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Telenet's Genesis JRPG Traysia (known as Minato no Traysia in Japan) isn't renowned as one of the best examples of the genre, but it has its fans – and those same fans will no doubt be pleased to learn that it's getting a new physical release next year. A collaboration between LLC Shinyuden...

GungHo has announced it's bringing a Lunar Remastered Collection to the Nintendo Switch in Spring 2025. This collection will be comprised of Lunar: Silver Star Story and Lunar 2: Eternal Blue. Fans can expect this modern remaster to include enhanced graphics, audio and various quality-of-life...

Developer Moonana Games and publisher Serenity Forge have officially launched Keylocker — a cyberpunk JRPG all about keeping to the beat — on the Switch eShop. This one takes place in the dystopian cityscape of Saturn (cyberpunk enough for ya?), where a corrupt government has banned all music...

Publisher Twin Sails Interactive popped up at last night's Future Games Show to reveal that the gorgeous Persona-inspired turn-based JRPG Bloomtown: A Different Story will be adventuring onto Switch on 24th September. Developed by Lazy Bear Games and Different Sense Games, Bloomtown looks like...

PQube & Octeto Studios have revealed the release date for Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire, an intriguing Skies of Arcadia-inspired RPG in which players partake in aerial combat controlled via classic turn-based gameplay. Launching for the Nintendo Switch on 10th October 2024, there's a demo...

After the successful PC launch, developer RainyGames is now debuting their charming farming game SunnySide on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S! From cosy cave card-based combat, heartwarming romance, and modern farming techniques, SunnySide has it all. Players might not be prolific farmers - yet - but...

Royal Anapoko Academy and Protect Me Knight developer Makoto "Karu_gamo" Wada is working on a JRPG for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, entitled Archeon. Wada has been showing off the game's development on social media; the game will adopt a first-person perspective, rather like Wizardry and...

Developer Deneos Games has just revealed some more information on its upcoming project, a GBA-style JRPG by the name of Tako no Himitsu: Ocean of Secrets – and there are some famous names involved. Motoi Sakuraba (Golden Sun) and Masanori Hikichi (Terranigma) are both on-board to create music...

The SNES certainly isn't short of RPGs, so it's hardly surprising that there were some amazing examples of the genre which simply fell through the cracks and didn't get the attention they perhaps deserved. In our opinion, 1992's Arcana (known in Japan as Card Master: Rimsalia no Fuuin) falls...