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Best Nintendo RPG?
- Thread starter Beleated_Media
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I had the special edition of luigi which had Mario and Luigi Dream team! I loved the game TBH
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door is probably my all time favourite game, ever. Let alone RPG..
I also loved Earthbound and I'm going to play Mother 3 soon
Honorable mentions definitely Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga and Pok?mon HeartGold/SoulSilver.
I also loved Earthbound and I'm going to play Mother 3 soon
Honorable mentions definitely Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga and Pok?mon HeartGold/SoulSilver.
Ehingen Guy
Passionate Hybreeder
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and Bravely Default are 2 of my favorite RPGs. Those and Pokemon.
OneTimeUser
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I wrote a 7-page paper arguing against the categorization and labeling of certain games as "RPGs," but I'll just assume the original post is asking about "games that typically involve numeric representations of strength/prowess ('levelling-up' and 'stats'), multiple-character management ('parties' and 'equipment'), segments of repetition-for-payoff (or 'grinding'), and often emphasizes on a cycle between a (linear) plot, combat/conflict (either in turns or real-time), and travel in a fantasy setting."
I'm also going to surmise that the original post is asking about games primarily on Nintendo systems. As Adol the Red pointed out, most RPGs on Nintendo systems aren't actually developed in-house by Nintendo. I'm going to disregard that and go with my assumption though.
With all that out of the way, my vote for the "Best Nintendo RPG" goes to Chrono Trigger. I didn't play it until around high school, but it was amazing then and is still fun to play today. I'm not sure if it's suitable for most modern gamers, since a lot of current "RPG" mechanics have been derived/boiled-down/refined from it, so it may feel backwards at times.
I'm also going to surmise that the original post is asking about games primarily on Nintendo systems. As Adol the Red pointed out, most RPGs on Nintendo systems aren't actually developed in-house by Nintendo. I'm going to disregard that and go with my assumption though.
With all that out of the way, my vote for the "Best Nintendo RPG" goes to Chrono Trigger. I didn't play it until around high school, but it was amazing then and is still fun to play today. I'm not sure if it's suitable for most modern gamers, since a lot of current "RPG" mechanics have been derived/boiled-down/refined from it, so it may feel backwards at times.
- Earthbound (Mother) games are equal parts charming and challenging.
- Super Mario RPG is a classic too.
- Golden Sun 1 & 2 are also really good (and often go under-appreciated). Don't play Dark Dawn after playing the first two though. You'll be disappointed, trust me.
- Just about any entry in the Fire Emblem or Wars (Advance/Famicom) series are great. Even the really old ones are fun in their own way.
- Although it hasn't been primarily on Nintendo systems, the Tales series has a few strong entries. The character designs can get a little... weird... though.
- Unlike other series, you only really ever need to play the most recent Pokemon game. Other series' earlier games have their own charms, Pokemon doesn't change much. I played White version most recently. I have Y version, not motivated to play it after seeing there's going to be Ruby/Sapphire re-releases. Not even a little.
- I've never played a Paper Mario game, so I can't speak on those. People seem to like them.
- Final Fantasy games never really grabbed me, except for Tactics. It's more 'miss' than 'hit' for me.
oranje
Guava Purveyor
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door and the original Paper Mario have to be my all time favorites. The art is cute, the world/maps/characters are wonderful, and it's fun to explore the mario universe with characters who live in it. Plus the villains in Thousand Year Door were really neat.
SteveyTaco
Human Robot
Mario and Luigi series (iz da best).
hydrophonic
Senior Member
Tales of the Abyss
That's by Namco Bandai, not Nintendo.
It's still published by Nintendo so I don't see a problem with that.
It was published for a Nintendo system, but the actual publisher was Namco Bandai. Nintendo had as much hand in bringing Tales of the Abyss onto the market as Sony did, in that all they provided was a platform.
Sorry, that's what I meant.
