Will Final Fantasy XIII revive the JRPG's in the West?

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z101 said:

Gilgamesh said:

I think Final Fantasy XIII should definitely help the situation that JRPG's are in for the West. It's my favorite genre and I've been starving for a good console JRPG, I really hope that FFXIII will bring back the amount of JRPG's that the PS2 had in the West. Final Fantasy XIII is one of the biggest JRPG's of all time along with Dragon Quest and Pokemon. Dragon Quest is usually not releaed in the West but if it is then it doesn't sell very well compared to Japan. Pokemon sells well in the West but it's usually a handheld game and is rarely released on a console. You pretty much have to have a Nintendo handheld to play one.

So Final Fantasy XIII will be the first big JRPG to come to the consoles, hopefully it'll kick start a lot of success. I know for a fact we'll be seeing a lot of JRPG's coming to the PS3 in 2010, so hopefully they sell well.

What do you guys think, will it help the JRPG's in the West?

I don't think that FF13 will have much influence in the western market. It is really not hyped enough here to get a large audience. The last trailers were a letdown (they looked like FF13 is a girlie soap for little girls).

Not hyped enough?

How do you define hype?