Zelda 3ds and the non ster hunter 3ds edition

Generation 6 overall. Great amount of great/amazing games. All the big 3 had actual exclusives that made it possible to differentiate themselves from the rest (unlike just the wii against the hd twins last gen. The gaming world was very prolific at that time with quality all over the place.

PS3 for me personally. I also own all nintendo handheld and I'm historically a fan of them. However, the psp is the best handheld that has a AAA like home console library . Better than what 3ds and vita have mustered this gen. People last gen jumped in the hate bandwagon and must of those people are nintendo fan boys that never gave the psp a chance/or never owned a psp and automatically suck on nintendo ' s handheld legacy. And the people that say the psp is only for jrpg fans are full of crap.

Cultcept Saga, Valkyria Chronicles, Banjo nuts and bolts, Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, Lost Odyssey, Enslaved Odyssey To The West, Deadly Premonitions, Nier, Way Of The Samurai 3, Folklore, Fragile Dreams, Metroid Other M, Lords Of Shadow, Mirror's Edge, Fear 2, Siren Blood curse, the Resistance games, Amalur. I noticed people are nutting all over the place for fire emblem awakening, that should have been radiant dawn instead, so that game takes my number 1 spot

Wow just came to the website for the first to today to find this wonderful thread. Game looks fantastic I'm nerding out right now. Great thread very informative as always thanks Slash, Charizard. Ma Gawd! Art style and those menu esthetics look amazing. The trailer was very well done as well, good way to show off an garner some attention. Mu body is ready.

That also applies to the Soul games. They have a level of fantasy and presntation that is approachable and appealing by people from all different cultural backgrounds, because they appear more "classical" when we observe the fantasy themes in the Souls games.

He has a point though. Many Japanese franchises have lost popularity because as he says they are predictable (and highly conservative as well, just look at Dynasty Warriors, same shit all the fucking time) and that creates stagnation. MGS5 Phantom Pain is one of the most hyped games this year and you can see more western influence than ever before to stay relevant. Capcom tries to do the same with RE I'm sure. Capcom and Konami gave out their ips to western devs last gen to try and stir things up.

True enough. Very good point. Anime is not as popular as it once was. These games are heavily influenced by anime. And itt's also true most of them follow predictable, cliche shit, which I happen to love.

People are put off by Weboo crap, and it can be understandable when you look at the wacky sometimes disturbing shit that comes from JRPGs. Most JRPGs closely follow anime when concerned with art-style and presentation. Too bad anime these days are crap compared to stuff from the 90's and early 2000's . We used to see some wierd shit come out from japan before, but now that is multiplied in the context of JRPGs at least. Plus most consoles JRPGs are not as ambitious as they were in the past, except for a select few dev teams. But this is fine by me just as Charizard said because I still get to enjoy "some" high quality stuff here and there.

I personally think Japanese devs want a healthy future for jrpgs but are extremely cautious finantially about it. If more Japanese were as ballsy as From Soft and the Persona team that release the games they want to make and flipping off everyone who doesn't like it it would be ideal for a strong jrpg comeback. But that'll never happen now when everything is about profit. Square especially are just a bunch of sissies that want people to "understand" and "be exited." They would rather sell fans merchandise and clothing than fucking games (mind you I'm mostly refering to consoles here, not that they're doing that much better on handhelds). Japanese companies are extremely conservative now. They don't understand taking risks and making awesome games put them on the map on the first place.