ivysaur12 said:
Holy shit, I don't think I could be more pissed off right now.
And of course, game "journalists" won't press Nintendo on this at all.
Of course they won't, any JRPG is seen as completely "unevolved" to American audiences in the gaming press, regardless of whether or not it's true.
It's really a shame that JRPGs have gotten so much backlash over the years. Comments from WRPG developers disparging them and Square Enix's [who are seen as "the" JRPG developer despite there being many more] money troubles haven't helped things. And it seems like the west has an aversion to handhelds, where many JRPGs are headed now.
Honestly, I really do think that the problem isn't so much JRPG themselves, but the people who have grown out of them thinking that the entire genre is completely unneeded altogether, and those particular people happen to be in control of the gaming environment now.
We already know that JRPGs can appeal to different people besides the 18-35 white male demographic, but that what makes the most money. Trying to appeal to them will only honestly end up in failure. Rather than trying to "grow up" and try to replace the nostalgic memories of older gamers, they should find an entirely new audience altogether, like what Nintendo did with the Wii.