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[sinrevi-art]

Alright, 2023 is almost over, but still ✨Happy 30th Anniversary✨ to the Lufia series! 🎂🎈

This was the original unfinished drawing. Next time I do a big group picture I'll pick a more simple coloring style than that😅 So I made a quick alternate colored version using the paint bucket for now, I just want this out before the year is over since 2023 is the 30th anniversary of the Lufia series

Comparison

In the original version I was going for a traditional media feeling.

[bluebudgie]

Vaguely related but sometimes I look at box art of 90s video games and then look at the state of concept art nowadays and get the desperate urge to tear down the industry of hyper polished spotless digital video game artwork. Today's standard is ridiculous.

I say this with all the love and respect I can muster because I genuinely adore old video game artwork, but can you imagine buying a retail game with illustrations looking like this in this day and age (disregarding the evolution of anime style, that's a different can of worms):

(RIP Mayumi Hirota, love your artwork.)

Heck the "expected standard" for amateur fanart (to be deemed worthy of sharing by the general audience) on social media sites is higher than this. Art on the internet is ridiculous.

I don't know where I'm going with this but I just want to go back to professional industry art looking like it came from 2008 deviantart. Because it's good.

[satoshi-mochida]

Some games that are currently stuck on older consoles that I hope get rereleased in some way, Part 2:

Part 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Summon Night series

.hack IMOQ(I somehow forgot about these for the first post)

Xenosaga series(another obvious one I forgot)

Older Fire Emblem games that haven't been ported/remade yet.

Tony Hawk's Underground/Underground 2

Xenoblade Chronicles X

SSX Tricky/SSX 3

Transformers: War for Cybertron/Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Lufia series

Thousand Arms

Skies of Arcadia: Legends

The Lunar Series(except Dragon Song unless it gets a massive remake)

Many Tales of games.

The Legendary Starfy series.

The Firemen/The Firemen 2: Pete & Danny

Ever Oasis

Koudelka and Shadow Hearts series

Older Atelier games

The Legend of Heroes games pre-Trails, such as the Gagharv Trilogy(shown in correct order).

Radiata Stories

Final Fantasy XIII trilogy(they're all on Steam, but not modern consoles yet)

[jadagul]

Currently playing through the first Breath of Fire. (I have a lot of games on my list I want to get seriously invested in, but right now is not the time to start a big project, so I've been playing dumb games instead.)

And Breath of Fire comes at a really fascinatingly awkward time in the history of JRPGs. Consider the following release dates:

Final Fantasy 4: July 1991 in Japan, October 1991 in the US.

Final Fantasy 5: December 1992 in Japan. (Not in the US.)

Breath of Fire: April 1993 in Japan, August 1994 in the US.

Lufia 1: June 1993 in Japan, December 1993 in the US.

Final Fantasy 6: April 1994 in Japan, October 1994 in the US.

If you compare Breath of Fire and Lufia to Final Fantasy 4, they stand up pretty okay. They all have slow awkward menus; none of them have figured out how to do English localizations of JRPG menus and dialog yet . I think Final Fantasy 4 is better, because the story is better and I like the ATB system, but I see how you could argue that.

I kind of think of all three of those games as fundamentally NES RPGs that suddenly have the power of the SNES behind them; they're still working in the same design paradigm as early RPGs, just with fewer memory and graphical limitations.

But in practice, that historically left Lufia and Breath of Fire dead in the water. Because both of them come out closer to Final Fantasy 6, and there's absolutely no contest there. The localization actually works. The story is rich and complex. You have interesting decisions within most combats, and also about character builds. And it even has functional cutscenes!

(And then 1995 brings us Chrono Trigger and Lufia 2, 1996 brings Super Mario RPG, and 1997 brings Final Fantasy 7.)

It's just shocking to me how quickly the quality bar was rising at this point. I was originally going to say how quickly Square was improving, but honestly Lufia 2 is up there with the others. And that makes games like Breath of Fire just look obsolete almost as soon as they were released.

