I was checking the offers in playstation and this catch my attention, but i only found old reviews talking bad about this game.

Most of the problems were the story being nothing new, repetitive gameplay, boring side quest, useless companions and racism.

But are they true? most of the time people exagérate.

Nowadays is worth playing?

Just recently finished Fantasian Neo Dimension in the original Hard difficulty and wow... I have quite a few thoughts about it.

First of all, Fantasian does have some interesting mechanics such as:

• Aiming your attacks to hit more enemies/weak points
• Swapping party members in/out at will
• A huge skill tree to unlock skills and passives

And the game's difficult enough that you are expected to have a good grasp on them.

Granted, there are other games where they do have interesting battle systems. However, since the enemies generally don't pose much of a threat, you can essentially ignore most of the mechanics and just spam your strongest attack, heal when needed, and repeat until the enemy's dead; or you can do the good ole grinding until you stomp them hard.

However, Fantasian really wants you to engage with its battle system. Level grinding is tedious at best, bosses can and will one-shot you if you aren't prepared, and hopefully you can get comfortable seeing that glorious GAME OVER screen where you then furiously reattempt the battle again (or quit).

That is pretty much the reason why I would only recommend Fantasian to those who are secretly masochists love the challenge. The second half of the game, 'Part 2' ramps up a lot in difficulty and complexity that it makes Part 1 look like a long tutorial in comparison. Part 2 also feels more in line with challenging games like the SaGa or Shin Megami Tensei series.

Now, what I personally like or dislike about the game:

The Good

• Handcrafted beautiful dioramas as backgrounds - they remind me of claymation movies and such. Gives the game a totally unique vibe.
• The Dimengeon mechanic - you can store random encounters inside it. So, you don't get interrupted by random encounters when exploring until the Dimengeon is fully filled up. Those stored random encounters can then be fought in one go. It's a pretty neat mechanic, honestly.
• Challenging boss battles - you are expected to fully utilise the mechanics of the game. Buffs/debuffs are important, and also swapping in/out the right characters to buff/guard/etc at the right time.

The Bad

• Swapping equipment between party members can be a bit annoying - You can't easily swap an equipment from a specific party member to another unless there's only one piece of that equipment.
• High encounter rate in Part 2 - even though you can store random encounters in the Dimengeon, it gets filled up quickly and then you have to clear it out either by fighting/paying a sum of money.
• You can't easily reattempt battles - The option to reattempt the battle is on the GAME OVER screen, which means your whole active party needs to be KO'ed first. Or you exit to the main menu and then load the checkpoint/save file and then you had to rewatch whatever pre-battle dialogue or cutscene before the battle can start.

The Ugly

• It does feel like several of the quests are a bit formulaic - where it goes like 'quest unlocked -> explore dungeon -> fight boss at the end of dungeon -> repeat'.
• No option to speed up battles and movement (technically, there's one for movement... but it's only unlocked in NG+). It is not exactly necessary, but man I miss it.
• The game's story does have some potential but sadly, I felt that it is not expanded on that much. It doesn't help either that the story takes the back seat in Part 2.
• The music is just okay. There are several soundtracks that do stand out, but most of them don't really leave much of an impression on me.
• Have to finish Part 1 first to get to the difficult good part. Part 1 is generally quite easy and linear, but it also does feel pretty basic. Part 2 is where the game really shines, so it is quite a while to get there.

Things I Personally Found as Memorable

• There's an optional dungeon (well, technically six variants) where you have to navigate in first-person view ala the Etrian Odyssey series. It's honestly a nice surprise for me. Thankfully, the dungeon's layout is pretty straightforward and isn't as annoying to navigate.
• There are really beautiful dioramas that I find it's hard to believe they are actually handcrafted. Personal favourites are the final boss' area, the flying ship Uzra and the creepy mechteria-infested areas.
• The bosses all have their own gimmicks, so they can be quite memorable (and frustating at times). Special shoutout to that one boss in particular who asks you riddles as you fight him, who may change the outcome of his actions based on your answers.

All in all, I really enjoyed the game. I do hope that the possible sequel remains challenging though, which is something I personally look forward to.

Hi guys,

So I started Yakuza : Like A Dragon like 2 weeks ago and i have already like.. 50 hours in it.

