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Neither genre's are true RPGs. You want a true RPG go play a fucking trading card game. It wasn't until recently that WRPGs have had half the stuff you are mentioning. WRPGs basically are Action-Adventure games while Jrpgs are a type of strategy game. Jrpgs rooted in Ultima and Wizardry. Both of these are based off games like Dungeon & Dragons. Whether you like it or not, both came from the same thing. Dragon Quest isn't much different from WRPGs of the time, and neither genre is a TRUE RPG. Please go ahead and show me a definition that says Role Playing, or Role Playing Games need these requirements that you mentioned. I never remembered customizing my characters in Magic: The gathering, a game I played when I was 8. Is that not an RPG? I didn't interact with any scenery, it was just there for mana. To be honest, you don't even need to level in an RPG. How about you go fix your definition of an RPG first then come back and tell me that WRPGs are "True" Role Playing games.