[synamartia]

❖ Call me Syn, Syna, or Raina, or whatever comes to mind when you think of me~ ( be nice, there ain't none of that negativity here ! ) I'll also respond to Smut Santa / Saint Dickolaus! 😉

❖ I'm 29, about to be 30. I'm afab and use female pronouns. Happy mama of 2 beautiful babes~ They come first before anything else, so if I don't get back to you in a timely manner or like... at all... that's why. Or maybe I just don't like you. ( nahhh that's not it ... ? )

❖ Previously went by Taqsyq, but after YEARS of being out of the writing game and just off of tumblr in general, I've decided to start over fresh. I started Taqsyq when I was like sixteen or seventeen, still in my nerdy emo girl phase fuck I still am, and there is a shit ton of things that I just wanna run away from when it comes to that blog/username, including some very bad memories that I'm not going to discuss publicly. Plus, again: seventeen, nerdy emo girl phase. Everything I wrote on that blog was the highest form of OOC cringe like you just saw a stripper accidentally slam her hoo-ha on a pole bullshit for me. The only reason I'm not deleting it is because I'm a memory hoarder and despite all the bad, I want to keep it for all the good that happened there as well. Besides, it's the account that I ran imagine-reborn (an imagines blog for Katekyo Hitman Reborn) under and I figured, if nothing else, I could get a few laughs and maybe even learn a thing or two from how god-awful teenage me was at writing.

❖ My rules are simple. Be kind to all: this is a safe zone for EVERYONE. I would like to keep it that way. I don't have a list for what I will and will not write (yet), so all I can tell you is: ask. My inbox is always open. If I don't feel comfortable writing something, I'll let you know!

❖ Minors: as of right now, I don't think I'll be posting anything that is safe for your consumption, so I would very much appreciate it if you did not interact. If you are not a minor and do not have an age indicator, this rule applies to you as well. I check my follower list daily and I WILL block anyone that does not adhere to this rule.

❖ Requests: Closed ( not for long. I promise ;D )

❖ Currently, I only write for Hazbin Hotel. But I'm open for discussion on anything else on my list down below! I'm always looking for something new to watch/read, so if you have any recommendations, fire away!

❖ Series ; Current Hyperfixation: Hazbin Hotel

Anime : Naruto ; InuYasha ; Death Note ; Bleach ; Hellsing ; Soul Eater ; Fruits Basket ; D.Gray-Man [ Original / Hallow ] ; Kuroshitsuji ; Katekyo Hitman Reborn ; Ao No Exorcist ; Yu Yu Hakusho ; Full Metal Alchemist ; One Piece* ; Shingeki No Kyojin ; Kimetsu No Yaiba ; Jujutsu Kaisen**

* Still trying to catch up. This is a massive anime, and I've spent the better half of this past year trying to watch it all. I've made it to the Raid on Onigashima, the part where Yamato got his bracelets removed. Love him, by the way! <3

** Nanaminnnn~! I am not okay about anything with this man. <3

Manga / Manhwa : Everything mentioned above ; Noblesse ; Bloody Cross ; Area D

TV : Hazbin Hotel ; Helluva Boss ; Game Of Thrones ; Vikings ; Avatar: The Last Airbender ; The Legend Of Korra ; Supernatural

Books : A Song Of Ice & Fire ; Twilight Saga why did teenage me think it was the greatest series ever shoot me now fucking christ

Video Games : Final Fantasy Series + Individual Prequels, Sequels, Movies, Remakes* [ 7 / 9 / 10 / 13 / 15** ] ; Tales Of Series [ Legendia / Zestiria / Berseria / Arise ] ; Devil May Cry Series ; Kingdom Hearts Series*** ; Star Ocean Series [ Till The End Of Time / The Divine Force ] ; The Legend Of Zelda [ A Link To The Past ] ; Sonic Series ; Spyro Series ; Shining Force Series [ 1 / 2 ] ; Lufia Series [ Fortress Of Doom / Rise Of The Sinistrals ] ; Diablo 3 ; Lunar [ Silver Star Story Complete ] ; Infinite Undiscovery ; to be updated as I remember / play.

* So far, I've only played the first installment of Final Fantasy 7 Remake because I currently do not own a PS5, but I'm working on it. The Compilation of Final Fantasy 7 is my absolute favorite series of all time. I could watch Advent Children ( original and complete ) on repeat, and I've played the original release so many times that I don't even need a guide to get a 100% on a brand new save ( Obsessed much? Yup ). I'm a completionist at heart, and this game is amazing and it provides a massive sense of nostalgia for me.

