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[Drangleic]

Baten Kaitos ! No hesitation...

 

[Man God]

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[Hades Hotgun]

Gamecube

Baten Kaitos
Baten Kaitos Origins
Fire Emblem
Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
Mega Man X: Command Mission
Paper Mario Thousand Year Door
Phantasy Star Online 1, 2, 3
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
Skies of Arcadia
Tales of Symphonia


Wii

Arc Rise Fantasia
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Fire Emblem
Last Story
Monster Hunter 3
Rune Factory
Shiren the Wanderer
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
Xenoblade Chronicles

The OP asked for the best turn based rpg.

 

[UncleSporky]

Gamecube

Baten Kaitos
Baten Kaitos Origins
Fire Emblem
Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
Mega Man X: Command Mission
Paper Mario Thousand Year Door
Phantasy Star Online 1, 2, 3
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
Skies of Arcadia
Tales of Symphonia


Wii

Arc Rise Fantasia
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Fire Emblem
Last Story
Monster Hunter 3
Rune Factory
Shiren the Wanderer
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
Xenoblade Chronicles

OP asked for turn-based

 

[Taruranto]

Baten Kaitos Origins.

You are damn right.

 

[Jamix012]

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, amazing game imo.

Edit: have fun roaming the seven seas of the Internet, btw!

Skies of Arcadia Legends

Baten Kaitos Origins.

These 3 are the answer. Particularly BKO as a hidden gem is incredible.

 

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Is that...Haar? It's been a while.

 

[Man God]

Final Fantasy Fables Chocobo Dungeon is fantastic.

 

[Jon]

Big fan of Gladius myself. One day someone will make a sequel...come on Disney, lol.

 

[bucklam66]

BKO no doubt, wish there were some sort of multi-player for the battle system just so fun

 

[Ostinatto]

What about that Final Fantasy Crystal something... is it good?

 

[DarkConfidant]

The Gem is Metroid Prime.

The RPG is Fire Emblem.

 

[DeuceGamer]

The OP asked for the best turn based rpg.

OP asked for turn-based

To be fair, he also said to list any games you think are worth playing on dolphin.

i really don't mind if the games are turn-based or not, if you have any games that you think is worth playing on the dolphin (any kind of game), just tell me, i will add it to the list

 

[Demonfang]

Arc Rise Fantasia. Sooo underated! If you haven't played it you really should.

 

[Waddle Dee]

As someone that barely plays RPGs, my vote has to go to this:

 

[Luciano96]

I remember loving paper mario as a kid. Cortez was a bitch.

 

[TannerDemoz]

What about that Final Fantasy Crystal something... is it good?

Chronicles. Only worth playing with others players imo, plus it's not turn-based and I'm not sure how it would play on Dolphin? (Cube version required GBA)

 

[Logash]

Baten Kaitos Origins.

OMG... Why have I never heard of this game? I watched the trailer and I think imma download dolphin on my laptop. I have an Nvidia GTX 960m, is that okay for Dolphin?

 

[Ostinatto]

I will start playing Paper Mario in a few minutes,

https://www.twitch.tv/ostinatto82
If you wanna make me some company.

thanks everybody.

 

[AmaterasuOkami076]

I will start playing Paper Mario in a few minutes,

https://www.twitch.tv/ostinatto82
If you wanna make me some company.

thanks everybody.

Enjoy. I haven't played this since the Christmas it came out, but I have very fond memories of this.

 

[Crayolan]

is paper mario a turn-based rpg? :O

I've played a paper mario like 10 years ago and it wasnt an Turn-based rpg...
i could be wrong thou.

The Wii Paper Mario is not turn based.

All the others are. The gamecube one (Thousand Year Door) in particular is fantastic.

 

[Cepheus]

Mario Party 4

 

[FirLocke]

(gee I wonder what the guy with an Ike avatar is going to sa- FIRE EMBLEM and uh FIRE EMBLEM

*cough* ahem

Shout out to the adorably awesome Chocobo's Dungeon

 

[Boney]

Killer 7 is one of GC's finest

 

[Tizoc]

I love this game to death, and I don't expect I'll stop playing it anytime soon, however it's very unlikely that OP would enjoy it more than BK or SoA

Let the man experience greatness.

 

[GamerJM]

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is by far the best, IMO. It's fantastic for all the reasons people have probably already said.

Others:

Pokemon XD. It does a lot of what people keep wanting the Pokemon series to do, though it has some elements of tedium (though significantly less than Colosseum).

