7 Things You'll Find In Literally Every JRPG Ever

Rob cooks up a storm in this week's Friday Feature - sorry, Friday Eature - and bakes us a traditional Japanese Role Playing Game. Check out the video to see what 7 ingredients you'll find in every single one!
PlayStation Access brings you PS4, PS3 and PSVita news, features and gameplay every week, giving you unprecedented access to the biggest titles on PlayStation. Subscribe now to ensure you never miss out: bit.ly/AccessSub
All music featured courtesy of epidemicsound.com (www.epidemicsound.com)
One On Onesie jingle created by Pelle Kuipers / / sketchysong
Want more?
Rob's Twitter: bit.ly/RobPearson
Dave's Twitter: bit.ly/DavidJackson
Nath's Twitter: bit.ly/NathanDitum
Hollie's Twitter: bit.ly/HollieBennett
Dan's Twitter: / dan_wheeler90
Join us on Facebook: bit.ly/AccessFB
Follow us on Twitter: bit.ly/TweetAccess

[@cheese98god]

He forgot to mention to cook the jrpg cake for about 100+ hours in the oven

[@PUR3H8]

Heheh, i loled:)

[@thepokemonpoacher9719]

Then you gotta do those post-cooking dungeons too.

[@15thCrypt]

@@thepokemonpoacher9719 you just gotta take a slice of a dungeon you have and give it different seasoning

[@buckroger6456]

The old school jrpg's were only 40+ hours.

[@MrPhalanx2]

realy it usualy takes more than that to grind to true ending or something.

[@sharonperez7780]

The healer/priestess girl, who is discovered to be the vessel for all godly goodness powers, and 90% of the time is the protagonists love interest.

[@robertrosas5007]

Yuna from FFX.

[@BlindsBar]

Estelle from tales of vesperia is another good example

[@HARMONIC2326]

pretty much

[@BlackMercura]

Agnes from Bravely Default XD

[@enricomiguelrequilman6000]

Lunar: Silver Star Harmony lol

[@riemaennchen]

I would also that add that the villain has to transform atleast once to be a proper JRPG villain.

[@CD-Gaming]

Oh, no, they can never have the one! Single forms are for losers! As is not wishing to destroy stuff cuz it's there!

[@casper6405]

12DevasSonGoku84 that's in the rule book of how to be a JRPG villain Always an transformation max 3 Always have a plan but than pretty much abandon it because of a certain thing so just destroy the world And have silver hair

[@asmodeus58XX]

Then nothing can beat Wild Arms 3. The final boss has 12 freaking forms!

[@joakim482]

The last boss in Golden Sun: The Lost Age has 3 forms, each new form so much stronger the previous one... :/

[@SylumSolosEverything]

Recalling Persona 2: Eternal Punishment which had a villain with like 9+ different forms...

[@antoniasouza3050]

Oh you forgot , the final boss always have other forms (at least 3)

[@Leada1ne]

But there's a whole Friday feature about bosses final forms 🙄🙄😦😦

[@fishpenney7916]

Ff9 has a triple battle consisting of the deathguise, Some wierd creature. Kuja, The main baddy. And nekron. Some end of all life god of gods thats never mentioned till your fighting it. Not 3 forms but 3 battles. Pretty close to the same thing i guess.

[@WilliamJulienNkogheOlympio]

all final bosses in Final Fantasy have multiple forms. am I wrong?

[@arinath4834]

I have tears in my eyes. Two weeks, two weeks without Friday features.

[@alexisguillen8400]

I knew it! Something was missing and I finally know what.

[@devilmaycry09dante]

ryavix It’s funny that I just start watching him 3 days ago, and you bring him up.

[@carlosmiranda8749]

Yes, at the end card, I said to myself “‘every Friday,’ huh?”

[@sailor_anna9924]

my fridays were empty without them...

[@Leada1ne]

Yeah...wth, I've moved across 2 states thinking that when I was done I'd be able to catch up....then....nothin!! What gives @rob_pearson & @playstationaccess

[@mistydolphin2524]

You know what they say: it's not a jrpg unless it ends with teens using the power of friendship to kill a god. lol

[@duykhangtran4406]

I can name a JRPG without that plot detail

[@shadowpod13]

I thought that was Shonen anime?

[@mistydolphin2524]

Shadowpod That too. lol

[@chaosdirge4906]

I don't think that's an accurate portrayal of several final fantasy games.

[@yeetus2824]

*THE ARCANA IS THE MEANS BY WHICH ALL IS REVEALED*

[@rainerypsi9451]

that annoying treasure chest that you cant open now but have to come back for later when you have obtained a certain item, which you totally forget about.

