Tecmo's foray into JRPG land yielded Aqutallion - a.k.a Secret of the Stars, a Dragon Quest-like that more or less complies with the rules of the genre. In between a QoL-minded approach and plenty of creative moments (although one has to wait until the second half to find something memorable), its main 'feature' allows players to switch control between 2 parties - a system occasionally used for dungeon & loot access, but also a clear attempt at doubling the time spent grinding.

Poorly named items with effects you could never guess, a bland story, a bad encounter rate, limited inventory, and other problems all exist in this game. This game fails to compete with other RPGs from the SNES era, let alone multiple NES RPGs. This game doesn't impact the formula in any way, and instead makes a lot of mistakes that even the first few JRPGs handled better.