Stop using JRPG?

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Published on March 7, 2023 4:00:00 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IrR81mQwOs

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Naoki Yoshida criticized the term JRPG in a recent interview. He raises a lot of very valid concerns. Going even further, are ANY of our RPG segments even useful? What even IS a JRPG?
Is it time to stop using JPRG?

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Chapters:
0:00 Older Than 15 Years...
0:31 Japanese Developers SAVED RPGs
2:27 Why Does the Term Exist?
4:23 Is This Even a USEFUL Division?
5:34 Action RPG
6:25 Guaranteed To Become Useless
7:26 TL;DR

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