[@joakim482]

You forgot one very crucial ingredient - the side boss that is at least 3 times as difficult as the main boss... Golden Sun, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey...

[@sawyermorgan709]

Ruby weapon

[@yokai9496]

Sigrun GOW

[@dragon2ajack]

That would be that one boss ingredient

[@bigboychris446]

No. 8 - Rob talking about it on PlayStation Access (almost every week)

[@epicwolf7698]

The CVR123 *ALMOST*

[@LingeringFlower]

"Leave behind the useless party members." *Sora looks behind shoulder and glares at Donald*

[@robertrosas5007]

I love how sephiroth's arm is coming out the cake.

[@NoahTakai]

Why do people keep calling Final Fantasy Xv a jrpg? I clearly recall it was a Fishing Simulator

[@Jackal_XXX]

Final Flounder: Badbass edition

[@Roksana-gy1ek]

It is not a fishing simulator, it is a ragequit main

[@Roksana-gy1ek]

@Concise HB atleast

[@jacobvt2317]

With fighting minigames

[@Jason75913]

it's a road trip simulator with an in-game mp3 player simulator

[@PrimeParadiso]

Watching Rob chuck his Sephiroth into a cake mix has to be the second most painful experience of my life!

[@Shiro92224]

Lol

[@doctorthemoworm]

I like how so many JRPG's just let you and your fellow armed people just go into whatever house and take whatever's in a treasure chest. Oh, was that your kid's college fund? Too bad, daddy needs a few extra coins towards that sword he's been eyeballing.

[@OnryoKami]

Skyrim says hi.

[@Leada1ne]

😂😂

[@emasonickun]

Lost Folklorist skyrim is not a JRPG...

[@OnryoKami]

@@emasonickun they are all just rpg tbh

[@emasonickun]

Lost Folklorist I get* what you're trying to say but remember that the "J" in JRPG stands for "japanese" and that means made in japan so skyrim, yes it is a RPG, but not a JRPG

[@rainerypsi9451]

seriously 99% of the time, all the protagonists don't have any living parents or just one. And later their missin parent/s turns out to be the bad guy or a hero of the past.

[@crayopopp7171]

lol,I guess Alex from Lunar is that 1% guy,oh wait,his father used to fight along side of Dyne...

[@waterlooehwa2380]

Rain e rypsi Think that was the case for Legend of Dragoon.

[@blinkonceonsunday1325]

And 80% of the time, the protagonist's main love interest is also the main healer.

[@spiffypennyatot]

Hello Cold Steel

[@CrazeeAdam]

Mmm. True. Not all the time. But sometimes. Cloud does have 1 parent but his dad just absent the entire time. Lot of the Fire Emblem games this doesn't apply but sometimes does I guess.

[@definitelynotboromir]

*For a bit of flair, throw in multiple romance options. Chef's warning: The results may vary from half-baked to well-done.

[@phewitt45]

Wait....so does this mean that I’ll have a silver haired bad guy come for my Secret Sword Of Wobbly Woo??? Thanks for the heads up Rob!!

[@coyoteartist]

Which means while you're watching for that, it will actually be Jane from Outside Xbox. She's scarier.

[@felicianovargas9158]

@@coyoteartist Haha.. yeah she is xD

[@fhantasm]

Morgana's Miracle Punch and Salvation are the most clutch moves in Persona 5.

[@davidtimmer596]

Not to mention he's also the main healer.

[@sana__6]

yeah, i was wondering what rob was thinking. Other than the p5 protag (except the protag is OP, esp. if you spend hours min maxing your personas through sacrifices), Morgana was the best overall healer and status remover. Makoto may have Mediarahan too but an inferior status removal skill, and i think i tended to replace it with nuclear damage buffs in my later playthroughs. and yeah, Morgana's crit skill with low damage and his spoon equip that buffed his crit chance was pretty good for setting up for either negotiating or quicker all out attacks to say nothing of the fact that Morgana was also the wind specialist

[@elijahsanders7362]

Look let me tell you how it is this is persona 5 an atlus developed game meaning that the only things that are really important are buffs and debuffs and if you play the two harder difficulties you see that of course he isn't worthless but he does not get the buffs and debuffs a support class needs for an atlus game and it makes him outclassed like try beating the twins with him on your team at level 70 on hard or 60 on normal

[@Vladicarus]

I played through the game on hard mode my first time through, morgana pulled through each time, since i had other characters on buffs and debuffs. It's more about team-set up then leaving one character to do one thing.