Arc Rise Fantasia is the best traditional one, IMO. Massively underrated, a surprisingly deep story with political themes and a battle system that's engaging though somewhat traditional. Game significantly suffers from "Kirby boss syndrome," though.

Not including the Fire Emblems because I don't think of SRPGs as traditional turn-based RPGs, but they're the best (particularly PoR, though RD is great too).

 

[CaviarMeths]

Most of the suggestions here are solid. Baten Kaitos, Thousand Year Door, Fire Emblem, and Skies of Arcadia especially, but I really wouldn't waste your time with Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. It was incredibly dated the day it released with its highly frequent random battles and glacial pacing combat system. Each fight can easily last several minutes. Getting through Moria was an endurance test and the exact opposite of fun.

Arc Rise Fantasia is the best traditional one, IMO. Massively underrated, a surprisingly deep story with political themes and a battle system that's engaging though somewhat traditional. Game significantly suffers from "Kirby boss syndrome," though.

Should probably mention that this one comes with a pretty big "but..."

 

[Sinatar]

Underappreciated game, worth a go.

 

[tomato shrub]

It's true he never said so, but I doubt he will be buying the GC or Wii games before emulating them with Dolphin (no one would). Not blaming him, those games have gained collector's items' prices in quite some cases, so piracy would be more acceptable imo. I am just trying to playfully reference it, I am not condemning it in this case.

And now I feel bad for contributing to a pirating thread.

 

[Celine]

Opoona.
Well at least it's the one with the best original soundtrack.
Really a charming game though.

 

[dh4niel]

Skies of Arcadia Legends

Came to post this.

 

[Kevtones]

Opoona is a strangely ambitous and fun game
Arc Rise is indeed solid when the VA is off
Chocobo's Dungeon needs love
Monster's Lab is a cheap and fun little game
Spectrobes Origins is surprisingly decent
Sakura Wars is okay
Shitemasu is good
The Last Story is awesome

 

[CrazyHorse]

I hope you buy them before using an emulator. I use emulators for convenience but always purchase the games too.

 

[cireza]

OP asked for turn-based

Phantasy Star Online Ep. 3 is turn based and pretty fun.

 

[Mozendo]

Can someone explain to me how Tales of Symphonia is turn based

 

[Some Nobody]

Is Mega Man X Command Mission actually good? I only ever care about the Blue Bomber when its in an RPG setting, so I've always wondered.

 

[Lord of Ostia]

Fire Emblem Path of Radiance
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn

 

[Reckless Abandon]

My top 2 recommendations would be Skies of Arcadia Legends and Tales of Symphonia.

Man, it's clear after reading these posts that I left a lot on the table when it comes to GameCube RPGs. Really should have played Lost Kingdoms and Baten Kaitos.

 

[ScienceBro]

How does Dolphin emulate the Wii remotes on PC?

 

[batbeg]

Can someone explain to me how Tales of Symphonia is turn based

The OP has since said he's fine with non turn based suggestions.

 

[Makonero]

Underappreciated game, worth a go.

thank you thank you thank you

What a fantastic strategy game.

 

[Lunar15]

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

It might not be the best RPG ever, but it's one of the best games ever.

 

[Hero]

While everyone will (rightly) say Baten Kaitos and Origins, Tales of Symphonia, and Skies of Arcadia Legends...

Let me give a shot-out to pre-Dark Souls underrated RPG gems Lost Kingdoms I & II from FromSoftware.


They are worth your time.

My man. I loved Lost Kingdoms. Great games!

 

[Zedark]

As people have said, Tales of Symphonia is a gem on the Gamecube, even if not turn-based. If you like Spongebob Squarepants, then Battle for Bikini Bottom is also fun (a platformer), though not the best platformer available in its own right (though still decent).

 

[Worldshaker]

Skies of Arcadia Legends has my vote.

 

[AlfredX1990]

The game of the famous anime Cory in the house

 

[Lumpy Onion]

I think Baten Kaitos 1 is my favorite. I never could get into the combat of the second as it always struck me as rather hectic. Building up those massive card combos in the first was incredible. And the pretendered backgrounds still make jaw drop today.

I should really give Origins another chance though.

 

[rhandino]

I love Arc Rise Fantasia as much as I hate the voice "acting" on that game. UGH

Is there a way to patch the original Japanese work? I will not understand some parts but is better than what we got T_T

 

[anaron]

Beaten Kaitos: Origins for GNC

Xenoblade for Wii.


without a doubt.

 

[Cow Mengde]

While on the subject of RPGs, what the hell is Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearer supposed to be? I heard it wasn't a traditional Final Fantasy game or something? More of an action game. Is that true?