Mikami: JRPG's were never popular in the west -- is he rite?

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jarrod said:

Well, I wanted to argue against this, but literally every million selling JRPG in the west this gen has had "Pokemon", "Final Fantasy" or "Mario" in the title. :/

 

• Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (DS) Nintendo
• Pokemon Platinum (DS) Nintendo
• Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver (DS) Nintendo
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness (DS) Nintendo
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (DS) Nintendo
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS) Nintendo
• Final Fantasy III (DS) Square Enix
• Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (DS) Nintendo
• Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (DS) Nintendo

• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) Square Enix

• Super Paper Mario (Wii) Nintendo
• Pokemon Battle Revolution (Wii) Nintendo

• Final Fantasy XIII (360/PS3) Square Enix

lol...

• Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (DS) Nintendo
• Pokemon Platinum (DS) Nintendo
• Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver (DS) Nintendo
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness (DS) Nintendo
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (DS) Nintendo
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (DS) Nintendo
• Super Paper Mario (Wii) Nintendo
• Pokemon Battle Revolution (Wii) Nintendo

These dont do a good job at disproving the thread titile for 2 reasons. you said the 1st one, Name Brand..if i has pokemon, FF or Mario its gonna sell. Second reason these " Hidden" JRPGs as in if you asked the average of uneducated gamer( of hell even some educated ones) What genre are they playing there not gonna telll you a JRPG... Most players of Pokemon or the Mario games dont even know there layin a JRPG.

EDIT: btw you lost me SO4 is currently at 940,000k acording yo VGChartz..so unless you meant 60k im lossed