Visions of Mana and Dragon Quest 12 lead the list of five exciting JRPGs we want to see more of at Summer Game Fest 2024

Jun. 6, 2024

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Visions of Mana

Now here’s an incredibly promising JRPG. Visions of Mana is the next release inSquare Enix’s long-running JRPG series, and every trailer and screenshot we’ve seen to date is just bursting at the seams with color and personality. Add thatVisions of Mana is bringing back the series creator after 16 years, and there’s plenty of reason for veterans to be excited about the new entry.

Visions of Mana is still slated to launch at some point this summer, at the time of writing. Considering we’re almost in June now, the release window for Square Enix’s JRPG is shrinking by the week. A Summer Game Fest showing would be the perfect way for Square Enix to roll out its hot new JRPG in a long-running series, just months before it theoretically launches.

Long-running Persona series creative director Katsuhira Hashino is doing something deliciously different withMetaphor: ReFantazio, a JRPG that eschews Person’s modern trappings for a grand Medieval-style adventure with warring factions in a broken kingdom. Hey,the new game from the Persona lead doesn’t even have romance options, if you need proof of how much of a departure it is.

Metaphor: ReFantazio looks nothing short of fantastic, blending together real-time and turn-based combat to bring something fresh to the JRPG table. Fresh off Unicorn Overlord’s smash-hit launch, now’s a great time for Atlus to put its hot new game in front of a huge audience before it arrives with a bang later this year on October 11 across all console platforms and PC. And happily, it looks like we’re set to see more, with a recent announcement confirmingan exclusive showcase will be happening on June 7.

Blue Protocol is giving Genshin Impact vibes, and that’s not a bad thing. The free-to-play action-RPG, developed byBandai Namcoand published by Amazon, of all companies, is due out later this year,and is actually a full-on MMORPG. I know we’re not exactly short of huge MMOs right now (Final Fantasy 14 is on the cusp of launching its next expansion, even), but the thought of delving into a vast new anime land with big characters and customization options is still an exciting prospect.

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Now here’s a bizarre game that came out of nowhere just recently. Reynatis is a vibrantnew JRPG with music from Yoko Shimomura of Kingdom Hearts fame, and it’s written by Kazushige Nojima, most recently scribe forFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth. But wait, there’s more! Reynatis has already planned a collaboration with NEO: The World Ends With You, of all things, a sadly overlooked Square Enix series.

Reynatis is due out later this year on September 27, but I’m dying to know more about this intriguing new JRPG before then. If you’re going to make a big splash with a JRPG that’s gone to painstaking lengths to recreate Shibuya, of all places, what better event to make a splash at than Summer Game Fest?

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