Will there ever be a JRPG as well known as FF7? A FF7-Killer, if you may.

[johnsobas]

Khuutra said:

Rei said:
I disagree Khuutra. The way I see it Pokemon is only well known to its specific audience. It hasnt made an impact on the industry as big as FFVII has.

The continued popularity of the animated series would disagree with you - as well as the size of its audience at the height of its power, and the fact that its audience is still large enough to break 20 million units sold every generation.

The question isn't even about "impact", though the collecting-and-controlling-of monsters impact of Pokemon is difficult to overstate, since it ended up having a lot to do with the eventual success of Yu-Gi-Oh and what have you. It's about being well known. For years, everyone in the United States and Japan knew what Pokemon was - I odn't know how it was in Europe, but once you go beyond the very narrow demograhic of the Internet Gamer Nerd, Pokemon is literally incomparable in its genre.

 

oh yea it's not even close.  Pokemon was way bigger even if you are just talking about Red/Blue vs FF7.  Pokemon was far more well known and it stomps all over FF7's sales.  That is what the thread is about, i see too many people bringing up off topic excuses.