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@AnteCash:

Have a look at the like dislike ratio in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

How did that do?

When I first heard this, I rolled my eyes and laughed, thinking some Nintendo fan was trying way too hard to defend "his" company. But, to see this actually came from Nintendo themselves...wow...

I don't like or dislike Nintendo, but this is about as hard as you can spin something. 3DS has outsold them both combined, because it was released years before them.

Now, if it had outsold them THIS YEAR, then they'd have a point. But it didn'...

The only thing you sort of have a point about is sports games. Uncharted, Halo, Witcher, and Fallout are the games that are becoming one mega genre. The only difference is the camera angle, and the type of weapon you use.

@Lennox:

You know WHY they've stopped gaming?

No one makes games for them anymore.

You live in a fantasy land.

"Will you stop acting as if the whole industry is going to crash just because you don't get very many turn based games."

Never claimed it would.

"There are plenty of other genres of games out there"

That exist in the form of shovelware. That's the problem. Most people who are FANS of those genres are IGNORING them. They're worthless.

That argument is no different than saying, "If you want it to be an ARPG, mod the original into one."

It's absurd.

"Not really. Developers need to understand that they don't need to follow new audiences, old fanbases will buy the game and create buzz for new audience members to become curious enough to take interest in the game."

THANK YOU! You create new, younger fans by keeping the old fans happy, and making the younger fans wonder what the fuss is all about. Of course not all of them will like it, just like not all older fans like it.

This mindset of &q...

I agree with almost everything you said. Personally, I wouldn't consider a single SquareEnix game amazing. I think the best they've managed is Final Fantasy 12, and even that was so big of a departure that I don't even consider it a "real" Final Fantasy.

I also don't care that the remake is episodic, even though I hate episodic games. I don't care, because I'm not buying it anyway.

There's no reason a big-budget turn-based RPG wouldn't fit into today's gaming world. And, the fact that people think it wouldn't fit is exactly why this industry is doomed.

You can't say "only this type of game works now", and not expect a crash.

"and one could accurately characterize the clash as “old-school vs. new-school.”"

I disagree. It's being described that way, but it's inaccurate. Why? Action-RPGs are just as "old-school" as turn-based.

"a new generation of gamers will not respond to turn-based."

I also think this has always been an absurd assumption. No one has tried. It simply has to be presented in the right way, and it must be a ...

This is cool, but DAMN YOU! When I read the words Shining Force 3 on an article, my heart just about jumped out of my chest!

How the hell can you disagree with that? Chrono Trigger is turn-based.

The only company that I feel disrespects me more than Square, is Sega.

@rainslacker:

So, if there was a Suikoden movie like Advent Children, THEN it would be okay for Suikoden to be an ARPG? What? Any turn-based series can have an over-the-top action movie. That doesn't mean the games should change genres.

Do the Persona animes show turn-based battles? Why would they?

@kayos:

Chrono Trigger is an action-RPG? Uh, no.

Prove it. You can only do so for the 3DS version, which I am not talking about.

Also, I actively CORRECT lies.

Every time someone says that turn-based is "suited" for something, the thing it's "suited" for is always something that makes the genre unpopular.

It's always, "it's suited for handhelds", or "it's not suited for games with good graphics".

You may as well say, "I don't want turn based to sell well."

And, I know. I know. Pokémon DOES sell well. But, it's an anoma...

"Wtf you mean genre change? It's still in the JRPG genre."

JRPG is not a genre.

"Final Fantasy started deviating from the Dragon Quest battle system formula since FFIV and it's all the better for it."

It never had the Dragon Quest battle system. But, I do think ATB was an improvement. And, it was still turn-based.

"The series benefited greatly from changing the battle system a lot. As a resu...

You don't understand me at all. I have nothing against ARPGs. What I'm against is AAA basically being a genre, and games/series' in other genres being CHANGED into ARPGs.

I don't understand why any group of ARPG fans would want Suikoden to be an ARPG.

Go to a random game store. Close your eyes and reach out for a random game. Open your eyes. That game was made for you.

If I got to a store and LOOK VERY HARD, I STILL can't find a game for me.