>JRPG
>high school setting
>beta MC
>mysterious new girl
>power of friendship
QUICK
USE THE MASTER BALL
Where is this multitude of jrpgs set in a highschool?
>>344454552
You're describing anime, not JPRG's.
>JRPG
>high school setting
>silent main character with leadership qualities
>several female acquaintances
>best friend male buddy partner
>a mysterious threat
>power of friendship
>magic is central to the plot
>>344454808
Persona, lots of anime related media, tons of licensed western rpgs, lots of vaporware and Japanese cult classics....
There's a lot actually.
>>344454552
>>344454827
>>344454552
Schoolgirl outfits are amazing
>JRPG
>Main character is dense as fuck
>jrpg
>its nothing but weebshit pandering
>weebs get mad as fuck if you criticize it
>>344454956
You listed one actual example
>>344455596
This.
thousand arms on psx
>>344456556
Aren't they just wonderful?
I think it's the ZR, it's one of my weaknesses.
>>344454552
>JRPG
>Highschool setting
This is actually pretty rare, especially contemporary settings
>>344456197
>weebs defend this
just like western faggots defend the bald or short haired protagonist with horrendously looking female character models.
Most people who aren't underage fuckbois know that a large majority of jrpgs don't feature japanese high school settings or the power of friendship because the audience was more expansive in the late 90s/early 00s.
Once the seventh gen came along a lot of anime and jrpgs isolated their target audience. I also find it funny the west tends to find themselves special with the blatant amount of underage children that do play m rated wrpgs.
And yes, bioware, bethesda, and even CDPROJEKT are all a were little boys and girls play their games.
It's like thinking Captain America: civil war or deadpool didn't have kids in mind because the characters are in their 30s/40s and do edgy things like killing and having premarital intercourse.
Seriously what the fuck is wrong with you faggots that you get triggered over anything Japanese? Probably fucking play half life and glaze over nods to things like Akira.
Pic related. High school (male) japanese rpg character.
>>344456395
You can play Yu Yu Hakusho games, Persona Games, some select Shin Megami Tensei games, dating sims in the vein of visual novels like Kawata Shoujou or more deeply involved like Bible Black, the entire Megaman Battlenetwork Takes place among middle school/high school kids in ACDC town, there's games featuring a shitload of high school students in and on western licensed media ranging from X-Men to drama tv like Clueless.
>>344454796
Or in this case, the Master Bait
>>344457347
Those movies don't have kids in mind, and don't try to appeal to them in the slightest.
A kid would probably hate 90% of dead pool and civil war because of references they don't get and tone they don't understand.
The avengers movies are marketed to kids, sure, but the other movies have surprisingly heavy, adult themes and situations.
Unlike 99% of japan's media exports
>>344457938
>unlike 99% of japan's media exports
Manchildren are not children
>>344454552
>JRPG
>high school setting
What's with this meme? Almost no JRPG takes place in Highschool besides Persona or some niche shit.
>>344457938
> those films don't have kids in mind
> picture of Ryan Reynolds with make a wish kid as deadpool
> thinking an r rating makes a deep adult movie
> thinking a m or r rating has glanced over the enjoyment of children and 30 year old hipster dads.
> Civil war and the hard cut of bvs rated pg 13 to r.
> toy aisle laden with comic book and movie figures including deadpool, MARTHAAAA, and winter soldier.
Whew lad.
>>344457365
>dating sims in the vein of visual novels like Kawata Shoujou or more deeply involved like Bible Black, the entire Megaman Battlenetwork Takes place among middle school/high school kids in ACDC town, there's games featuring a shitload of high school students in and on western licensed media ranging from X-Men to drama tv like Clueless.
Those aren't JRPGs you fucking moron. Also, you listed Persona AGAIN
>>344457515
Or in my case, the Masturbate.
>>344458374
This. Also persona and SMT is pretty much the same, kinda redundant to list both.
