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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It’s funny this Final Fantasy 7 Revelation discourse is popping because next week’s podcast episode is about the time in the summer where I indulged in the excess that is Rebirth. Can’t wait for you all to tap in

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hollow Bastion is probably in my top 5 locations in all of JRPGs. It does so many things well, impeccable level design, puzzle design and elite storytelling. You can't ask more from a JRPG location #KingdomHearts

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I underrate #MotoiSakuraba sometimes. The fact that he uses the same techniques across franchises like #StarOcean and #GoldenSun makes his work blend together. However here I fawn over the flute in Isaac's Theme

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

You know what I loved about the old #MonsterRancher joints is how you can use CDs in game to create monsters. Using an RnB joint or a Reggae joint to make a monster felt so novel

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

It was a messy year here at Menu Combat, it means a lot that you all listened this year despte that. Special thanks for @ziaddd.bsky.social for ushering this seasons most listened to episode. Heres to another year of JRPG conversations! Tell me your fave moment this year

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

What is the best #JRPG puzzle dungeon/ design since 2010?

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Which game developer has stayed with their IP the longest Hint, hint it involves a jrpg .

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Part of what @jaymuhammad.bsky.social was trying to share with me is that in playing #RPG games I need to embrace the help that items give, cause that’s what you do as the main character. Help others.

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Do you consider a weapon an item in a RPG? @jaymuhammad.bsky.social discuss if the general permanence of weapons are enough for them a different category of thing than “item”

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I took a listen to the #Persona5ThePhantomX OST, and clearly they just decided to run it back turbo with Lyn. Fatal Desire is HEAT.

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

What does it mean to play in the spirit of the game? Sometimes I feel if I use too many items in an rpg I am cheating the expected experience and solution of a player. #Talesof and #Persona are games where I don’t feel that. But for other #JRPG games, I feel like I am betraying the game designers

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The design of the Shadow Yukiko boss in #Persona4Golden truly encapsulates the issues she is facing. It’s so well designed!

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I wonder how Persona 6 will use technology to investigate its themes. #Persona4 used TV’s relationship with public truth in late the 2000s and #Persona5 used an anonymous online presence disrupting power in the mid 2010s.

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Seeing Shadow Yosuke and Shadow Chie claim to be the true self, got me reflecting on my therapy sessions. I am excited to continue to connect the #Persona4Golden shadows to lessons from my therapy sessions.

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

#Persona4Golden has an omniscient narrator who tries to suggest how to feel and act, and coming from #Persona5Royal I find that a little odd. Is that something you think helps you feel the emotions of the player character more?

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

With Sephiroth vanquished in #FinalFantasyVII we say goodbye to the unholy math equations

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

One thing @ziaddd.bsky.social and I agreed on is that progression design can be insidious for the player. Games that aren’t RPGs that use progression stats are so weird . #HorizonZeroDawn having RPG leveling was an odd decision.

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I brought up #YS as a series that I hear doesn’t waste your time to @ziaddd.bsky.social . Let’s just say that doesn’t go as planned 😅

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The progression of #TalesofVesperia to your combat arsenal is magnificent. But the time convey that growth is 65 hours. Could you make that sense of growth occur in a shorter time span?

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Here @ziaddd.bsky.social describes that #JRPG combat tend not only to waste time but literally take advantage of your real world time.

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I am not a #JRPG completionist! I don’t want to do all the sidequests or get all the ultimate weapons. The game should be fine as is. The only thing I get FOMO on is characters!

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

It’s clear why some fans of the original #FinalFantasy7 became anti-turnbased combat. The sense of grandeur is so key to its experience .

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I love how thoughtful the materia system is for #FinalFantasy7 with how they incorporate drawbacks .

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

For the next #FireEmblem , do you want to see paths or routes or something else.

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

One thing that was interesting in #FireEmblemThreeHouses is how time gated supports make the interactions more authentic . @actuallizard.bsky.social posits that adding conditions to them might be the next step to enrich the supports.

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

One of the most interesting things about #FireEmblemThreeHouses is its use of antagonistic supports to build bonds and connections . @actuallizard.bsky.social highlights that even though Fates and FE7 has them, Three Houses has much more #FireEmblem

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The first two episodes of season 3 locked and loaded for you all . Tommorow is the debut!

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A tale about how I didn’t understand #TalesofSymphonia in 2004

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I am in the Shinra building in OG #finalfantasyvii, what non spoilery advice would you give me to get the most of the experience! Once I heard about missable characters I wanted to know more to make sure I get them but didn't want to fall into spoilers!

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Also surprised that the Persona 5 episode was the fan favorite this year

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

It was a different year for Menu Combat's second season. Thank you for listening to us. Can't wait to return for season 3.

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Maybe you are curious if we ever talked about #Persona5Royal on Menu Combat. We did earlier this year, this snippet is about how strong the hook is !

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Menu Combat @menucombat.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

If you want to get a gist of what the discussion is like on the Menu Combat podcast, give this discussion of Gilgamesh from #FinalFantasyV a whirl!

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