Lhynn
CONTENT OF MY REPLY IS BASED OFF ASSUMPTION SHE IS YOUNGER THAN 30 YEARS:
i didn't bother reading whole thread yet but if she "loves Atlus RPGs" then why not pick one from their large selection, as I doubt she's played every single good one. Hell, sticking only with MegaTen franchise why not give her:
- original PS1 version of Persona 1 (the PSP version is a massacre of censorship and they butchered the entire game in order to re-work it in the style of Persona 3 and 4)
- original PS1 version of Persona 2: Punishment... coupled w/ the PSP version of Persona 2: Sin (PSP version of P2: Punishment is also inferior to the PS1 original, though to a much lesser degree than the astounding censorship done to Persona 1 on PSP; the FAN-TRANSLATION of P2: Sin is also much superior to the PSP version but since we're talking gifts here that is why I recommended the PSP version)
- NDS version of SMT: Strange Journey
- 3DS version of SMT: Soul Hackers
- PS2 version of SMT: Nocturne
Outside of Atlus games I'm sure there are dozens of classic PS1 RPGs she's probably never played like Xenogears, or SNES classics like Earthbound.
In fact, forget everything I wrote above and just give her Earthbound for SNES. Anyone who hasn't played Earthbound doesn't deserve to call themselves a JRPG fan. It's literally the best JRPG ever made and will never,
ever be surpassed.
EDIT: Also, obligatory mention of PS1 version of Wizardry scenarios 1-5; importing those discs and introducting her to Wizardry would also be top-notch.
Alternatively buying her Reproduction Cartridgues of the SNES fan-translations of Wiz scenarios 1-3 plus the Wiz 5 scenario cart would also make excellent gifts and they feature beautiful 2D sprite work that she would probably prefer over the polygonal remakes of the PS1 versions.
Either way... Earthbound > everything else.