I keep thinking it has to be a console RPG since that cross-genre stuff happens way more often there, but nothing seems to be coming to mind.

Max from Shining Force Neo? I don't think the people fell asleep in that game, though. He does learn a warp move from... someone who may be his grandfather, so who knows.

You're pretty damn close, but its not Max or Neo.

Uh... Amitaliri from Shining Force EXA? I remember nothing about that game except that she was a redhead.

Think of a very much older game (apparently... >.> ). Its definitely more than 10 years old. ;__; Next time I shouldn't use SUCH AN OLD TITLE.

I actually enjoyed NEO and started up EXA not too long ago. But got distracted again and after like 2 or so hours of EXA, its on hold. What's weird is that I watched SD play some old game on Dreamcast that looks exactly like NEO. I did a double take on that and it was Record of the Lodoss War. Should get around to that eventually. :D

Yeah, Neverland developed all three of those games. I never played Lodoss War though, so I have no idea if you're hinting that the redhead in that game is the one you're looking for (I tried looking up "old" too, with little luck). A google search seems to indicate that that dude has no real backstory anyway.

It's a good one, Meia!

EDIT: Now that I think about it, Record of Lodoss War isn't a game series, so it wouldn't have worked anyway.

LOL, alright I'm barreling down to the last kind of hint.

HERE WE GO. http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...avon/doh-1.gif

If I gave out the system that its for, its done.

I imagine it's for the Genesis since you can see A, B, and C in the top left. However, I didn't own any RPGs for my Genesis, so I have no idea. I googled that dude's name and it returend Ys, though I've never played any, so I have no clue (and am too lazy to further google).

Just for the record, its not for genesis... but its in the same vein though.

Hahaha, Christ almighty.

Mars from Shining Wisdom.

Fucking A GB, now you go. Thank god that's over! ;) What finally broke it by the way? Was it really the image? Or the system?

Also notice how damn close you were when you said Max from Neo? LOL

Yeah, the picture is what jogged my memory. I barely played the game, so I never would have guessed it without a visual aid! Okay, here's the new one:

I am one of the famed "Four Swordsmen" of my homeland. Though I bear a cursed rune on my hand that people say is responsible for the world's troubles, I continue to search for a way to end the great war ravaging the realm. Maybe this mark is bad luck though-- after all, my friends and I had our life forces bound together by an evil warlock for a time, and I've even been flung through time and space to the final days of a legendary empire in order to stop its court magician from completing his catastrophic research.

There are a few characters from Genso Suikoden that may fit this description...

Do I at least have the game right??

Nope, you're getting tripped up by the word "rune," I'm sure. This particular rune serves no purpose in the gameplay, and is mostly just a plot device. More hints... this series only had two entries, and the second game's events (the bound lifeforces and the evil wizard) are chronologically the first. I'll throw in another snippet:

A girl who looked after me as a child disappeared many years ago. As it turns out, she was also sent back in time to the same place. But, seeing as I wasn't sent back until much later, there is no real age difference between us anymore.

This girl is the other playable character in the first game of the series.

Sagi from Baten Kaitos Origins?

This and Lufia are the only two games that I know that had been chronically played out of order. And Lufia had more than two installments. ;)

No, neither of those. Though, like those two series, the two installments of this one were both found on the same console (let's not count the Legend Returns or the Ruins of Lore).

Unlike them, however, is that both mystery games have the same protagonist-- Baten Kaitos and Lufia changed heroes in their respective sequels.

If it helps, here's a picture of the cursed mark:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...el/wall-05.jpg

The mark also serves as the series' logo. If that still isn't enough, I'll post a gameplay picture that I think wouldn't give away too much. Hopefully this is enough though.

Can we get another hint?

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...mysteryrpg.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...el/heroart.jpg

I knew that symbol looked familiar, it's Darius from Evergrace on the PS2.

Correct. Your turn.

I feel like I've changed so much in such a short amount of time. I mean, what is a monk like me doing traveling with people like this? I've never met a girl raised by a wolf before and this blue haired kid doesn't really talk much, he only shakes his head yes or no when he's asked a question. Oh, and I can't forget that each of us have a special "friend" of our own. Oh well, it's up to me to find "HIM", the one that betrayed me and my fellow monks. Maybe with the help of my new friends I can accomplish this task that was given to me.

Gala from Legend of Legaia.

Correct. I guess it's back to you.

Whoever posts a new one first gets my spot. Except you, Tankalex, since you just went.

Thanks GB, I greatly appreciate it:

This one is a little easy, so hopefully it'll give the thread a little more momentum, since the last two rpg characters were pretty tough to guess.

"I've always been into fashion, and one of these days I feel like I can be a great designer. I suffer from a lot of insecurity. In the game I take the form of my best friend who I have always envied for a very long time. I spend a lot of time with the main character trying to make him realize he doesn't always have to be alone."