[@jnierstheimer]

I love Morgana he’s my video game character

[@InquieteNightshade]

"These Chocobo races aren't going to win themselves" Literally me in FFXV

[@BologneyT]

"None of this DIET world map nonsense you get nowadays"! XD

[@Jason75913]

so based, right?

[@StabbyRocketJoe]

Rob and JRPGs are like espresso and a bagel. A combination perfect in the morning.

[@bigchungusamongus]

I like redbull and a brunette myself...

[@neoguardian3598]

Don't forget Amnesia RPG Characters!

[@drumjod]

That ending was hilarious. "Tada! A traditional Japanese Role Playing Cake - Game." *Zooms in on the cake with Sephiroth's arm sticking out :P

[@KhazWolf]

"The protaganist always has something that makes them special" I mean hello welcome to the plot of every single fantasy story ever told

[@louradean9293]

Every shonen ever too

[@jackusmaracus]

This was great! Love how you’ve *sunglasses* mixed up the format for this one!

[@RogueBoyScout]

YEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

[@quielsonnava3438]

Beautiful male protagonist prettier than girls.

[@MrLuizilla]

Hell, Dragon Quest XI even brings that up with basically everyone being jelly of the hero's hair.

[@420sakura1]

Ni no Kuni 2! I thought he was a she when I first saw the cover.

[@NormanReaddis]

7 things laterally you'll find in a JRPG 1 turn base 2 anime esthetics 3 fetch quests 4 visual novel convo 5 boobies 6 weapons heavier than the character 7 expositions galore

[@SmashingSnow]

@@NormanReaddis true except yakuza

[@NormanReaddis]

@@SmashingSnow Yakuza is not a jrpg tho it's an adventure beat em up But yeah yakuza is good dead souls is the only one i dont have XD

[@Shiki0414]

You included Vagrant Story AND The Legend of Dragoon... I love you, good sir.

[@GMdelsXT9]

2 of my favourites

[@fiend9677]

"Ive put all this in now....so im sticking with it." Killed me lololol

[@Essenceof]

Welcome back Rob!! Oh how we missed you ^^

[@RoryStarr]

The glory of flying then immediately crashing the Regalia in FFXV because--SURPRISE! We dumped a flight simulator into your popcorn power fantasy.

[@redfox4171]

That one boss--- Wiegraf from Final Fantasy Tactics

[@hugojorro4446]

Wiegraf at Riovanes almost made me cry when i was younger..

[@robertrosas5007]

Seymour on Mt. Gagazet.

[@GMdelsXT9]

Matador in Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne

[@reiko57]

@@robertrosas5007 thats as far as i got lol

[@shiroranmori5009]

The Ten Wise Men From Star Ocean. They too OPed for main bosses

[@boots1622fan]

I'm still salty about calling Morgana useless. I mean, okay, if you don't like his character, that's fine. But if you're really going to play the whole game without using his miracle punch... I have some concerns.

[@sofaris576]

If you combine the scam collier (Luck +8) and the Tyche Charm (Luck +10) than Miracle punch becomes pretty ridiculous.

[@harenokaori]

I dread the Bevelle cloister of trials every time

[@phewitt45]

The Al Bhed Primers took over soooo much of my life!!!

[@georgythegenesis]

Two words: Via Infinito, are enough to send shivers down my spine

[@omegacadenza10]

Blitzball tournament...

[@xstarsystemsx]

@@omegacadenza10 am I the only one who actually enjoyed blitzball? 😅 ...don't answer that.

[@BigRowles89]

@@xstarsystemsx I freaking love Blitzball...as long as I'm competing for Wakka's Slots or something else worthwhile.

[@tyneskipper]

Beautiful male characters who literally have the greatest hair in the known universe.

[@Zodia195]

I have another ingredient for you. Every, and I mean EVERY, JRPG I've played has had a plot twist. It's actually my fav thing about JRPGs too.

[@blinkonceonsunday1325]

The twists usually relate to the tragic hero aspect or the villain suddenly deciding he wants to end all life. He sort of covered that.

[@SBaby]

4:30 - And Part 2 of this point: The seemingly useless character eventually coming into their true power and becoming one of the best characters in the game.

[@broznix]

"Welcome to 1000 ways to cook a JRPG!"

[@15codys]

Anybody else yelled No Rob! When he put the Sephiroth figure in the cake mix 😂😂

[@NormanReaddis]

Look at the finish product! Poor sephy 😭

[@lokasocba]

Was that even a cake mix? Those ingredients looked very random to me :P

[@NormanReaddis]

That's the very definition of a jrpg XD

[@nightfallalicorn4246]

Sephiroth got caked.

