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Friday Fun Thread for June 16, 2023

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I can't believe you are the first person to mention Mother or Suikoden! The first two Suikoden games are quintessential psx rpgs imo. The stories are kind of generic for the most part, but the combat is decent, the strategy sections are awesome, and the characters and world are just fun to spend time with. It's a shame about the rest of the series (well 5 and tierkreis were alright) although Eiyuden Chronicle is supposed to be out this year, and I am cautiously optimistic.

And Earthbound was one of the first jrpgs I ever played, and the reason I gave other jrpgs a chance - sometimes to my detriment (fuck you ffxiii) but also leading to some lesser known gems like Illusion of Gaia and the Shin Megami Tensei games (I was one of those guys who didn't like the Persona games because they were too accessible). And Mother 3 is... I lack the words to express my admiration for it. It is such a beautiful game. The rhythm based combat is simple and elegant, the music is gorgeous and the story is... Beautiful. Like I said, I lack the words. Few games have brought tears to my eyes, but Mother 3 did so multiple times. I have a folder on google drive where I keep files I want on all my systems like background pics, ringtones, take ownership.reg, and essential programs like double commander and teracopy - and mother3.gba, just in case. Fortunately pretty much everything can run a gba emulator these days.