** SLIGHT SPOILER (maybe? You've been warned) Another amazing installment in the Final Fantasy series, this game is so well written in my opinion. It stays away from the bigger cliches you see in most RPGs ( eg : the guy gets the girl, friendship is the key to saving the world, etc. ), the characters are so individually complex, the villain technically wins and reminds you how easy it would be for you to become the same type of monster. Plus badass women that fix your car, lights up entire cities, wakes up the fucking Gods to fight on your side, takes the entire mercenary army they led and defects to your side? IN HEELS? YES PLEASE. It has one of the best enemy turned ally characters in the FF series; I'm just disappointed we didn't get to see much of Aranea after everything in Tenebrae. Also Ardyn has some serious daddy vibes, and I would literally give my left tit just to lick Aranea's boot ( oh, the things I would do to these two, phew~ ).

*** Let's be real here. The Kingdom Hearts Series makes zero sense if you didn't play all of them and you didn't pay attention to each and every detail, and I did neither. I played 2 and 3 when they originally came out, but in my defense: it doesn't look like a series that follows a singular story, something that I did not know at the time, and usually the series I play have an entirely different story per installment ( eg : Final Fantasy and Tales Of ). I tried to piece together the story from online synopses and second hand game play ( I watched someone else play ), and it just didn't work out. So, suffice to say, my knowledge of Kingdom Hearts goes about as far as basic facts regarding Organization XIII because they were my whole reason for trying the games in the first place. I'm still open to discussion about it, though! Just keep in mind my side will be very limited. Sorry!

To Be Read / Watched / Played : Phantasy Star Series ; Final Fantasy Series [ 1-6 / 8 / 11-12 / 14 / 16 ] ; Diablo 4 ; Black Clover ; Hell's Paradise ; Fairy Tale ; The Seven Deadly Sins ; My Hero Academia

❖ Look out below for a face reveal!

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[micalpixel]

Pixel Art Walking Animations

I'm about to dive in to pixel art walking animations, for sprites that are larger than I've worked on before. So I did some research to see how they've been done in the past (front-facing, for now, from top-down perspective games only, and only characters taller than 16px).

Here's some interesting findings from the ones I put together and re-animated:

Walking animation loops have ranged from 2 frames, all the way up to 8, and 10. The latter 3 were all by Nintendo. Impressive quality stuff. (Sorry Ness, with only 2 frames, lol. At least Ness has 8-directional movement to make up for it).

Nearly all 4-frame animations consisted of 3 frames, with the middle one being repeated twice. (left-foot - stand - right-foot, stand, ...). However, one (the top-right), had 4 unique frames of animation. It's from Alcahest.

Head-bobbing is a near-universal way to convey walking. And it was expressed in many ways. Some didn't bob at all (Terra). Some bobbed sideways (Ness). Some bobbed UP (like a hop) as they put their feet forward, while some bobbed DOWN (more like real life) when they did so. Some bobbed by compressing their torso while keeping the feet level (Lucas), while others physically extended their feet lower than they were during the standing-frame.

Turn-based games, and games where movement is confined to four directions, tend to have fewer frames of animation for movement.

There's also a lot of variation in how leg and arm rotation (or lack thereof) is handled.

So many different styles...

Games Shown:

10: Zelda: Minish Cap

8: Zelda: ALTTP, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga

6: Terranigma, Secret of Mana, Mega Man Battle Network 6, Chrono Trigger, Golden Sun, Secret of Evermore

4x3[1]: Final Fantasy 6, Breath of Fire 2, Pokemon Emerald (x2), Mother 3, Harvest Moon, Undertale

4x3[2]: Pokemon Diamond (x2), Ys IV, Lufia: Ruins of Lore, Bahamut Lagoon (x2), CrossCode

4x4: Alcahest

2: Earthbound, Dragon Warrio 3, Crystalis

(Next time I play Minish Cap I'm going to appreciate those animations more.)

