Any Enix kids here?Follow

As a kid my first RPG was Dragon Warrior. I remember being blown away by it and I was instantly hooked. I later went on to beat the first 3 Dragon Warriors before I ever played my first FF title, FFIII (NA). In fact the only FF titles I've ever played were 3, 7, 8, and 11. Don't get me wrong, I love FF but it was an Enix title that started me down this road, and 20 years later it makes me smile to see the Dragon Quest guy in charge! (Yoshi P)

FF I was my first RPG and that led me to playing DW. When Square and Enix merged I thought it was heaven on earth.

I remember resubscribing to Nintendo Power just for the Dragon Warrior game. It was a great Enix title although Actraiser remains my favorite.

Princess: Do you love me? [Yes] [No]
Me: No
Princess: But thou must! Do you love me? [Yes] [No]
Me: No
Princess: But thou must! Do you love me? [Yes] [No]

Whilst thou stand beside me?

NO!

THEN THOU ART A FOOL!

I'm a square kid. Crono Trigger was the first RPG I completed, then FF3(6).

Dragon Warrior was my first RPG title too... wow what fond memories!

Thanks for posting this. It's fun to reminisce!

I'm also very happy that Yoshi is in charge for many reasons...

This, I'm pretty sure I got it with a subscription to Nintendo Power.

Find a ball of light in the darkness.

Sounds easy enough!

I'm having a hard time remembering whether I played Chrono Trigger or Secret of Mana first. My god how I loved my SNES.

Well, technically you were an Enix baby then :p I'm almostt 100% positive Chrono Trigger was a collaborative effort between Sakaguchi (producer, creator of Final Fantasy), Horii (creator of Dragon Quest/Warrrior), and Toriyama (Dragonball artist). I think they referred to it as the Dream Team but it's been years and years for me so I can't remember -- that could have been for a different game.

Dragon Warrior wasn't only my first RPG it was also the very first NES game I've ever played. I don't think I touched Mario until months later (probably closer to a year) just because I loved DW and ended up going through it several times.

As far as Enix games? 7th Saga (NA version's so much harder it isn't funny), Actraiser (the score in the game alone made it worth playing), E.V.O., the Soul Blazer "trilogy", and of course the entire DQ/DW series.



Yeah, SNES really was the golden era of RPGs in terms of choices. Just looking at sheer release numbers alone between NES, SNES, PSX, PS2, and PS3 era (not necessarily just the console themselves) and there was more during that time than any others.

Edited, Aug 1st 2013 3:56pm by Viertel

I'm not sure if I would count Zelda as an RPG. While Link's HP grew and you gained new tools and equipment over the course of the game, I don't know if that's enough to call it an RPG. After all, even a game like Metal Gear Solid had that, and I don't think anyone would call MGS an RPG.

I'm pretty sure I played DW1 at a friends before FF1 but I finished FF1 first. Congrats to beating DW3, that seemed like a long game. I really enjoyed DQ8 for PS2, but I have to say my favorite Enix title was Soul Blazer for SNES, awesome Zelda style gameplay with more RPG style levelling and items.