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Interesting, I did like the early/mid-90s JRPGs.

You can pick it up now on GOG or Steam
https://www.gog.com/en/game/8bit_adventures_2

Western-made on RPG Maker... prepare for poz and disappointment. You cannot have a good JRPG without a Japanese mind behind it.

Who knows, maybe this will be an exception.

heard the first one was "meh" and never bothered, I expect the same out of this.

Looks like a RPG Maker game.
Also, I tend to avoid anything that has "a love letter to old games like X, Y, and Z". Can't remember the last time I saw a game that was good and had that as part of the marketing.