[teefa85]

So...I had to go to a ToD2 Magic Exhibition vid. One of the plotlines in Warrior Academy (usually relegated to side material since Teefa, Lufia, and their relationships with people around them is the main story) is the return of magic between Tales of Destiny 1 and 2 and how the former Masters are trying to learn to cast. And since Leon is the only person with confirmed D2 style spellsets (I mean, who wouldn't just copy from Judas to explain how he'd work in a theoretical "Leon survives either in AU or in the Fixed Timeline" situation) I had to decide which Elements people are using.

Right now I needed to have the Katrea siblings doing some casting so I had to remind myself how things look!

[pitagain]

#365DaysOfVGM Day 56:

The Final Decisive Battle (Lufia & The Fortress of Doom; other versions [2001/2010])

Not battle, but classic buildup BGM, almost as if a battle is nearby in this list!

(Length before loop [Games]: 1+ minutes, [Arrange]: 1.5+ minutes)

[ladyirisreviews]

Lufia & the Fortress of Doom - Review

Lufia is a Super Nintendo RPG published by Taito mere 2 months after Breath of Fire 1, in June of 1993, and like with Breath of Fire, this was a game wanted to play for quite a long time, so I was quite excited about it.

Because it is an RPG from the same era, I can't help but compare this game to Breath of Fire, which I'll do as the review goes along, but first I want to start by describing the plot of the game a bit.

The game starts at the end of the adventure of Maxim and his group, on their quest to defeat evil beings known as the Sinistrals, an evil group of beings that came out of nowhere and started wracking havoc around the world.

They succeed in defeating them, and we get text explaining that it's been 90 years since the Sinistrals were defeated and everything is at peace.

We now see a descendant of Maxim as a kid, meeting a lost girl called Lufia, except she's got no memory, she gets along with Maxim's descendant and the innkeeper decides to take care of her, since she doesn't have anywhere else to go.

9 years pass and the main character, now a soldier for his village, hears that a nearby village is under attack and goes alone to investigate, only to discover that is has already been destroyed.

He then comes back to his hometown to gather help, but no one besides lufia goes with him, when he arrives again he discovers that one of the Sinistrals is the cause of the destruction, and he swears to defeat them once more, starting his journey like his ancestor did almost 100 years ago.

The main plot itself isn't anything that unique by this point, evil entities show up, and your job is to beat them.

But what it has over Breath of Fire, is that there is a bunch of characters interacting with each other, from beginning to end, characters will at some points talk and reveal some aspects of their personalities, and the relationships they have between them, this is especially true with the main character and lufia.

The game also attempts to give the side characters some personality, even having NPCs that will reference another NPC in a different town.

There's also a bit of a personal motivation in the main character, as these are the enemies his ancestor fought so many years ago, and on top of that, the game has some twists that keep it interesting.

Still, this game still has sections where a lot of dialogue is just "go here, do that, or get that" proceeded with what basically are fetch quests to get further into the game.

In general, it's a step ahead of Breath of Fire 1, and I would recommend it over it for this reason alone, but I would lie if I said the plot stays interesting for every moment of the game, it has some slow parts.

Now, moving over to the gameplay, the combat is a basic turn-based battle system, with a few quirks, like with most RPGs, your basic options are to attack, to use an item, cast a spell, guard, or run.

Both normal attacks and magic spells are extremely important, when you first get lufia into your party her strength is very lacking but her spells really pack a punch.

On top of this, there's some equipable rings that amplify the effect of various spell types, so magic as an offensive tool is very valuable in this game.

The support spells also play a big role in the gameplay, mostly on bosses though, but it's very nice that they do play a role at all.

The first quirk is how you operate the menu in battle, to access an option you need to hold a direction and then press A, this makes menuing in battles feel more fluid when you get used to this system, only requiring holding a direction and pressing A, as opposed to pressing a direction multiple times to select an option.

Sure, there's still menuing left to do when you need to pick a spell or an item, and I'm kind of making a big deal out of a small feature, but in the grand scheme of things, this small feature could end up saving a lot of minutes after the hundreds of battles you will have to face.

Menus in RPGs are an often overlooked part of this genre of games, bad menus could and will lead to a lot of wasted time, so as far as I know, this is one of the first attempts at making menuing faster and more fluid, at least in the battles.

To get the rest of the menus out of the way, I'll just quickly mention that shop menus are alright too, they let you see what effects the equipment will have on your stats, and lets you purchase and sell items in bulk, and even if the inventory is similar to breath of fire, it's much easier to navigate and organize.

