3DS | Asdivine Cross (DL only) | Exe-Create | If you've played a Kemco RPG before, you've played this one |
3DS | Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (VC) | Konami | See NES |
3DS | Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions | AlphaDream | Improves aesthetics, adds an RTS mode featuring Bowser's minions, features QoL improvements from the original |
DS | Harvest Moon DS: Cute | Marvelous | An alternative version of Harvest Moon DS that makes some QoL changes and allows you to play as a female protagonist |
GB+GBC | Dragon Warrior Monsters | Tose | Sort of Dragon Quest's answer to Pokemon, but with fusion as well |
GBA | Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories | Jupiter | The first of many, many side stories- takes place between KH I and II, uses a card battling system |
JP FC | Dragon Ball Z III: Ressen Jinzou Ningen | D&D Corp/Tose | More card-based combat |
JP PSX | Front Mission 2 | Square | More mechs, more drama! |
JP SFC | Ancient Magic: Bazoo! Mahou Sekai | Hot-B | Generic turn-based affair with male/female protagonists with an emphasis on magic |
JP SFC | Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi | Heartbeat | Third game in the Zenithian trilogy, return of the class system |
JP SFC | Nekketsu Tairiku Burning Heroes | J-Force | 8 scenarios to beat for the true ending, characters other than the protagonist are AI in battle |
JP SFC | Princess Minerva | Atelier Double/Riverhillsoft | GIRL POWER ANIME-BASED ROAD TRIP! |
NES | Legacy of the Wizard | Falcom | An early example of a metroidvania with a family element; different family members have different exploration skills |
NES | Little Ninja Brothers | Culture Brain | A tad racially insensitive, first game in the Super Chinese series to have RPG elements |
PS2 | Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana | Gust | First localized Atelier game- you know the drill- turn-based combat and loads of item synthesis |
PS2 | Dark Cloud | Level-5 | ARPG with roguelike elements and town building; no traditional XP (though weapons do level) |
PS2 | Monster Rancher 3 | Tecmo | More monster raising, but now you can trade monsters with friends/can use past data rather than disc-digging for old monsters! |
PS3 | Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed | Acquire | Fanservice-heavy ARPG where removing the clothes of vampires is the only way to defeat them |
PS3 | Natural Doctrine | Kadokawa | SRPG with elements of cover/positioning, lots of unfortunate corridor/funnel-type maps, overall too complex for many players |
PS3 | Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon (PS2 Classics) | Atlus | See PS2 |
PS4 | Danganronpa 1.2 Reload | Spike Chunsoft | Contains both Danganronpa 1 and 2 with improved graphics |
PS4 | God Eater 2: Rage Burst | Shift | See Vita |
PS4 | Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory | Square Enix/Indieszero | See Switch |
PS4 | One Piece: World Seeker | Ganbarion | Think the Batman Arkham or Spider-Man games, but with a One Piece coat of paint; equipment raises stats while skill points are used to unlock and improve moves |
PS5 | Death Stranding Director's Cut | Kojima Productions | Adds some Metal Gear Solid-esque story missions, as well as features like buildable racetracks and a buddy bot to help you carry things |
PS5 | Monark | FuRyu | Created by some of the original SMT staff with a heavy emphasis on psychology, featuring turn-based gridless tactical combat |
PSP | Parasite Eve II (PSone Classics) | Square | See PSX |
PSP | Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin | Atlus | Previously never localized in North America, the direct predecessor to Eternal Punishment; contains demon recruitment and rumor-spreading |
PSP | Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together | Square Enix/Quest | Allows for revisiting of plot points to see how alternate major decisions would have changed the story |
PSP | Tales of Eternia (PAL/AU/JP only) | Namco Tales Studio | A port of what NA territories knew as Tales of Destiny II, with vastly improved load times |
PSX | Arc the Lad Collection | G-Craft/ARC Entertainment | Collected SRPG series, contains Arc the Lad I, II, III, and Arc Arena |
PSX | Azure Dreams | Konami | Roguelike with town building, romancing, and familiar collecting |
PSX | Deception III: Dark Delusion | Tecmo | Dark story with trap creation |
PSX | Parasite Eve | Square | Horror JRPG based on a novel, positioning-based combat system |
SNES | Lagoon | Kemco | Dollar-store Ys |
SNES | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars | Square | Fun little turn-based game with a cute artstyle and rhythmic button pressing to maximize damage |
Switch | Bravely Default II | Claytechworks | Not a sequel to either of the previous Bravely games; robust and fashionable job system, turn-manipulating combat, and lots of grass to cut! |
Switch | Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle (DL only, delisted) | Asakusa Studios | See PS4 |
Switch | Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars (DL only) | Alim/Square Enix | Yoko Taro makes a card game with a heavy tabletop aesthetic |
Vita | Criminal Girls: Invite Only | Imageepoch | Turn-based combat where each girl will only accept commands if she is "motivated" enough through minigames, which is exactly as thinly-veiled perverse as it sounds |
Vita | Dungeon Explorer PSP (DL only) | Hudson Soft | AKA Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts, see PSP |
Vita | Gungnir (DL only) | Sting | See PSP |
Vita | Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PSone Classics) | Atlus | See PSX |
Vita | Super Robot Wars V (Asia English) | B.B. Studio | See PS4 |
Vita | Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana | Falcom | Adol in ARPG action again, with a settlement-building mechanic and up to 3 party members in combat |
Wii | Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked | Hudson Soft | Whoops, you're trapped on an island and have to do minigames in order to craft tools/hunt to survive |
Wii | Shiren the Wanderer | Chunsoft | Actually the third game in the Shiren the Wanderer sub-series of Mystery Dungeon roguelike games |
Wii U | Double Dungeons (VC) | NCS | See TG16 |
Xbox One | Dark Souls III | FromSoftware | More ways to die and keep dying; combat is overall more fluid than previous games, an MP-like system is introduced |
Xbox One | Miden Tower (DL only) | Exe-Create | Kemco tries to have serious, mature themes… in a game where there is literally a wall that turns into a girl as a main character |