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The game that made the JRPG genre blow up in popularity in the United States and is still very culturally relevant.
What is Final Fantasy VII?
The protagonist of an animated TV series adaptation of a very popular JRPG series of which he does not appear.
Who is Ash Ketchum?
A sword that is the shape of a normal household object.
What is the keyblade?
This composer initially started making music for webcomics, romhacks, and indie games, and is now making music for a massive JRPG franchise.
Who is Toby Fox?
He created one of the most famous JRPG series of all time, as well as several well-regarded standalone games made for unexpected platforms.
Who is Hironobu Sakaguchi?
In this series, you travel to various worlds of other IPs to save them from darkness.
What is Kingdom Hearts?
One of, if not the most famous villain in JRPG history and recognized even by people who are not fans of the source material.
Who is Sephiroth?
This massive sword is one of the most recognizable weapons in video game history and has been referred to by its creator as a "giant kitchen knife."
What is the Buster Sword?
A piece of music was made at the last minute of its game's development and is simply a series of arpeggios, at least until a few entries later.
What is Prelude?
Despite popular belief, this developer is not owned by Nintendo, but their most popular video game series is published by them and they share an office.
What is Game Freak?
An action JRPG series that initially started as a spin-off/sequel to one of the endings of a musou game.
What is NieR?
This action JRPG protagonist tops popularity polls for his series in both North America and Japan without fail and is cited as the strongest protagonist of his series.
Who is Yuri Lowell?
A simple dagger made famous by its one-eyed wielder.
What is the Demonfire Dagger?
An iconic jazz track changes depending on whether it's raining or not when it plays.
What is Beneath the Mask?
This director is known for his eccentric personality and putting lore for his main series in other IPs.
Who is Yoko Taro?
This game has major spaghetti western and treasure hunting adventure influences.
What is Wild Arms?
This protagonist is able to travel between two alternate timelines by visiting a beach.
Who is Serge?
A large sword is wielded by an android from over 9000 years in the future.
What is Virtuous Treaty?
The songs for this series of battles have very odd lyrics consisting of made-up, yet understandable words and onomatopoeias over industrial-esque rock music.
What is Alexander?
This developer is known for several of their unrelated series all originating from being sequels or spin-offs of a single series.
What is Nihon Falcom?
A series of action RPGs that follow the adventures of a young red-haired man and his friends.
What is Ys?
This pink-haired princess is often one of the sources of confusion between her series and the Trails series.
Who is Estelle?
This sword appears in three mainline entries of its series and received a Wii controller.
What is the Zenithian Sword?
This vocal track plays in the grassy field areas of the game and has an instrumental remix for one of the towns.
What is Hills of Radiant Winds?
This developer is known for its jazzy soundtracks, gritty and realistic action RPGs, sci-fi RPGs dating back to the 80s, and even some very iconic non-RPGs.
What is SEGA?