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The unreleased-in-North-America SNES masterpiece — Quintet's trilogy finale follows Ark restoring the world from darkness, with a philosophical narrative about creation, death, and humanity that exceeds any other game in the trilogy.

One of the most original RPGs ever made — Valkyrie Profile follows the Valkyrie Lenneth collecting the souls of dying warriors and sending them to Valhalla, with Norse mythology, a side-scrolling battle system, and a timed story structure.

ActRaiser is one of the SNES's most original games — alternating between side-scrolling action stages and top-down city-simulation, with a god-like protagonist restoring civilization against demons.

The original Ogre Battle and one of the deepest strategy RPGs made for 16-bit hardware. Players command liberation armies in real-time battles with alignment-based morality that changes unit stats and available endings. Yasumi Matsuno's design philosophy at its most ambitious — multiple playthroughs reveal entirely different games.

The Dragon Quest monster-collection RPG that beat Pokémon at its own game for many fans — 215 monsters to collect, breed, and battle across randomly generated dungeons with a deep genetic inheritance system.

The middle entry in Quintet's Soul Blazer trilogy — a globe-trotting action RPG following Will's journey through historical wonders (Incan ruins, Great Wall, Nazca Lines) with transformations into two powerful alternate forms.

The first entry in Quintet's soul trilogy — Soul Blazer has the player acting as an angel defeating demons and restoring souls to a corrupted world, resurrecting villagers and NPCs as enemies are cleared.

The ActRaiser sequel that removed the city-building simulation to focus on pure action. The wing mechanics, divine magic system, and technically polished platforming make it an excellent action game in isolation — though the loss of the original's unique hybrid design disappointed players expecting ActRaiser's complete formula.