Why do most PC gamers think all JRPG is Final Fantasy style including Pokemon?

Alot of PC gamers here seem to think that all Japanese RPGs has Gameplay like Final Fantasy style or other RPGs with similar style of gameplay. But not all Japanese RPGs are the same!!!I even notice PC gamers refuse to try out Pokemon because its a JRPG and they think it will be the same thing as Final Fantasy!!!

But Pokemone is far from having a Final Fantasy style gameplay!It has a completely different gameplay style!

Unlike in Final Fantasy where you are set with a predetermined cast and you haveplay mostly by walking around and grinding Pokemon is completely different.

In Pokemon gameplay deals with catching creature called Pokemon and training them.You do not have random encounters unless you go in areas infested with different Pokemons such as caves or grasses.Unlike in Final Fantasy the combat systems deal with you commanding a Pokemon in battle.You tell your pokemon battle commands and assist them with handy tools such as potion.Each Pokemon has its own set of strengths and weaknesses in battle.

Pokemon's leveling and customization system is quite fun and unique.

You raise you Pokemon mainly by continuosly sending them to battle.As your Pokemon raises in levels it learns new special moves and raises in stats.With most Pokemon in the game once you train them to reach a certain level they evolve into more powerful Pokemon with cool designs and awesome new powerful moves.In the game there are these items called TMs and HMs which you could use to make your Pokemon learn unique and very powerful or usefull moves that will aid you in battle or in catching more Pokemon.

Not all Pokemon evolve by battle.For some of them you will have to give them special elemental stones or trade them with other gameboy players.

The story is linear and deals with you trying to become the greatest Pokemon trainer in the world but you don't have to do the story campaign.Instead you could just go around beating various Pokemon trainers to make your pokemon stronger or go to various locations to capture all sorts of Pokemon for your Pokedex collection.Guess What?

There are over 150 Pokemon to catch in the game!!!

But you cannot get them all with your won copy.You have to go and trade some of them with other Gameboy owners to get Pokemon exclusive to other versions.

Pokemon titles get released in different versions.

For instance there is a Blue and Red version of Pokemon.Each title have Pokemon exclusive to them.You can only get these Pokemon by trading.

Additionally you can only get evolved forms of some Pokemon by trading them.

Also when you trade Pokemon the one you get in returns gets a bonus for bein a traded Pokemon.That Pokemon raises levels faster than a Pokemon normally would and can be more powerful than before it got traded!!

And Pokemon has a very fun multiplayer mode where you battle other gmaeboy owners who own a copy of one of the Pokemon games.

Pokemon is fun and unique.But PC gamers won't give it a try because they think its Final Fantasy style gameplay because its a JRPG!!

Pokemon is different from Final Fantasy and is in fact one of the most entertaining and unique RPG series ever made!!

Why do most PC gamer think all JRPGs are the same??

Pokemon is as fun and deep as many popular PC WRPGs such as Diablo,Baldur's Gate,and Neverwinter Nights!

A matter of exposure, mainly that all JRPGS that has been ported to PC mainly have been the same Final Fantasy mold types, carbon cut out wannabes and memories of when the PC gamers had thier consoles and playied the first 4-8 Jrpgs they got thier hands on and never bothered again.

It is true that there really are JRPGS out there that does not follow the mold, but basicly all mainstream ones does.

1 Most JRPGS bore me (just opinion and all that)

2 Pokemon is fun

3 Stop being such a fanboy, no one will take you seriously

themeteor-A PC gamer who enjoys Pokemon.PC gamers like you are almost impossible to find.

JRPG MMO's are all the same the gear the face's the crummy graphics they suck.

Pokemon is a ->RPG

Made by -> Nintendo

Which is in ->Japan

Therefore ->JRPG!

But why the defensiveness? There are far worse things to be like than Final Fantasy.

When looking at an RPG it is a story first and the gameplay is supposed to ease the story along. JRPGs tend to (not all mind you but all but most I have played do) force repitition of turn based battles that take no skill in the least so it doesn't ease the story but hurts it. Who wants to play a game with an amazing story but most if not more of the time is spent leveling that isn't even fun in the least for me? That is why I don't play most JRPGs.

The sad thing is if they would do away with that stupid turn based system (TB isn't all bad but how final fantasy or its clones are) for something that is engaging or makes more sense as opposed to facing enemies while exchanging blows JRPGs could be closer to what I see the Infinity Engine games as, a visual novel. In Fallout it is a grid combat system that never gets old because it is dynamic and changes with every encounter while requiring a little bit of thinking. One JRPG that I absolutely loved was Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions. You know why? It had an interesting story along with a combat system that was very good but required no grinding (you can but its not required in the least) and actually posed a challenge.

When looking at an RPG it is a story first and the gameplay is supposed to ease the story along. JRPGs tend to (not all mind you but all but most I have played do) force repitition of turn based battles that take no skill in the least so it doesn't ease the story but hurts it. Who wants to play a game with an amazing story but most if not more of the time is spent leveling that isn't even fun in the least for me? That is why I don't play most JRPGs.

The sad thing is if they would do away with that stupid turn based system (TB isn't all bad but how final fantasy or its clones are) for something that is engaging or makes more sense as opposed to facing enemies while exchanging blows JRPGs could be closer to what I see the Infinity Engine games as, a visual novel. In Fallout it is a grid combat system that never gets old because it is dynamic and changes with every encounter while requiring a little bit of thinking. One JRPG that I absolutely loved was Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions. You know why? It had an interesting story along with a combat system that was very good but required no grinding (you can but its not required in the least) and actually posed a challenge.

Whiteblade999