I haven't even finished the game, but I know probably for sure that it will be my favorite game at the end of it among all my solo game experience. The character and the story just do it for me i can't explain why i'm enjoying it so much and i say this as someone who played some of the best games (personally and objectively) like Elden Ring, Persona 5 Royal, Dragon Quest XI, TW3 and so on... but none of them make me so eager to play like this game, probably the weeb in me that like the good balance of "anime friendly vibe" and "realistic/mature story/world"

I'm enjoying it that much that i bought immediately the sequel Gaiden and Infinite Wealth (i know it's not a very smart move lmao) but I figured afterwards that Gaiden was almost useless to play without playing the previous Yakuza with Kiryu.

I personally like Ichiban a lot so i admit I kinda want to see him as fast as possible (in Infinite Wealth) but at the same time i understand Kiryu is a very important character and i'm afraid i will be missing on too much skipping his story but at the same time i'm less motivated to play 6 full game then Gaiden to reach Infintie Wealth, ahah..

Sorry that's a lot of text to just ask this question : For people that started with Yakuza : Like A Dragon and who enjoyed it to the point of playing other game from the license what did you do ? Play every other game before playing Infinite Wealth ? Or going straight for Infinite Wealth regardless of Kiryu ?

Thank you for coming at my TED talk and please play Yakuza : Like a Dragon

There’s a sale on Ys X: Nordics right now and I’m thinking about getting it as I haven’t played a Ys game since I was a kid and played Ys 3 on SNES. However, I’ve also heard Ys 8 is the best one. I don’t have a lot of time to bury myself into an entire series and jump all over several long titles. Any suggestions?

Since Expedition 33 reignited and brought back timing based combat system, the closest series which came to my mind was Shadow Hearts with the Judgment Wheel system

For JRPG fans from the PS2 era, how many here played Shadow Hearts? Most consider Shadow Hearts 2 to be the best one (which I agree and is still one my favorite RPGs to this day)

I just finished final fantasy V and loved it. I even liked it more than IV and I feel it’s the best FF of these first five games.

I see many online put IV ahead of V in their rankings but I just felt V improved in nearly every area.

A wonderful class system unlike anything in the games up to that point. Truly fun to strategize set ups based on specific bosses and situations. It was time consuming, but rewarding.

I loved the plot and characters and I felt they were the deepest development we’ve seen so far. The music was superb and fit each scene.

It had a grander scale and more “set piece” type of scenes that looked so amazing compared to what we’ve seen through the first five games.

It was notably longer than the previous four games and just felt that much closer to the scale of what was to come.

I’m curious to know everyone’s thoughts of the first five FF games and how V stacks up.

Spoiler tagged the post in case of discussion about the game’s plot.

Curious to hear from this forum since y'all generally share my preferences with JRPGs, which I'm going to label Honkai as for the sake of this conversation (not really looking to argue the definition of JRPG here).

I tend to find Gacha's pretty compromised in their design to support the payment models, and while I've ALMOST really loved Mihoyo's other titles particularly Genshin, they ultimately still feel like a very fancy veneer pasted on top of a gambling habit and not a game interested in being good.

I have not engaged with Honkai. On it's surface, the game seems totally my speed, but I wanted to see what people thought of it. Does it have an engaging narrative? Is the combat fun? Is there any challenge to it at all outside of it's endgame grind?

I know its F2P but with Gacha games I find that they are intentionally frontloaded with 'kind' design to hook players and then only put pressure on them through gameplay loops that emerge after many hours of investment. So I'm hoping to get some opinions from people that have invested that time themselves, before I waste mine.

Is it worth?

I hate RNG stuff and I just started Baten Kaitos. I’m 2 hour sim and the battles feel like just random . Even healing feels like maybe I’ll be able to heal and maybe I won’t. Is this how the whole game is and is just random chance you win boss battles? Does it get more controlled?

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• Only one debut game per character. This means when a character is chosen, no other characters that debuted in the same game can be used. If the top comment is ineligible, the next highest will be the winner. If the top comment has more than one character named, the first one will be taken. This is to encourage diversity while still allowing some wiggle room for long running series.
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Ultimate JRPG Party Final Roster

• Team Leader: Giliath Osborne (Trails in the Sky the 3rd)
• Team Muscle: Hugo Kupka (Final Fantasy XVI)
• Team Brains: Lezard Valeth (Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth)
• Team Booty: Zenos yae Galvus (Final Fantasy XIV)
• Team Joker: Kefka Palazzo (Final Fantasy VI)
• Team Mage: Ultimecia (Final Fantasy VIII)
• Team Pet: Jack Bros (Shin Megami Tensei)
• Team Healer: Holly Whyte (Bravely Default)
• Team Mentor:Van Grants (Tales of the Abyss)
• Team Scientist: Klaus (Xenoblade Chronicles)
• Team Robot: Omega (Final Fantasy V)
• Team Fighter: Ryuji Goda (Yakuza 2)

To keep these at a manageable and predicable level, I'm going to post these on Monday and Thursday. That should avoid spamming and also let the people who want to participate know when to expect it.

