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JRPG's in 2007 - Who's waiting for what?

Katchem_ashKatchem_ash __BANNED USERS regular
edited December 2007 in Games and Technology
So it 2007 and already a couple of JRPG's are coming out for this year. Rouge Galaxy, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia, Dawn of Mana, Romance of the 3 Kingdoms XI, Samurai Warriors 2 Empires and Shining Force EXA are comming for the PS2.

I have pre-orders for most from EB Games. What about you?

Release Dates (with Canadian ones in Brackets, for European Ones, please PM me or something as soon as you know)

Rouge Galaxy : 31st of Jan (same)
Ar Tonelico: 2nd of Feb (8th of Feb)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI: 6th of Feb
Samurai Warriors 2 Empires: 27th of Feb
Shining Force EXA: 20th of March
Dawn of Mana: 30th of March

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  • Dareth RamDareth Ram regular
    edited January 2007
    Fire Emblem: The Goddess of Dawn

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Square enix on the DS


    EVERYTHING

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  • Conditional_AxeConditional_Axe Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Eternal Sonata is this year, right?

    What about Cry On?

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  • Katchem_ashKatchem_ash __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2007
    Well Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicals expansion is also comming to the Wii.

    Pity I neither have the DS nor the Wii to get the games. I sure do have a large backlog of these systems.

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  • GinsaneGinsane Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Rogue Galaxy!

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  • Dareth RamDareth Ram regular
    edited January 2007
    I'm all over Pokemon, too.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Persona 3, Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn, FFVI Advance...

    That's all I know of so far, but I'm sure more'll pop up.

    My goal is to finish every MegaTen game I have incomplete before P3 comes out.

    Not easy. :|

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  • Eggplant WizardEggplant Wizard Little Rock, ARRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Ar Tolenico is the only one I've got on preorder, and that's really a gift for my wife. I've had JRPG overload, so I'm taking a step back from the genre for now.

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  • LockeColeLockeCole Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Blue Dragon showing up this year?

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  • JustinChar99JustinChar99 Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Pokemon, Fire Emblem and because I never owned an SNES, Final Fantasy VI Advance.

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  • s3rial ones3rial one Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I'm waiting for the one where the main character's an angry 16 year-old, and he gets to hook up with the underage chicks that all join his team for no reason at all. You know that one... The one where the dude with the really long hair is the bad guy!
    [spoiler:033ca68df4]I got nothin', although Rogue Galaxy seems like it might be a nice diversion.[/spoiler:033ca68df4]

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I await the rebombing of Japan.

    ok, now that we got that over with, definitely Blue Dragon.

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  • AiranAiran Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Final Fantasy 12 and Valkyrie Profile 2.



    :cry:

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Everything that was released in 2006. PALOLOL!

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  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Airan wrote:
    Final Fantasy 12 and Valkyrie Profile 2.



    :cry:

    Ha ha. You suck for not being in countries that matter.

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  • Eggplant WizardEggplant Wizard Little Rock, ARRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Does Blue Dragon have random encounters? I was thinking that this could be the game that makes me buy a 360, but one component of my JRPG overload is that I'm developing an intense hatred of random encounters.

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  • Zephyr_FateZephyr_Fate Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Rogue Galaxy
    FFVI Advance
    Cry On

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  • LunkerLunker Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Airan wrote:
    Final Fantasy 12 and Valkyrie Profile 2.



    :cry:

    Ha ha. You suck for not being in countries that matter.
    Tony Blair doesn't care about Blue Dragons?

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  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Lunker wrote:
    Airan wrote:
    Final Fantasy 12 and Valkyrie Profile 2.



    :cry:

    Ha ha. You suck for not being in countries that matter.
    Tony Blair doesn't care about Blue Dragons?
    Tony Blair only cares about Labour & Legacies.

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  • Alucard6986Alucard6986 xbox: Ubeltanzer swtor: UbelRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Rogue galaxy is the only one to really watch. That and god of war II should be the end of the ps2.

