Gameranking's Top J-RPG's of All Time

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adriane23 said:

KylieDog said:

adriane23 said:

KylieDog said:
Demon's Souls isn't a JRPG.

Yes it is.

No, it isn't.  J/W RPGs are not determined where they were made, but the style of the game.  It is modelled on the WRPG game type.

Whoever told you that should be slapped in the throat. If that was the case, then I guess the Penny Arcade RPGs are JRPGs and games like The Granstream Saga and Dark Cloud are WRPGs. And what is the "WRPG game type" exactly?

He's not completely wrong about Demon's Souls, though. The game was something of a spiritual succesor to King's Field, which was very much inspired by WRPGs like Ultima.

Every time someone uses J/WRPG as a genre classifaction tends to cause confusion. :P And it's inheriently flawed, as all JRPGs ever released have been inspired by WRPGs down the line, back to the original Ultima and Wizardry. So, you are right - JRPG should mean "RPG developed in Japan" as opposed to a certain style of game divorced from its WRPG cousins.

Besides, I'm seeing more and more gameplay commanalities between them recently (see: Xenoblade). And I like it.