July’s game: Suikoden August’s game: Shining Force II Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand has the dubious claim of being the only game in the series that never saw a Western release, remake or otherwise — though it did get a PS2 remake in Japan. That made no sense…

June’s game: Phantasy Star II Summer bonus game: Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand How do you define “masterpiece”? During the opening few hours of Suikoden, I thought I was seeing one. Right away, the snappiness of the controls when running around mark this as an evolution over the…

May’s game: Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention July’s game: Suikoden First off, let’s take a sec to appreciate this game’s original box art. Japan got the best stuff back in the day—and still does. Ah well, the US cover is pretty cool, too. …

April’s game: Final Fantasy XV June’s game: Phantasy Star II What a fun surprise Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention gave me. I didn’t know what type of RPG it is until I got into its sister game Shining in the Darkness recently and wanted to continue with the…

March’s game: Ys: Memories of Celceta May’s game: Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention I couldn’t help myself. Since I’m so close to the end of my journey through every mainline Final Fantasy title—only one left after this!—I had to play another one for this month’s JRPG. (Never mind…

February’s game: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII April’s game: Final Fantasy XV Ys: Memories of Celceta is a reimagining of the fourth entry in the series, a new official canon entry that replaces both previous games titled Ys IV in the series’s chronology. See, back in the early 90s, Ys…

January’s game: Chrono Trigger March’s game: Ys: Memories of Celceta At long last, with only a few main series Final Fantasy games left to play, I’m finishing out the much-maligned XIII trilogy with Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. As you may know from my previous videos, I rather enjoyed both…

February’s game: Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Welcome to the fourth year running of my JRPG Journey. I’ve been playing one JRPG a month since the start of 2020 and sharing my thoughts, and I’ve had a blast going through all the classics I missed. To start off what’s bound…

November’s game: Breath of Fire II JRPG Journey 2023: January (Chrono Trigger) I’m feeling like a seasoned vet heading into Final Fantasy V. With only three main series games left after this, I’m getting close to fully popping my Final Fantasy cherry. But let not get ahead ourselves. I thought…