0:00 Intro 0:37 Valkyria Chronicles / Valkyria Chronicles 4 1:56 Indivisible 2:59 CrossCode 3:53 Ys Origin 5:04 Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin 5:54 Ni No Kuni / Ni No Kuni II 7:23 Undernauts Labyrinth of Yomi 9:15 Metal Max Xeno Reborn 10:58 Digimon Survive 12:56 The Legend of Heroes: Trails From ZERO 13:58 Tunic 14:53 Outro
- Evoland Legendary Edition (more specifically Evoland 2). It's Chrono Trigger taking place in a video game world and surprising deep. - The Rune Factory Games are farming simulations with live action combat and I've loved those more then Harvest Moon in the past. - Cat Quest 1 and 2 are great and can be a co-op rpg for CQ2! - Star Ocean First Departure (digital only but remake of the first one on the SNES we never saw here
It is a shame that the older Ys titles are locked behind XSEED's licensing. I can't imagine playing Ys Origin without Ys Books/Chronicles I and II but it is true Ys Origin is pretty good. I'd love to see Falcom release all the Ys games on Nintendo systems going forwards.
In April 2023, series have 15th Anniversary, but highly doubt it Sega make another game in series, because all of games flopped hard after release date. Sure VC1 and VC4 sold over 1 000 000 copies (VC1 in 2 000 000 copies if count all versions, this is Yakuza 0 sales - best selling game in series), but you must remember VC1 had huge boost in sales only after PC version rerelease for 20$, and VC4 was in many sales. And Sega going back now only to milking Sonic and Yakuza, they dont released any non Yakuza/Sonic new game after Sakura Wars in 2019 only on PS4. Still we dont know what happened with Shinobi/Sakura Wars 1-5/Skies of Arcadia/ Valkyria Chronicles developer - Sega Overworks / Sega WoW. They didnt made any new game after Valkyria Chronicles 4 in 2018, maybe Sega closed that studio due to underperforming sales.
@@nr2676 you do know the team can help other dev teams over at SEGA, right? this stuff happens ALL the time, so they can be busy on other projects while still brainstorming ideas for either a ValChro 5, a ValChro 2-3 remaster or anything new and original SEGA has been working their asses off in bringing back their dormant IPs for the past couple of years now, so it's only a matter of time until ValChro returns
@@martinde-serres8724 Yes they can, but i searched all games credits released after VC4, and there was no information about Sega WoW. Only people from Team Sonic, AM2, and RGG Studio. Maybe they are doing porting stuff like Hatsune Miku Project Diva and Lost Judgement on Steam, or they were merged into bigger team like Team Sonic.
Somebody's hitting gyms are really good and I highly recommend purchasing their physical copy while there's still around especially the Y's series I believe origin is on sale for under $30. Also have you heard of Record of Lodoss War: wonder labyrinth? I feel that's a hidden gym too. It's almost the closest thing to playing symphony of the night on switch
Record of Lodoss War is really like Symphony of the Night according to reviews and I suspect it will become rare as it’s highly rated although short. I’ve been waiting for a price drop but your post forced me to just get it. Used my Amazon points to make it 13 bucks :)
Good list, no doubt. Some are even my favorites. But they arent hidden gems at all i think. They are titles which got a few recognition, but eventually forgotten or just looked over because of how many games get ported or added to switch.
Thanks for this bro! I finally bought a switch last week and your channel was the first thing I found when searching for what games I've missed out on all these years. I binged your channel all weekend and so far I have purchased Breath of the Wild, Xenoblade chronicles 1 and Shen Megami Tensei 5. This video in particular is exactly what I'm looking for Thanks for what you do and I'm so happy to be a new subscriber : )
Absolutely loved Undernauts way more than I expected. I walked into a gamestop one day and they had it on a flash sale for $19.99! Needless to say I snagged it faster than you can say Mario Kart and enjoyed every second. I now hardly see copies of it anywhere for any system. Definitely a must play dungeon crawler.
Thinking of buying Undernauts , been hearing about it lately, i liked Demon Gaze, Stranger of Sword City , Savior of Sapphire Wing and Mon-Yu, and in a mood for playing a Old School DRPG. Plus Undernauts is on sale until the 3rd.
