What game comes to mind when I say RPG

[Weegee]

dtewi said:

Weegee said:

Do you really think that the recent 8 million people who have bought pokemon golf/silver do not consider pokemon an rpg ?

Also, you must not forget that there is a lot of pc gamer or xbox fan who probably never play FF and will think rpg = Diablo or WoW or the hundred of dungeon and dragon game (Dungeon siege , baldurs gate , nerverwinter night etc.)

8 million isn't common. It's actually a minority.

Do.. you think... that Pokemon... is COMMONLY considered... to be an RPG? Many people don't know what an RPG is. The people who know what RPGs are are most likely gamers. However, the majority of people are not gamers and the majority know what Pokemon is. Do you think they consider it to be a genre they don't even know about?

No , I simply think that most of the pokemon game fan are gamers and they know the rpg genre and they also know that the pokemon game are rpg.

When pokemon diamond/pearl have landed on DS , 16 million have bought the game, probably a couple of million were casual. But do really think that the 8 million who have bought almost the same game twice (pokemon platine , heart / soul) were casual gamer who do not know the genre ? No , i'm pretty sure that the 8 million guy/girl were hardcore gamer who want the entire collection or/and want to puts another 100 hour to capture monster and beat the team rocket.

And all these hardcore gamer probably think 'pokemon' when there hear rpg and not by reflexe, by instinct.