[@darkmoon4795]

How dare he do that to sephiroth!

[@juliansexton8668]

Heck you could even make just 7 bosses in every jrpg! 1) the boss you are supposed to/allowed to lose. 2) the other "that boss". The one that's not nearly as hard as the one mentioned in the video, but it's early enough in the game it might as well be. You don't know what you're doing yet but the game has been forgiving of that so far and all of a sudden BOOM! A Gatusso - I mean some boss comes along and you realize you actually need to grind or get good at the game. 3) the boss with a 10 minute unskippable cutscene before it that may vary in difficult from game to game but that you will almost never beat in your first 3 tries which is enough to cause controller throwing. 4) the boss that is actually your ally who turned on you. 5) the boss with three and exactly three phases. 6) the boss that is moderately difficult unless you find the one thing that drastically weakens/instakills it (for final fantasy, read: the undead boss). 7) the sideboss or even normal monster that you can encounter WAYYYY before you are adequately geared/leveled for it so it wipes your party very quickly.

[@RogueBoyScout]

I'll pay that.... Nice comment... (It's ALWAYS 3 though, isn't it LOL)

[@riemaennchen]

JRPGs are best genre ever. Got the Platinum Trophy in Dragon Quest 11 and I am now working on Valkyria Chronicles 4 even though its more a Tactic RPG than a classic JRPG.

[@joehouston2833]

That's not a jrpg you noob

[@belland_dog8235]

@Bill Bill Well first off, you a homophobe? You got a problem dude? You need to see a doctor about that. Also what's your problem with platinum trophies?

[@drackestalentorgen166]

Morgana is the best damn healer in the game

[@RenoRoxas]

RIGHT?! I was like I use morgana all the time tbh. You think anybody else got me through the final boss? Morgana. MVP.

[@bigdb4755]

I use Makoto for heals

[@RenoRoxas]

@@bigdb4755 Understandable. She was good at it too.

[@drackestalentorgen166]

BIG DB thats a fair choise too

[@lokasocba]

Morgana wasn't useless at all. Good heals, wind spells and miracle punch for those with no elemental weakness. The character I used the least was Haru, strangely though, because both of them are pretty similar.

[@genesilv3484]

1: Short skirt on under age characters. Lol

[@aesericho3651]

All about that jail bait

[@gathorall9136]

That's not true. sometimes they have shorts.

[@RickyRicardo03]

Makes it easier to get around? (Take that anyway you want)

[@zachsouth314]

The mystery is part of the fun.

[@genesilv3484]

Thanks guys. Just great and fun comments on here. Also im new to final Fantasy but going to try 12. Because...well you guys know why.

[@zareien2290]

Ffxv doesn't only have a specific snow *level*, but a snow DLC

[@queen_pingu8929]

What about stupidly hard to kill enemies, such as metal slimes in dragon quest, that give you a ton of exp should rng favour you? Also some morbid part of me wants to try the cake, sephiroth figure and all.

[@mrsocko316]

Do you want Geostigma?! Cuz that's how you get Geostigma!

[@jameshackney4649]

Been missing the Friday features. Glad this one is about jrpgs my favorite genre of games

[@kamikazestriker4675]

I love your videos guys! Friday feature is something I always look forward to to help me get through the week! Keep up the hard work, it's greatly appreciated!!

[@joeshmoe4347]

Xenogears 1 - Fei 2 - Yggdrasil 3 - Chu-Chu 4 - Battling Arena / Speed card game 5 - Calamity / Tower of Babel 6 - Crashed Shevat 7 - Grahf

[@brettonalwood4173]

What about the most basic thing in a rpg? Leveling Up! Or the mysterious character who joins your party later on? The original bad guy you have been pursuing for the last 1/2 of the game is just being manipulated by an even more evil villian? The horrible grind for that one item drop that you need to build the ultimate weapon or equipment? You even left out the lack of save points (oh the days before autsave was even an idea). You also touched upon but didn't include sections where you have to use certain characters (OP or not). Random encounters also needs a place on the list. There you go feel free to use this list for a second video.

[@robertrosas5007]

The original bad guy thing, he addresses when he talks about the bad guy. And everyone knows about the grind so that's the frosting on the cake. Also not everyone needs/wants the ultima weapon. Random encounters are also not needed to be explained because they start out the games like that.

