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It's not a JRPG, but why wouldn't it be an action-RPG? You level-up your character with an experience points system, you learn new attacks and spells, gain new armor and weapons, and there's even an emphasis on exploration.
Emerald_Warrior
Just because there;s EXP points does not automatically make a game an rpg. It's an Action-Adventure type platformer with rpg elements. If SoTN is a rpg then that would make X4 a rpg and that makes no sense. Exploration also does not randomly make and an rpg, otherwise Super Metroid is an Rpg. do you know what an Rpg is because you seem to be generalizing.I think just the opposite of generalizing is happening here. I think you're definition of an RPG is narrow-minded. I think many gamers think that JRPGs are the only "true" RPGs, but in reality RPGs come in many flavors. And it's more than just an action-adventure game. Last I checked The Legend of Zelda doesn't have experience points, a leveling-system, or character stats. Admittedly, it does have some incredible platforming to the game, but that doesn't mean it's not an RPG.
Heck, JRPGs weren't even the first RPGs in video games. WRPGs and dungeon-crawlers were around on PCs long-before Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy came around.
i WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DEFINITION OF AN RPG. Which castlevania does not qualitfy in anyway, and Jrpgs are more like more animated visual novels than actual rpgs. in most cases. 
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