Jumpin said:
Fire Emblem and Shining Force are both JRPGs. Strategy RPGs like that are a sub-genre. "JRPG" is a term used to distinguish the Japanese made RPGs from the non-Japanese made RPGs. There is a difference though between games like Fire Emblem and games like Advance Wars (which is not a JRPG).
Some games from Japan, though, are listed as RPGs when they are in fact not. The most common of these is Zelda. |
I disagree, I think that a bunch of Americans living in America could make a JRPG, they just generally don't, for much the same reason no Japanese devs make traditional FPS..
I think that what makes a JRPG a JRPG is a similar theme, gameplay style etc, just like any other genre.
That said, it's all semantics and there's no right or wrong, so go on thinking what you think :)