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  • Johnny FabulousJohnny Fabulous burgin' Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Pokemon.

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Oh man, my JRPG backlog. I don't even want to think about the hours needed to clear it. D:

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  • BallmanBallman Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I've been watching Rogue Galaxy since it was just a short Japanese trailer, and I can't wait. I didn't care much about Blue Dragon, but once I looked at it a little and noticed the people working on it, it has definitely piqued my interest.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Rogue galaxy is the only one to really watch. That and god of war II should be the end of the ps2.

    It's got to have more life in it than that... :?

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    cj iwakura wrote:
    Rogue galaxy is the only one to really watch. That and god of war II should be the end of the ps2.

    It's got to have more life in it than that... :?

    you know, its 7 years old.

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Isn't DQ9 expected this year? Or is it early next year? If the former, looking foward to that. Otherwise I don't really know, except for the obligatory FFVI purchase.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    LewieP wrote:
    cj iwakura wrote:
    Rogue galaxy is the only one to really watch. That and god of war II should be the end of the ps2.

    It's got to have more life in it than that... :?

    you know, its 7 years old.

    I don't think its replacement is a very worthy successor.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    cj iwakura wrote:
    LewieP wrote:
    cj iwakura wrote:
    Rogue galaxy is the only one to really watch. That and god of war II should be the end of the ps2.

    It's got to have more life in it than that... :?

    you know, its 7 years old.

    I don't think its replacement is a very worthy successor.

    wiily?

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  • CokomonCokomon Our butts are worth fighting for! Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    s3rial one wrote:
    I'm waiting for the one where the main character's an angry 16 year-old, and he gets to hook up with the underage chicks that all join his team for no reason at all. You know that one... The one where the dude with the really long hair is the bad guy!
    [spoiler:428ff3a72d]I got nothin', although Rogue Galaxy seems like it might be a nice diversion.[/spoiler:428ff3a72d]

    Dude, I think I've heard of that one! Isn't that one where the main character's town gets attacked in the beginning of the game by the bad guys? The one were there is a world spanning religion that is EVIL? The one were the game devolves from the rather normal, grounded plot at the beginning of the game into bizarre, existentialist ramblings at the end? I think I may have played that one, or at least watched someone else play it.

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  • JouleJoule Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Persona 3, Rogue Galaxy, Izuna: Legend of the unemployed ninja, Lunar Knights and Pokemon is all i can really think of right now.

    I still have to catch up on 2006. Still want to get Devil Summoner sometime among many others. Have to finish FFXII and work on 2nd playthrough of VP2. Backlogs ahoy.

    I think though Persona 3 is on the top of my priorities this year.
    cj iwakura wrote:
    My goal is to finish every MegaTen game I have incomplete before P3 comes out.

    Not easy. :|

    I suppose that depends on how many are incomplete and how far you're in with each of them. My 1st time through Nocturne clocked about 80+ hours but i wanted to get pretty much everything and go for the true demon ending.

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  • etoychestetoychest Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Ar Tonelico's biggest selling point is its characters. The story is a bit off the wall so that's neat, but the characters are really pretty memorable, especially the Reyvatails.

    Rogue Galaxy is an interesting game, and I kind of have a love hate relationship with it. I'll try to be a good mood when i write the review for that one.

    Izuna is just a chore, but if you like Mystery Dungeon games then it's sure to please.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Izuna has my attention. I don't know what to make of the gameplay, but the story almost looks like a sure win.
    Joule wrote:
    Persona 3, Rogue Galaxy, Izuna: Legend of the unemployed ninja, Lunar Knights and Pokemon is all i can really think of right now.

    I still have to catch up on 2006. Still want to get Devil Summoner sometime among many others. Have to finish FFXII and work on 2nd playthrough of VP2. Backlogs ahoy.

    I think though Persona 3 is on the top of my priorities this year.
    cj iwakura wrote:
    My goal is to finish every MegaTen game I have incomplete before P3 comes out.

