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Dark Polls: Pick one from these sets of legendary JRPG series that I've grouped together as I damn well pleased. (No more polls, I promise*)

The strongest group of JRPG's in this list is...

  • Final Fantasy/Dragon Quest

    Votes: 117 55.7%

  • Persona/SMT

    Votes: 45 21.4%

  • Pokemon/Fire Emblem

    Votes: 12 5.7%

  • Ys/Trails

    Votes: 5 2.4%

  • Xenogears/Xenosaga/Xenoblade

    Votes: 18 8.6%

  • Suikoden/Tales

    Votes: 7 3.3%

  • Kingdom Hearts/Chrono/Mana/Front Mission (4 'secondary' Square series)

    Votes: 6 2.9%
  • Total voters
    210
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Discontent

Discontent

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*Until the next one loooooool.

As always I have to write a disclaimer saying that if you have a problem with the poll options why don't we step outside and have a staring contest to the death cause of social distancing if you think you're so tough.

Please don't take this poll too seriously, it's only a fight to the death between our favourite franchises. Yes I know some of them are STACKED full of games moreso than others but I hope every group can get a fair share of votes cause I think all these series are well loved. The only group I think truly feels out of place grouped together is Suikoden and Tales and I know I'm gonna get grief for placing them together but I didn't wanna leave Suikoden out especially so f--- it, it is what it is. They're both oddballs in the sense that they're made by companies not primarily known for JRPG's: Konami and Namco.

I might actually resign from playing videogames lol cause making polls on resetera is way more fun; I love to see the games I grew up with being debated by people with refined tastes such as yourself even though I don't think I'll get over how dirty you did my girl Perfect Dark the other day. But I'm willing to forgive and forget if Persona/SMT win.
 
SpicySpiritGun

SpicySpiritGun

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May 16, 2018
320
Final Fantasy and DQ win simply based on volume. If you were to rank these based on, say, quality of their "median" game, the contest might be closer.
 
Cactuar

Cactuar

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Nov 30, 2018
5,878
Final Fantasy and you didn't need to lump it with Dragon Quest for it to win this poll, it stands on its own.
 
Mivey

Mivey

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Oct 25, 2017
17,819
Ys plus Trails is the perfect combo of combat -heavy or story-heavy JRPGs.
 
Dogui

Dogui

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Oct 28, 2017
8,791
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You could just use that poll site (strawpoll the name?) to make a poll with more than 7 options and post the link itt instead of stacking completely different series into one option lol

Voted on Xeno btw.
 
CaptainBojangles

CaptainBojangles

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Oct 25, 2017
3,689
lol I would take Final Fantasy alone over any of those other combos, and I love games in almost all of those other franchises. Adding Dragon Quest is just overkill
 
Redcrayon

Redcrayon

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Oct 27, 2017
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I've enjoyed around half a dozen games in most of those categories, just the one on the xeno series, and more like at least a full dozen from FF/DQ and their spin-offs combined :D
 
Dogui

Dogui

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Discontent said:
I am no good at internet. I did not know this
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Never made a thread so dunno if you can cancel the poll, but you can edit the first post with a link to a poll you created in this site, if you want.
 
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Discontent

Discontent

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In retrospect, maybe I shouldn't have grouped FF/DQ but there's like 5 stellar games in each imo and each of the options can compete except Takes drags Suikoden down a little.
 
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Nah thanks. I'll just let it ride out and I'm happy with the majority being wrong. Don't worry guys you can't always get it right lol. Never forget what you did to Perfect Dark lmao
 
GamerJM

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Pokemon and Fire Emblem are handily my two favorite JRPG series so this was an easy pick. I significantly prefer their battle systems to basically all other JRPGs because of the amount of freedom given to the player in crafting their team.

Second place would be tough. I'd probably ultimately go with the secondary Square series because of how many games that encompasses. Then Persona+SMT, then FF+DQ. But it hurts to put Dragon Quest in fourth place.....
 
EntelechyFuff

EntelechyFuff

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Nov 19, 2019
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I think the structure of the poll is fair. In the PS2 era this would have been a much more even fight. In the present FF and, to a lesser extent, DQ have continued to experiment boldly and stay relevant.

The other series have mostly played it safe or integrated anime tropes as much as possible.
 
FinalArcadia

FinalArcadia

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Pokemon/Fire Emblem, it's the only pair where I generally like both. I love Final Fantasy more than anything of the poll options, but hate Dragon Quest, so... yeah, it kinda cancels out that pair.
 

SkyOdin

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Apr 21, 2018
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Chrono should be grouped in with the Xeno games all things considered. Xenogears started out as Chrono Trigger 2, Lucca cameos in it, and various staff from Xenogears went on to make Chrono Cross.

The lack of SaGa is criminal too. You could have split off Dragon Quest away from Final Fantasy, and lumped Final Fantasy in with SaGa, Mana, and Bravely franchises, on the account that all three of those have entries that have Final Fantasy in the title.
 
Faiyaz

Faiyaz

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Nov 30, 2017
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Dragon Quest is the best jRPG series of all time, so I had to vote for that even though I definitely don't consider FF to be the second best.
 
Flame Lord

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Oct 26, 2017
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Persona/SMT for me, the western fantasy setting Dragon Quest and a good number of FF use puts me to sleep, also greatly prefer the combat of Atlus' turn based games.
 
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