With the recent japanese release of Final Fantasy XIII and many re-releases of JRPGs coming to the PS3, there is no doubt that the start of the year 2010 is The Year of RPGs. Let's take a look and what's coming.

Final Fantasy XIII

This series has been talked about many more times than I can count on multiple websites. So much hype has been built around this series, the good, the bad, the ugly, everyone seems to have something to say about it whether it be good or bad. Regardless of this fact, the japanese PS3 version has already been released and an international version for the english speaking will be released March of 2010. Trailer below.

Personally, I'd play the japanese version if I knew how to understand and read japanese. The english version of FFXIII will replace the intro song with an R&B singer named Leona Lewis, which after listening to it, makes me think twice in purchasing the english version as the song is horrid to my ears.

Ar Tonelico III

Have not been able to really follow the other two previous games as the lack of availability for the other two is very slim. But seeing the trailer for this game seems very promising to get. Have heard good things from the Ar Tonelico games. Trailer below.

White Knight Cronicles

This is actually the first time I've heard of this game but not the first time I've heard of the Level-5 company. Seen the trailer and it seems very promising. Have heard it was very popular in Japan so lets see if it becomes popular internationally. (I doubt it as the japanese and american markets are almost completely opposite as gaming is concerned.) Trailer below.

Trinity Universe

I'm not too sure what to say about this game but it does look interesting in my opinion. Has cute anime characters, contains the Disgaea characters as well and it seems like an RPG as well. Trailer below.

Tales of Vesperia

This series will be seeing a re-release to the PS3 as before it was an Xbox360 Exclusive. Also in this re-release there will be more content added as well as a new character. Currently from what I've gathered its only released in Japan, whether there will be a release for international gamers is not known. If you know and can show proof that there will be an international release then please let us know. Trailer below.

Star Ocean: The Last Hope International

This is another re-release, originally it was another Xbox360 exclusive but now it has been ported to the PS3 with new content added for this International release. Whether the international part is intentional to state that will be also released around the world is not known, but if you have any information in this regard please let us know. Trailer below.

Personally I'm a fan of this series and honestly cant wait for an english version for this game.

Final Fantasy Versus XIII

Finally but not least, Final Fantasy Versus XIII. While it may seem like a sequel to XIII itself, it seems completely different in every regard and many people are anticipating this game more than Final Fantasy XIII. No release date has been set for this and not much information is known on this game either as it's still in development. Trailer below.

The character shown on the trailer looks very bad ass and reminds me of Cloud from FF7. If they were to remake Cloud in a different setting/story/etc etc I would get this no questions asked.

So there is the list of RPGs coming in 2010. Are you wanting to get any of these RPGs? If so, which ones? If not, then why not?