The Atelier games are what I also thought of.

The first Inazuma Eleven game, Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter and the early Pokemon games would also count.
 

English only

I don't really mind the english only myself. If it has as much dubbed as previous entries, I will be pretty happy.

Whatta bunch of Jokers

Just beat Shadow of the Colossus.

Now and then, Here and there is another depressing series. The first episode is really misleading though.

I am watching Arakawa under the bridge.The humour pretty stupid but effective.

Insidious

Friends recommended this to me but I didn't really like it. First half was ok but it seemed to really go downhill in the later half. Hopefully Sinister is better.

Professor Layton and the Lost Future had a great ending even if it was depressing as hell. Everything that possibly could went wrong for Layton at the end.

A few games I would recommend would be

PS1
FF6
Star Ocean 2 (Better than TLH but I do not know the reason you disliked it)
Suikoden 1 and 2

DS
Radiant Historia (Great game with a great soundtrack)
The World Ends With You (Quite a unique game. You may want to look up the gameplay first)
SMT: Devil Survivor (Tactics mixed with turn based battle)
Etraian Odyssey (Not sure how you feel about dungeon crawlers)

Nostalgia - DS

I feel like I should like this game. It has features in it that I love yet this game somehow pushes me away. Things may go better if I give it another attempt.

Dragon Age - PS3

I think I just did not give this game the chance it deserved. If I have time over Christmas I will retry it.

Breath of Fire 3 - PSP

I love BoF IV and think I should like this also. I pretty much just gave up on this game after foolishly looking at a thread on gamefaqs. It explained about the master system and the amount of missables contained within.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers - Wii
This game was one of the three I got with my Wii. I played this game for about an hour before putting it on the shelf. I partly blame Rune Factory Frontier for this. I hate the idea of only giving a game an hour chance so I will play it eventually. I think it was the main characters personality that drove me away. He reminded me of Luso from FFTA2.

I am pretty sure I will give them all another chance. I still remember when I used to damn Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter for its very existence. While it is not my favourite game now, I still had a blast when I gave it another shot.  

I always enjoy it when games let you listen to their music soundtrack. A lot of the FF ports allow you to listen to them. Replaying certain cut scenes is also awesome. 

I love games that let unused characters gain experience along with the rest of the party. It gives you the incentive to actually use the characters later.

I didn't think Enchanted Arms was that bad. Admittedly I got it when it first came to PS3 at a time when the RPG library was quite small. My memory on it is quite fuzzy but I liked it well enough. Xenoblade is the better game by far though.

Could it happen to be the chef inside one of the stalls? I think his name is Giorgio or something.

Most people probably know this already but if you trade for an item and give the other person something a lot more valuable, they will give you an extra item that is not on their trade list. I wish the affinity chart had an option to see what each person is trading.

Against the odds
We choose to fight
Blossom Dance!

Dunban is awesome and the 30% agility from no clothes combined with agility gems makes him almost unstoppable.