A thing breath of fire had over lufia though, is that you were able to map a specific menu to any button you wanted, having the spells and items menus ready with just a button, even if there was almost no reason to check all the other menus, it was nice that you could do this.

Now coming back to the actual gameplay, random encounters pose danger as opposed to being just time wasters, they can, and will often k.o. some of your party members if you don't play your cards right, so there is planning required on every fight.

You need to be even more careful because attacks don't track to another enemy when the enemy you selected dies before the character gets to act, so in order to be optimal and have the danger be at a minimum, you also have to be aware of how strong your characters are and have an idea of how much hp a monster has.

However there's a problem with this, and that's the other quirk the battle system has, and it's that the turn orders are not consistent, the actions you pick don't start after selecting them, or after your whole team selects them.

The speed and weight stats influence the order, a character might be fast to get their turn first and attack just after you pick their action, but a lot of times you will pick to attack an enemy, and the character will take so long to act, by the time it acts the enemy is long gone.

With random battles that pose a risk, the way the game handles the turn order can make it a bit frustrating, this isn't a problem in boss battles though, and you can take advantage of all the options you have in them, but it is rough on the random battles.

You also can't select a specific enemy sometimes, since enemies come in groups of the same types or as a single unit, and when you pick a group it randomly selects 1 of the enemies, making spells that hit a certain group of enemies, or all enemies very valuable, but making it tedious to deal with if you don't have any available.

The battle system isn't perfect, but at least it demands your attention which I think is better than mindlessly pressing the A button over and over again.

Encounter rates however, do be kind of rough, you can take less than 5 steps and a random encounter will pop up, there's an item called sweet water that lowers the encounter rate, and it kind of feels like the encounter rate that should have been from the start, I used it for most of the time in my playthrough and I had to do virtually no grinding, so I really recommend getting quite a lot of those to not get frustrated while traveling the overworld or a dungeon.

That's pretty much everything related to the actual gameplay, and I gotta say that I prefer it much more to breath of fire, even if it has some issues.

The graphics are not outstanding, with most dungeons looking exactly the same, but with a different color, cities, and castles also look the same, the only exception to this is the final dungeon.

The enemy sprites have nothing wrong with them, but all of them got a slight shaking animation applied to them, and I don't feel like they add anything, I feel like it would have been better if they were static, and only moved when doing an attack or a spell, it just looks awkward the way it is.

Bosses are static though, and some have glowing colors that look very cool, breath of fire might be better looking, but I think graphics are one of the least important aspects of an RPG, and the gameplay on this game, in general, is much better than Breath of Fire's in my opinion.

Now, would I recommend this game? again, like in Breath of Fire, I would only recommend it if

A) you really like old RPGs.

B) you like playing a series from the start instead of jumping to the actual good games in it.

C) you need a game to grind while watching videos or a stream.

Because there's lots of better games out there already, but the way I am, I like seeing the improvements they do on the following games of a series, and even then, I found it much more enjoyable than Breath of Fire, engaging combat and characters actually interacting was a breath of fresh air (no pun intended).

[game-boy-pocket]

Final Fantasy Legend

Yes I've already played some of these, EarthBound and Dragon Quest III have MSU-1 patches now that I'd like to try, and I actually have the physical copy of Super Mario RPG from my childhood, I actually played a great deal into it before I moved, but stopped around the Lands End portion of the game, I need to get back to it.

I have also already played Chrono Trigger, but it was only once, on the DS, a long time ago, I've forgotten most of everything that happens in the game that didn't get a fancy FMV cutscene. I might try an MSU-1 of that as well if it works on real hardware.

I played a good chunk of Secret of Mana and Final Fantasy IV but never finished either of them. The others would be brand new to me.

[characteroulette]

This has been sitting in my drafts and I want it out.

Video game music recc list part 1 (because too many good games too many good osts)

//

Summon Night Swordcraft Story --

Sword & Water Capital

Let's Make It!

