5 best JRPGs that have their anniversaries in August

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While several potentially great JRPGs are launching in August 2022, some franchises are celebrating significant birthdays this month. While a few are recent, others are games lauded for helping launch the popularity of the genre and building it to be what it is today.

JRPGs are well-known for their deep storytelling, lengthy gameplay times, and, more times than not, grinding through battles to gain experience and grow in power. This genre may have started with bare-bones designs, but they have developed in popularity and depth as the years have gone on.

While Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest may be the first JRPGs that people think of, the genre is older than that. They may have been the first major JRPGs to come to the West, but there were titles in the genre that came before that.

Dragon Slayer and Hydelide are two JRPGs that came out around this time frame, but Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest perhaps did more to popularize the style of the game in other nations. These RPGs come in a variety of flavors, and here are some celebrating their birthdays.

This month, Tales of Symphonia will turn 19, and it is often looked upon fondly when people think of the Tales series. A well-received game for Gamecube, it starred Lloyd Irving and Colette Brunel, who go on a journey to save the world.

It stayed true to the previous Tales games design, and it’s an offering easy to lose dozens of hours into. There were titles to unlock, cooking recipes to master, and plenty of character interactions to discover. The action-RPG gameplay was tight, and it was easy to customize the party to fit what the player wanted to do.

It had bright, colorful visuals, interesting characters, and an excellent musical store. It’s a title that still holds up even