Great list of hidden gems! I always trust OJ’s recommendations. I actually played both Valkyria games(1&4) earlier this summer and I Loved it. Ys origin looks interesting and… for some strange reason, I haven’t playe Ni No Kuni yet(!!)
You forgot about star ocean first departure. It was the last SNES game and it pushed it to its limits. Loved it on the psp and I bought it for the switch put in 30 plus hours in two days. Beat it. Very sad I missed a few party members. Star ocean second evolution is the better game and wish it was on the switch. Will have to play it on the psp now. It’s a great shame nobody is playing this masterpiece on the switch. Can not wait for the new star ocean coming out in a few weeks
If I might add another awesome JRPG that doesn't get enough love, it's definetly Monark. I 100% recommend it, it has great story (which is centered on the characters, think something like how Persona is structured), great combat and awesome music (the boss themes are reeeeeeally good). It also has a demo with the entire first chapter, so y'all do me a favor and try it XD And before I forget! Fuga: Melodies of Steel is also pretty good, it's made by the same people who made Solatorobo
Nice video, I actually never even heart of Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi. I´m going to get that one, love me some dungeon-crawling RPGs. That genre seems to be in decline in popularity however. The Lost Child is also a nice dungeon-crawling RPG on Nintendo Switch, that game borrowed mechanics from Shin Megami Tensei.
I can vouch for Ys Origin, Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi, and Trails from Zero being great games and the other games on the list look interesting. I have Crosscode and Metal Max Xeno: Reborn but I have yet to play them because of my huge backlog. Thanks for making this video, OJ. It's great that you are bringing attention to lesser-known games that are worth playing. I've also heard a lot of good things about Rise of the Third Power, but I'm waiting until its upcoming physical release to play it.
yeah trails from zero is awesome and I love the graphic art style and it has so much more charm in it than the more generic contemporary 3d of the trails of cold steel series
This is one of my favorite series from you, love it when smaller or less well known RPG’s are highlighted. I’ll definitely be checking out Metal Max Xeno Reborn. OJ I dunno how but where do you find the time to have gotten down on all of these lol.
Very inspiring list. I'll add like three new games to my wishlist. Thank you! :D Undernauts looks damn interesting. Never found a neat looking dungeon crawler (like Etrian Odyssey) for the Switch, and this might be the one. Since I'm a sucker for retail versions, it was great to see there is one for Undernauts. Would like to hear about retail versions more in such hidden gem type videos.
@@samreimann4233 I'd recommend sticking with it. The first real ice cave is poorly paced. Too long with soooo many ice pushing puzzles, but after that, the game gets much better with pacing.
I’d say the Atelier games would count as rpgs. I just started playing atelier ryza this year and was surprised to find out the series has been going since the 90s.
Sky is still available on Steam, so why would you wait for a remaster or a remake first? also, Falcom NEVER release the remaster/remakes of the Trails games in the West, especially when they were made on dead/dying platforms the Sky trilogy did get remasters on PS3 and Vita iirc, but those 2 were pretty much dead in the West already to even bother better grab them on PC via Steam cause Falcom have moved on to recent entries in the series and have no interest in revisiting them again
Guardian tales the free game is awesome. So glad I gave it a good try it gets better and better. Funny writing when you get off the main story in particular and just all out a good game I've put loads of hours in since I started playing it and it has loads of awesome quality of life features like when you go in a zone to earn more experience needed to level up your characters once you have been through and got maximum start you can put it on to auto run and select how many times. For example I picked 30 and left it half an hour to do other stuff and came back to a ton of experience. I highly reccomend it and its not pushy with micro payments
Call it laziness, but my favorite RPG’s are the turn-based where you don’t have to react; you simply input which move you wish to perform and that’s it (such as Pokémon, Golden Sun, and Bravely Default 2).
For 13 games I'm surprised you didn't add 13 Sentinels: Aiges Rim, easily one of the most underrated and greatest visual novels/strategy RPG of all time. If y'all haven't played that game, do yourselves a favor and pick it up, especially on the switch!
@@nr2676 I feel like it is underrated as it's almost never brought up in any recent game/RPG channels. Also seeing as this is an RPG video and the game wasn't even mentioned just proves my point lol the game is really good though and more people need to check it out.
VC4 have better optimization, but VC1 still runs OK on Switch. Aside of when you crawling in grass or use smoke granade, then will you have a massive FPS drops. PC version of VC4 is worst, i have still ,,infinite scrolling bug'' in main menu (which means game is basically unplayable) and Sega still dont fixed that.