I am trying to compile a list of upcoming JRPGs in the next 6 months or so, so far I have:

Digimon Story Time Strangers

Pokemon Legends ZA

Dq I & II HD-2D

Trails in the Sky FC remake

Octopath Traveler 0

Tales of Xillia Remaster

Atelier Ryza Trilogy DX

Ys X Proud Nordic

Quartet

Anything notable that I am missing? Trying to get my wallet ready for this, JRPGs are so back.

Hi there sorry if this ends up a long winded post.

I am looking for recommendations for games to start playing through on my channel. I started it a few months ago and have been playing horror games mostly but I’ve recently started playing Final Fantasy pixel remasters and FF7 Rebirth and have kind of fallen back into love with the genre and come November I’ll be making a hard pivot and changing directions.

I grew up playing FF mostly and played up until X, XI being online only sucked as a kid in a rural area because I couldn’t play it. But I never got into too many other series, I played Star Ocean Until The End of Time when I was younger but never beat it, I played some fire emblem and dragon quest games but I couldn’t tell you which because I don’t remember and that’s going back 15/20 year for some of them.

So I’m looking for recommendations for some games preferably ps5/4 because that’s what I can record right now. There’s a lot of stuff I haven’t played and I’m not entirely picky.

I’ve picked up a few games recently from a local shop that I’ve never played FF XII, Nier Automata, Valkyrie Elysium, and The Diofield Chronicles. Are there any good? I just kind of bought them because they were cheap and looked alright and we’re done by SquareEnix. Ill be picking up FF Tactics at the end of the month too since that a my S tier FF game.

Anyways, thank you in advance for recommendations, I’ll reply to anyone who comments because I genuinely want to have discussions about games I’ve missed out on and I know there’s a lot. So please tell me what I should try out for current games, what your favourites are currently, etc

I always enjoyed turn based strategy. From the original X-Com and their modern remakes, WH40k Chaos Gate and remake, stuff like Battle Isle including Incubation and so on. Or just plain board games.

In more recent years I also discovered CRPGs like Divinity Original Sin 2 or Baldurs Gate 3.

A genre that has somehow not really ever come to my attention much before is that of JRPGs. The only one I even really knew of and played when younger was Pokémon, and I didn’t even consider it part of a specific genre. I never heard much about anything else.

I more recently followed discussions a bit more about the JRPG genre when playing Expedition 33, which I loved even if I think the turn based tactical element was a bit diluted by the real time parry system - it was very fun and I also happen to enjoy souls likes, but it meant it wasn’t purely a turn based tactics game imho.

Now I lately feel the itch for another good turn based tactics game and I recently randomly heard about the upcoming FF Tactics remaster and how amazing its gameplay supposedly was and still is. I never heard of it before, and so I somehow ended up reading more about some other highly regarded JRPGs like Ogre Tactics, Triangle Strategy and so on.

I think I would like to try one, but I am not sure what would be the best entry for me. I probably would like something that is not too long for now / not very grindy (I think this is the biggest concern I have after hearing some descriptions), with a focus on battle even though I do enjoy also a good story. It can be more challenging though, I usually play such games without save scumming and on harder difficulty settings.

So I would be grateful for some suggestions and advice.

I have to add I only have a PC and do not plan to buy any consoles for console exclusive games.

So I've mentioned you can get purifying dust for free with two NPCs located at Orwell standing next to each other side by side. Well, instead of wasting time repeating yourself over and over by trying to farm for 99 of purifying dust, equip Olfreic with Merchant as subclass and two accessories and one passive skills, namely -

- Stimulating necklace or Stimuatling whatever item that boosts your SP further

- Clarity Stone. One can be obtained from Murkwood if you have Ophelia with you who enters Murkwood forest as her Chapter 2. I think you can go there anyway even if you haven't got there with opening Ophelia's Chapter 2 via going west from Saintsbridge.

