PS2 | Dark Cloud | 2001 | Action | ARPG with roguelike elements and town building; no traditional XP (though weapons do level) |
PS4 | Dark Cloud (DL only) | 2016 | Action | See PS2 |
PS2 | Dark Cloud 2 | 2003 | Action | Similar to the first but with less playable characters, more involved town-building |
PS4 | Dark Cloud 2 (DL only) | 2016 | Action | See PS2 |
DS | Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies | 2010 | Turn-Based | Intended to be a multiplayer JRPG, all party members are customizable |
PS2 | Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King | 2005 | Turn-Based | Can you really say no to more slimes? In a fully 3D environment? |
3DS | Fantasy Life | 2014 | Simulation | Pick a profession in a fantasy world and increase your ranks in order to help save the world! |
3DS | Inazuma Eleven (DL only) | 2014 | Sports | See DS |
DS | Inazuma Eleven (PAL only) | 2011 | Sports | It's a soccer RPG- with hundreds of players to potentially scout and dramatic duels on the field! |
DS | Inazuma Eleven 2: Blizzard/Firestorm (PAL only) | 2012 | Sports | Play soccer to save the world from being destroyed by aliens! |
3DS | Inazuma Eleven 3: Bomb Blast/Lightning Bolt/Team Ogre Attacks! (PAL only) | 2014 | Sports | More soccer RPG goodness! Each version focuses on a different protagonist with different opponents, and the game now allows for chaining special moves |
3DS | Inazuma Eleven GO: Chrono Stones - Thunderflash/Wildfire (PAL only) | 2015 | Sports | Now you must set out to save the game of soccer itself, now able to use your summon spirits as armor |
JP 3DS | Inazuma Eleven GO: Galaxy | 2013 | Sports | |
3DS | Inazuma Eleven GO: Light/Shadow (PAL only) | 2014 | Sports | Set 10 years after IE3, there are now evil soccer overlords and spirits you can summon during matches to enhance special moves |
PSP | Jeanne d'Arc | 2007 | Strategy | An SRPG loosely based on the story of the famed French heroine; unit facing is important, as is a rock-paper-scissors-type affinity system |
3DS | LBX: Little Battlers eXperience | 2015 | Action | An ARPG with arena-styled combat where you fight your teensy robots and level them up to make them better |
JP DS | Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madoushi | 2010 | Turn-Based | Same general story as Wrath of the White Witch, but vastly different gameplay - a literal spellbook is a necessity to draw the required runes |
PS3 | Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch | 2013 | Action | Incredible Ghibli-styled visuals, monster-collecting elements, and unfortunate AI |
Switch | Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch | 2019 | Action | See PS3 |
PS4 | Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered | 2019 | Action | Contains all DLC and improves the graphics; is otherwise the same game |
PS4 | Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom | 2018 | Action | Overhauls gameplay drastically- combat is now ARPG-styled (though there are still some spirits to provide assistance); the focus turns to kingdom-building |
Switch | Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom - Prince's Edition | 2021 | Action | See PS4, but with all DLC included |
Xbox One | Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom - Prince's Edition (DL only) | 2023 | Action | See Switch |
Xbox Series | Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom - Prince's Edition (DL only) | 2023 | Action | See Switch |
3DS | Professor Layton and the Last Specter | 2011 | Simulation | Included due to Professor Layton's London Life, a cute life sim with minimal stats, many (re)quests, and jobs to rank up in |
PS2 | Rogue Galaxy | 2007 | Action | Space pirate ARPG with AI party members and a nontradional stat increasing system |
PS4 | Rogue Galaxy (DL only) | 2014 | Action | See PS2 |
Switch | Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl - Gold | 2020 | Dungeon Crawler | A third-person dungeon crawler (as the name implies) with lots of food-based puns and humor as well as surprising difficulty |
PS3 | White Knight Chronicles: International Edition | 2010 | Action | Attempts to be a MMO/JRPG hybrid with customizable avatar; doesn't really succeed at it, repetitive combo-based combat system |
PS3 | White Knight Chronicles II | 2011 | Action | Puts a coat of polish over the first game's systems, but does little to improve them; the disc also includes a copy of the first game with the reworked battle system |
3DS | Yo-kai Watch | 2015 | Monster Collecting | Level-5's charming Pokemon-like franchise; demons are discovered in the "real" world, befriended, collected, and used in battle, combat occasionally involves minigames |
3DS | Yo-kai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls/Bony Spirits | 2016 | Monster Collecting | Frequently retreads the same ground as the first game, with Pokemon-styled version splitting to collect all the Yo-kai |
3DS | Yo-kai Watch 2: Psychic Specters | 2017 | Monster Collecting | The all-encompassing third version of Yo-kai Watch 2, adds an additional questing area and a whole new tribe of demons to befriend |
3DS | Yo-kai Watch 3 | 2019 | Monster Collecting | Changes setting to a more Western-themed one, combat is affected by team positioning on a grid, the two protagonists can be switched between at almost any time |
3DS | Yo-kai Watch Blasters: Red Cat Corps/White Dog Squad | 2018 | Action | An ARPG that acts as a bit of a Ghostbusters parody and a sequel to Yo-kai Watch 2; orbs are collected during missions to level up the team of Yo-kai and buy items |