Is Zelda an RPG?

[Samus Aran]

Aeolus451 said:

Samus Aran said:

None of those are elements of rpg.

Earning gear/upgrades is one of the main characteristics of Metroidvania games. So is Metroid Prime an rpg now? You upgrade Samus's max HP/energy tanks.

Sonic 2006 has npcs to talk to. So Sonic is an rpg now? In fact, Metroid Prime 3 also has npcs to talk to.

What does longer gameplay have to do with anything? A game's length does not define an rpg. South Park: Stick of Truth is quite a short game.

Rupee grinding? Thanks for letting me know you never played a Zelda game. Rupees are useless in most Zelda games or so easy to come by that you don't need to grind for it. I guess Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is an rpg now because you can spend your banana coins in Cranky's shop to buy items. And obviously GTA games are rpgs too...

Quite frankly, you have a limited gaming experience if you think those are elements exclusive to rpgs. Is every game where you jump a platformer now?

Those are some RPG elements typical in most RPG's in zelda games and there's enough there for it to be considered a action rpg. I'm trying to have a sensible discussion with ya and you're bring up games that have nothing to do with this. "Metroid is a rpg. donkey kong tropical breeze is a rpg. GTA games are rpg's." We're discussing RPG's and not nintendo's line up.

If Zelda is an rpg, Metroid is as well. You can't have one without the other.

Zelda is not an rpg and never will be. The makers consider it an action adventure. The reason why it has things in common with an action rpg is because those games both have action elements.

In any rpg you increase your hp by getting experience through battles. You can grind how much you want in a Zelda game, it won't increase your hearts.

The reason I'm bringing up other games is to show you how ridiculous it is by stating those elements are only found in rpgs.

It might help in this discussion if you ever played a game I brought up. But you clearly haven't considering you can't even get the names of the games right. Tropical Breeze? Really?