Dark Cloud (the whole ost actually but these ones in particular) --

Main Theme

The Ceremony

Owl Forest

Queens

A Sinking Ship

Duel

Departure

Ocean and Moon

The Corridor of Time

Dark Cloud 2 / Dark Chronicle --

Carnival Night

Moonlight Tango

Palm Brinks

Veniccio

Gundor Volcano Grotto

Gundorada Workshop

Spiral of Dreams

Professor Layton series --

Layton's Theme

Puzzle Battle (Unwound / Lost Future)

The Unwound / Lost Future

The Spectre's Flute Theme

Rumble! (Last Spectre)

Puzzles 6 ~ Deduction (Last Spectre)

Town of Mist ~ Misthallery Night (Last Spectre)

Night in the Woods --

Astral Train

Astral Coal Town

Die Anywhere Else

Weird Autumn

Pumpkin Head Guy

Astral Fish

Rainy Day

Space Dragon

Just take the whole Lufia: The Legend Returns ost. Good Game Boy beep boops.

Actually take the whole Secret of Mana ost as well. Absolutely stacked ost.

(As a note, all of these games have great full osts, I just picked out a few of my faves where I could!)

[bella97starcandies]

Just sit back and relax, my friend.

Today's lesson won't take too long.

And to make it more interesting,

It takes the form of this nerdy song.

The year is 1889,

Before the accolades and awards.

Nintendo got its start

From making hanafuda cards.🎴

For a century, they grew and planned

To discover just what sells.

Making vacuums and Ultra Hand

And love testers and love hotels.🏩

But they soon zeroed in on games

Like the Game & Watch and Color TV.

In '81, they made Donkey Kong,

And the rest is history.

This is the history of Nintendo.

Spanning the years, hanafuda to Mario...

Straight from Kyoto, with a guy named Miyamoto,

This is the history of Nintendo

1985: Future stars like Link and Samus, and portly plumbers hit the scene.

'89: All our mothers took our Game Boys to play Tetris on that tiny screen.

'91: Super Mario World taught us we could fly while riding dinosaurs.

'94: Virtual Boy had us seeing red, returning systems to their stores.

'96: Let's-a go with Mario to new horizons...

'98: Pokémania caught our hearts and dollars too.

2001: The GBA and GameCube lost some marketshare that day.

But we still loved to play Smash Bros. Melee...!

So goes the history of Nintendo.

From Ana to Kat, Pikachu to Lucario.

A fierce crescendo peppered with strange innuendo,

This is the history of Nintendo.

2004, the DS.

2006, the Wii.

2011, the 3DS, a DS in 3D.

2012, the Wii U, out by this year's end,

And so my friend, well now you know the history of Nintend...o.

Hanafuda, Ultra Hand, Sheriff, Kirby's Pinball Land,

Wild Gunman, Superman(?), Mario Land, Jam With the Band,

Mega Man 1 through Mega Man 7, DK '94 and Rhythm Heaven,

Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10, Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, Talespin,

Dragon Quest, Diddy's Quest, Simon's Quest, Gargoyle's Quest, Master Quest, Mystic Quest, Puzzle Quest, Fester's Quest,

Yamauchi, Miyamoto, Iwata, Sakurai, Sakamoto, Tezuka, Totaka, Itoi, Arakawa, Kondo, Yokoi,

Ocarina of Time, Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, Majora's Mask,

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Pokémon Blue and Killer Instinct,

Little King's Story, Epic Yarn, Actraiser, Terranigma, Illusion of Gaia, Soul Blazer,

Final Fantasy, Super Metroid, Cool Spot, MC Kids, and Yo Noid!,

Mega Man X, The Thousand-Year Door, Punch-Out!!, Resident Evil 4,

F-Zero, Hey You, Pikachu!, Viewtiful Joe and Lufia 2,

Kid Icarus: Uprising, Zelda 1, Golden Coins, GoldenEye, Golden Sun,

Mother, EarthBound, Mother 3, Brawl in the Family!

This is the history of Nintendo!

From Nester to Ness, Waluigi to Wario.

Soon to be taught in schools all over Tokyo,🇹🇰🗼

To solve the mysteries of Nintendo...

This was the history of Nintendo!

