Help me complete my JRPG list!

[yanazake]

Hmm, you sure have got me interested in this game. But still, the main reason I can't add this to the list is that you're the only person who says this is an RPG. Here:

None of these reference websites lists this game as an RPG. I need other people to agree on this, since I haven't played the game myself. I would love to hear other people's opinions on this here, but since no one has had any comments on this so far, I created a topic at gamefaqs. I hope some people reply there so I can decide on this.

I can't disagree at all with that line of thought. But let me say, try to make the same topic on Patapon 2 and 3 boards. The games change slightly, but their essence is the same. I'll discuss this over playfire too and share my results later. THIS, is an interesting topic at least! Time to blow some gamers' minds.

[Ragnar]

Thanks for the insight. I've separated the games like this:

Does this look right? I excluded Dark Savior because Wikipedia says it's not an RPG.

That looks fine IMO.
I'd consider Dark Savior a RPG myself, but it's understandable for people to think otherwise. It's fairly actiony, with lots of platforming, and fights are somewhat infrequent. And the fights aren't typical RPG fare, they made them fighting game-ish. You kinda have to see it to decide for yourself, here's a youtube video, skip to 13:30 to see a fight.

[yanazake]

I just noticed that gamefaqs lists Patapon as a PLATFORMER... Alright, there is ONE jump command, [parry, dodge, the like...] and it's not actually required, since you can just defend sometimes or even use the retreat command. If it's a platformer because of a jump... Then Excitebike is a platformer too?

[gezegond]

@gezegond

Yeah, Makai is a spin-off, but put it on the list anyway

Added to Disgaea series.

That looks fine IMO.
I'd consider Dark Savior a RPG myself, but it's understandable for people to think otherwise. It's fairly actiony, with lots of platforming, and fights are somewhat infrequent. And the fights aren't typical RPG fare, they made them fighting game-ish. You kinda have to see it to decide for yourself, here's a youtube video, skip to 13:30 to see a fight.

I'll just take your word for it then.

I just noticed that gamefaqs lists Patapon as a PLATFORMER... Alright, there is ONE jump command, [parry, dodge, the like...] and it's not actually required, since you can just defend sometimes or even use the retreat command. If it's a platformer because of a jump... Then Excitebike is a platformer too?

It seems Patapon is everything but RPG.

[yanazake]

I only got two responses to my posts, and one is positive and the other is negative...

I have to admit, Patapon has too much things crammed in to receive a decent tag. Forget I ever mentioned it. =_=