>>344458374
>Give me sauce on one of the most popular genre's in Japanese gaming
>you fucking idiot, stop listing accessible entry level content or I'll call you a faggot
Go play X-Men Legends if you're so fucking pretentious you can't take a little telling.
>all the girls get sexualized
>RPG
>main character is 45 year old bald drug addict
>post apocalyptic setting
>all but one woman is dead
>party members can die horrible deaths
>no friends
>>344457365
>anime-like games are like anime
who knew?
>>344458374
Since I'm not the idiot who responded to you,
> jrpgs that don't feature prominently japanese protags or japanese high school setting/cast. Age is variable and tends to yoyo between 16 to early 30s. There are exceptions to the above on both sides of the age scale, IE kids and elders.
The whole of the Suikoden franchise (5+ entries). Final Fantasy, all the way up to and including tactics 13, 14 and 15. Breath of Fire (whole franchise), the Xeno series (all entries), the chrono franchise, last odyssey, and I'm forgetting a lot right now as a type this with a burning fever that tells me to defeat you.
now go ahead and glance over those and focus on the age because western rpgs targeted their hardcore thirteen year old audience with manly men characters. Then you can go back to jacking off to tf2 sfms and bitching about how overwatch is shit.
>>344458757
X-Men Legends, the game produced by an AMERICAN game development company, is a JRPG? Kill yourself
>>344457938
>fart joke
>omg i have sex with the hottest crayzee girls
>muh double guns and katanas
>adults
Sorry but no. That's redneck teenagers.
>>344459256
>highschool theme
>>344457365
So basically in the category of JRPGs that take place in a highschool, there's Persona, Megaman Battle Network, and then all the shit that's just a game version of a TV show or movie which doesn't count.
Oh yeah, as we can see, it's truly a defining stereotype of JRPGs.
And no, Visual Novels aren't JRPGs.
>>344457347
>picture
Jesus Christ, how do I keep falling for this? Nearly had a fucking heart attack.
>>344456003
>WRPG
>Main character is pretty savvy and smart.
>Still falls into seemingly obvious traps throughout the game.
>At the last couple of hours, you see how all the supposed traps fell exactly like he planned them, setting up events exactly the way he wanted.
>>344459608
Again:
>give me sauce on one of the most undisputed genres of Japanese RPG's
>better play at the poster instead of looking it up myself for security and cause to look shameful on an imageboard
>>344459256
>moving the goal posts
The original question was
>Where is this multitude of jrpgs set in a highschool?
Literally none of the games you listed are set in highschool you fucking moron. Even worse, not all of the games you listed even include "high school age" characters. Cecil is 20 in FF4 for example, Terra is 18 in FF6, and Cloud is 21 in FF7. Likewise, Shulk is 18 in Xenoblade, etc... Stop posting.
>>344454552
>mysterious new girl
it's more often a mysterious new boy. and they turn out to be some kind of god (who is aligned with the enemies, if not necessary a bad guy). ryoji in persona 3, joshua in TWEWY, alcor in devil survivor 2. typically they have a strange interest in the MC too. call it kaworu syndrome.
>>344459608
Most of the video games with a high school theme are those that are designed around anime culture.
That is not all Japanese video games, even if Japanese animation is prevalent in their culture.
>>344459741
Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, that's about 30 games.
(FF Type-0 does have some light high school elements though)
>>344454552
goddamn her thighs are nice and meaty
>>344460086
FF8 has some very light high school elements too, though it's more like University.
>>344459741
Look you fucking fag, 90% of JRPGs take place in a fantasy setting not a fucking highschool setting.
You can literally list only 3 franchises that actually take place in a high school setting.
>>344459256
I don't think you understand what's being argued here.
>>344460086
You SERIOUSLY don't understand what is going on. But thanks for helping prove my point.
>JRPG
>MC is silent
>Yet everyone around acts like he's actually talking
Is this like the "if you kill him you'll be just like him" and the bikini armor memes where people act like it's in every game when it's actually pretty uncommon?
