19 of the Best JRPGs You Can Play on Modern Consoles

CHRONO TRIGGER – Launch Trailer

What better way to kick things off than with the GOAT?

Conspicuously absent from consoles like Switch and PlayStation, this all-time great 16-bit JRPG is available on mobile devices and PCs. The product of the genre’s greatest minds coming together under one roof—including Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy creators Yuji Horii and Hironobu Sakaguchi, along with future stars like Yasunori Mitsuda, Masato Kato, and Tetsuya Takahashi—dodged all the hubris and potential catastrophe to come together as a tightly polished example of everything great about the first golden age of JRPGs. It’s got a unique time travel story, a memorable cast, snappy combat, and one of the genre’s best soundtracks, all supported by incredible spritework and graphics based on Dragonball-creator Akira Toriyama’s iconic character art.

It stands the test of time, remaining one of the most enjoyable and polished JRPGs ever, and is overdue for a proper console port. Chrono Trigger is, in a word, timeless.

Price: $14.99

Platforms: Android, iOS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, Super NES

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