[@tankian4545]

Every JRPG villain has silver hair because he is controled by Xehanort, duh.

[@JJCgaming777]

Ok i believe you

[@marhawkman303]

sounds plausible. :)

[@ikeillue8385]

meh, Xehanort only needs 12 people to control, and there are a lot more JRPG villains than that. More likely that they are all Sephiroth clones, which explains the inexplicable coincidence that they all just happen to want the destruction of everything, almost like the Jenova cells that cause the silver hair are also controlled by a certain silver haired mamma's boy who wants to travel the universe destroying everything.

[@rodgamer]

AQUA GOT NORTED!

[@Vladicarus]

In japan, characters with white or silver hair tend to be inhuman, demonic or evil in some way. (Dante and Vergil in DMC for example are Demons) Good joke tho :3

[@AQCorner]

Hi Rob, another great video, another possible entry you mentioned a little towards the end, the final boss who isn't really the final boss, ohh and I know it's not a jrpg but I can't help but think of Gwent from The Witcher 3 whenever anyone mentions minigames nowadays.

[@KlaasJanssen]

He already did that on the 12th of may 2017, if you want to see it

[@AQCorner]

KlaasJanssen Ok thanks

[@sebastianyannuzzi2655]

I would add a moment in jail, I can't remember a JRPG I which you didnt get arrested.

[@theskepticpirate156]

Lol thats... something I never noticed.

[@rainerypsi9451]

those treasure boxes that are everywhere, where it is never revealed as to who put them there.

[@oliverbath6028]

Omg I forgot your Friday feature would be posted today! I'm here though! Thank you KZbin notifications! Also I love the cooking theme of this episode Rob, great idea!

[@viprthered]

Oliver Bath yah same

[@acegreyer]

Yes. Great to see you back.

[@officialgagethepyro5391]

Me at the beginning on the video: "Oh wow, I wonder if Rob is actually going to have made a cake by the end?" Me at the middle of the video: "NOPE, NO HE ISNT" Me at the end: "I'm so confused....."

[@Angel-iq8tm]

I cant start the weekend without a friday feature.. I just cant.. Got 2 jobbs one at weekdays and one in the weekend.. So when i take lunch i watch it.. Great times.. Been doing it the last few years infact.. Belive i have seen them all.. Love it.. Just love it.. The last few weeks havent been the same without.. Keep it up 👍

[@johnrussell1860]

That one boss for me: Barthandelus from FF13(Any of his fights)[I always use Snow and bench Hope]

[@geoffbaumgartner5335]

Silly Rob, always calling Snow useless..

[@exquisitecorpse4917]

Party members who - after 2 random battles - declare some deep, emotional bond with your character, and you're just thinking "So *this* tool is gonna be my 'best friend' for the next 250 hours!?" Even worse if it's the love interest....you're thinking "I do like that feisty cleric" but game says "Hey look, a shy girl who constantly apologizes and otherwise demonstrates zero personality traits. Love of your life, eh?" NO, DAMMIT!

[@shadowpod13]

Which game are you talking about with the Feisty Cleric, but actual love interest is the shy girl?

[@timalice-2833]

For me "that one level" was crossing the desert in Breath of Fire 3 on PS1. It's similar to the field in 4 but at one point you are told to go east after so many days, which would be right on the compass, but no! You actually have to turn left and go west! Not to mention you always end up following the false north star and not the true north start because your character is turned around after sleeping

[@michaelminnick-chavez]

Ti Malice - I feel it. The desert was the worst. Not to mention that the second best weapon in the game can only be found in that desert, so the amount of times I had to restart was awful

[@michaelminnick-chavez]

Ti Malice - also, it’s about time the series is shown some sort of love

[@timalice-2833]

@@michaelminnick-chavez I agree completely. I love BoF 3 and 4. So much so that my heart jumped when I saw BoF 3 on psn only to immediately cry when I saw it was for ps vita only.

[@michaelminnick-chavez]

Ti Malice - they did a remake for the PSP. I honestly suggest it. It’s cheaper than a vita, and it’s pretty much the same port. This is the one game series that I wish we’d get a remake of.

[@timalice-2833]

@@michaelminnick-chavez Thank you for telling me. I'll have to look into it. I wish they'd remake it too. I really liked the Dragon gene system. I also loved Rei and Garr

[@sethkrabill5531]

By far my favorite of your videos. More cookery!

[@Oliver-uh5ze]

"This isn't really working now, is it?" xD

[@Offroader210]

Thanks, Rob! Right now I'm on a mission to obtain the Platinum for Persona 5. Wish me luck!

