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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Ni no Kuni aiming to recreate 'the good old days' of JRPGs.

    JRPGs have become something of a niche genre--a far cry from when games like Final Fantasy VII commanded gamer mindshare. Why has the genre faded so much?
    Jan 09, 2013 3:15pm PST
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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Ni no Kuni aiming to recreate 'the good old days' of JRPGs.

    JRPGs have become something of a niche genre--a far cry from when games like Final Fantasy VII commanded gamer mindshare. Why has the genre faded so much? : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Wtf does that mean? Random battles? Vague, bullshit new-age plots involving some bitch named Gaia? Androg... : lightly inclined
      • There aren't random battles, you see the enemies as you run around. There's a demo on the PSN and the ... : DerringerThis person is cool!
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      I argue that the genre hasn't shrunken, it's that it hasn't grown with the increase in gamers : RikiTiki2
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        I dunno, if you go back and look at the number of JRPGs released during the PSX generation and the PS2 ge... : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
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          It's odd that two of the best RPGs this gen are on the Wii as well. Heck, Xenoblade is one of my all t... : DerringerThis person is cool!
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            I keep hearing this but i still havent had the opportunity to check it out :( : DemiusThis person is cool!
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              Unfortunately it's hard to find, I hear that some Gamestops still have it at regular price. It goes anywh... : DerringerThis person is cool!
              • If I ever get my Wii back, which is still in Hawaii, I'll happily pass my copy on to a Shacker. : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
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            What's the one that isn't Xenoblade? I'm starting to put more time into it, only at level 11 Mechon just : DeathloveThis person is cool!
            • The Last Story : gzubluck
            • hurry up!!! it's a good game!!!! : Mr.SEX
    • It's faded because you have main characters that are more fem-male and with so much angst it's painful : Volatus32x
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      So it's like The Last Remnant then? : Memphis-Ahn
      • What with that confusing auto-battle and prefab looking areas? Why can't jrpgs just do what worked in ... : avatar_58
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      I like how he called the western RPG's "overly-individualistic". I've always been turned off by titles th... : EnhancedInterrogator
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        I personally disagree. You can never have too many options for character creation/customization, and I'm ... : Dr_Tran
        • A friend and I were discussing the differences between JRPGs and WRPGS not that long ago. He put it kinda... : RevRavenThis person is cool!
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        What he means is a straightforward experience vs one that bends to the player. In Mass Effect for example : pixelat3dThis person is cool!
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          Honestly Chrono Trigger was one of the first games to really do that. In the very least I think it was a ... : OutlawSundown
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            The Wolfenstein of Western RPG's is Ultima in combination with Western developer's deep desire to simulat... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
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              This goes into a history of the differences between the games: http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/weste... : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
              • Just watched part 1, and it seems pretty good. : ArcanumThis person is cool!
              • This is interesting, but goddamn do I wish this dude would stop with the weird voice filter. : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
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              The best Ultima is Ultima VII which can be finished without actually paying ANY attention to stats, equip... : avatar_58
              • From U4 onwards, Ultima has always been more about the story, characters and the world than the game syst... : gzubluck
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                While Torment *can* be finished without min-maxing, you miss out on a lot of stuff if you don't get at le... : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
                • Yes buy that's hardly a hardcore RPG now is it? One or two stats just for conversation? And yet I enjo... : avatar_58
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        i like how he acknowledged JRPGs seem antiquated : bolneze
        • "JRPGs seem antiquated today, so we're going to refresh the genre by doing all the things that make them ... : ArcanumThis person is cool!
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      They seriously couldn't scare me more from this game than writing shit like "good old days of JRPGs" I ha... : abrasionThis person is cool!
      • There's a demo on the PSN, check it out. It's fantastic. : DerringerThis person is cool!
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        So few "proper decent" Japanese games? What do you mean, if not the classic JRPG formula? : bill crystals
        • I guess I simply mean, games which didn't originate out of US, CA, AUD, UK. There's a particular feel ... : abrasionThis person is cool!
    • Because they're horrible. : jingletard
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      I would argue that they mostly suck because you spend most of your time in the battle system, and most JR... : taronishThis person is cool!
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        I think part of the issue there (and WRPGs have this problem too), is that *no* battle system remains fre... : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
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          So many CRPGs are basically tainted by an attempt to replicate the tabletop combat simulations. But table... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
          • I don't think the issue is that tabletop combat is horrible or boring so much as that it's infrequent and... : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
    • More like Breath of Fire 3 please. : Mr. Goodwrench
    • Because whether its the translations or cultural differences, their games seem to written by sexually con... : Rauol DukeThis person is cool!
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      Stories of saving "planet" and 8 year old children saving "planet" and weird hybrid of D&D and Sci-fi was... : rtricoche
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        http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=28680894#item_28680894 : Discrete
        • That could be a pretty interesting game. : ArcanumThis person is cool!
        • So True Lies the RPG? I'd buy it. : Rehevkor
        • The best RPGs are the ones that don't follow tired cliché fantasy plots. : avatar_58
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      I want the Ghibli art and story telling, but you can keep your JRPG. : VictoriouSecret
      • I basically said that to Persona 4 Golden (replace Ghibli with Soejima-san), and it said, "Easy mode is f... : the archvileThis person is cool!
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      the last RPG i got into was for the DS.. Radiant Historia. Hard to get into (first few hours were really ... : DemiusThis person is cool!
      • In my pile of shame! At least I have my copy secured. : LeadPearl