blaydcor on 11 January 2009
Yeah, but a game's genre isn't defined by its writing, protaganists, and/or adherence to structural archetypes.
Earthbound; it doesn't fit your mold for JRPG's...but it is one. The notorioius "Charles Barkley Gaiden: Shut Up and Jam"--NBA basketball players in a post-apocalyptic world aren't really typical of JRPG's, but it IS a JRPG.
Also, the scant handful of Mario RPG's out there are not strictly the same type of game. Super Mario RPG, Paper Mario, and Mario and Luigi all differ at least to some degree from each other.
Crusty VGchartz old timer who sporadically returns & posts. Let's debate nebulous shit and expand our perpectives. Or whatever.
