPGs that the SNES had. Losing Square to Sony really hurt them in that department.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
Such a long list here:
http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/List_...-playing_games
To be fair, "Person of Lordly Caliber" is one of the coolest subtitles ever.
Oh yeah, Paper Mario was fun. That's about it though.
I haven't played the original Paper Mario, but if it is anywhere near as good as Thousand Year Door, it's awesome. Also, the Ogre Battle series is really solid, so I'm guessing 64 was as well.
For a LONG time, Harvest Moon 64 was my favorite game in the series (I just didn't think that counted as an RPG).
Super Robot Wars is also awesome. Pity it's Japan only.
Ouch, that's tough. I don't own an Xbox (original) or any of the Nintendo home consoles. I don't know much about the GBA JRPGs, though, so I don't know how that stacks up at all. It'd be between the 360 and the GBA, and I suspect the 360 would win, but of games I've actually played then it might go to the GBA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
I thought PS3 was great for JRPGs. Had a bunch of games that were also available on 360 (Star Ocean, Eternal Sonata, Final Fantasy XIII, etc), FFXIV, Disgea, The 'Tales' series, Neptunia (If that's your kind of thing), the ability to play PS1 games (and all the JRPGs in the PS1 library) and a decent amount of PS3 exclusives (Ni No Kuni was probably one of my favourite games of the PS3/360 generation).Quote:
Originally Posted by Depression Moon
For me, console with the worst collection of JRPGs is probably the original Xbox.
Atari. :(