Related to my console game thread, a lot of JRPG discussion erupted. I loved JRPGs on the SNES but never really respected the genre after that. The only PS1 JRPGs I played were the Final Fantasy games, and ditto on the PS2.

So... what are the best JRPGs since the SNES regardless of platform?

Post a link with your answer if possible so I can research them.

Sorry, I think I didn't play many JRPGs now that I think about it since the SNES era...


PC:
Grandia 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandia_II

Final Fantasy 7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII

(The Last Remnant)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Remnant


GBA:
Lufia: The Ruins Of Lore
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufia:_The_Ruins_of_Lore]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufia:_The_Ruins_of_Lore[/url]

NDS:
Dragon Quest IX
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Quest_IX:_Sentinels_of_the_Starry_Skies]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Quest_IX:_Sentinels_of_the_Starry_Skies[/url]

also see http://www.listal.com/list/rpg-world-nintendo-ds-edition

Anachronox....


*running away*

Persona 4
Persona 3 / FES / Portable

That is all.

Final Fantasy 7

Legend of Legia
Both of those are ps1 games that I still play.

And I found Septerra Core here on GoG.com

I've heard these are awesome before, thanks for reminding me. Is the combat good? I hate a JRPG with poor or irrelevant combat.

Legend of Dragoon on PS1 was nice, if you can get past the tons of cliches.

Also, Cthulhu Saves the World is a great parody of JRPGs, I can't praise it enough.

Hmm.. the stories are a bit... wonky? But I really did enjoy, for their positive attributes, both Chrono Cross and Xenogears on the PlayStation 1.

I had high hopes for ps2 japanese RPGs but none of them really shone for me. I probably had the most fun with Wild Arms 3, but I'm not sure I can wholeheartedly recommend it. It's limited and quirky, but I certainly adored the time I spent with it.

Xenogears and Xenosaga are great JRPGs

Wild Arms series overall had a wild west theme, although the theming is fairly lightweight. You're still ON A PLANAT and have to SAVE THE WORLD eventually. Still, I liked the theming, what with ghost towns, songs involving whistling, and fighting bosses with shotguns.

Wild Arms (1) for playstation probably nailed that the best. It has SNES-type 2d towns and dungeons with (quite bad) 3d enemies to fight. Noteably, there were a variety of puzzles as part of the dungeoning experience (simple, zelda 2d type stuff).

Wild Arms 3 I enjoyed for the overly long extending story "but wait, there's more!" in a series of reveals. There's also a very likeable (to me) rival character that I fell for.

IMO, WIld Arms 2 is bad, and I couldn't finish 4, but others may have other experiences.

Xenogears was great. I would love to play Xenosage, but the DS collection isn't sold in Europe.

In battle mechanics of Persona series you have to use a system of element weakness and strenght.
When you are in battle, you can scan an enemy to tell if he has some kind of weakness (scan is not always avaiable so it's trial and error sometimes), and you can adjust your strategies accordingly (use persona with different skill).
You have to plan your daytime to raise your battle skills, and do not forget, that your character is in school and also has to study :)
By the course of the game, you can develop "Social Links" with different characters. Social Link represents a single Tarot Arcana, and raising a particular Social Link increases the experience bonus that main character receive when fusing Personas of that Arcana.
"Bonds of people is the true power." :)
Both games are great (even if there's no dwarves in them), you can always check the reviews / playthroughs on youtube first, but watch out for spoilers :)

Gonna go with some I haven't seen listed yet, and the list is going to be far from complete as far as good JRPGs I've played since the SNES, but here goes:

Lunar - Silver Star Story and Lunar 2 - Eternal Blue
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar:_Silver_Star_Story_Complete]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar:_Silver_Star_Story_Complete[/url]
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_2:_Eternal_Blue_Complete]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_2:_Eternal_Blue_Complete[/url]

Legend of Legaia, the second is on PS2 and I thought was not as good as the first
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_legaia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_Legaia_2

Megaman Legends 1 & 2 (those kinda count)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaman_Legends
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_Legends_2

Breath of Fire III & IV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breath_of_Fire_III
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breath_of_fire_iv

SaGa Frontier 1 & 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SaGa_Frontier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SaGa_Frontier_2

Suikoden 1+2 are on PS1, 3-5 are on PS2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suikoden_series

Tales of Destiny 1+2, Tales of Symphonia (Gamecube), Tales of Vesperia (X360) and others, but I haven't played any besides these 4 after the SNES
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_(series]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_(series[/url])

Ys titles (Ark of Napishtim is the only one I can think of that wasn't originally a PC game or whathaveyou)
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ys_(series]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ys_(series[/url])

Lost Odyssey (X360)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Odyssey

Blue Dragon (X360)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dragon

White Knight Chronicles (PS3)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Knight_Chronicles

Star Ocean 2, didn't care for 3, and haven't put much time into the 4th title yet
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Ocean:_The_Second_Story]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Ocean:_The_Second_Story[/url]

Parasite Eve 1+2
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_Eve_(video_game]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_Eve_(video_game[/url])
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_Eve_II

Wild Arms (the whole series is pretty good, but I've only played 1-3 for any decent amount of time)
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Arms_(series]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Arms_(series[/url])

... there are dozens more, but my mind's drawing a blank trying to force a memory.

*Edited for linkage*

Haven't tried it myself, but I heard good things about "Mother 3" (sequel to earthbound) for GBA. Unfortunately it wasn't released outside of Japan, so you'd have to use other means to play the fan english translation.