Eternal Anima offers time-bending JRPG excellence with a cute cast of characters

While I like a JRPG from time to time, turn-based combat isn't my favorite thing ever. I'd prefer to be fully involved, brain whirring and button-mashing skills combined. When I saw how the recently announced game Eternal Anima shakes up the format a little bit, I was pretty excited, and that excitement feels justified after my recent experience trying out an hour of gameplay. I was left feeling satisfied that the game would do well with both JRPG fans and more casual players like me. As seen in the trailer, which the devs unveiled at September 2026's Nintendo Direct, Eternal Anima is a top-down, turn-based RPG that utilizes both the fantastical parts of magic and the time travel elements of sci-fi. In the preview material for the upcoming Switch 2 game, which was about three hours into the game, the theme leaned more heavily towards the fantasy side of things, with the exploration in an area called La Boset focusing on a forest with rivers.