Slimebeast on 06 July 2009
How on earth can there be so much JRPG fans on VGC??
Look at the poll results! Final Fantasy has almost 50% and there's still several more JRPGs that also got enough votes to beat the measly 6 western-RPG (of 30 franchises!) that are included in the poll. Less than 20% of the total votes cast were put on a WRPG!
| 28% (35) | Shin Megami Tensei | |
|---|---|---|
| 8% (10) | Suikoden | |
| 8% (10) | Chrono | |
| 5% (7) | Xenosaga/Xenogears | |
| 43% (53) | Final Fantasy | |
| 12% (15) | Fire Emblem | |
| 4% (6) | Mana | |
| 1% (2) | Ys | |
| 4% (5) | Lunar | |
| 7% (9) | Phantasy Star | |
| 1% (2) | Shining Force | |
| 0% (1) | Wild Arms | |
| 5% (7) | Grandia | |
| 4% (5) | Star Ocean | |
| 7% (9) | Fallout | |
| 3% (4) | Shadow Hearts | |
| 3% (4) | Dark Cloud | |
| 8% (10) | Mother/Earthbound | |
| 4% (6) | Baldur's Gate | |
| 4% (6) | Disgaea | |
| 2% (3) | Monster Hunter | |
| 19% (24) | Pokemon | |
| 8% (11) | Elder Scrolls | |
| 8% (11) | Mass Effect | |
| 8% (11) | Tales of .. | |
| 6% (8) | Dragon Quest | |
| 8% (10) | Fable | |
| 13% (17) | Kingdom hearts | |
| 8% (11) | Knights of the Old Republic | |
| 3% (4) | Breath of Fire |
(^correct me if there's a WRPG franchise I missed to put in green)
In 'the real world' WRPG is a bigger genre than JRPG, even if we're just looking at console numbers (with PC included JRPG would be totally crushed by WRPG in number of gamers and sales), but here on VGC it must be like it's 4:1 in favor of RPG-lovers who prefer JRPG over WRPG.
Amazing. But how can it be so?
This question is almost thread worthy.