0:00 Intro
0:37 Valkyria Chronicles / Valkyria Chronicles 4
1:56 Indivisible
2:59 CrossCode
3:53 Ys Origin
5:04 Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
5:54 Ni No Kuni / Ni No Kuni II
7:23 Undernauts Labyrinth of Yomi
9:15 Metal Max Xeno Reborn
10:58 Digimon Survive
12:56 The Legend of Heroes: Trails From ZERO
13:58 Tunic
14:53 Outro
- Evoland Legendary Edition (more specifically Evoland 2). It's Chrono Trigger taking place in a video game world and surprising deep.
- The Rune Factory Games are farming simulations with live action combat and I've loved those more then Harvest Moon in the past.
- Cat Quest 1 and 2 are great and can be a co-op rpg for CQ2!
- Star Ocean First Departure (digital only but remake of the first one on the SNES we never saw here
It is a shame that the older Ys titles are locked behind XSEED's licensing. I can't imagine playing Ys Origin without Ys Books/Chronicles I and II but it is true Ys Origin is pretty good. I'd love to see Falcom release all the Ys games on Nintendo systems going forwards.
Ys Origin was pretty badass. I put like 30 hours into it and didn't even realize it. Super fun
I played Sakuna on release, relatively short game but its a lot of fun. I love that you gain more power by planting rice.
I bought it and still didn’t start it yet. Also Oninaki and a number of other games.
I love how they fertilize the soil with the toilet, that´s funny.
Valkyria Chronicles is a must buy for me lol. Such an amazing experience !
Valkyria Chronicles is so fire that after playing VC4 on Switch I decided to get the limited edition for PS4 even though I don’t have a PS4
The war in Ukraine made me want to play Valkria chronicles lol
@@teovu5557 Similar and accurate plot lol
Valkyria chronicles is really fun to play. They should launch new entries. Still waiting for a sale for metal Max.
In April 2023, series have 15th Anniversary, but highly doubt it Sega make another game in series, because all of games flopped hard after release date. Sure VC1 and VC4 sold over 1 000 000 copies (VC1 in 2 000 000 copies if count all versions, this is Yakuza 0 sales - best selling game in series), but you must remember VC1 had huge boost in sales only after PC version rerelease for 20$, and VC4 was in many sales. And Sega going back now only to milking Sonic and Yakuza, they dont released any non Yakuza/Sonic new game after Sakura Wars in 2019 only on PS4. Still we dont know what happened with Shinobi/Sakura Wars 1-5/Skies of Arcadia/ Valkyria Chronicles developer - Sega Overworks / Sega WoW. They didnt made any new game after Valkyria Chronicles 4 in 2018, maybe Sega closed that studio due to underperforming sales.
@@nr2676 you do know the team can help other dev teams over at SEGA, right?
this stuff happens ALL the time, so they can be busy on other projects while still brainstorming ideas for either a ValChro 5, a ValChro 2-3 remaster or anything new and original
SEGA has been working their asses off in bringing back their dormant IPs for the past couple of years now, so it's only a matter of time until ValChro returns
@@martinde-serres8724 Yes they can, but i searched all games credits released after VC4, and there was no information about Sega WoW. Only people from Team Sonic, AM2, and RGG Studio. Maybe they are doing porting stuff like Hatsune Miku Project Diva and Lost Judgement on Steam, or they were merged into bigger team like Team Sonic.
Somebody's hitting gyms are really good and I highly recommend purchasing their physical copy while there's still around especially the Y's series I believe origin is on sale for under $30. Also have you heard of Record of Lodoss War: wonder labyrinth? I feel that's a hidden gym too. It's almost the closest thing to playing symphony of the night on switch
Hidden gem*
A gym is where you go to work out.
@@mowerman8377 Did autocorrect change "hidden gem" to "hitting gyms"? I was like "Why's someone talking about training all of a sudden?" lol
@@NuiYabuko that's what I was wondering. Was confused.
Record of Lodoss War is really like Symphony of the Night according to reviews and I suspect it will become rare as it’s highly rated although short.