- Starsee's passive skill BP Eater. This will boost the amount of damage, aka money in this case with the damage you cause to the two NPCs that drop purifying dust. It will maximize your repeated attempt with the two NPCs to garner as much money off of them as you can because at least one of the two NPCs has over 20,000 HP so you can per a bar fight attempt make that much money off of him.

After equipping as above, hit the two NPCs carrying purifying dust with Belfgar's Bounty as many times as you possibly can per an attempt.

Purifying Dust costs a lot to purchase, but if you use the above equipment set-up, you don't have to spend more than 10 tries with two NPCs to break even after you buy the net balancing purifying dust you need to hit 99 of them.

I stumbled upon Atelier Yumia on the PS store and it looked really good so I searched the franchise up and there's so many games. The games that I'm interested in are Yumia, Ryza series, and Reseleriana. I only have a switch (no PC yet only a crappy laptop) and I did say PS store but that was at my friend's place.

All 3 series/games look amazing but I want one with a good story and memorable characters, the combat would be the 2nd most important. Basically I just want a great all round game to play and I only found out about the Atelier series maybe half a week ago so I know absolutely nothing about the lore, characters, combat system etc.

Happy to take any and all suggestions including other Atelier games I didn't mention.

(Says I need to include stuff in recommendation request so it'll be down here)

I prefer the switch I like the fantasy setting I've only played P3R, P5R, Metaphor ReFantazio, and an old fire emblem game on 3ds about 6 years ago that I forgot the name of and a few of the more recent ones.

SPOILERS, SPOILERS SPOILERS FOR ENDING, AND ALL TWISTS, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

I have been wanting to give my opinion on this game for a while. I had beaten this game at least for a few weeks now..

Despite this, the ending leaves me very mixed.

. The story has an very excellent premise, very well done hook that grabs you in at the start. Very great world that looks so unique. The game does an very perfect job, in my opinion of making the player fall in love with the world. The world is so unique and so surreal. Its also very depressing world you can tell by just the music.

I was very engaged with the game to see how it all played out so when I finally got to the Paintress, well, by that point, I knew something were up. Honestly, I had a feeling that this kind of game was obviously not going to have a happy ending so I was prepared to see how things turned out.

In Act 3, the story shifts heavily to the real world, where we see Maelle's broken body and her broken family. And how she became "Maelle" . So the story changed from "trying to save a world that is broken" to "Yeah, all of that is fake and none of that mattered but Alica needs to face reality" umm...okay.

Its honestly an interesting premise in a way. A girl who had lost everything in her real life finds new meaning in a fake reality where she can do what she cant in real life.

Act 3 is weird.

With the huge shift in the story, I was curious what the other party members would say, but all they really could do is be mad at Verso. Hell, I was expecting a lot more from the party members in act 3 but I really felt like they got pushed back. I am surprised how little they actually said or do in act 3.

I did love Reinor's role in Act 3, a father willing to do anything to get her father out of the painting. Though he is a good father or not, I think what he is doing is understandable as a father.

Which brings me to the biggest thing the conflicts me about the ending. The whole world of Lumière is fake. I know a lot of fans love the whole idea of "anti-escapism" message and its very obvious that Expedition 33 ending is very huge on that message. That kind of theme makes stories feel more serious and mature to most people. I never really cared for it. But the biggest reason the ending bothers me with the whole premise of "everything was fake" is because makes me question "why care?" Like

Why care for the expedition when I know they are all fake. Why give a crap for the people being gommage when they are all just fake. Why care for the whole "For those who come after" When its all fake. I know some people will argue that "Its not all fake, they are still sentient." and that others will even say, "Both Verso and Maelle's ending are bad" But I will heavily disagree with you.

I think its very obvious the writers intended for the Verso's ending to be the good ending, you can just watch it and it literally does not have a creepy face up in the screen meanwhile, they do everything *wrong * in the Maelle ending, bringing back the dead, which make the whole journey lose some of its impact.

I may be wrong but I cant imagine how Verso's ending is intended to be the bad ending besides the fact that Maelle isnt smiling.

