February’s game: Lunar: Silver Star Harmony March’s game: Various Daylife Even though I’m still behind on these reviews (let’s pretend it’s the start of March and not a warm day in April right now), I figure I’ll ring in the end of winter (shhh!) …

January’s game: Final Fantasy Legend II Winter bonus game: Final Fantasy IV “The rumors of my death have—” Oh, you know what? Let’s pretend I’m not several months late with this review and get on with it. Lunar: The Silver Star originally released way back in 1992 for the Sega…

Welcome to the third year running of JRPG Journey, where I’m playing a new JRPG every month and sharing my thoughts. Let’s get right into January’s game. Final Fantasy Legend II, despite its name, is not a Final Fantasy game; instead, it’s the second entry in Square’s SaGa series, which…

November’s game: Fantasian What an odd duck of a game. Developed by Grezzo and published by Nintendo in 2017 for the 3DS, Ever Oasis is a town sim mixed with a dungeon crawler mixed with JRPG elements, quite a feat on the 3DS. While it’s not great at being any…

October’s game: Romancing SaGa 3 December’s game: Ever Oasis I went into Fantasian wanting to love it. It’s the latest game from Mistwalker, the studio founded by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, and as a Final Fantasy fan, I’m always curious what they’ll do. I enjoyed The Last Story for…

September’s game: Fire Emblem: Three Houses November’s game: Fantasian Developed by Square and released in 1995, Romancing SaGa 3 first got a Western release in 2019, with updated visuals and added quality of life mechanics. I played the Nintendo Switch version, but it’s on several other platforms too. Now, Romancing…

August’s game: Rogue Galaxy October’s game: Romancing SaGa 3 I wasn’t planning to play Fire Emblem: Three Houses this year, but I got the itch to try another Fire Emblem game, and Three Houses’s shiny newness — relatively speaking — kept calling to me. I’m glad I answered that call…

July’s game: Breath of Fire September’s game: Fire Emblem: Three Houses Rogue Galaxy is the kind of game that could last you a year if you play without a guide and want to go for 100%. There’s a ton of content, most of which is rewarding and feels worth doing…

Summer Bonus Game: Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn August’s game: Rogue Galaxy Breath of Fire, developed by Capcom and first released in Japan in 1993 for the Super Famicom, wasn’t on my radar until recently. I’d heard the name, but I didn’t even know it was a JRPG series until I…