| Rei said: What kind of impact has Pokemon made on the industry and the genre? aside from being phenomenally popular itself? The concept of collecting monsters has been used in RPGs before, and I dont see a lot of games inspired by Pokemon. FFVII on the other hand has introduced cinematic way to tell a story and arguably brought the genre to 3d. But more importantly - it has brought the attention of masses to the whole genre and made it mainstream. Even today's RPGs are in many ways inspired by FFVII. It has really done something bigger than just "sold a lot" |
I am not going to argue impact with you, as the both of us lack enough knowledge to make an educated argument on that front.
The question is about whether or not a JRPG will ever be better-known than FF7. The answer is clearly yes, as Pokemon has been better known for over a decade.