[@SmashingSnow]

What's the hardest trophy that you have to get?

[@bloodybutterflygaming1242]

Only one I still need is the one for the Bonus Boss, which seems to be the only one that's a real challenge (Compendium ones are more time consuming than actually difficult). There's a certain exploit that makes beating the Reaper like ridiculously easy late game, so even that one was easy XD

[@SmashingSnow]

@@bloodybutterflygaming1242 ah caroline and justine my two favorite twins

[@Offroader210]

@@SmashingSnow Well, the top trophy I've earned thus far is Power That Connects, and the last trophy I've earned is Skilled Gunman. I'm currently at 61%. So I still have a ways to go.

[@SmashingSnow]

@@Offroader210 I wish you the best I loved that game and I am happy I bought it.

[@BlackAdder88]

That one village that's absolutely serene. Untouched by the catastrophic events outside until suddenly it's not.

[@Shozuki]

I have nothing to add other than that video was excellent, I really enjoyed it. Thank you!

[@BigRowles89]

Useless characters? Enter Cait Sith lol.

[@shadowpod13]

AGREED

[@lugie1125]

WHAT!? Whoa ... sorry about that. I almost had a kneejerk reaction to this and then remembered where I was. This is the internet, a place for love and understanding ... Just kidding! You're wrong and all of your ideas are bad!!! =P On a side note, Cait Sith's limit break was a great cure for "that one boss" so I wouldn't say he was completely useless ... but after you accidentally used his limit break during trash mobs and lost 2 hours of play since your last save did leave a bad taste, I'd agree ...

[@GrassPokeKing]

Disappointing that someone with such an awesome name is apparently useless.

[@bouncer88]

@@GrassPokeKing considering that cait sith is actually pronounced "ket shee" not so awesome

[@joshg.6315]

I’ll see your Cait Sith and raise you a Kimahri from FFX lol

[@GuardianOfMetalOzzy]

Evrae the sky dragon in FFX was always the toughest battle for me. This aoe status effect attack was such a hindrance and could mess your party up.

[@Leada1ne]

Took me a literal 2 weeks to beat him!! I've never played again because I dred that battle!!

[@kaingates]

d h wasn’t that the one you could just use heal on and he died?

[@PogoPinguin1988]

@@kaingates You are thinking about his second incarnation in den Via Purifico. He has the zombie status there. The first battle against him is quite hard. Not the hardest in the game though imho.

[@FoxEmi]

DUDE, I HAD FORGOTTEN HIM.

[@syndicaterx]

d h flashbacks from 2SBFP having to go through this boss twice cause they died from fodder characters after the Wedding crash scene

[@captainshroomy1690]

Rob and Friday features is a better combo than Coffee, a rainy day, a comfy blanket, and a peaceful night of well deserved Gaming

[@daniel12141]

loved the video rob! when ever i watch your videos and you do a final fantasy 8 reference, I mentaly have dave do a strike in my head, this time i was in for a treat! Thanks everyone.

[@sampletext4481]

Hello, you’ve caught me catching Rob cooking up a JRPG

[@CheshireCat424]

Finally! I've been waiting so long for another Friday Feature!!!

[@BubblegumSempai]

Ingredient 8: "That Other Boss" The optional boss that you must fight to get 100% and for some reason is much harder than the final boss or any of the plot bosses, such as Omega/Ruby Weapons or Ozma. Or Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts 2

[@dungeonscrew491]

I rewatch this video like once a year.

[@indian4914]

My first jrpg is "Arc the Lad". Anybody remember it.

[@NormanReaddis]

Me got the anime as well

[@indian4914]

Ya i know.Already saw it.

[@shadowpod13]

Arc the Lad: Twilight of The Spirits is great. Love how the ychanged the standard grid based battle system for a circle based one. Also it has a pretty good story and characters.

[@KoiinuNe]

my first was actually Legend of Dragoon, then FF7, and then ATL:Twilight but it is a great JRPG

[@MK-lj7je]

Yes. I my friend introduced me to this game back in high school. The puzzles were so hard af!!!

[@shirdellanderson5464]

You had forgotten the 8th ingredient some kind of jailbreak most often in the beginning of the game but not exclusive and does not require to be a jail but some prison of some sort

[@Kucoz]

Oh man. Favourite episode just for the face hes making as he dips Sephiroth.

