JRPG guide

I am pretty knowlegable on this genre. Here is a copypasta from another message board for good jRPG recommendations up to 2010 ish.

This generation kind of sucks for those, you need to get into handheld for good ones. If you don't mind classics:

Tales of Phantasia for 2D Tales, Tales of Symphonia for 3D Tales, then you decide for the rest of the series
Wild ARMs 1,2,3, and 5 and decide if you like the series enough to try xf and 4
Breath of Fire 1-4
Dragon Quest 3-8
Rhapsody of Zephyr(Dreamcast)
Koudelka and Shadow Hearts series
Grandia 1-3, then decide for youself whether to play Xtreme
SaGa aka Final Fantasy Legend series on GB
Romancing SaGa on SNES
SaGa Frontier series and "Romancing SaGa" on PS2(not the same as one on SNES)
Star Ocean 1 on SNES, 2 on PS1 if you are the type to learn how to exploit a game, and play for characters
Valkyrie Profile 1 on PSX and 2 on PS2
Suikoden 1-2 and then decide for 3-5
Secret of Mana(aka Seiken Densetsu 2), Seiken Densetsu 3 on SNES. You might also like Sword of Mana on GBA and Legend of Mana on PSX. DISCARD THE OTHER MANA GAMES
Luna: Silver Star Story on either PS1 or Saturn, Saturn one is original
Golden Sun series on GBA only
Skies of Arcadia(aka Eternal Arcadia) if you like FF10 style gameplay and happy stories
Nostalgia on DS if you liked Skies of Arcadia
The Legend of Heroes 1-3 and Trails of the Sky on PSP
Phantasy Star 1-3 for something classic, 4 is the modern style take on the series.
Panzer Dragoon series on Saturn
Shining Force 1 and 2 on GBA or Genesis, 3 is an incomplete game
Zwei! on PC if you can get the translation to work
Summon Knight on GBA
Riviera on GBA or Wonderswan, PSP one has worse voice acting for better BGM. This is a /tg/ take on jRPG.
Front Mission 1-4 on PSX and PS2
Fire Emblem and Advanced Wars on GBA and NDS
Orgre Battle Series/Tactics Ogre for a RTS + JRPG hybrid
and Kingdom under Fire if you liked Tactics Ogre
Havest Moon: strategy and farming jRPG where you marry a woman to end a game
Alcahest: Square's action jRPG on SNES before they decided they liked movies for games
Einhander: Squaresoft's shoot em up
Stigma Star Saga: a really barebone shoot em up jRPG on GBA
Alundra: Dungeon Crawler on PSX
Evolution Worlds: compilation of Evolution games, the dungeon crawler, on GC
Mega Man Battle Network and Mega Man Star Force:
pre-set strategy on NDS if you like to find about Mega Man series lore
Guardian Heroes: short Beat-em-up and JRPG hybrid on Saturn
Super Mario RPG on SNES: focuses heavily on mini games and timing
Parasite EVE 1 and 2 on PSX: sci-fi/steampunk jRPG
Vagrant Story on PSX: action jRPG that take on Final Fantasy world
XenoGears on PSX: religious mecha anime game
Chrono Trigger on SNES and DS and Chrono Cross on PSX: very famous take by Squaresoft on time and dimention crossing
Legend of Dragoon on PSX
Legend of Legaia 1 on PSX ONLY: a fighting game and jRPG cross. AVOID THE SECOND GAME.
Persona: if you don't minding a Fatlus
and Digital Devil SaGa on PC, the first game: unforgiving 1st person horror jRPG.
7th Saga: very old school jRPG where you choose your heroes and the rest of playable characters may turn on you or join you depending on your recruitment.
ActRaiser 1 on SNES: action/strategy game wherein you are GOD and you salvage people
Terranigma on SNES: Buddhism take on an action jRPG - if you liked it, try Illusion of Gaia next
Chrystalis on NES: mix of Zelda 1 and 2 much like Final Fantasy Adventure, with sci-fi theme
Dark Cloud 1 and 2 on PS2: jRPG with more customization
LUFIA 2 on SNES: a jRPG wherein dungeons are completely made of puzzles
Earthbound(aka Mother) on GBA and SNES: a jRPG with modern setting and psychic kids
Land Stalker and Lady Stalker both on SNES and Genesis: action-adventure jRPG, with terrible control but good otherwise
Magna Carta 2: action jRPG, only play the 2nd one on XBOX360 then you decide if you want the rest on PC
PoPoLocrois on PSP: a long PS1 era style jRPG
River City Ransom: short beat-em-up and jRPG mix where you rescue your girlfriend with your bro.
Super Robot Wars Gaiden Endless Frontier on DS: an ecchi mecha game with tons of jokes in it.
Ys 1 anc 2 on PC or PSP, fuck the other ports: action jRPG where there is no "attack" command, you simply ram into everything

