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Samus Aran said:
sc94597 said:

Pokemon is quite a standard JRPG with some unique features. Turn-based combat with random encounters, linear story progression, micro-management, etc, etc. A lot of people forget about it though and often say Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest are the two largest JRPG's when, in fact, Pokemon is bigger than both.  

I agree with your main point though. Any JRPG that is mainstream tends to appeal more to the West than Japan, with the exception of Dragon Quest. 

Yeah, I thought there were certain rules for something to be considered a jrpg, but apparently the only rule is that it has to come from Japan. My bad.

Pokémon is a beast though, it occupies the first 9 spots lol!

Depends on whom you ask. Basically JRPG = Console RPG, WRPG = Computer RPG (if we were to talk about the 80's and 90's terminology.) Pokemon is definitely true to the Console RPG, while something like Dark Souls - even though the developer is Japanese - is more in-line with Computer RPG's. 

Pokemon will probably die with the human race. I can see it being on its 30th generation in 2100. 



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JRPG means japanese role playing game,
Pokemon is made in japan,
its a JRPG.



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OfficerRaichu15 said:
JRPG means japanese role playing game,
Pokemon is made in japan,
its a JRPG.


Well it can mean just that but it can also refer to the style used by most Japanese RPG's. I personally prefer categorising games as Story-driven (mostly JRPG's) or Character-driven (mostly WRPG's) when talking about RPG's. Makes things less confusing.



sc94597 said:
Samus Aran said:

Yeah, I thought there were certain rules for something to be considered a jrpg, but apparently the only rule is that it has to come from Japan. My bad.

Pokémon is a beast though, it occupies the first 9 spots lol!

Depends on whom you ask. Basically JRPG = Console RPG, WRPG = Computer RPG (if we were to talk about the 80's and 90's terminology.) Pokemon is definitely true to the Console RPG, while something like Dark Souls - even though the developer is Japanese - is more in-line with Computer RPG's. 

Pokemon will probably die with the human race. I can see it being on its 30th generation in 2100. 

CRPG is technically its own genre.  Divinity Original Sin and Pillars of Eternity are CRPGs.  Technically, JRPGs and WRPGs are just regional terms, especially WRPG.  Turn based combat and derivative forms are more common in JRPGs than WRPGs.  But even then, WRPGs can be similar, as in the case of Dragon Age Origins.  Etc.  This was less the case early on in the 80s and 90s.  Now, WRPGs would be Elder Scrolls and Dragon Age Origins, CRPGs would be Pillars of Eternity, and Pokemon etc would be JRPGs.  But more and more games are bending the rules like FFXV and XCX.



tbone51 said:
benao87 said:


Ah, sorry mate, ...I guess ¯_(ツ)_/¯


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