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Can anyone suggest some more niche JRPGs I may have missed?

I don't mean shit like Wild Arms/Breath of Fire either, even more niche than that.

>> No.2347575

Chaos Seed
Burning Heroes
Pinball Quest
Sugoro Quest

>> No.2347581

>>2347575
>Burning Heroes
This looks good actually, thanks

>> No.2347596

even MORE niche than Breath of Fire? Wow, that will be tough.

>> No.2347614

Eternal Eyes. It's like pokemon meets final fantasy tactics.

>> No.2347619
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>>2347596

>Breath of Fire
>niche
>several games over the course of different console generations and are freely available on PSN

>> No.2347634

>>2347619
Only 4 is available on PSN in NA

>> No.2347636
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2347636

The real niche stuff is on computers and obviously untranslated.
I'm currently playing Chaos Angels on the PC-98 myself but there's a lot obscurer stuff out there and I only scratched the surface so far.

>> No.2347659

I just picked up Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, and I am super impressed with Phantasy Star II.

If you ever played PSO, or even if you haven't, it's mega fun.

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>>2347636

Some of the good ones had console ports too, with enhanced graphics and voice acting.

Emerald Dragon is a really interesting RPG with a pretty dynamic and addictive battle system where you only control the main character. One curious thing about this game is that every version released is different from the others.

I'd recommend playing the Super Famicom version if you cant read japanese because it's the only one translated, but the best one is the one on PC Engine CD.

>> No.2347669

There's a translated Taiwaneese Genesis RPG named Barver Battle Saga: Tai Kong Zhan Shi or something like that.

It's actually pretty good in spite of being a pirate cart.

>> No.2347670
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>>2347574
>Genesis/Mega Drive
Langrisser (Warsong)
Langrisser II (FanTran)
>SNES
Bahamut Lagoon (FanTran)
Front Mission (FanTran)
Live A Live (FanTran)
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Metal Max Returns (FanTran)
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
Star Ocean (FanTran)
Tales of Phantasia (FanTran)
Treasure of the Rudras (Rudra no Hihō) (FanTran)
Treasure Hunter G (FanTran)
>Sega Saturn
Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean
Panzer Dragoon Saga
>PS1
Arc The Lad Collection
Deception III: Dark Delusion
Front Mission 2 (FanTran)
Front Mission 3
Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu
Kagero: Deception II
Koudelka
Legend of Legaia
Legend of Mana
Lunar: The Silver Star Story Complete
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
Parasite Eve
SaGa Frontier
SaGa Frontier 2
Saiyuki: Journey West
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Innocent Sin (FanTran)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
Star Ocean: The Second Story
Suikoden
Suikoden II
The Legend of Dragoon
Valkyrie Profile
Vandal Hearts
Vandal Hearts II
Xenogears
>N64
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
Paper Mario

Wasn't sure what to exclude since you consider Breath of Fire niche.

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>>2347670
Add Hybrid Heaven to the N64 section.

>> No.2347707

>>2347670
Add Romancing SaGa 3 to the SNES.

Also, there's Final Fantasy Adventure (the first secret of mana) for the gameboy, and the Final Fantasy Legend (SaGa) games, also for the gameboy.

Despite being labeled Final Fantasy, even few diehard FF fans know about them, or played them.

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2347767

>>2347574
Dark Law's awesome and pretty niche.
I'd suggest that and Chaos Seed.

>> No.2347794

>>2347667
That means they aren't as obscure. Most niche are probably doujin titles that were only released on a single platform instead.

>> No.2347837

>>2347794
Niche is kind of relative isn't it?

Your average person most likely hasn't heard of a single game in this thread.

You don't have to get super obscure to the point that three people on Earth even know the game exists to be niche. Far from it, really.

Even games that break a million in sales are considered niche if you look at the big picture. Pretty much every JRPG that isn't Final Fantasy is niche.

>> No.2347853

>>2347794
>Most niche are probably doujin titles

Good luck finding some of them now... there are so many lost doujin games, even the ones that were made by famous circles from those years are hard to find.

>> No.2347862

Earthbound 1

>> No.2347865

>>2347767
This nigga right here.

>> No.2347976

ITT: Only one person understands what a niche RPG is.

>> No.2347981

>>2347976
Most RPGs, particularly JRPGs are niche.

The only franchise to get any kind of mass appeal is Final Fantasy. And Dragon Quest in Japan.

>> No.2347989

>>2347976
Who got it right

>> No.2348075
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2348075

Valkyrie Profile on PS1. Do yourself a favor and play it.

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There's a ton of lesser known RPGs, most just haven't been translated. Most are just garbage and not really worth playing, the PS1 especially has a ton of awful crap released only in Japan.

Check out Lagrange Point and Tao for the NES. Both have been translated.

>> No.2348164

>>2347574
You could try Mystic Ark for the SNES. It has a fan translation.

>> No.2348318

Thousand arms is kind of niche. Vanguard bandits too for a tactical jrpg. And not too shitty, either. (Thousand arms has crappy combat, but overall is a fun romp)

>> No.2349609

>>2347669
Why haven't I heard of this before? Even in /rhg/?

This thing appears to have had a total disassembly done. Quite a lot of work for a pirate cart translation.

>> No.2349661

>>2347619
I think he was just memeing the op

>> No.2350827

>>2347667
This right here. Emerald Dragon was fucking awesome.

>> No.2351394

>>2347574
Energy Breker. Got a full translation patch a year or so ago, I was relegated at home with the flu and burned thru it in three days. Damn nice.

>> No.2353767

>>2347574
Have you ever tried the Lufia games, OP?