Let's talk about obscure rpgs. Have you played any?
Last year I played this game for SNES, Adventures of Hourai High
It immediately reminded me of Final Fantasy VI with the NPC sprites, but it plays more like a Dragon Quest game. It's set in a Japanese high school where you choose your main character to be a boy or a girl and depending on which one you choose, it can affect starting points of your story. You solve mysteries that occur on campus and around town. The game has a cool ability system, where you acquire skills and stat boosts from joining different clubs. The game has a bunch of playable characters, probably too many in fact and unfortunately the game overall isn't good.
The encounter rates are really high, it has some of the worst mini games I've ever played with the reticle of a carnival shooter moving like molasses, and the game has some glitches, the worst of which is when you attempt to revive a fallen party member in battle, the game crashes. I however still beat the game for some reason and had some enjoyment out of it, but I won't be playing it again.
Aside from this I played Sailor Moon Another Story, but I found it barely average overall due to some design and technical issues. Have you played any obscure rpgs?