Should America or Japan feel ashame of the lack of "Jrpg"

Post by **jfrost** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:42 pm

o.pwuaioc wrote:
jfrost wrote:As much as Japanese designs, then. The muscle-bound hero hasn't gone out of fashion, though, it seems.
Not entirely, but it's not, as it seems to me, as prevalent as the bishonen style. It seems that everyone is portrayed very girlish, while that's hardly typical to any sort of reality. But then again, in Japan 9 year old girls routinely save the world, so...

Oh, come on. In which reality do spandex-wearing masked heroes abound?

Post by **Flake** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:12 pm

jfrost wrote: Oh, come on. In which reality do spandex-wearing masked heroes abound?

Mexico and the South West United States. Luchadores, yo.

Post by **jfrost** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:14 pm

Flake wrote:
jfrost wrote: Oh, come on. In which reality do spandex-wearing masked heroes abound?
Mexico and the South West United States. Luchadores, yo.

Hahaha.

Post by **o.pwuaioc** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:15 pm

jfrost wrote:
o.pwuaioc wrote:
jfrost wrote:As much as Japanese designs, then. The muscle-bound hero hasn't gone out of fashion, though, it seems.
Not entirely, but it's not, as it seems to me, as prevalent as the bishonen style. It seems that everyone is portrayed very girlish, while that's hardly typical to any sort of reality. But then again, in Japan 9 year old girls routinely save the world, so...
Oh, come on. In which reality do spandex-wearing masked heroes abound?

I was referring to physique.

Post by **MarauderEX** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:54 pm

Since I have noticed the thread has a wrpg vs jrpg overtone (which discussions about jrpgs tend to go nowadays)

this picture pretty much sums it up to me

I love both genre of rpg, but there has been a steady decline in mainstream jrpgs that are not on a handheld in the US. All the while wrpgs are picking up steam... There is a correlation between the 2.

as it was said before its the market...

RyaNtheSlayA wrote:Um... what?

If you're asking whether America or Japan is to blame for the lack of JRPGs, then I don't think either of those are the answer to that. The market right now just isn't really interested in the old style JRPGs. So if anybody, blame the consumers.

Pretty much end of thread in my opinion

Post by **pakopako** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:57 pm

MarauderEX wrote:Since I have noticed the thread has a wrpg vs jrpg overtone (which discussions about jrpgs tend to go nowadays)... this picture pretty much sums it up to me

Great picture!

RyaNtheSlayA wrote:If you're asking whether America or Japan is to blame for the lack of JRPGs, then I don't think either of those are the answer to that. The market right now just isn't really interested in the old style JRPGs. So if anybody, blame the consumers.

Ugh. Consumers are a fickle lot; popular trends can appear just as suddenly as they disappear. One day it's Pokèmon, the other day it's Dragon Age. Soon, RPGs will go back to being dice rolling in the forest with wooden cutlasses.

Post by **BoringSupreez** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:01 am

pakopako wrote:
RyaNtheSlayA wrote:If you're asking whether America or Japan is to blame for the lack of JRPGs, then I don't think either of those are the answer to that. The market right now just isn't really interested in the old style JRPGs. So if anybody, blame the consumers.
Ugh. Consumers are a fickle lot; popular trends can appear just as suddenly as they disappear. One day it's Pokèmon, the other day it's Dragon Age. Soon, RPGs will go back to being dice rolling in the forest with wooden cutlasses.

I doubt it. That would be like people going back to analog broadcasting, or manual can openers. Maybe the classic RPG mechanics and stylings will come back, but it'll be as a Facebook game or something.

Post by **pakopako** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:07 am

BoringSupreez wrote:
pakopako wrote:Ugh. Consumers are a fickle lot; popular trends can appear just as suddenly as they disappear. One day it's Pokèmon, the other day it's Dragon Age. Soon, RPGs will go back to being dice rolling in the forest with wooden cutlasses.
I doubt it. That would be like people going back to analog broadcasting, or manual can openers. Maybe the classic RPG mechanics and stylings will come back, but it'll be as a Facebook game or something.

While I was just being snide, old RPGs as Facebook games... seems totally plausible. I mean, games like Final Fantasy Adventure / Seiken Densetsu have been on the Mobile Phone market in Japan for years now.

(And I still use manual can openers! I have way too many Swiss Army Knives, even a P38...)

Post by **Betamax001** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:06 am

pakopako wrote:I doubt it. That would be like people going back to analog broadcasting, or manual can openers.

And I still use manual can openers![/quote]

They have non manual can openers? And here I am using my hands like a sucker.

Post by **AppleQueso** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:35 am

Automatic Can-Openers are finnicky and unreliable anyway

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