We believe that Eric Barone was highly inspired by Shepherd’s Crossing when he designed Stardew Valley. The first game back in 2008 brought hand-drawn pixelated farming goodness to Sony’s flagship console. Shepherd’s Crossing is actually native to the PlayStation 2. It now sells at auctions for outrageous prices, often upwards of $300. The only problem is that the game undersold to the point that it became ridiculously hard to find. The ability to date and even marry townsfolk, as well as manage a unique array of realistic crops, made the Shepherd’s Crossing games great pastimes for those looking for strategic alternatives to their Harvest Moon or Animal Crossing habits.
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What? You’ve never heard of Shepherd’s Crossing 2? This somewhat ill-fated cousin of the far more privileged Harvest Moon series has become a cult favorite in recent years largely due to its similarities to more recognizable farming RPG sims. Hopefully, they grabbed it when it was normal-priced.
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Those who played Dokapon Kingdom on PS2 or Wii, the first of the series to make it to the states, may have been looking forward to Dokapon Journey. The Dokapon series is actually a strong seller in Japan, with several entries.
Atlus, famous for importing Japanese hidden gems, brought this to the states in limited quantities, which is why it auctions online for almost $200. The Dokapon series is a natural fit for it, but like so many odd little games, especially when they’re low budget like this one, they aren’t fully localized outside of Japan. The DS was perfect for genre mashups like this because of its technology’s versatility. You level up, collect items, and even make story-specific choices. Basically, moving along a map that could be Mario Party with just a few tweaks, you fight in team-based RPG battles rather than mini-games. The character designer for that series, Yoshitake Taniguchi, also designed the characters for Solatorobo.ĭokapon Journey is a genre-bending DS game that plays like a combination of a tactical RPG and a board game. The tactical role-playing mecha games called Super Robot Wars have been going on in Japan since 1991, combining Mobile Suit Gundam and a dozen other things into one series. The not-so-cuddly price is about $160 on eBay.
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The cast is full of cuddly humanoid animals. However, the combat has more in common with vehicular action RPGs. Stylistically, the game has a lot in common with Final Fantasy XII – it has that medieval steampunk that Square likes so much. It’s no exception with the outrageously titled, Solatorobo: Red the Hunter. In a few years, almost any commercially released RPG that isn’t Final Fantasy becomes some sort of hidden gem. The genre simply doesn’t have the same traction in the states as it does in Japan, which makes games in it more difficult to publish and produce.
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