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Top Codex JRPGs list

Invictus

Arcane
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Divinity: Original Sin 2
So we just got a brand new 2019 Codex RPG list... and other than the Dark Souls games and more mainstream titles like Dragons Dogma most JRPGs were almost entirely ignored there
I have the idea of keeping things simple:
10 titles, no rankings and we will just add things up at the end of next week
Lurkers and new accounts are welcome but try to keep things civil
Here we go

Final Fantasy 4
Chrono Trigger
Dark Souls
Final Fantasy Tactics
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Lunar Silver Star Story
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Phantasy Star 2
Grandia 2
Dragon Quest 7
 

CryptRat

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Developer
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Labyrinth of Touhou
Labyrinth of Touhou 2
The Dark Spyre
Wizardry : Tale of the forsaken land
Breath of fire : Dragon Quarter
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Unlimited Saga
Final Fantasy 6
Earthbound
Baten Kaitos

The list does not really reflect the mass of top tier SNES games nor my preference for Wizardry games or first person SMTs but a lot of those I've yet to finish or play at all.
 

Darth Canoli

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I'm not Jrpg expert but i played my share back in the days and even try some (and get disappointed) regularly.

Shining Force
Shining Force 2
Suikoden
Suikoden 2
Bahamut Lagoon
Fell Seal
Shining in the Darkness
CrossCode
Elminage Gothic
Elminage Original

There's more but i'm not sure about the names and numbers (fucking series)

Scratch this, let's add the elminage, i'd rate them poorly in the regular top cRPG but i think they're actually good jrpg.

Edit 2 : removed Landstalker and added the recent Crosscode.
 
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MpuMngwana

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Elminage Original
Pokemon Platinum
Dragon Quest 5
Trails in the Sky
Final Fantasy Tactics
Dark Souls
Persona 4
Fire Emblem
Earthbound
Valkyria Chronicles

I really should get to playing some of the mainline MegaTen games one of these days.
 

majorsoccer

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MY top 10 JRPGs:

1-Tiina, Swordswoman of Scarlet Prison

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2-Violette

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3-Noxian Night

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4-Hunter Quest Ainas Fighting Story RPG


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5-Double Melon - After School Exhibition HS Girl

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6- DARK SPHERE - Dark Elf and Labyrinth Land Rus

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7-Surrender Milk - A Plan to Restore the Town

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8-Red Dakkar - Roundscape Adorevia

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9-Pirate Queen Malena

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10-Golden Cat The Succubus Territory of Riviora

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Bonus: Sakura Dungeon

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Diggfinger

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Dark Souls 1
Grandia 1
Final Fantasy IX (only one in the series I bothered playing. At least until I got fed-up with the excessive amount of random encounters about 13 hours in)
 

Gearmos

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You forgot to mention that Trails in the Sky it's also on the 2019 Codex RPG list.

Final Fantasy VI
Chrono Trigger
Dark Souls
Demon's Souls
Trails in the Sky
Anachronox

The Legend of Zelda games are damn good, but I don't consider them as RPGs.
 

Ventidius

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Fire Emblem Conquest
Elminage Original
Elminage Gothic
Stranger of Sword City
Dungeon Travelers 2
Valkyria Chronicles 4
The Dark Spire
Etrian Odyssey V
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VII

Dragon's Dogma and the Dark Souls games are great and deserve to be up there too, but since they got a lot of attention over at the other thread, I might as well emphasize the turn-based Japanese RPGs that got neglected over there. Also, 10 spots is not enough.
 

Matador

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Dark Souls
Dragon's Dogma
SMT 3: Nocturne
Elminage Gothic
Vagrant Story
FF XII
Final Fantasy Tactics
Tactics Ogre
Fire emblem Thracia
Ys: oath of Felghana
 

rbenchley

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Dark Souls
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Chrono Trigger
Valkyrie Profile
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Persona 4 Golden
Bloodborne
Nier
Tactics Ogre
Final Fantasy XII
 
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Jvegi

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Legacy of Goku 2

I'll edit the post later. Don't know if I can contribute much though.
 

hemtae

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Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 BattleTech Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire
Final Fantasy VI
Dragon Quest VII
Tactics Ogre
Chrono Trigger
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Suikoden 2
Trails in the Sky FC
Skies of Arcadia
Valkyria Chronicles
Undertale or if that doesn't count, Radiant Historia
 

Modron

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Front Mission
Front Mission 2
Front Mission 3
Lufia 2
Dragon Quest 6
Tactics Ogre
Ogre Battle 64
Final Fantasy Tactics
Earthbound
Anachronox
 

Terra

Cipher
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Valkyrie Profile
Grandia 1
Tactics Ogre
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Final Fantasy VI
Shining Force 2
Suikoden 2
Growlanser 4
Shadow Hearts 2
Lunar 2
 

Zed Duke of Banville

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Assuming the thread title's intended meaning is Japanese-developed RPGs rather than the JRPG subgenre:

Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy IV (a.k.a. FF2)
Final Fantasy VI (a.k.a. FF3)
Final Fantasy IX
Demon's Souls
Dark Souls
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Stranger of Sword City
Nier: Automata
 
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Alfgart

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Divinity: Original Sin 2
Dragon's Dogma
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Chrono Trigger
Breath of Fire 2
FF VI
Terranigma
Bahamut Lagoon
The Last Remnant
Fire Emblem
Valkyria Chronicles
 

Zednick

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Chrono Trigger
Dragon Quest IV
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest VIII
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VII
Half Minute Hero
Lunar: Silver Star Story
Suikoden
Suikoden II
 

Hyperion

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Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
Shining the Holy Ark
Final Fantasy XII
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Final Fantasy Tactics
Suikoden 3
Dragon Force
Demon's Souls
 

Deflowerer

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There's still many I have yet to play, but quickly in no particular order:

Demon's Souls
Bloodborne
Persona 1
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Suikoden III
Vagrant Story
 

Ysaye

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Using the broadest brush definition of a JRPG:

1. Phantasy Star
2. Ys Eternal
3. Fire Emblem 5: Thracia
4. Suikoden 2
5. Trails in the Sky (Second Chapter)
6. Dark Souls
7. Elminage Gothic
8. Trails of Cold Steel (Part 1)
9. Ys Origin
10. Tactics Ogre

Apologies FF6, Chronotrigger, Xenogears, The Dark Spire, various Personas, various other Ys, Demon Souls, Grandia, Tales of Destiny, Xanadu Next, Wizardry Xth and other Wizardry clones, Vagrant Story etc....
 

Reina

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Trails in the Sky
Persona 4
Dragon's Dogma
Valkyria Chronicles
Rance II
Tales of Berseria
Utawarerumono
Octopath Traveler

And since I'm a weirdo who loves her RPG Maker games:
The Last Sovereign
The Dark Lord Rises
 

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