@Travakh: XD That wrpg interpretation is so off. You could kill that guy if you wanted to, or just not do it at all. Unlike JRPG which force you to go one way.
@mintfresh: "What makes Japan's definition of an RPG any less valid than our own?"
Because it originated here? Japan needs to have a bit more respect for the genres they have no knowledge about. People here seem to treat Japan like some kinda of demi-god like they do no wrong. People mock American cartoons trying to be anime, and they wont accept it simply because it wasnt done in Japan. I dont see why we cant bring this thinking to our own creations. Japan takes a lot of ideas from America and people just dont seem to realize its happening.
@Shinta: Just because Japan calls it an RPG doesnt mean it is. They grew up thinking an RPG is something like dragon quest and never bothered to look up what an RPG really is, let alone its history. Its not an opinion. Sorry.
And by "everyone else" you mean the rabid japanophiles that will defend anything related to glorious nippon, right?
@mintfresh: Wow someone else that doesnt understand role playing games. The actor analogy doesnt work. Real RPG's (table top/WRPG's) first and foremost let you create your own character any way you want. Its YOUR OWN role. Actors dont get to make up their own role their paid to play as one. So in essence your analogy works for JRPG's. Thanks for the help! :)
@laencythe: Glad to know you have no idea what youre talking about. Blame Japan for dropping the bomb, not the US. They did that to their own civilians first of all for starting it, and then not surrendering, even after the first bomb.