Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Kantor said:
Why it is not a JRPG:
1) You capture little beasts and they do the combat for you.
2) It's not story focused at all.
3) It is aimed at children
4) While a JRPG story usually involves a grand adventure, Pokemon's story involves a teenager trapping small animals inside miniature prisons and forcing them to fight until they fall unconscious.
I suppose I exaggerated a little. It certainly is an RPG, and it's Japanese. It shares some traits with JRPGs, but I wouldn't consider it a JRPG. It just doesn't take itself seriously enough. I suppose when I think "JRPG" I think something like Final Fantasy, so Pokemon would be a very different kind of JRPG.
It's still awesome, though 
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Dragon Quest Monsters is still an RPG and it focuses on 'monster collecting'. And how in the hell is a game not a JRPG because it is aimed at kids and doesn't have a 'deep' storyline? Your post seems to be leaning towards the view that all JRPGs have to be like Final Fantasy/Tales of Vesperia to be 'JRPGs'. May I point you to games like Paper Mario, Chrono Trigger and of course, the entire Dragon Quest series.
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I graciously accept defeat at the hands of those who know more about JRPGs than me.
FF13 will be the best selling console JRPG, then.
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