{"id":73856,"date":"2019-12-06T03:07:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T10:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/it-took-two-decades-for-playstations-best-jrpg-series-to-find-itself\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T03:07:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T10:07:46","slug":"it-took-two-decades-for-playstations-best-jrpg-series-to-find-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/it-took-two-decades-for-playstations-best-jrpg-series-to-find-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"It took two decades for PlayStation\u2019s best JRPG series to find itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PS Vita\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/vpavic_191127_untitled_0028_Edit.0.jpg?w=900&#038;ssl=1\"><small>Photo by Vjeran Pavic \/ The Verge<\/small><\/p>\n<p>PlayStation is <em>the<\/em> console family for Japanese role-playing games. As the de facto home for RPGs following the Super Nintendo era, it\u2019s enjoyed everything from <em>Final Fantasy VII<\/em>, <em>Xenogears<\/em>, and <em>Suikoden<\/em> to <em>Ni No Kuni<\/em> and <em>Kingdom Hearts<\/em>. Twenty-five years after the launch of the original PlayStation, however, its greatest offering is also its most improved: the <em>Persona<\/em> series, created by Atlus.<\/p>\n<p>The developer\u2019s most recent entry in the franchise, <em>Persona 5<\/em>, is a commercial success that\u2019s sold more than <a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2019\/12\/03\/persona-5-sales-pass-3-2-million\/\">3.2 million copies worldwide<\/a> \u2014 a long way from its beginnings as a niche spinoff series. In 1996, Atlus, best known for its work on demon-filled JRPG series <em>Megami Tensei<\/em>, released <em>Revelations: Persona<\/em>. While it didn\u2019t completely trade away&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/12\/5\/20994037\/playstation-jrpg-persona-series-atlus-final-fantasy-4-vii-xenogears-kingdom-hearts-25-anniversary\">Continue reading\u2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Vjeran Pavic \/ The Verge PlayStation is the console family for Japanese role-playing games. As the de facto home for RPGs following the Super Nintendo era, it\u2019s enjoyed everything from Final Fantasy VII, Xenogears, and Suikoden to Ni No Kuni and Kingdom Hearts. 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