The ps3 has sprite rpgs. Is that snes revival? No

So radiant historia and devil survivor arent either. They are just as modern as anything else. No they couldnt of existed on the snes. Nor would the ever have been localized.

Megaten was never localized before the jrpg community grew, and now they are localized.

Metacritic doesnt mean anything. Especially when not every site reviews the same game, nor the same reviewer, with the same bias. You want critical acclaim, ask the fans.

According to mistwalker it did go platinum worldwide which for a new ip rpg is PHENOMENAL

There hasnt been a single western rpg better than even a mid tier japanese rpg this gen which has seen more rpgs, on more systems than ever.

In fact weve seen more rpgs from past gens, in this one. Because they are so popular

How does a game like Shadows of the Collosus figure into this? I suppose it isn’t all that different; the battles still shape the arc of the story as well as the action of the game play. The content of the gameplay between bosses is different but the form is more or less the same. But do you think making an entire game about boss battles could change this dynamic drastically?

I agree with you on handhelds, which is why I didn’t comment on them. The SNES-era revival on the DS and PSP have produced tons of excellent JRPGs. Two of my favorite JRPGs of all time (Devil Survivor and Radiant Historia) have both been handheld releases. So I’m with you on that. They are “relics”, though, in the sense that they could have existed without much alteration on the Super Nintendo.

But saying Lost Odyssey was critically acclaimed is pretty much bullshit. 78 on Metacritic, less than a million copies means a decent reception critically and commercially but hardly “acclaim”.

You are knowledge less, you generalize, and you hate

Yes jrpgs defined the psx and ps2.

And this gen they define the ds,psp, the wii, and even the ps3 in terms of rpg

skyrim is generic garbage, mass effect isnt an rpg, dragon age 2 was shovelware.

I would take any japanese rpg over any western rpg any day

Your insulting lost oddessy comes off as hollow shit. It was critically and commercially successful

You are knowledge less, you generalize, and you hate

Yes jrpgs defined the psx and ps2.

And this gen they define the ds,psp, the wii, and even the ps3 in terms of rpg

Theres been hundreds of critically acclaimed japanese rpgs this gen. Metacritic, is a companies waste of time.

It doesnt take a genius to see that considering consoles position in japan, there have been more japanese rpgs than ever, and alot of really stunning ones.

“but these games did nothing but reinforce the trope that the JRPG was a relic of the past. ”

So because a game is on a handheld its a relic of the past? Is that why handhelds are number 1 worldwide? Maybe consoles are a relic of the past.

I would take twewy over skyrim anyday

“The “best” console JRPG of the generation, Mistwalker’s Lost Odyssey, felt like a good title lost at sea trying to find relevance in a market that didn’t desire it. By way of comparison, it felt like Jade Empire or Knights of the Old Republic stripped of its Star Wars trappings: Lost Odyssey was a good game that wasn’t quite sure how to conquer the realities of the modern HD generation.”

this is the most retarded statement Id ever read. Lost oddessy was critically acclaimed and sold very well. It seems like the market did desire it. Disgaea 4, highest selling disgaea. 13-2 critically aclaimed

“:Because here’s the thing: while the last two generations were defined by JRPGs (the Playstation by Final Fantasy VII, the Playstation 2 by Final Fantasy X and, in the minds of its rabid fans, Persona), in this one they’ve barely been a footnote.”

oh so your a sony troll who is so insecure that japanese rpgs are actually MORE popular this gen. Thats why we are seeing older titles

Your a troll, and an rpg moron