[@SlideIX]

1 missing ingredient is the loveable, endearing and often cute character that most often joins your team. My examples are Vivi from FF9, Rikku from FF10, Nina from Breath of Fire (I’m not going to number it just pick your favourite version) but I do believe there are a few more

[@hollandshadow]

11:26 Yay finally someone mentions DragonQuest :D love dq 👌🏻 nice thumbnail too

[@ILike2PlayBass]

Well it's about bloody time! =p

[@sweetbeff]

#8 the part where you get on the boat to go directly to your intended location only to be attacked by a giant monster, get shipwrecked, and end up in the other side of the world

[@pimdenboon5163]

Omg... That was the longest pauze ever, really glad you are back with the friday feature. 💪

[@tonymack]

Oh I've gotta @ you on Morgana...Morgana is very useful in battle and stayed in the whole game...I found more useful in battle than Ryuji ..I love my boy but he was the odd out in battles usually. Joker, Ann, makoto, Morgana was my 90% of the time group

[@ARCEUS493ZELDA]

wow someone else who uses the very same team i did :D but yea morgana was beast with salvation and the full revive........... ann and makoto were pretty nasty too for me

[@muhammadabuzarkhan7450]

What happen to Delson have I missed out something ?

[@dustinvance243]

I think they kicked him out at some point and now he's plotting his revenge.

[@42speedybeattie]

Dustin Vance, he was last seen being trained by a sensei to make a comeback. That was 3-4 months ago I think.

[@RevShadow_508]

I died laughing when he was still in the kitchen in the second shoot. Was really expecting him backon the couch XD

[@milescoe9031]

Me: that batter looks like it would be a great dessert! Also me: wait, is he adding canned tomatoes?

[@ExperimentalProfessor]

No Xenogears footage in this list is a crime

[@albinobob14]

Not once have Rob mentioned Xenogears in any of his Friday Features. Rob must've never played it back then. He loves Vagrant Story though, so he redeemed himself. XD

[@singmeastory6634]

I am surprised he didn't put up any of the Tales of games in the snow level. I have played at least three of them that have snow levels. They are Tales of Graces F and both Tales of Xillia

[@musiclover01ization]

@@singmeastory6634 Tales of Symphonia has a snow level, too.

[@jamesh8385]

That's because Xenogears wasn't released in Europe.

[@singmeastory6634]

@musiclover01ization um, I have only played Symphonia once so I don't remember it to well.

[@LtBasil]

KH 358/2 Days (that one counts as a JRPG right? I'm not exactly an expert on the genre) has the Leechgrave as my "that one boss". I hate that thing. So much. Especially on Proud Mode. (Well I suppose TECHNICALLY the real "that one boss" is the Dustflier but the Dustflier is a bonus boss like Sephiroth in KH2 while the Leechgrave is a required boss so I don't think it counts)

[@Varnasmt]

That one boss for me used to be Neclord in Suikoden 2. Not because he's hard, but because I didn't want to kill him since I wanted to listen to his battle theme. The boss that does it for me today is the one I work for making me spend precious gaming hours at work!

[@dodge2451]

Big thumbs up for "that one boss" it was the same for me with FF7 and every playthrough since I put effort into levelling the whole team.

[@edmg7]

And now, my attempts to find exceptions to this list because I'm just that petty. "The tragic protagonist": Chrono Trigger, Star Ocean, Persona 4, Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Zestiria, literally every Pokémon game. "A beautiful world map you can fly over": The World Ends With You, Star Ocean 3-5, every Tales game since Graces, every Kingdom Hearts, and every Persona game (I know he said "fat" JRPGs, but if he didn't want me to include Persona he shouldn't have brought up Morgana. Speaking of...). "A big party with at least one useless member": now this is a challenge, but I'll say Dragon Quest XI and Chrono Trigger. "Addictive minigames": Pokémon Sun and Moon, Kingdom Hearts, The World Ends With You (no I don't count Tin Pin Slammer, he said "addictive"). "That one boss": Oh in that case... "Or that one dungeon" -_- sure, change up the criteria on me. Ni No Kuni 2, Tales of Zestiria, Pokémon X and Y. "An ice area that's difficult": If difficulty is the requirement I'd say Tales of Graces, Star Ocean 2, Star Ocean 4, Dragon Quest XI, and every Pokémon game. If it's just an ice area at all: every Kingdom Hearts game prior to KH3, The World Ends With You, every Persona game. "A villain who just wants to destroy everything": Tales of Xillia, Tales of Berseria, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts 2, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and every Pokémon generation besides 4 and 6. Well that was fun.

[@digiing1992]

You pretty much left every FF out of this. I mean sure, Rob always talks about at least one FF in the Friday feature, but still.