I’ve been waiting for a price drop but your post forced me to just get it. Used my Amazon points to make it 13 bucks :)
Digimon survive, Valkyrie Chronicles and Sakura rice have my attention
This is a really nice review and I didnt know the low copies of rare games, subbed
Keep these videos coming!! Great vid, going to check out several of them, specially CrossCode, thanks bro!
Good list, no doubt. Some are even my favorites. But they arent hidden gems at all i think. They are titles which got a few recognition, but eventually forgotten or just looked over because of how many games get ported or added to switch.
Just downloaded Ys origin for around 8 bucks on the eshop and its so good that I had to order a physical copy.
Thanks for this bro! I finally bought a switch last week and your channel was the first thing I found when searching for what games I've missed out on all these years. I binged your channel all weekend and so far I have purchased Breath of the Wild, Xenoblade chronicles 1 and Shen Megami Tensei 5.
This video in particular is exactly what I'm looking for
Thanks for what you do and I'm so happy to be a new subscriber : )
Plan on picking up Trails Zero at some point. Good video
If you want a physical copy don't wait too long...these type of niche games go quick, then reappear for almost double the price
Absolutely loved Undernauts way more than I expected. I walked into a gamestop one day and they had it on a flash sale for $19.99! Needless to say I snagged it faster than you can say Mario Kart and enjoyed every second. I now hardly see copies of it anywhere for any system. Definitely a must play dungeon crawler.
Thinking of buying Undernauts , been hearing about it lately, i liked Demon Gaze, Stranger of Sword City , Savior of Sapphire Wing and Mon-Yu,
and in a mood for playing a Old School DRPG.
Plus Undernauts is on sale until the 3rd.
Great list of hidden gems! I always trust OJ’s recommendations. I actually played both Valkyria games(1&4) earlier this summer and I Loved it. Ys origin looks interesting and… for some strange reason, I haven’t playe Ni No Kuni yet(!!)
Ys origin is awesome. A must play in my opinion. Not sure if its still on sale but, it was around 8 bucks on the eshop a little over a week ago.
STOP HIDING THE RPGS OJ
Great video and awesome list of games!!!
Great video. Learned something new. Might pick up some of your recommended games.
The Ni No Kuni games are amazing. Played with my 9 y/o and we both really enjoyed them.
You forgot about star ocean first departure. It was the last SNES game and it pushed it to its limits. Loved it on the psp and I bought it for the switch put in 30 plus hours in two days. Beat it. Very sad I missed a few party members. Star ocean second evolution is the better game and wish it was on the switch. Will have to play it on the psp now.
It’s a great shame nobody is playing this masterpiece on the switch. Can not wait for the new star ocean coming out in a few weeks
5:50 Rune Factory 4 is also on the switch.
If I might add another awesome JRPG that doesn't get enough love, it's definetly Monark. I 100% recommend it, it has great story (which is centered on the characters, think something like how Persona is structured), great combat and awesome music (the boss themes are reeeeeeally good). It also has a demo with the entire first chapter, so y'all do me a favor and try it XD
And before I forget! Fuga: Melodies of Steel is also pretty good, it's made by the same people who made Solatorobo
Nice video, I actually never even heart of Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi. I´m going to get that one, love me some dungeon-crawling RPGs. That genre seems to be in decline in popularity however. The Lost Child is also a nice dungeon-crawling RPG on Nintendo Switch, that game borrowed mechanics from Shin Megami Tensei.
I can vouch for Ys Origin, Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi, and Trails from Zero being great games and the other games on the list look interesting. I have Crosscode and Metal Max Xeno: Reborn but I have yet to play them because of my huge backlog. Thanks for making this video, OJ. It's great that you are bringing attention to lesser-known games that are worth playing. I've also heard a lot of good things about Rise of the Third Power, but I'm waiting until its upcoming physical release to play it.
yeah trails from zero is awesome and I love the graphic art style and it has so much more charm in it than the more generic contemporary 3d of the trails of cold steel series
This is one of my favorite series from you, love it when smaller or less well known RPG’s are highlighted. I’ll definitely be checking out Metal Max Xeno Reborn. OJ I dunno how but where do you find the time to have gotten down on all of these lol.
13 sentinels aegis rim is a great visual novel/strategy rpg
Another awesome Video, Sir OJ! Thank you!!
Mary skelter is an epic one and so is nights of azure!
I'd love to get a list of cheap but good rpg. I got xcom for 7 bucks on switch and now want nothing but games like it. Anyone have advice?
