List of role-playing video games: 2008 to 2009
Introduction
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List  Year  Title  Developer  Publisher  Setting  Platform  Subgenre  Series/Notes  COO ''Arc the Lad III''  ARC  Fantasy  PSN (Port)  Tactical RPG  Port of ''Arc the Lad III''. ''Blue Dragon Plus''  Feel Plus  Fantasy  DS (Port)  Tactical RPG      ''Brave Fencer Musashi''  Square  Square Enix  Fantasy  PSN (Port)  Action RPG  Port of ''Brave Fencer Musashi'' for PS1. ''Chrono Trigger''  Square Enix  Square Enix  Fantasy  DS (Port)    Port of ''Chrono Trigger'' for SNES.Series debuts. ''Crystal Guardians''      Fantasy  MOBI    Sequel to ''Final Fantasy Tactics A2''.Released in chapters. ''Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements''  ArkaneUbisoft Ubisoft  Fantasy  X360 (Remake)  Action RPG  Remake of ''Dark Messiah of Might and Magic'' for WIN. ''Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidō Tai Abaddon Ō''  Atlus    Fantasy  PS2  Action RPG  Sequel to ''Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army''. ''Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidō Tai Abaddon Ō Plus''  Atlus    Fantasy  PS2 (Comp)  Action RPG  Compilation of ''Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidō Tai Abaddon Ō'' and ''Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne''. ''Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice''魔界戦記ディスガイア3  Nippon Ichi    Fantasy  PS3  Tactical RPG  Sequel to ''Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories''. ''Disgaea DS''  Nippon Ichi  Atlus  Fantasy  DS (Port)  Tactical RPG  Port of ''Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness'' for PSP. ''Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride''  ArtePiazza  Square Enix  Fantasy  DS (Remake)  JRPG  Remake of ''Dragon Quest V: Tenku no Hanayome'' for SNES.Sequel to ''Dragon Quest IV''. ''Drone Tactics''  Success  Atlus  FantasyModern  DS  Tactical RPG      ''Eternal Poison''  Flight-Plan  BanprestoAtlus  Fantasy  PS2  Tactical RPG      ''Eternal Sonata''  tri-Crescendo  Namco Bandai  Fantasy  PS3 (Port)    Port of ''Eternal Sonata'' for X360. ''Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard''  Atlus  Atlus  Fantasy  DS    Sequel to ''Etrian Odyssey'' for DS. ''Fable 2''  Lionhead  Microsoft  Fantasy  X360  Action RPG      ''Fallout 3''  Bethesda  BethesdaZeniMax Media  Post-apocalyptic  PS3X360  FPS/RPG      ''Final Fantasy IV: The After Years''  Matrix Software  Square Enix  Fantasy  MOBI, WII, PSP  Turn-based  Sequel to ''Final Fantasy IV''  JP  ''Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King''  Square Enix  Square Enix  Fantasy  Wii        ''Fire Emblem: Thracia 776''  Intelligent  Nintendo  Fantasy  VC (Port)  Tactical RPG  Port of ''Fire Emblem: Thracia 776'' for SNES.Followup to ''Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu''. ''Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone''  Lizsoft    Fantasy  WIN  Action RPG    JP  ''From the Abyss''  Sonic Powered    Fantasy  DS  Action RPG    JP  ''Geneforge 5: Overthrow''  Spiderweb  Spiderweb  Fantasy  MAC    Sequel to ''Geneforge 4: Rebellion''. ''Hercules no Eikō: Tamashii no Shōmei''  Paon  Nintendo  Fantasy  DS    Sequel to ''Hercules no Eikō IV: Kamigami kara no Okurimono''. ''Hercules