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SmokedHostage on 06 January 2009

I thought about this when I was browsing Virtual Console.  Apparently The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is under RPG and Adventure. 

Now I ask you.

1.) Is The Legend of Zelda an action adventure series or a RPG?

2.) Is the Metroid Prime series a bunch of FPS's or Action Adventure games?

3.) Is Pokemon a series of JRPG's or 'Monster catching' games?

4.) Is Pikmin a series of Real Time Strategy games or.. something else?

5.) Is Wii Sports a 'mini-game compilication' or a sports title.

Someone please clear this up.. or at least argue in an intelligent manner.



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woopah on 06 January 2009

1. action adventure

2. first person action adventure (mixed genre just like SRPG)

3. RPG

4. real time stratergy

5. sports title, albeit a very unique one



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Oyvoyvoyv on 06 January 2009

1) It is an action adventure game, with Role-Playing elements. Some would call it a(n?) RPG, but I wouldn't. I checked, OoT is (in Norway) not filed under Rope-playing games. Only under adventure games. I guess you're just making this up, but I won't accuse you of that.

2) It is a First-Person adventure game. That's a genre, no problem.

3) It is a JRPG. You catch the monsters instead of them being people who join your group. Fire Emblem (sort of) does the same thing. If it wasn't for the strategy, that would be as JRPG as it gets.

4) It's real time strategy. It says so on the box.

5) :O You added this. Wii Sports is, as the title inclines, a sports game. It is a non-traditional sports game, but still a sports game. Wait, do you consider tech-demo a genre?

 

Your threads are really improving, aren't they?



http://www.vgchartz.com/games/userreviewdisp.php?id=261

That is VGChartz LONGEST review. And it's NOT Cute Kitten DS

SmokedHostage on 06 January 2009
Oyvoyvoyv said:

1) It is an action adventure game, with Role-Playing elements. Some would call it a(n?) RPG, but I wouldn't. I checked, OoT is (in Norway) not filed under Rope-playing games. Only under adventure games. I guess you're just making this up, but I won't accuse you of that.

2) It is a First-Person adventure game. That's a genre, no problem.

3) It is a JRPG. You catch the monsters instead of them being people who join your group. Fire Emblem (sort of) does the same thing. If it wasn't for the strategy, that would be as JRPG as it gets.

4) It's real time strategy. It says so on the box.

5) :O You added this. Wii Sports is, as the title inclines, a sports game. It is a non-traditional sports game, but still a sports game. Wait, do you consider tech-demo a genre?

 

Your threads are really improving, aren't they?

Nope but people seem to use that as an excuse to say that Wii Sports isn't the best selling game of all time.

 



Pixel Art can be fun.

Lucas-Rio on 06 January 2009

1) Zelda is an action adventure game.

2) Metroid prime is both a FPS and a action adventure game.

3) Obvious and easy. Pokemon is a JRPG without a doubt.

4) Real time strategy.

5) Sport game mainly.



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Oyvoyvoyv on 06 January 2009
SmokedHostage said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:

1) It is an action adventure game, with Role-Playing elements. Some would call it a(n?) RPG, but I wouldn't. I checked, OoT is (in Norway) not filed under Rope-playing games. Only under adventure games. I guess you're just making this up, but I won't accuse you of that.

2) It is a First-Person adventure game. That's a genre, no problem.

3) It is a JRPG. You catch the monsters instead of them being people who join your group. Fire Emblem (sort of) does the same thing. If it wasn't for the strategy, that would be as JRPG as it gets.

4) It's real time strategy. It says so on the box.

5) :O You added this. Wii Sports is, as the title inclines, a sports game. It is a non-traditional sports game, but still a sports game. Wait, do you consider tech-demo a genre?

 

Your threads are really improving, aren't they?

Nope but people seem to use that as an excuse to say that Wii Sports isn't the best selling game of all time.

 

 

 But why is that included in the question about what genre it is? You're sending your own thread off topic, in the OP!



http://www.vgchartz.com/games/userreviewdisp.php?id=261

That is VGChartz LONGEST review. And it's NOT Cute Kitten DS

irstupid on 06 January 2009

Maybe that is why NINTENDO games are so good is becuase they don't just stick with one genre and each game is using a few.



SmokedHostage on 06 January 2009
Oyvoyvoyv said:
SmokedHostage said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:

1) It is an action adventure game, with Role-Playing elements. Some would call it a(n?) RPG, but I wouldn't. I checked, OoT is (in Norway) not filed under Rope-playing games. Only under adventure games. I guess you're just making this up, but I won't accuse you of that.

2) It is a First-Person adventure game. That's a genre, no problem.

3) It is a JRPG. You catch the monsters instead of them being people who join your group. Fire Emblem (sort of) does the same thing. If it wasn't for the strategy, that would be as JRPG as it gets.

4) It's real time strategy. It says so on the box.

5) :O You added this. Wii Sports is, as the title inclines, a sports game. It is a non-traditional sports game, but still a sports game. Wait, do you consider tech-demo a genre?

 

Your threads are really improving, aren't they?

Nope but people seem to use that as an excuse to say that Wii Sports isn't the best selling game of all time.

 

 

 But why is that included in the question about what genre it is? You're sending your own thread off topic, in the OP!

Because apparently, tech demo, Wii Sports and Wii Play are used in the same sentence or paragraph.

 



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liquidninja on 06 January 2009

Well I think Wii Sports is a Arcade game. But then again I just read a article on that so...



atma998 on 06 January 2009
Lucas-Rio said:
1) Zelda is an action adventure game.

2) Metroid prime is both a FPS and a action adventure game.

3) Obvious and easy. Pokemon is a JRPG without a doubt.

4) Real time strategy.

5) Sport game mainly.

 

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