Best "Non Final Fantasy" JRPG Ever?

[Tanis]

Disgaea really isn't a 'JRPG', it's a SRPG or TRPG.

Wait it isn't? So is final fantasy tactics a jrpg? Whats a SRPG/TRPG? Are you making this up?:O

Yes, FFT = S/TRPG or Strategy Role Playing Game or Tactics Role Playing Game.
It has to do with how you play the game, the way the battle system is made really.

The defining trait is the battle system? Not the fact that they are Japanese role playing games? Doesn't that sound a little backwards?
Bah, arbitrary terminology sucks. I'm gonna call them.........uh.......I don't know.

It's the same with First-Person-Shooters or 4X games.
Just because a FPS is made in Japan doesn't mean you call it a JFPS or if you have an Action/Adventure (A/A) game you don't call it a JA/A (for Japan) or an AA/A (for America) or an EA/A (for Europe).

JRPGs tend to be VERY Japanese.
They reference or are set in very Asian environments with stories and battle systems that fit a certain 'Japanese way' of thinking and acting.
The characters also tend to look like they're Asian.

 

[LordWalter]

o.0 ....
long answer so lets get to it
Chrono Trigger
Shadow Hearts
SMT: Nocturne
SMT: Digital Devil Saga
Legend of the Dragoon
Breath of Fire
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth
Seiken Densetsu (that's The Secret of Mana)
Lufia
Lunar
Super Mario RPG
Paper Mario
Parasite Eve

yeah, lotta old school games, but hey, most those are STILL BETTER then games today
and no, can't just pick one

Ooof! Sniped Lunar out from under me. You, Sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Chrono Trigger.

The Persona series is great, but there's something timeless in how the two Chrono games are presented.

Not an easy call for me.

 

[Legion IV]

I know it dosent really count cause its a tactical JRPG but Disgaea

 

[Nooners]

Kingdom Hearts and PHANTASY STAR 4.

 

[starwarsgeek]

Mario RPGs, Pokemon, and Chrono Trigger are my picks

 

[Ashsaver]

It has to be Persona 3:Fes

 

[Jfswift]

Shadow Hearts

That's a pretty cool game. I found a way to cheat toward the end - requires wax paper, a marker and tape

 

[MrDumpkins]

Tales of Vesperia

 

[Greyfox_Shep]

Earthbound!!

 

[Antonio Torrente]

...Golden Sun...
No, scratch that. Golden Sun: The Lost Age...
Need I say more?

agreed!!!

 

[masher]

Pokemon, the "Tales of..." series, and, while probably not the -best-, Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale has turned out to be -really- fun.

 

[eyedonutkair]

Does Lunar count? What about Vandal Hearts?
(7ftw)

 

[Leaper]

Not sure if anyone here bothered to mention Grandia 2, not just pretty with solid storyline but also having a combat system that made sense!

Yep, Grandia 2 was excelent in pretty much every way, and also had extremely good turn based combat system, which I'm fairly sure even many sceptics would like.

 

[gummydrop]

Any Tales game, only JRPG's I can tolerate.

 

[Zero_ctrl]

I'm stuck between two:
Chrono Trigger
Kingdom Hearts (though I'm not certain if it's entirely a JRPG)

 

[linwolf]

Breath of fire IV, really love that game.