no Eikō III: Kamigami no Chinmoku''  Data East    Fantasy  MOBI (Port)    Port of ''Hercules no Eikō III: Kamigami no Chinmoku'' for SNES.Sequel to ''Hercules no Eikō II: Titan no Metsubō''. ''Infinite Undiscovery''インフィニット アンディスカバリー  tri-Ace  Square Enix  Fantasy  X360  Action RPG      ''Kingdom of Paradise''''Key of Heaven''  Climax  SCE  Fantasy  PSN (Port)  Action RPG  Port of ''Kingdom of Paradise'' for PSP. ''Knights in the Nightmare''  Sting    Fantasy  DS    Sequel to ''Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone'' for GBA. ''The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd''英雄伝説「空の軌跡 the 3rd」  Nihon Falcom  Nihon Falcom  Fantasy  PSP (Port)    Sequel to ''The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC''. ''Lost Odyssey''ロストオデッセイ Rosuto Odessei  Microsoft Game Studios  feelplus  Fantasy  X360        ''Luminous Arc 2 Will''ルミナスアーク2 ウィル  Image Epoch  Marvelous  Fantasy  DS  Tactical RPG  Sequel to ''Luminous Arc''. ''Mana-Khemia Gakuen no Renkinjutsushi-tachi Plus''  Gust  GustNippon Ichi   Fantasy  PSP (Port)    Port of ''Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis'' for PS2. ''Mana Khemia 2''  Gust  GustNippon Ichi   Fantasy  PS2    Sequel to ''Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis''. ''Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G''  Capcom  Capcom  Fantasy  PSP (Remake)  Action RPG  Remake for ''Monster Hunter Portable 2nd'' for PSP. ''Nostalgia''  MatrixRed Ent. Tecmo   Fantasy  DS  JRPG    2008 (FR)OFFUnproductive Fun TimePCRPG  ''Phantasy Star Zero''  Sonic Team  Sega  Sci-Fi  DS    ''Phantasy Star II''  Sega-AM7  Sega  Sci-Fi  VC (Port)  JRPG  Port of ''Phantasy Star II'' for SMS. ''Phantasy Star Complete Collection''      Sci-Fi  GBA (Port)    Port of ''Phantasy Star Collection'' for SAT. ''Poison Pink''  Flight-Plan    Fantasy  PS2  Tactical RPG      ''Pokémon Platinum''  Game Freak  NintendoThe Pokémon Company  ModernFantasy  DS (Remake)    Remake to ''Pokémon Diamond'' and ''Pokémon Pearl''. ''Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure''  Nippon Ichi  Atlus  Fantasy  DS (Remake)  JRPG  Remake of ''Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure'' for DC. ''RIZ-ZOAWD''  Media.Vision  d3 Publisher  Fantasy  DS  JRPG  Based on ''The Wizard of Oz''. ''Sands of Destruction''  imageepoch  Sega  Sci-Fi  DS  JRPG      ''Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax Chronicle Edition''  Atlus    Fantasy    JRPG  Remake and compilation of ''Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne'' and ''Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidō Tai Abaddon Ō''. ''Silverfall''      Fantasy  PSP (Port)  Action RPG  Port of ''Silverfall'' for Windows. ''Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes''  Square Enix  Square Enix  Fantasy  iPod  Tactical RPG      ''Suikoden Tierkreis''''Genso Suikoden Tierkreis''  Konami  Konami  Fantasy  DS  JRPG      ''Super Mario RPG''  Square  Nintendo  Fantasy  VC (Port)  JRPG  Port of ''Super Mario RPG'' for SNES. ''Super Robot Wars A Portable''  Banpresto  Banpresto  Sci-Fi  PSP (Remake)  Tactical RPG  Remake of ''Super Robot Wars A'' for GBA. ''Tales of Destiny: Directors Cut''  Wolf Team  Namco  Fantasy  PS2 (Remake)  Action RPG  Remake of ''Tales of Destiny'' for PS1. ''Tales of