If you can't find PS1 games, then get the PSN versions. I have not mentioned Korean classics such as War of Genesis that aren't easily accessible in the West.




Amendments
4bit-8 bit era
Dragon Ball RPGs(NES)
Dragon Quest 3/4(NES)
Final Fantasy(NES)
Final Fantasy Legend 1,2,3(GB)
Lufia: Legend Returns(GBC)
Chrysalis(NES)
Pokémon Red/Blue(GBC)
Dragon Quest Monsters /2(GBC)
16 bit era
Harvest Moon(SNES)
Chrono Trigger(SNES)
Final Fantasy 4/5/6(SNES)
Dragon Quest 5/6(SNES)
Terranigma(SNES)
Romancing SaGa 3(SNES)
Secret of Evermore(SNES)
Lufia 2 (SNES)
Super Mario RPG(SNES)
Front Mission (SNES)
7th Saga(SNES)
Ogre Battle(SNES)
Shining Force(Genesis)
Phantasy Star 2/3/4(Genesis)
Princess Maker 1/2(PC)
War of Genesis 2(PC)
Astonishia Story R(PC)
Lunar: Silver Story(Sega CD)
Samurai Shodown RPG(Neo Geo CD)
Generation V
Grandia (Saturn)
Panzer Dragoon Saga(Saturn)
Magic Knight Rayearth(Saturn)
Sakura Wars(Saturn)
SaGa Frontier 1/2(Playstation)
Suikoden /2(Playstation)
Tales of Destiny /2(Playstation)
Tales of Eternia (Playstation)
Final Fantasy 7(Playstation)
Final Fantasy Tactics(Playstation)
Parasite Eve /2(Playstation)
Koudelka(Playstation)
Valkyrie Profile(Playstation)
Xenogears(Playstation)
Thousand Arms(Playstation)
Dragon Quest 7(Playstation)
Mega Man Legend /2(Playstation)
Breath of Fire 3/4(Playstation)
Wild ARMs 1/2(playstation)
Diablo 1/2(PC)
War of Genesis: Rhapsody of Zephyr(PC)
Forgotten Saga(PC)
Ogre Battle 64(N64)
Harvest Moon 64(N64)
Generation VI
Grandia 2(DC)
Skies of Arcadia (DC)
Shenmue /2(DC)
Valkyrie Profile 2(PS2)
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarters(PS2)
Dark Cloud /2(PS2)
Dragon Quest 8(PS2)
Front Mission 4(PS2)
Suikoden 3(PS2)
Shadow of Destiny(PS2)
Shadow Hearts(PS2)
Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland(PS2)
Kingdom Under Fire(Xbox/PC)
Wild ARMS 3/4/5/AF(PS2)
Atlier Iris /2/3(PS2)
War of Genesis 3/part2(PC)
Zwei(PC)

Game Boy Advance
Riviera
Golden Sun/Lost Age
Shining Soul/2
Summon Knight Swordcraft Saga /2
Zone of the Enders
Harvest Moon: (more)Friends of Mineral Town
Neo Geo Pocket Color
Feselei!
Dark Arms
Evolution
NDS
Super Robot Wars Endless Frontier

PSP
Crimson Gem Saga
Wild ARMS XF
Legend of Heroes /2/3
Jeanne D'Arc
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Not including the handheld ones because of space allowed for posting. I can blind pick any of these and have a great time for that weekend. It goes without saying, it's my personal taste so if you don't like it, fuck off.