i still need to get around to that on my PC

Yeah it's definitely an investment. I think it's something like 50 hours.

I've played a VN (not finished it yet) that is estimated at 6x longer than that xD

So a few details have surfaced about SAO Hollow Realization
the world in it isn't specifically Aincrad as it's not layers, but instead adjoined areas
the combat wil have differences from Hollow Fragment, they have confirmed no Auto Attacks
they have also confirmed plans for online multiplayer for the game (although I was expecting this since Re: Hollow Fragment has it)

Tales of Zestiria is about to launch on PC in a few minutes and will be available tomorrow for console

^ holy shit that's alot of pink man

Re;birth 3 is out on Steam now
Mugen Souls has been released on steam
Tales of Zestiria has been released on PS3/PS4/Steam

SAO Lost Song will be out in 2 weeks

Atelier Escha and Logy Plus comes out January 19th, LE is available from NISA (and also likely the only way to get a physical copy)

So Sword Art Online Lost Song is finally out as of 2 days ago and so far the game is a ton of fun

Neptunia Action U, Monster Monpiece, Hyperdevotion Noire all headed to steam
MegaTagmansion Blanc+Neptune vs Zombies coming out for Vita in Spring
Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force coming to PS4 in spring

Is there anything out that is an absolute must buy? I haven't played a great Jrpg since Ni No Kuni. I put 100s of hours into that. I figured this would be a great place to start.

I don't mind childish storyline or anything(evidenced by the last Jrpg I played), as long as it's well developed. Gameplay mechanics aren't a factor either. Lemme know!