JRPGs still may have hope yet!

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emilie autumn said:
the first lines lost me, JRPGs were bigger in the 16bit era than in any time, saying that the genre exploded into mainstream when FFVII was released is not accurate.

Incorrect. They got a huge popularity bump with FF VII, and their finest hour, both in sales and quality, was in the 32-bit gen.