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. |
Is Panzer General a JRPG also? I believe SRPGs need to be broken off as their own niche, because of what is involved. A SRPG to me has its own focus. Yes, there is stat-building, but the focus is on the use of strategy/unit position/etc... to complete missions. In a JRPG, it is on the story and also the building up of characters and improving their stats.