I think you're looking for Kingdoms of Amalur.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1041720/Kingdoms_of_Amalur_ReReckoning/

"There's a little something for everyone"

An official Nintendo version of the Retroid pocket flip would actually be pretty sweet.

Looks cool, Fantasy Life on the 3DS was a fun game.

Ys 8 has a soft lock toward the end where if you didn’t do enough side quests to build up enough affinity with your castaway group and party members you would get treated to a bad/neutral ending. Fortunately at that soft lock point there are enough ways to build up those points so you can progress past that point.