Very inspiring list. I'll add like three new games to my wishlist. Thank you! :D
Undernauts looks damn interesting. Never found a neat looking dungeon crawler (like Etrian Odyssey) for the Switch, and this might be the one.
Since I'm a sucker for retail versions, it was great to see there is one for Undernauts. Would like to hear about retail versions more in such hidden gem type videos.
If cross code had turn based combat it would have been absolutely amazing.
Just started ot this last few days. I like it but this first mine temple is so long. Not sure I can stick it through to the end.
@@samreimann4233 I'd recommend sticking with it. The first real ice cave is poorly paced. Too long with soooo many ice pushing puzzles, but after that, the game gets much better with pacing.
I really liked crosscode but the dungeon puzzles are ridiculous
@@krhshurdler10 I have heard that people rave about it. I'll push through, thanks 👍
I’d say the Atelier games would count as rpgs. I just started playing atelier ryza this year and was surprised to find out the series has been going since the 90s.
Yeah it is such great game series
And it is well known these days
Under what metric would they not count? ^^;
Wish the Atelier Iris trilogy would be ported to the Switch. Also Ar Tonelico trilogy.
Undernauts wasn't that good in my opinion, though saying that of course if you are a fan of old school dungeon crawlers it'd be your cup of tea.
Classic to start a Hidden Gems list with a fan favourite ❤
Are all of these games physical copies?
Great work
Hidden gem the alliance alive great rpg
Have you tried out Guardian Tales?
I tried to get into trails but I need Sky to be remastered or remake first.
Sky is still available on Steam, so why would you wait for a remaster or a remake first? also, Falcom NEVER release the remaster/remakes of the Trails games in the West, especially when they were made on dead/dying platforms
the Sky trilogy did get remasters on PS3 and Vita iirc, but those 2 were pretty much dead in the West already to even bother
better grab them on PC via Steam cause Falcom have moved on to recent entries in the series and have no interest in revisiting them again
@@martinde-serres8724 Because I like physical copies of the games rather than the digital version.
I'm going to check out Tunic.
Ni no kuni is a hidden gem? It’s extremely famous here in Japan
Guardian tales the free game is awesome. So glad I gave it a good try it gets better and better. Funny writing when you get off the main story in particular and just all out a good game I've put loads of hours in since I started playing it and it has loads of awesome quality of life features like when you go in a zone to earn more experience needed to level up your characters once you have been through and got maximum start you can put it on to auto run and select how many times. For example I picked 30 and left it half an hour to do other stuff and came back to a ton of experience. I highly reccomend it and its not pushy with micro payments
Call it laziness, but my favorite RPG’s are the turn-based where you don’t have to react; you simply input which move you wish to perform and that’s it (such as Pokémon, Golden Sun, and Bravely Default 2).
Just bought Ni No Kuni for £7.
For 13 games I'm surprised you didn't add 13 Sentinels: Aiges Rim, easily one of the most underrated and greatest visual novels/strategy RPG of all time. If y'all haven't played that game, do yourselves a favor and pick it up, especially on the switch!
Underrated?
lol
This game is not underrated. It sold very, very well as for Visual Novel (500 000 copies). A very niche genre severely limits the number of players.
@@nr2676 I feel like it is underrated as it's almost never brought up in any recent game/RPG channels. Also seeing as this is an RPG video and the game wasn't even mentioned just proves my point lol the game is really good though and more people need to check it out.
@@echos9396 Game was not mentioned on JRPG Channels, because it is mostly Visual Novel, not JRPG, and marketing budget was total 0.
I was going to buy the Digimon game but visual novels are not my type
Sakuna was 10$ for abit
valkyria great game but does run like complete crap on the switch
VC4 have better optimization, but VC1 still runs OK on Switch. Aside of when you crawling in grass or use smoke granade, then will you have a massive FPS drops. PC version of VC4 is worst, i have still ,,infinite scrolling bug'' in main menu (which means game is basically unplayable) and Sega still dont fixed that.
Are there only RPGs on Switch?
No. Clearly.
@@dewinter1411 I obviously know there aren't, but it seems like almost every video is about some RPG.
I hated Digimon Survive, literally without a guide you can't follow the path you want, like, wtf? also the strategy part was half baked
Digimon survive is garbage 😢
Good list, @PlayerEssence.