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

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MDMAlliance said:

F0X said:

MDMAlliance said:

Just because people do it, doesn't make it correct or the right way.  I don't think I've seen any RPG reference itself as a "JRPG."  

I have. A recent example would be Project Phoenix.

I personally wouldn't count that due to the fact that it comes from an indie developer.  Indie developers are a lot like consumers in that they are willing to use titles that loosely define what it comes from.  Also, looking at the kickstarter, the specifics seem to indicate that it is influenced by "Japanese RPG style" (probably pointing at the traditional formula many RPG's in Japan had).  Again, the term itself is flawed unless you wanted to use it literally.

The official website (not the Kickstarter page) used the term "JRPG". Regardless, you are right. The classification is probably about as official as "Metroidvania", but at least Metroidvania has a very specific gameplay type attributed to it, so it's not so easy to misuse the term.