[chibeast]

A list of video game songs you can play to make me stop everything and do a little jig:

1. Super Mario 2 - Character Select

2. Super Mario Land - Muda Kingdom

3. Bubble Bobble - Bubble Bustin'

4. Super Mario Kart - Koopa Beach

5. Kirby's Dreamland 3 - Sand Canyon 1

6. Lufia - Shopping

7. Mole Mania - Forest Theme

8. Mario Land 2 - Athletic

9. Kirby Superstar - Candy Mountain

10. Super Mario 2 - Overworld

11. Super Mario Bros 3 - Desert Land

12. Mario Paint - Creative Exercise

[circle-bircle]

jrpg/srpg recs? old or new doesn't matter, but it's easier for me to get around to games if they're older so I can load them on my psp or 3ds or whatever. in return I give you uhhhh have you played any of the department heaven games? they're more like weird srpgs, st!ng loves experimenting with their games. gungir is my favorite cause it's the most depressing (imo) and there's sibling angst

department heaven looks cute! t'will have to check it out someday :) sibling angst is always fun!

onto the recs:

jrpgs:

standard ff2 plug (20th anniversary edition is my fav personally...), the FFIV collection for the psp is complete and also the best way to play 2D FFIV (imo). of course the 3d version is also on DS so YMMV. I liked Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest for what it was, Final Fantasy Legend and its sequels are games that Exist but I didn't particularly enjoy them just because i don't like GB games. But they are out there!!

I know I'm not the kind of person to shill DB but I had a fun time with Buu's Fury on the GBA... and it's not a JRPG but if you like pressing buttons really good this might be up your alley.

Golden Sun exists, I think everyone should play Chrono Trigger if you have not already. I talked about it briefly in my last rec post but Lufia 1/2 are JRPGs that exist for sure. The Suikoden series is cool and I am itching to play Eiyuden Chronicles one day!!

Dragon Quest has handfuls of fun games, SMT of course exists as well and I am partial to Nocturne. I have never played Bravely Default but all of my friends who are into JRPGs more than I am sing of both games' praises, TWEWY exists, and for the 3DS I actually really liked Monster Hunter Stories which is nifty and very cute.

srpgs:

of course fire emblem as the SRPG probably everyone around this blog knows about. I wish I liked Tear Ring Saga more but it's not my thing personally, but if you like the kaga sagas I would recommend it! There are pretty people, so no complaining from me :P Vesteria Saga and the other games exist too. I haven't played them though, so no opinion from me! But they exist!!

OFC have to say FF Tactics, FF Tactics Advance, FF Tactics A2. I love FFTA but I know FFT is way better according to everyone. There's also Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings which people usually put as a JRPG but it's definitely not a traditional JRPG. I personally think it's very slow to control but it's not the worst game you could be spending your time playing.

People really like Tactics Ogre... I did not. There were two characters I liked but I just didn't want to sit through multiple routes - but hey, there's multiple routes if you like that stuff!

I have heard good things about both Project X Zone and Triangle Strategy, but I'm poor so I've never played either. However, I think a fun game is Summon Night 5!!! I haven't played any of the other games, but the characters are very cute and it is an SRPG so I am putting it here!

That's all off the top of my head. I have a million more I could probably recommend, but I'd be repeating myself and shilling FF2 more than I should. I hope some of these games inspire you to look for yourself! Or replay an old gem, or something :P

[siverwrites]

3, 8, 17?

Thank youuu! 3. 1-3 games you’ve played in the past 12 months that you really enjoyed

A Highland Song for something real recent! And for a couple less recent things: Dordogne remains beautiful, and I really enjoyed going through Sam & Max Hit the Road overall. It was fun visiting another old LucasArts game.

8. A series you haven’t played but are interested in trying

If I got this last time, I probably said Wild Arms, which is still the case. But to not possibly repeat an answer, Quest for Glory. Which I have! I just need to get to it.

17. A game you didn’t finish but would like to get back to or restart someday

Staring into the abyss of unfinished games... Radiant Historia, Lufia II, Hollow Knight, Okami... I could just keep going

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[strikingearth]

I didn't know you knew about the Lufia games! I played 3 when I was a kid lol

oooo, that's the one i haven't played lmao, didn't even now there was a third one! I enjored lufia 2 back as a teen when i got a way to play it, but i never finished lufia 1 cause my games data got wiped halfway through and that just discouraged me to play it again. I still think about lufia 2's ending sometimes all the times :>