RPGs of the Week: Fragile Eternity Edition

Now that we live in a world where Final Fantasy XIII is officially old news, it is time to look ahead towards future RPGs. As a certain industry figure once described, we, the "core gamers," are insatiable. There is never enough. And to prove it, feast your eyes on the RPG horde of this week (March 15 - 20, 2010):

North America
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening – BioWare, EA – PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon – Tri-Crescendo, XSEED – Nintendo Wii
Infinite Space – Platinum, Sega – Nintendo DS
Mount & Blade: Warband – Taleworlds, Paradox – PC
Resonance of Fate – tri-Ace, Sega – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3

Japan
Darksiders: Shinpan no Toki – Vigil, Konami – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
King’s Bounty: Armored Princess – Katauri, E-Frontier – PC
King’s Bounty: Gold Edition – Katauri, E-Frontier – PC
Moe-moe 2-ji Daisenryaku 2: Yamato Nadeshiko – System Soft – Nintendo DS
Ys I & II Seven Set – Falcom – PSP

Europe
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening – BioWare, EA – PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon – Tri-Crescendo, Rising Star – Nintendo Wii
King’s Bounty: Armored Princess – Katauri, Focus – PC
Mount & Blade: Warband – Taleworlds, Paradox – PC
Torchlight – Runic, Tradewest – PC

The major Dragon Age: Origins expansion, Awakening, is available in North America and Europe this week for the HD machine of your choosing, as is Tri-Crescendo's melancholy Wii RPG, Fragile (curiously renamed Fragile Dreams, as if that sounds more 'Western,' 'mainstream,' or 'RPGish' or something). Also, those who enjoyed the indie-ish WRPG Mount & Blade might be interested in the expansion Warband for the PC.

Meanwhile, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners in North America have the opportunity to pick up tri-Ace's first true multiplat RPG, End of Eternity, again curiously renamed Resonance of Fate, which is decidedly less catchy. Those who prefer their JRPGs portable and graphic novel-ish might instead be swayed by Platinum's Infinite Space for the DS.

European gamers, on the other hand, have a chance to pick up a boxed version of King's Bounty: Armored Princess, or the well-received MMO Torchlight for PC.

Japan also gets a double dose of King's Bounty for PC, yet another Ys reprint/bundle for PSP, Moe-moe 2-ji Daisenryaku 2 for DS this time, and the Zelda for people who like to punch treasure chests in the face, Darksiders.

What's on your shopping list this week?