There are many things that make me mixed about the whole ending.. I can see the many good ideas they had but at the same time, the more I think about it, I am not a fan of it. Did I want a happy ending? No. I wasnt expecting an happy ending. I just wasnt expecting an ending that would say "everything in this world is fake but now we focus on family drama, which is the main problem"

FE Three Houses is one of my all time favorite games but I haven’t dove too deep into tactical RPGs. I’ve been recommended Octopath Traveler, Unicorn Overlord and Triangle Strategy but I’m not sure which one I should play. Any advice? What do you like about each game? I also love games like Baldurs Gate 3, Persona 5 and others.

I’ve heard good things about all 3 games but I’m not sure which one would be right for me

Hello all. I'm nearing the end of my JRPG collecting (at least as far as the older, more affordable retro games are concerned) and now all I have left to consider are the really expensive games $100+. But even more than the price, I also fear the potential bootleg copies. Pokemon was especially prone to this.

The games I'm considering right now are Pokemon Conquest, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky, and Chrono Trigger. The only one among these I've played is Chrono Trigger. I just really want a copy of this in my collection since it has a very special place in my heart. Pokemon on the other hand, I've largely grown out of, but I've heard articles and some individuals that swear by the narrative of Explorers of Sky. And Conquest is considered among the highest rated Pokemon spin offs of all time. What I want to hear more about is if these two games still live up to the hype or if it was one of those "you just had to be there" kind of games. If it is still worthwhile, does the price and risk of bootleg still justify it? Looking at this more so from a gamer's perspective since I'm perfectly aware there are other means of playing these. But I'm a collector so . . . what are your thoughts.

I heard Reverie is not that good that's why i would like to skip it, so what comes after it in the series?

~ Post is exactly as the title declares, how would you guys feel about a Turn-Based JRPG with Souls-Like influence? I understand that "Souls-Like" has also become a broad and overused term these past few years, feels like everyone's using it as a buzz-word. But i mean in the context of stamina usage, rolling, parrying, dashing, and that "Choose Your Own Adventure" way of moving around; and a game that is essentially one big boss-rush.

Like I bet many here I had heard various JRPG folks always cherish the Trails series but with it being hard to find an entry point. So, I was happy when they announced the remake of the first one and ready to buy it - but the demo completely convinced me, surprised me and removed some of my doubts. I highly encourage anyone to try it out!

Concerns coming in

Going in I had a couple of concerns:

• How will this mix of action combat and turn based combat work out? (I vastly prefer turn-based)
• What will the overall quality be like? (It felt like the studio was smaller)
• Will the story be engaging or is it all just setup?

Well, while many people seemed to portray the action combat and turn based combat as "equal" it isn't - the action combat seems to be used either before you get into the turn based combat with an advantage or to kill off weaker enemies. They also tie into each other neatly... feels like what Metaphor Refantazio was praised for but executed better.

Quality has me surprised - esp. the quality of the animations I'd call top notch. Voice acting is also great.

While clearly it is a setup, it's already engaging enough and the dynamics between the characters are great.

Positive surprises

I left the demo wanting to play much more and honestly really impressed. So additionally to the above:

• The combat is much deeper than I imagined, sure you got crafts and arts... but then you have stun meter, follow ups, S-Crafts, overdrive, stealing bonuses, passive abilities and also positioning really matters for a lot of things. Also, they throw enemies with very specific strengths/weaknesses at you super early. Loving it so far. Gives me a bit of Xenoblade Chronicles vibes as in "if I just line this up right... bam". Also lots of difficulty options which are actually difficult.
• Much more Quality of Life than I anticipated. You can quick travel easily, you can skip combat animations, 3x speedup built in and to me most of all: If you finish a major quest somewhere you don't have to walk back or even teleport back - cut-scene and you're where you need to be!
• I was surprised with the amount of silly and funny facial impressions in the game. Estelle is pretty much constant comic relief. I can see how this could turn off some people, but I'm loving it.
• The "make decisions and get extra rewards based on them" was surprising and cool.
• There is an achievement system in the game... which gives you actually useful stuff.

Slight disappointments

So that this isn't just positivity - here are some things I was a bit disappointed by but no biggies:

• Estelle is kinda... too tropey? It kinda sucks that her father seems to have a much better relationship with her adopted brother... who also seems way more competent than her constantly although her father had been training her her entire life? (I know this may sound like contradicting my "loving the silly" comment, but I think she could be more savvy while still being funny)
• Similarly when you get to play with Sherazard she's only marginally stronger than your main cast - which is weird for a famous renown bracer with her own nick name and your coach... compared to 2 absolute newbies. But sadly, that's usually how that goes in these games.
• visually neither weapons nor armor change the appearance (as best as I can tell), it's sort of standard in most JRPGs for armor not to change the appearance but usually at least weapons do. I understand it, but would have loved the visual progression.
• (edit) Also everyone always comments on Joshua's black hair... while it is clearly blue? It really confuses me.

