5 of the best JRPG openings

GearNuke: "JRPGs are famous for their exquisite and spectacular openings, they tend to mix beautiful music with jaw dropping visuals to prepare the player for the epic adventure ahead. Keeping this in mind I decided to create a list of my favorite JRPG openings"

[blitz0623]

FFVIII? The opening was the best part about that game

[wishingW3L]

not having that game on the list it's a huge fail.

[Pozzle]

FFVIII's opening was the reason I bought the game. I remember when it was first released, I went into EB Games to buy something else and walked out with FFVIII because they were playing the intro on their tv. I was so amazed by the graphics and music, I bought it right there.

[MWH]

and that was it.

[Dj7FairyTail]

FFVIII as a whole was great. My second fav JRPG after Xenoblade Chronicles.

[Hicken]

The opening was one of many great parts about that game.

Still, it's got the greatest opening of any JRPG I've ever played.

[phantomexe]

I don't agree with any of those. FF6 still comes to mind for me as the best opening to a jrpg but i know you young pups will say 7 or something else. How did persona 4 or whatever get on that list. I gets that it's good but come on really. It's not epic set the stage jrpg.

[truthteller]

Did you just write " How did persona 4 or whatever get on that list"? Because if you did then you shouldn't be reading, thinking and especially not complaining on JRPG fansites. Next time your mom goes to pick you some diapers tell her to buy P4G.

[pompombrum]

I loved Persona 4 but that opening isn't even on the same level as the likes of FF8.

[phantomexe]

It is on the list read the article.

[phantomexe]

@ truthteller I'm confused as well? Where did you get this idea that i don't like jrpgs? I love them as a matter of fact and jrpg fansites....i'm lost as to what your talking about. I think you have had to much caffeine today. That was my opinion on persona 4 and i wasn't saying it was bad.

[Ilovetheps5]

I'm so glad that Kingdom Hearts made the list. That is my favorite intro of all time. The music just goes so perfectly with the video and for some reason it jut felt so epic.

[Silber]

The list is somewhat strange i think.

My favorite JRPG Intro off all the time is the Wild Arms Intro. I restarted the game a whole day, to see the intro again and again back then:) The Music is also on of the best in the Intro.

If there is someone who dosent know the Wild Arms Intro. You need to check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[haymoza]

Chrono Cross number one? I don't know who you are Danial Arshad Khan, but you are my favorite person on the internet right now.

[thecurseddevil]

damn i miss the good old jrpgs.
especially their originality.

its hard not to notice how less cliched they were in comparison to the modern action "rpgs".

[TheOneWhoIsTornApart]

Hopefully the next generation of gaming will bring on some truly innovative and original JRPG's for us. I think FFXV and Kingdom Hearts 3 is a great start and I hope to get some new JRPG IP's too.

[thecurseddevil]

agreed.
i hope for an another golden era of jrpgs.

[MWH]

same.

[tiffac008]

I think the author had nostalgia fever when he added P4G on the list. The original PS2 ver was better and Suikoden III intro was more catchy than S4.

[CLOUD1983]

+1 Suikoden III intro bring me goosebumps whenever I see it & that music.. oh that music is awesome.

[Relientk77]

Obviously

Final Fantasy VIII

[TheDivine]

Lost Odyssey was pretty damn epic if you ask me. Prob the most incredible opening scene and gameplay in a jrpg. FFX was also pretty great. Two amazing games.

[ASH_ufo]

FFVII superb intro

[Chrono]

Chrono Cross' intro was really epic. Some of my other fav openings/intros:
Chrono Trigger (PS1 and DS versions)
Final Fantasy IV (DS & PSP)
Wild Arms 1 & 2