Yakuza 4 - IGN

Hello y'all. I was looking up the jrpg releases for 2020 last week and holy hell this year is a juggernaut for jrpgs. I have compiled a list with dates of release or TBA, a video link, and a brief description of what they are if I know anything about the game. Given how long this will be, I'm not going to be editing it for grammar so apologies in advance. Now, let's get on with this shall we.
January: Well, we are already mid way thru Jan and a few titles have already dropped but lets just list them out right now.

1. Super Robot War X (Jan. 10) (Switch/PC) (SRPG). Visually its not very impressive but the series has always had solid gameplay, not inferior to FE imo on that particular aspect. Its basically a gundam mashup, tho this one has lelouch and guren lagunn in it as well. Basically its what happens if all those gundams and gundam pilots from all those gundam animes got put into one game with some original characters and a original story. And somehow, the series have always made it work. I haven;t played this one yet, but from previous experience you dont really need to know the original anime of these characters and the series can be played standalone with each game as its own.

Original Gematsu JP announcement trailer from 2 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlW-hAwJ9ZE
2) Atelier Dust Trilogy (PC/Switch/PS4). So this one doesn't require much explanation. It's atelier dusk. It's already out I believe. Some people would argue that it is the best or second best trilogy of the series. Cute characters doing cute stuff. Pretty intense time/resource simulator if you are trying to go above and beyond but if you just want to do as much as you need/want and pass the game then it can be a casual but enjoyable experience. Light hearted story as all ateliers are mostly (cough cough iris), tho this trilogy does have a slightly gloomier setting/story. Nice place to start if you are new to the series.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9hWacAkAAA
3) Orangeblood (PC) (Jan.14). So this is a game that almost no one has heard about lol. Seems like a japanese INDIE. Retro styled turn base. Seems really interesting. I've tried looking up the devs grayfax software but I haven't really found anything substantial. It seems like this might actually be a one man job or at least that of a very small team tho I can't be sure.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNhaaJgPCD8
4) Ephemeral Tale (Jan. 14) (EARLY ACCESS). Honestly, I know nothing about this one. Its a retro style turn base game for sure, but it's just entered early access so who knows how it will turn out.
Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1204320/Ephemeral_Tale/
5) Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls (PC) (Jan 15). This is a straight up dungeon crawler, the classic kind. Nothing groundbreaking but if you want a classic styled relatively difficult dungeon crawler this may be for you. Developed by Acquire and localized by Xseed. Funny enough, gamespot had a review which said that this game lacked an automap feature. They were wrong lol. That being said, it needs to be unlocked first. The process can require some effort so I can see how they may have missed it if they were just rushing thru it for a review. Thus, some pen and paper may be necessary. Like I said, this is of that old school design choice. Just one word of advice, make sure you pay attention where you are going, its super easy to get turned around in this game.
Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5xKt_M8zGQ
6) The Alliance Alive HD Remaster (PC) (Jan 16). This is honestly a good game. It started out as a 3ds title and it definitely shows in the visuals. The super oversimplified version of the story is, the world is fucked, lets try and fix it. I know, I know, but honestly its a good story, with good characters. The battle system is interesting. Rather than focusing on getting levels for the characters, you get levels for your skills, and some skills are tied to your weapon usage. There's other stuff too like awakening talents. You basically have to do character building manually. It can be a bit jarring at first and the game can get difficult in the 2nd half but if you put in the time to learn the system there can be a lot of fun to be had.
Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSx2nEKCrQE
7) Tokyo Mirage Session FE Encore. (Switch) (Jan 17). I don't know much about this game except its a FE x SMT with a slice of persona? Honestly, you are better off asking some other redditor than me, but I do plan on getting it cause from what I've been told the gameplay is actually good and the story is satisfactory.
8) Utwarerumono Trilogy (Jan 23 and TBA) (PC): This is a very, very dialogue heavy series. Did I mention it was very dialogue heavy? Its basically a visual novel, but every chapter ends on a srpg combat map. There's also free battles. The battles aren't really that hard, and you can always grind it out on the free maps but my experience is that in the hard maps you can definitely strategize it. It's definitely a story focused, story first type of game. It has a interconnected story, politics, romance, war, some really interesting mix of fantasy and a little bit of scifi. Utawarerumono, mask of deception, and mask of truth will be ported to PC on Jan. 23, tho they have already been available in the west on ps4 for a couple of years. the two games are direct sequels of each other. Deception moves at a fairly slow pace, with a lot more slice of life moments than truth. It definitely has its high pace moments, but for the most part the game establishes the characters and the empire which the game takes place in. Truth, the sequel, builds off the set up from the first game, and goes full force. It also has more combat maps than deception, if memory serves. Is it anime as fuck, hell yeah. Is it epic as hell if you like anime and are okay with a slow paced, slice of life set up? hell yeah. Now, this a trilogy, and the two mask games are actually the 2nd and 3rd games. The first game will be releasing in the west for the first time in a remake called the Utawarerumono: Prelude to the fallen. It has a mid 2000 anime adaptation as well, if anyone's interested. This will be released for ps4 and pc. The release date is TBA but it's likely to be in early to mid 2020. There is also a full fan made eng patch for the original on pc. Prelude to the fallen happens in a different kingdom, under a different protagonist. But in game timeline wise it is contemporary to the mask games, and there is a direct relation to them. You can play the two mask w/o doing to prelude, there's no issue with that if you just want the two mask game's MC's story. Despite the amount of cute girls in the game its actually not a harem lol. You have a main female interest, and other female characters get matched off with with other male characters. Whether that's good or bad will depend on your tastes lol. Personally, I love the chemistry in the relationships whether they be friends or lovers.
Mask of Deception: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tv8qY9wAI8
9) Arc of Alchemist (Jan 30) (PS4/Switch). I don't know how I feel about this game. It sounds like it could be interesting, but that gameplay has me hesitant. Its a post apocalyptic setting, action jrpg. The western release is a expanded version with a bunch of new playable characters, a better UI, and more stuff in your base camp. I think those are there to help you get exp faster? Its not exactly something I'm hyped about but who knows, it might have a unique charm that you have to play to feel for certain people. I'm keeping my eyes on it, maybe during a sale.
Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFS1zz1bWQ
Well, that's it for January. Now, the next few months don't have a lot of confirmed releases, so we'll get thru them pretty quickly. After that tho, we will get to the TBA category, which is going to be a LOT of titles. Some of them are more than likely to release in 2020, some are mere rumors, and others, nothing more than a glimmer of hope (cough cough SMT V), but I've included them regardless.
February

1. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics (Feb 4th) (PS4/Xbox One/Switch/PC). Some of you might remember this as that random srpg reveal in e3 2019. Well, we got a release date. The jury is still out on this one. It could be a solid srpg or it could just be a cheap imitation of a storied genre. I didn't find much detail on it overall.

E3 2019 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx48r-xqVg4
2) Yakuza Remastered Collection (Feb 11) (PS4). Yes, I know. Me putting this here is asking for a jrpg genre debate once more. That being said, I'm trying to be inclusive as possible and I've seen people on this thread arguing that yakuza series are all jrpgs. This brings yakuza 3-5 remastered to the ps4, with all the cut content that were not available for the original ps3 releases in the west. They are not full remakes tho, so the games definitely show their age compared to the kiwami stuff.
Yakuza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6lT28S9zM8&t=9s
3) Kingdom hearts 3 DLC (Jan for ps4 and feb for xbox). Well, here we are again. From what i've read its more of a full expansion than a dlc. 13 bosses, a full story that occurs sometime before the final battle? extra episodes and some UI adjustments? also more difficulty mods? and new playable characters. Apparently kairi will be playable at least.
March

1. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (Switch) (March 6). Its pokemon.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh9lNsUB4yY
2) Langrisser I & II (ps4/switch/pc). (March 10). Oh I'm hyped for this. I think this will be the first time langrisser 1 is getting a western release too. There was a fan patch attempt that never fully materialized. You can switch between the older and new artstyle.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahzjI9NeLTc
3) Nioh 2 (ps4) (March 14). It's Nioh. With character creation, and a few more gameplay additions. There was a demo. Its not open anymore but here's some footage.
demo clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A13OHXzK38
4) Fairy Tail (PC/PS4/Switch) (March 19-20). Honestly, for an anime game, this looks like it has actual effort put into it. It actually looks good. Shudders in tokyo ghoul tie in game, oh the horror. Any way, it seems to start at around the time skip in the original story, and has a few arcs from the anime plus an original story.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9TpEohmt7E
5) Persona 5 royale (March 31). Self explanatory.
April

1. FF7 remake - Self explanatory
2. Trials of Mana (PC/PS4/Switch) (April 24) - i think this is also another case of an old game being localized for the first time. I quite like what i saw from the trailer. Seems like a good action jrpg.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLjUkBlmKNs
May

1. Sword Art Online: Alicilization lycoris (May 22) (ps4/xbox one/switch/pc): All your waifus belong to me - kirito 2020. But honestly, again, the trailer actually looks kinda good. I am so on the fence for this. I didnt like hollow delux and fatal bullet but i had some mindless fun with holy song or whatever that one's called. I'm going to wait for a deep, deep steam sale, a few years from now.

trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJR_FJk1twc
TBA - I'm just going to do a list here, definitely missed some titles, but the major projects in dev should be on here.
Phantasy star online 2, Cold steel 3 switch and likely pc port, Cold steel 4 (ha i wish lol), SMT V (one should not lose hope after all), Sakura Wars, Azure lane Crosswave, rune factory 4 special, crystal chronicles remaster, banner of the maid, bravely default II, Cris Tales, CrossCode port to the consoles, Digimon Survive, Genshin Impact (not sure if this counts as a jrpg), is it wrong to pick up a girl in a dungeon - infinite combate, some more KH and yakuza ports to the xbone, tales of arise, tales of crestoria (mobile), xenoblade chronicle definitive edition, gran blue fantasy relink, rune factory 5, Unsung story (could be a sleeper hit or a mess, started by the creator of ff tactics and vagrant story, but it seemed to have had development issues), edge of eternity (an indie in early access but has constant updates and improves and have decent to good reviews in their later builds).
Edit: Utawarerumono Prelude to the fallen is for PS4, PC and vita, not yet ps5
Edit: Yakuza 7 TBA