[@edmg7]

@@digiing1992 um, yeah about that...I was trying to be fair and only list games I've finished, and the only Final Fantasy I've played all the way through is FFVI, which did have most if not all of these.

[@digiing1992]

If it's about credibility, then yeah. But I haven't played as much JRPG as you and still believe that you have a point.

[@edmg7]

@@QuickSilverKitsune Oh I use Erik frequently. If you focus on building up his boomerang skills he's excellent for grinding because he can hit everything, and his spells are great for boss battles since they periodically deal damage. As for the late game addition to the party, I get where you're coming from since his weapon skills just make him an inferior version of the main character. However, he has the best defense of the group, so I primarily use him to eat damage and buff my party's defenses which is great against stronger bosses (he was crucial in my fight against Mordegon).

[@sofaris576]

Honestly I found Persona 5 is a great example of not having any useless partymembers. While I have 2 go to partymembers (Ann and Morgana) I use the entire team and everybody has there shining moments. Thanks to EXP fore backup partymembers and the abillty to swap out partymembers mid fight its very easy to implement the whole team. I know Joker can hit every weak spot but I found it cooler to use his turns to swap in a partymember with the right element.

[@muhammadabuzarkhan7450]

How you caught me watching another Friday Feature ?

[@studiocigsplain8588]

The atm sticking out of the cake made me lol

[@RA2ninner]

That one chest thats slightly hidden at the start of the game. Just behind a statue or column. Usually has a healing item in it or some kind of shield.

[@m2000x]

Rob advocate Legend of Dragoon to be on the mini ps1

[@Stanosuke]

It's nice to finally see another Friday Feature!

[@carbunclegirl]

It's a Friday Eature, we haven't gotten another Friday Feature in ages!

[@Stanosuke]

Skreeves Good point! Come on, Rob. Bring back the Friday Features... with Delsin!

[@snefu]

So happy to see Rob making Friday features again 👍👍👍

[@callumhemmings5215]

So happy that Rob is back!!! Now my fridays are worth living

[@charliehorton5249]

This is how I know it’s friday

[@oliverbath6028]

Chart oonzy The last two weeks went Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday

[@charliehorton5249]

How did you know

[@lifeiaskedfor]

How did you not mention velius from Final Fantasy Tactics. He's the most infamous ''that one boss'' there is. Like everyone who's play get knows bout that fight and losing their save file to him.

[@DJAB87]

Yep. How was i supposed to know Ramza would fight a boss by himself? Unless he knows Tailwind and Auto-Potion, you're pretty much screwed.

[@LordSephleon]

I only got through the Wiegraf duel by having a Monk Ramza with Move-HP Up, a strong Chakra and Wave Fist, and exploiting the game's AI (how it always moved away from you if it attacks first, and moves towards you otherwise). I honestly thought of Stealing or Breaking his gear to make it easier at the time, but I hated relying on anything that had less than a 75% chance of success (especially against a high-Evade character like Wiegraf), and even though my Move-HP UP and Chakra ensured I refilled my HP to max after each "skirmish" with him, deviating from that pattern even a little generally ended in (my) tears. Against Velius, it was having the aforementioned Monk Ramza (I can't remember his secondary skillset, but pretty sure it was one of the main magic sets - probably Time or White) and a Ninja with Throw Item and Fly (yes, the Dancer movement ability) that carried me through the fight. Two Dragoons (one of each gender, Secondaries in Thief) and a pure caster (I think a White/Time or Black/Time during my first run) filled out the rest of the party, but the Dragoons pretty much tanked during the fight with their Dragon Spirit while the mage focused on keeping people Hasted while hitting the demons with Don't Move/Don't Act. The Ninja provided essential Phoenix Downs/Hi-Potions and the occasional two sword stab, but as she was somehow the squishiest in the party (even moreso than the caster) AND my primary healer (items don't fail to work) , I only moved her in for guaranteed kills, preferring to keep her far outside the fight. My first meeting with Wiegraf (and then Velius) saw me woefully unprepared and forced me back a save file. While I already preferred Ramza as a Monk (to make him self-sufficient), my party overall wasn't capable of killing even one Ultima Demon without severe casualties due to being underleveled. So yeah... screw Wiegraf.

[@haseoxv9508]

i use squire with 2-hand ninja abi so i can equip 2 strongest sword i have while teleporting all over the place stacking atk buff so i can one shoot him lol

[@mrmosty5167]

Best part of making a cake? You can lick the frosting off the Sephiroth.

[@NafNav32]

I don't even want to think about how long it took to clean Sephiroth...