Octopath Traveller was my first turn based JRPG and I loved it!
OT: DQ>NNK
I think the Primrose story line makes it inappropriate for a 12 year old, but that might just be me.
Octopath Traveller was my first turn based JRPG and I loved it!
OT: DQ>NNK
FWIW, assuming you were looking at Atelier Ryza, the level of fanservice that character's design exhibits is somewhat of an outlier compared to other Atelier games' main characters.Already got Kingdom Hearts. She loves that so I'm getting the melody rhythm game even though it's overpriced. :(
I don't like the character design of the main character in Atelier, way too fan servicey. Same reason I had to skip Trails of Mana remake, with most of the female characters looking like strippers for some reason.
Did you mean this sarcastically or genuinely? It's honestly impossible to tell with Pokemon these days.Well, he would probably end up playing SwSh as his first RPG and... we wouldn't want to put the kid off the genre entirely now, would we?
PS4.NNK is neither turn based nor good.
DQ11 is both. As has been mentioned, Pokemon would work too. What platforms do you have access to?
Well, he would probably end up playing SwSh as his first RPG and... we wouldn't want to put the kid off the genre entirely now, would we?
OT: I don't think any of the two would work for a teenager they're too colorful and cheery, your best bet would be finding something with a little extra punch while also being age-appropriate (he'll go back to enjoying cheery things when he's older, like the rest of us)
As another option:
World of Final Fantasy
It's not a "top anything JRPG of all time", but it's solid, charming and not too complicated, so it might be a good option for a first taste of the genre
A few things: Definitive Edition lets you switch to the orchestrated soundtrack instead of the MIDI tracks (which is BIG!), adds new quests for each companion in the party, brings in added content that was originally only on the 3DS version of the game where you revisit the previous DQ games in 2D 16-bit perspective, lets you play the entire game in that 2D style if you wish, and finally randomly removes one minigame from the original version (the crossbow target hunting).Yeah I saw that, Amazon has it for sale for $40 while the original is $20. What's the difference, added DLC?
... that's the strangest thing I ever heard. Why couldn't they just add the orchestral soundtrack to the version they already released two years ago?I think for PS4 DQXI would be your best bet.
Be aware DQXIS comes out in a couple of months on the PS4. It's basically a rerelease with a graphical downgrade (as it's based on the switch version), and a big content/qol/music upgrade.
... that's the strangest thing I ever heard. Why couldn't they just add the orchestral soundtrack to the version they already released two years ago?