Well your frustration has ended, that is the correct answer! Though Skyward Sword will likely be the new top dog and bump Link to the Past off the list, those are my five favorites. I thought  I had stated in previous Q&As my distaste for Majora's Mask, but I guess people forgot because they kept including it in guesses! Anyway, thanks everyone for the entries, I think next contest I may have you all guessing my top five favorite Final Fantasies. That will be fun!

You know what, the PSP was really kind of old school from the start. It got ports of a bunch of classic RPGs, and for the most part the new content for the system had a decidedly old-school feel to it as compared to the DS, since it didn't have new touch screen controls to mess around with. Look at the lineup of RPGs on the system some time. Though there are plenty of duds (I'm looking at you Lord of Arcana), they are far outweighed by the volume of quality content. Heck, Europe even got two classic ports, Breath of Fire III and Tales of Eternia, that never came out in the US. The PSP is cheap now, as are its games, so go for it!

I would say start with Knights in the Nightmare. I know that also has a DS version, but I think the game may actually be easier to control on PSP, and has better visual as well. It's truly an original experience. Next up give Gladiator Begins a try. Not sure if it is directly available in Europe, but it's a gladiator RPG where you create your character and then participate in various events on your road to freedom. Being so combat focused it can get repetitive at times, but the package overall is great. Persona 3 Portable is a brilliant port, possible even better than the original. Trails in the Sky is an absolute must for anyone who loves Japanese RPGs. Make that your first purchase! Monster Hunter is of course worth trying as there is something to Japan's love of the series. An oddball recommendation would be Mimana Iyar Chronicle. It isn't the best RPG out there, but the localization by Aksys is just great. Sadly I can't comment on Growlanser. I've yet to play anything in that series!

Last but not least, buy all the Ys games. That is an order!

Looking forward to hearing from you again sir!

You know I don't think I really appreciated it back in my youth, but the soundtrack truly is quite amazing. My only gripe remains the battle theme which I think they needed to switch up later in the game. Still, I like that it occasionally calls back to Chrono Trigger, but for the most part it does its own thing, and really that's true of the game as a whole.

Oh man Forever Rachel, that is a classic tune right there. Anyway, all fantastic choices from the Chrono Cross soundtrack. This game is really kind of unappreciated when you think about it. I wonder if a nice update that fixes the story a bit would finally get many to realize the quality of it. Especially the soundtrack, one of the absolute best ever.

The variety in the soundtrack is amazing, and all the tunes do a great job of fitting with the location or event that they match up with. I think there are many instances where the music can be so good that it makes everything in the game better, and this has to be one such case.

More nice choices. I have yet to truly play Valkyrie Profile, but I will get to partake in those tunes soon. Final Fantasy VIII I think is a little underrated. Some songs are a bit too similar to themes from Final Fantasy VII, but when it hits a high point, it REALLY hits it out of the ballpark. I mean that opening theme for instance is just amazing. I have a real soft spot for FFVIII, which I hated as a kid and then really enjoyed when I gave it a second chance. I even love Eyes on Me (I'm terrible I know)!

Legend of Mana you know I'm a huge fan of given the team that made it. The audio-visual qualities of that game are just through the roof, and it has aged splendidly. I'd still give the edge to Secret of Mana, but it is very close.

Lufia II is another I've never played. I'll have to look up some tracks!

I was never much of a fan of Xenogears, but that had absolutely nothing to do with the soundtrack.

I'd have to go with either Dark Souls or Resonance of Fate. Both are fantastic and include new game plus modes that keep increasing in difficulty (Dark Souls keeps increasing for at least eight playthroughs I believe). That would probably keep me busy and happy for quite a long time!

Wait what? Legend of Mana is amazing! I'd have to say Unlimited Saga. It came so close to being a cool computerized version of table top RPGs but got so bogged down by horrible interface and design decisions that it just went completely off the track.

I'd have to go with Infamous. Very nearly an RPG, and it's a fantastic open-world super hero game with a city designed around the hero's powers. One of the best games of that type I've played in quite some time.

I'm not sure what you mean buy two games to get one, since those games are two completely different and (for me) fun Zelda games. The only thing you get for playing both is  a bonus boss fight. My least favorite Zelda would have to be Zelda II. It is just so stupidly unbalanced and annoying at times that I usually don't find it to be much fun.

I have not, I've read about it however and it sounds like quite the oddball game. Is it worth playing?

I've dabbled a bit in all of the games except for few, which I bought a physical copy of I think like a week before they released it on PSN. Good series, never really loved any of them except Dragon Quarter, which we'll get to in a minute. The games felt pretty average as far as JRPGs go for me, but at least had a slightly different style to them. Wish the series hadn't ended abruptly.

I'm going to go with Dragon Quarter as well as Resonance of Fate. Both provide very interesting post-apocalyptic worlds that I think could be expanded upon much more. Of course they also share in common being absolute classics that no one seems to have purchased. Still, both could use some kind of continuation.

I really have to go with Final Fantasy X. It really was such a heart-breaking ending that it deserves commendation. More games need endings like this, after all, when saving the world you'd think that more heroes would die along the way. I guess not everyone can be Suikoden?

I haven't but it is sitting on my PSP waiting to be played. I'll let you know my thoughts soon!

Cloud and Tifa what now? I think I still may be missing that one. I hear you on the Secret of Mana point, I gave that poor sprite girls' names so many times its not even funny! I can't really think of anything else other than that at the moment, I shall see if memory serves me better the next time you write in. Look forward to hearing from you again!

Yeah I'm not sure I get why Sony does, or did things like that. Isn't that the reason Working Designs eventually sited as for why they went under? Its a shame, as given the popularity the series has gained here I think they would have done just fine.

Interesting, sounds like the Devil Summoner games we actually got are quite a bit different, huh?

That is really a shame. Even more a shame they didn't bring over the Saturn version! I wonder what stopped this one from coming over. Its not like it was a port of an SNES game or something, it just seems very strange. Maybe some day it will make it over in the form of a remake!

Interesting, I wonder then why they chose to reuse the Devil Summoner name instead of calling them a new sub-series? Regardless this deepens the pull of cool SMT games that I really wish we had gotten. I look forward to hearing about the next sub-series! Thanks again for these histories, they really are quite fascinating!