Hearts''  Namco Tales  Namco Bandai  Fantasy  DS  JRPG      ''Tales of Rebirth''  Namco  Namco  Fantasy  PSP (Port)  Action RPG  Port of ''Tales of Rebirth'' for PS2. ''Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk''  Namco Tales  Namco Bandai  Fantasy  Wii  Action RPG  Sequel to ''Tales of Symphonia''. ''Tales of Vesperia''  Namco Tales  Namco Bandai  Fantasy  X360  Action RPG      ''Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi''  Aquaplus  Aquaplus  Fantasy  PS3 (Port)  Tactical RPG  Port of ''Tears to Tiara'' for Windows. ''Valkyria Chronicles''''Battlefield Valkyria: Gallian Chronicles''戦場のヴァルキュリア  Sega  Sega  Fantasy  PS3  Tactical RPG      ''Valkyrie Profile: Toga wo Seou Mono''ヴァルキリープロファイル 咎を背負う者  tri-Ace  Square Enix  Fantasy  DS  JRPG      ''Vantage Master Portable''''VM Portable''ヴァンテージマスターポータブル  Nihon Falcom  Nihon Falcom  Fantasy  PSP (Port)  Tactical RPG  Port of ''Vantage Master''. ''Vay''  Somoga  FantasySci-Fi  MOBI (Remake)  JRPG  Remake of ''Vay'' for SCD. ''White Knight Chronicles''  Level-5  SCE   Fantasy  PS3  JRPG      ''Witcher, The: Versus''  one2tribe  Fantasy  BROW    Spin-off of ''The Witcher'' for Windows. ''Xenogears''  Square  Square Enix  Sci-Fi  PSN (Port)  JRPG  Port of ''Xenogears'' for PS1. ''Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone''ユグドラ・ユニオン  Sting  StingAtlus  Fantasy  PSP (Port)  Tactical RPG  Port of ''Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone'' for GBA.Sequel to ''Riviera: The Promised Land'' for WSC. ''Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished''  Nihon Falcom    Fantasy  DS (Port)  Action RPG  Port of ''Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished'' for PC88. ''Zoids Assault''  Atlus    Sci-Fi  X360  Tactical RPG     ''7th Dragon''  Imageepoch  Sega  Fantasy  DS  Action RPG     ''Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow''  Mistwalkertri-Crescendo    Fantasy  DS  Action RPG  ''Blue Dragon''  JP ''Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus''  ASCII Media Works  ASCII Media Works  Fantasy  DS  Action RPG      ''Divinity II – Ego Draconis''  Larian  dtp  Fantasy  X360  Action RPG  Sequel to ''Divine Divinity'' for Windows. ''Dragon Quest IX Hoshizora no Mamoribito''  Level-5  Square Enix  Fantasy  DS  JRPG  Sequel to ''Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King'' for PS2. ''Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers''  Square Enix  Square Enix  Fantasy  Wii  Action RPG      ''Final Fantasy XIII''  Square Enix  Square Enix  Fantasy  PS3X360(U.S./U.K.) ''Geneforge 5: Overthrow''  Spiderweb  Spiderweb  Fantasy  Win (Port)    Sequel to ''Geneforge 4: Rebellion''. Port of ''Geneforge 5: Overthrow'' for MAC. ''Jagged Alliance DS''  Strategy FirstCypron  Empire  Fantasy  DS (Port)  Tactical RPG  Port of ''Jagged Alliance'' for DOS. ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion''  Vicarious VisionsSavagen-Space  Activision  Sci-FiFantasy  DSPS2PS3PSPWiiX360  Action RPG  Sequel to ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' for various platforms. ''Monster Hunter 3 (tri-)''        Wii  Action RPG      ''Sacred Blaze''''セイクリッドブレイズ''  Flight-Plan  Banpresto  Fantasy  PS2  Tactical RPG      ''Tales of Graces''  Namco  Namco  Fantasy  Wii  Action RPG      ''Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2''  Alfa System  Namco  Fantasy  PSP  Action RPG      ''Witch's Tale, A''  Hit Maker Nippon Ichi  Fantasy  DS  Action RPG      ''Avernum 5''  Spiderweb  Spiderweb  Fantasy  MACWIN    Sequel to ''Avernum 4''. ''Aveyond''  Amaranth  Amaranth  Fantasy  WIN (Rerel)    Rerelease on GameTap. ''Depths of Peril''  Soldak  Soldak  Fantasy  OSX (Port)  Action RPG  Port of ''Depths of Peril'' for WIN. ''Drakensang: The Dark Eye''''Das Schwarze Auge: Drakensang''  Radon  dtp (DE)THQ (NA)Eidos (EU)  Fantasy  WIN    Sequel to ''Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva''    ''Fable: The Lost Chapters''  Lionhead  Microsoft  Fantasy  OSX (Port)    Port of ''Fable: The Lost Chapters'' for Xbox. ''Fallout''  Interplay  Interplay  Post-apocalyptic  WIN (Rerel)    Rerelease on GameTap. ''Fallout 2''  Interplay  Interplay  Post-apocalyptic  WIN (Rerel)    Rerelease on GameTap. ''Fate: Undiscovered Realms''  WildTangent WildTangentEncore Fantasy  WIN  Action RPG  Sequel to ''Fate''. ''King's Bounty: The Legend''  Katauri 1C Company  Fantasy  WIN  Tactical RPG  Spiritual successor to ''King's Bounty''. ''Jade Empire: Special Edition''  BioWare  BioWare  Fantasy  OSX (Port)  Action RPG  Port of ''Jade Empire'' for Xbox. ''Jagged Alliance 2: Gold Pack''  Sir-Tech  Strategy First  Modern  WIN (Rerel)  Tactical RPG  Rerelease on GamersGate. ''Mass Effect''  BioWareDemiurge  EA  Sci-Fi  WIN (Port)    Port of ''Mass Effect'' for X360. ''Neverwinter Nights 2''  Obsidian  Aspyr  Fantasy  OSX (Port)    Port of ''Neverwinter Nights 2'' for WIN.Sequel to ''Neverwinter Nights''. ''Neverwinter Nights 2: Gold''  Obsidian  Aspyr  Fantasy  WIN (Rerel)    Rerelease of ''Neverwinter Nights 2'' for WIN.Sequel to ''Neverwinter Nights''. ''Sacred 2: Fallen Angel''  Ascaron    Fantasy  WIN  Action RPG  Sequel to ''Sacred''. ''Silverfall: Earth Awakening''  Kyiv's Games Monte Cristo  Fantasy  WIN  Action RPG  Expansion to ''Silverfall''. ''Silverfall: Gold Edition''  Kyiv's Games Monte Cristo  Fantasy  WIN (Comp)  Action RPG  Compilation of ''Silverfall'' and its expansion. ''Space Rangers 2: Reboot''  Elemental  Cinemaware  Sci-Fi  WIN    Expansion to ''Space Rangers 2: Dominators''. ''Fallout 3''  Bethesda  BethesdaZeniMax Media  Post-apocalyptic  WIN  Action RPG  Sequel to ''Fallout 2''. ''Dawn of Magic 2''  SkyFallen Entertainment    Fantasy  WIN  Action RPG  Sequel to ''Dawn of Magic''  RU  ''Demon's Souls''  FromSoftware    Fantasy  PS3  Action RPG  Spiritual successor to ''King's Field'' series  JP  ''Dragon Age: Origins''  BioWare  EA  Fantasy  WIN  Action RPG      ''Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time''  Square Enix  Square Enix  Fantasy  DS, WII  Action RPG  Sequel to ''Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates''  JP  ''Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon''  NamcoTri-Crescendo    Post-apocalyptic  WII  Action RPG    JP  ''Konung III: Ties of the Dynasty''  1C   Fantasy  WIN      RU  ''Last Remnant, The''  Square Enix PDD2 Square Enix  Fantasy  WIN  JRPG      Risen  Piranha Bytes  Deep Silver  Fantasy  WIN  Action RPG    DE  ''Sacred''  Ascaron  Linux Game Publishing  Fantasy  LIN (Port)  Action RPG  Port of ''Sacred''. DE
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