I love most of the weird minigames in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon/Judgment games (I spent a STUPID amount of time on the cabaret sim). As someone who played almost 200 hours of Animal Crossing at the beginning of the pandemic, that island sim looks like it could be a serious timesink if it’s as fleshed out as the trailer makes it seem. I can’t wait.
Anyone who says Sea of Stars is in the same echelon as “classic” JRPGs clearly didn’t play all the way through SoS or has not played many classic JRPGs. SoS was an okay game for what it was but I honestly don’t remember much about it a couple of months after finishing it, whereas games like Lunar and Persona will always be cherished gaming memories for me.