What was your favorite JRPG opening?

[Anonymous No.6354141]

Mine are definitely the openings from the first two Wild Arms games and Chrono Cross. So much nostalgia with these. Breath of Fire IV, FFVIII, the Tales series and Suikoden III had some really good ones as well

[Anonymous No.6354147]

>>6354141
FFVIII intro was mind blowing for its time.

[Anonymous No.6354148]

Legend of Zelda

[Anonymous No.6354151]

>>6354147
Truly. The fight between Squall and Seifer was epic

[Anonymous No.6354159]

https://youtu.be/htImL49Bmw8

Still gives me chills.

>Destiny R NEVER EVER EVER

[Anonymous No.6354161]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=923fVDDwaHo

[Anonymous No.6354164]

Lunar 2 takes the cake for me, but there have been many good ones.

[Anonymous No.6354169]

I loved these so much I recently made a retrospective video about these openings discussing their general structure, visuals and song selection along with some of my favorite intros from that era. Basically just a nostalgic look back at them. I’m really not trying to be a self promoting douche (which is why I didn’t wanna start this thread posting the link if there was 0 interest) but if anyone is actually interested I can post a link. I can’t promise you’ll like my voice or audio style (little self conscious about this desu) but I think the editing/overall production quality is pretty good

[Anonymous No.6354171]

Lunar 2 takes the cake for me, but there have been many good ones.

[Anonymous No.6354176]

>>6354151
>important event related to the plot happens with the player having no control or even input over it
jRPGs in a nutshell

[Anonymous No.6354183]

>>6354161
I don't care about the game itself but the music and editing in this one is beautiful

[Anonymous No.6354201]

Although FF6 is not my favourite jrpg the opening really stuck with me. When it first came out, and I played it, i had never seen an intro like this before. At least in a SNES game.
https://youtu.be/NGC_EzojK6E

[Anonymous No.6354202]

>>6354141
I really love the Breath of Fire Iv intro.

[Anonymous No.6354205]

>>6354201
It set the mood of the game masterfully, always loved that one

[Anonymous No.6354208]

>>6354202
Fuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCJ8XHol-D4

[Anonymous No.6354235]

>>6354176
>important event related to the plot
it's just a sparring match lol

[Anonymous No.6354284]

>>6354235
You're given prepackaged character dynamics through a literal movie before you have even had the chance to control your character. You'd think their relationship is relevant enough to the game storylines to justify conveying that through in-game storytelling

[Anonymous No.6354462]

>>6354284
Not him but you just described the quintessential jrpg opening in a nutshell. Squall gets a scar on his face as the result of a fight with Seifer. Would you rather an FF2 style scene where you automatically lose the fight? Would that actually make it better? Or do you secretly just want to be able to grind so you can win and not have him scarred or some bullshit?

[Anonymous No.6354552]

>>6354205
It was one of the better uses of Mode 7 in a non-racing game.
Seeing the magitek armor slowly march towards Narshe while the creative team credits roll was amazing. Snowy field is such a good piece of music.

[Anonymous No.6354767]

>>6354462
>Would you rather an FF2 style scene where you automatically lose the fight?
Well, neither “loses” the fight, but having the storytelling happen in the gameplay layer so the player perceives he has some agency besides walking the characters to the next cinematic would be more interesting, yeah. FF2 is actually a good example: in less than 1 minute of gameplay you know the fundamentals about your enemy: they’re big, bad, and you will need to become more than you are now to face them.

[Anonymous No.6355484]

https://youtu.be/W3SA9LuqQgA

[Anonymous No.6355665]

>>6354169
I'm interested.

[Kotonohas' Husbando No.6355750]

As a N64 kid I was always jealous of the PlayStation FMVS.

I haven't seen them all but the chrono trigger was fucking awesome back in the day. I downloaded it off some fansite back in the day.

[Anonymous No.6355781]

>>6354284
FF8 remake where Squall dies?

[Anonymous No.6355791]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ripBa8Ga8

S'bit schmaltzy but fuck me if I don't love it

[Anonymous No.6355795]

>>6355750
On hindsight seems silly, but they were a symbol of quality and production values at the time. It was not about whether adding them made the game better -which probably didn't- but the fact that the N64 was mostly denied the actual choice of having them or not.

[Anonymous No.6355802]

>>6355795
Well the thing is PS1, baring some exceptions, didn't really run the FMV train into the station quite as badly as they would later on. Games were still largely games and yeah it was new enough to were seeing a castle rise out of the ground or a cool intro was really exciting.

[Anonymous No.6356005]

>>6354767
I think you sound autistic.

[Anonymous No.6356236]

>>6356005
Killer counterargument weebsworth

[Anonymous No.6356361]

>>6354767
Yes I'm sure people would have loved a pointless, drawn out, time wasting battle they can't even win instead of a gorgeous cinematic. You're the first person I've ever seen unironically defend unwinnable bossfights in JRPGs and suggest FF2 as a good example of anything.

[Anonymous No.6356370]

>>6356361
>>6356361
That's a great impression of that type of person, but the anime reaction image is a bit much. Too real anon

[Anonymous No.6356917]

>>6354767
You're right but JRPG fans won't realize it. They just want movies in their games.

[Anonymous No.6357028]

>>6354141
MITSUKETE YOUR DREAM

[Anonymous No.6357048]

>>6356361
why don't you just watch anime instead of playing games lmao retard

[Anonymous No.6357075]

https://youtu.be/-ojmOgipDu4
https://youtu.be/K7dxG5HMNKM

I like them both for different reasons

[Anonymous No.6357137]

>>6354141
SMT 1 is simple but intimidating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abfHQmlmiQU
The text crawl of coding ending with the barbarous names. the steady pulse of the bass and the droning inbetween. Brief flashes of people and all capped with the title kind of bleeding into focus. I love it.

[Anonymous No.6357160]

>>6355665
Cool, I didn’t want to post it if there wasn’t any interest.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3nyYqtKnFIk

[Anonymous No.6357164]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NQKAsvlKcE

Not a JRPG but the intro for Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon on the N64 is an all time favorite of mine.

[Anonymous No.6357416]

>>6354141
I remember one with a really poppy song, which my mind keeps telling me is Lunar but I'm sure it's not.

[Anonymous No.6357429]

>>6357164
Based Ichiro Mizuki

[Anonymous No.6357436]

Wild Arms games are definitely up there.
WA2 even has a different opening for the first and second discs, it's very rad.

[Anonymous No.6357437]

>>6355791
my favorite too.

if we're talking in-game graphics then maybe ff6. the walk through the snow in the suits on the way to narshe is awesome.

[Anonymous No.6357438]

>>6354141
Xenogears, FFVII, Parasite Eve, Lunar, there's too many to choose from.
Sadly a slick, catchy opening is all Wild Arms had going for it.

[Anonymous No.6357752]

>>6357438
>Sadly a slick, catchy opening is all Wild Arms had going for it.

piss on you. It had great setting, puzzles, music and was all kinds of fun.

[Anonymous No.6358396]

Xenogears by a mile. The parts where the captain calls the engine room too late and realizes he's screwed and the little moment he takes for himself before activating the self destruct give me mallard mumps every time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RLf0O8eofU

[Anonymous No.6358540]

>>6354141
Final fantasy 7. Love the bombing mission music

[Anonymous No.6358605]

>>6354141
Wild Arms 2 and Tales of Phantasia always get me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gyzuy5cFWg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgUhrhnqkGk

[Anonymous No.6358736]

>>6354159

This. This. This.