Misleading Game Summaries
A farm boy, a frog and a cave queen try to stop a bug from digging a hole.
Chrono Trigger
The role of the head of a session of Dungeons and Dragons, were they to be in possession of something that can capture any Pokémon.
Dungeon Master Ball
Built multiple crime organizations
Abandoned his son
Accidentally built the ultimate life form
Giovanni
This game actively parodied a number of its inspirations, including featuring a musical segment that beat-for-beat copied the opera scene of Final Fantasy VI.
Undertale
Rivaling Pokémon in its prime, this monster collecting and raising series featured adorable critters like the one-eyed Suezo, the feisty Hare, and a yellow stuffed cat named Nya.
Monster Rancher
A scientist accidentally pressed the wrong button, splits himself in two, and now he's God.
Xenoblade Chronicles
Hee-ho! It's the iconic mascot of the Shin Megami Tensei series, and his brand new Ice-type attack which always deals a critical hit!
Jack Frost Breath
Poisoned multiple villages
Absorbed so much magic he became a god
Likes playing with dolls
Kefka
This choice-based game by InnerSloth infamously recreates the battle UI from Earthbound, Final Fantasy VI, and Undertale, for parodical purposes.
The Henry Stickmin Collection
A retelling of the story of Megaman X set 100 years after the original, this unexpected JRPG lets you pilot X, Zero and Axl as you investigate a Maverick virus outbreak.
Megaman X: Command Mission
Alien sent to conquer Earth is turned away by a delinquent child singing a lullaby.
MOTHER/Earthbound Beginnings
It's Cloud Strife’s ultimate attack (not counting Omnislash)! But you'll need to tap on this device in order to use it.
Finishing Touch Screen
Broadcast murders live on TV
Framed a government official
Turned himself in for his crimes
Tohru Adachi
A game all about taking the rules of every JRPG and either flipping or breaking them. Don't like the rules put on you? Literally kill the panel of goons who made them!
Disgaea
This cult classic of a JRPG for the Super Famicom follows a familiar story of Stand users traveling around the world to face down a vampire lord seeking world domination.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Local Japanese man honestly believes he's THE Dragon Quest guy, beats up the entire mafia with the power of friendship.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
The boss of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, reminiscent of JENOVA, making a new appearance in a game where a being named Eve wreaks havoc in New York with spontaneous human combustion.
Meteor Parasite Eve
Took the place of governing figures across history
Steals one of your party members for the rest of the game
Only personality trait is “hates everything”
Odio
Capcom and a whole boatload of JRPG devs decided to throw their lot of characters into one game just to see how they'd get along (or…not).
Project X Zone
To beat this game, you'll actually need to go outside and charge your cartridge with solar power! Like the title says, the sun is in your hands.
Boktai
High school student turns himself into a door, refuses to elaborate, and dies while everyone else fights a dog.
Persona 3
A song that really says, “Welcome to the Velvet Room!” Only, you'll be finding Victor and his maid Mary in that room.
Aria of the Soul Hackers
The protagonists from the prior in the series
Torment humanity as retribution for forgetting their deeds
Weren't altogether nice guys from the start…
Seven Heroes
This discontinued JRPG-styled gacha game featured events parodying the likes of Dragon Quest, Shin Megami Tensei, and Danganronpa.
Dragalia Lost
A sequel to a popular Japanese novel, this cinematic-style JRPG featured the story of New York officer Aya Brea as she fought against a rapidly evolving organism bent on the extermination of the human race through forced evolution.
Parasite Eve