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    Anyone here know of any Japanese-styled RPGs developed in America or Canada?

    Examples of JRPGs to compare to:

    Final Fantasy
    Dragon Quest
    Persona
    Arc the Lad
    Xenosaga

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    (Charles) Barkley's Shut & Jam Gaiden: Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa if i'm not mistaken.

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    I had to wiki your post to see if you weren't joking. Someone actually made an RPG based on Charles Barkley. Who would've guessed that?

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    Septerra Core comes to mind.

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    ^ That's actually the first thing I thought of off the top of my head. I remember playing a bit of it. Can't even remember if I liked it, but it had a neat setting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vermachtnis View Post
    Septerra Core comes to mind.
    I too thought of Septerra Core.
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    Make that three, it's actually the only one that comes to mind for me.

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    Secret of Evermore and the original Parasite Eve were made by Square USA.

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    Bioware made that Sonic RPG for the DS which wasn't so great. Love how Bioware starts thinking their in a great position to start slagging off JRPG's when they couldn't even make a decent one themselves.

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    Sonic Chronicles of the Dark Brotherhood, I forgot all about that one, but I believe I did read some positive reviews. All of these except for Sonic that were mentioned were old. Anyone else have any more recent ones?

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    Koudelka is a very pretty game, but the random battles, and all other battles, are excruciatingly long. Also, incredibly slow.




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    Quote Originally Posted by Depression Moon View Post
    I had to wiki your post to see if you weren't joking. Someone actually made an RPG based on Charles Barkley. Who would've guessed that?
    haha i know it's the most ridiculous concept ever conceived, but that combined with the music and JRPG style makes me want to play it pretty bad.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreddz
    Bioware made that Sonic RPG for the DS which wasn't so great. Love how Bioware starts thinking their in a great position to start slagging off JRPG's when they couldn't even make a decent one themselves.
    OH MAN I forgot all about that. Ironic that all this hate comes in after theirs was epic fail. Butthurt!

    Kinda reminds me of Nintendo's recent ingenious plan to revive old franchises with new developers, and watch the gaming media eat it all up, only for it to suck...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
    Kinda reminds me of Nintendo's recent ingenious plan to revive old franchises with new developers, and watch the gaming media eat it all up, only for it to suck...
    Like Metroid Prime!

    ...Oh wait, Metroid Prime was totally awesome.
    My friend Delzethin is currently running a GoFundMe account to pay for some extended medical troubles he's had. He's had chronic issues and lifetime troubles that have really crippled his career opportunities, and he's trying to get enough funding to get back to a stable medical situation. If you like his content, please support his GoFundMe, or even just contribute to his Patreon.

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