    Not easy. :|

    I suppose that depends on how many are incomplete and how far you're in with each of them. My 1st time through Nocturne clocked about 80+ hours but i wanted to get pretty much everything and go for the true demon ending.

    Nocturne, Persona 1, and Persona 2: EP. I've finished Digital Devil Saga 1&2(miraculously) and Devil Summoner. I'm near the end of P2, I need to completely restart P1(haven't played it in forever), and I want to do the same thing for Nocturne: full completion.

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  • GyralGyral Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    For me, Persona 3 is probably gonna be it unless something else comes out that I MUST have. I've got a backlog of unplayed/unfinished games from last year that I feel guilty playing anything new anymore.

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  • ArcticMonkeyArcticMonkey Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Final Fantasy 12!
    11 months to get it to Europe (from Japan)!

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  • PataPata Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    LewieP wrote:
    Square enix on the DS


    EVERYTHING

    ...

    This is roughly my stance too.

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  • JouleJoule Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    etoychest wrote:
    Ar Tonelico's biggest selling point is its characters. The story is a bit off the wall so that's neat, but the characters are really pretty memorable, especially the Reyvatails.

    Ah Ar Tonelico. I had almost forgotten about that. It's out early february right?

    It's good that the characters are memorable as I like to connect with the characters and a off the wall story sounds fun.

    As for Izuna, I don't really mind Mystery Dungeon kinda crawls or crawls in general. It's a nice change at times.
    cj iwakura wrote:
    I want to do the same thing for Nocturne: full completion.

    Are you going for the true demon ending? Well i suppose doing everything does require the true demon ending. I want to play it again sometime and go for a different ending (probably the neutral ending it sounded pretty cool) and a different build for the main Hero as well as a different demon team. Having a elementalist worked pretty well with me (Magma Axis and Fire Enchance Love~) but I'd like to try something different this time around.

    I've just started P1 recently but I haven't found much time to devote to it. Just wish snow queen quest was in it as well.

    I also need to get DDS1 and 2 sometime when flow of macca is better.

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  • LockeColeLockeCole Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    LewieP wrote:
    Square enix on the DS


    EVERYTHING

    ...

    This is roughly my stance too.

    Yeah, I didnt list this before mostly because its kind of a given. Its almost like the snes era of awesomeness all over again. <3

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  • ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    FINAL FANTASY VI GBA!

    OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD!

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  • ZombieXZombieX Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Does Blue Dragon have random encounters? I was thinking that this could be the game that makes me buy a 360, but one component of my JRPG overload is that I'm developing an intense hatred of random encounters.

    No, you can see the enemies running around and avoid them. Reminds me of Grandia 2. You can also use items on them, sneak up on them, etc... to give you an edge.

    I'm looking forward to this and Lost Odyssey.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Joule wrote:
    cj iwakura wrote:
    I want to do the same thing for Nocturne: full completion.

    Are you going for the true demon ending? Well i suppose doing everything does require the true demon ending. I want to play it again sometime and go for a different ending (probably the neutral ending it sounded pretty cool) and a different build for the main Hero as well as a different demon team. Having a elementalist worked pretty well with me (Magma Axis and Fire Enchance Love~) but I'd like to try something different this time around.

    I'm not sure, really. :P I've just been responding to Reason questions on a personal level. So far, I'm pretty sure Makenai's a neutral. I didn't blow off the Gozu-Tennoh(telling someone ten times taller than you 'no': bad idea), but I sure wouldn't join them. Same with the other factions.

    I don't really like how any of them function so far, but I think I still have a lot to learn(I'm just leaving the Manikin village).

    What does the True Demon Ending entail? Killing all the Fiends?
    I've just started P1 recently but I haven't found much time to devote to it. Just wish snow queen quest was in it as well.

    It's dated, and was pretty poorly localized according to SMT fans, but it still stood out as original to me back then. And the cast are still cool, mislocalized or not.

    I thought random battles with guns, swords, and demons was the coolest thing ever when I first played it.

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