Finally

I was already hooked but now I'm fully in! I'm pretty certain they'll at least remake the 2nd chapter and probably the third (so entire Trails in the Sky). I hope it sells well to justify that and beyond that I do hope they at least remake the "chibi" games (so the next arc as well, zero and azure) as those would be very hard for me to get into.

The demo is really generous, give it a shot. And here's to a great launch!

Hello all I just finished DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age a week ago and I really liked the lovely vibes the game had. I am looking for something similar.. If you all could be so lovely to drop a few suggestions I would much appreciate it. Preferably on PC or Ps5!

every new half decent jrpg i play tends to affect my perception of the one i played just prior. To give the most recent example, i 100%'d SaGa frontier 2 Remastered a couple weeks ago and enjoyed it a LOT. fast forward to a few days ago, i start Disgaea 5, and now I feel like maybe, just maybe, SaGa f 2 wasnt all THAT...

this happened with graces f remastered and saga frontier 2 r in a cycle before the current one. the only exception that i can point to recently is Bravely default 2, which remains one of the best games ive played

For those not in the know, Octopath Traveler 0 is a complete overhaul of the mobile gacha Champions of the Continent, converted into a standard non-live service game.

One of the major differences in OT0 compared to the mobile gacha is that OT0 has a player-created lead character, about 30 fixed party members, and fully fleshed out town building that appears to be critical to the narrative and progression. CotC didn't have a lead character, a much larger cast of playable characters that usually didn't have any involvement in the main narrative, and it had very basic town building.

There was a Famitsu article interviewing the producer, with a lot of new details. Original article here: https://www.famitsu.com/article/202509/51151

Brief translation at Octopath subreddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/octopathtraveler/comments/1n9bpet/new_info_of_ot0_from_producer_suzuki/

• Aiming for a game that even COTC fans will enjoy: Even if originally they considered it as a straight console port of the mobile game, concerned it would feel repetitive for existing players, they decided to create a brand new title.

• The meaning behind the OT0 title: As many of us have thought, the 0 in the logo symbolizes a ring, but also a starting from zero with a custom protagonist with deep character customization, rebuilding a town from zero, and being before OT1.

• Cooking system: The meals, prepared at the camp, provides long-lasting buffs for the battles and the ingredients come from enemies, farms or recollection.

• Battle System: As we knew, we have battles of 8 characters with backline recovering HP/SP and front-line attacking, with a new kind of abilities that we can change between characters thanks to the Training Facility, some being weeping specific but other not, and Ultimate Skills which its own gauge, similar to OT2 Latent Power and of course COTC Ultimates.

• Town building: New companions may join through story or encounters by exploring the world, and, once recruited, they become residents with its own town skills like better farming. The town is fully customizable and with freedom to move residents between homes.

• Story: Main story with about 100 hours, more if you explore side content. Two themes, rebuilding the town and the protagonist revenge. About half of the content is brand new, including the Town building and the new changeable abilities, and about 30-40% of the main story is new, the rest being retained because of the current high quality.

• Visuals and Sound: Entire main story is fully voiced, with some characters like Auguste being re-recorded, and art redrawn in a more realistic style.

• Collector's Edition and release plans: As we currently know, the collector's edition include a replica of the cleric's ring, a custom octagonal dice, traveler cards and a map of Orsterra redrawn by the original artist behind the map. The development is said to be in the final stages, and news will be shared at the Tokyo Game Show. They intend this game to be welcoming to both newcomers and veterans.

There might be more in the interview that wasn't translated, I'd appreciate it if someone from this subreddit that's able to read Japanese is able to check it.

Hello, leaving for a couple week family trip and I’d like to play a retro JRPG with a good/memorable story. I brought my gameboy micro with me with the golden Sun GBA games, and was thinking to play these, but I’m reading that the writing is really not great so I ask for advice here. Is it story wise really not worth it ? My alternative would be to play other backlog games such as FFVI or Chrono Trigger on my IPhone, but I was still really wanting to use my Gameboy micro for once :( Is Golden Sun’s story really that medium/not memorable ?