>>344460347
If I go look up the entire snes library will I come back empty handed?
>>344457365
>Shin Megami Tensei
Doesn't have a highschool setting nor have a high school theme to it. Only If does.
>dating sims in the vein of visual novels like Kawata Shoujou or more deeply involved like Bible Black,
Not JRPG
>there's games featuring a shitload of high school students in and on western licensed media ranging from X-Men to drama tv like Clueless.
Completely irrelevant. Not JRPG
>>344459256
All of games you listed don't have a highschool theme you stupid fuck.
>>344454552
Looks comfy
Can we get some justice in there, too?
>you fight and kill god
>>344454552
how dare u make fuck on my anime game u fuckin faglet
>>344460645
>If I pretend to take things less seriously, that means people will think I'm taking things less seriously!
wau
>>344460863
This is something more games should do.
>>344460634
Probably not empty handed, but I'm sure the percentage you get will be extremely low.
>JRPG
>MC knows a character is hot and openly admits that he's going to be distracted by her tits if she's not careful with them
>>344460890
Are you retarded? What the fuck are you evening talking about?
>>344460948
Alright bet.
How many JRPG's are set in medieval fantays settings? Radicalize that number by series (such as Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Ys), look at the amount of licensed anime jRPG's such as Bleach, Sailor Moon, Megaman Battle Network and Yu Yu Hakusho, find the square root of those numbers based on series, apply the ratio and retort with some practiced vapidity you are preaching.
Then I will agree with you, Only then.
>JRPG
>there are boss fights
>they are actually good
>>344461004
>wrpg
>you end up taking dick in the ass by accident
>>344460863
>he doesn't want to kill god
>>344461283
Fuck off retard
>>344461004
>JRPG
>The Protagonist's gets fucked over constantly throughout the game
>>344461442
immunity cat
>>344459640i didnt even notice
>>344461886
I didn't even notice until you posted
Damn it really works
i need some jrpg and its been a long time since ive played one. i've been considering giving the star ocean for ps2 another try. i got pretty far, like 30hrs or so and it was ok. but i think i messed up characters stats or something because i misread the battle system? can't remember entirely.
is it worth giving another shot? or is there some other ps2 era jrpg i should spend my time on?
probably going to emulate if that matters. i have a controller and play other games like armored core. but my ps2 has a modchip so i can burn w/e.
i need something weeby.
>>344454956
>lots of anime related media, tons of licensed western rpgs
>JRPG
>>344461328
>Nibelsnarf
I'd, personally, omit that from the chart. I feel like it's kind of a skewed comparison for bosses, since fighting bosses is literally all you do in MH. Then again, I feel perfectly okay with SotC being in there, so I dunno.
>WRPG
>Modern City Setting
>Minority MC
>mysterious men in blue and red light headed cars
>power of martyring
>>344462072
Shadow Heart
Mana Khemia
What JRPGs actually have an explicit "Power of friendship" ending? I still play the shit out of JRPG's, and I never notice them.It might be worth noting that I fucking hate the Neptunia franchise, and other games with that type of humor and fanservice.I like Disgaea, though.Only the first one.
>>344460863
>JRPG
>god's a prick
>you fight gods
>but all of the churches are filled with good people who revive you and cure your illnesses
>>344462836
>shadow hearts
>weeby
>>344462961
Every Persona for starters
>>344457515
>>344458702
Reddit tier comment train cringe bullshit
Get off these boards
>>344456003
Always an exception to the rule.
>>344463926
Totally forgot about that. Did the first two do that too? I haven't finished them yet.
>>344465124
Yes, almost as heavy handed too
>>344463089
But isn't God just another god to nips? Maybe the churches are dedicated to lesser gods who aren't shitheads.
>>344463926
>>344465124
Persona 2 and Persona 4 have a "the power of friendship compels you" final attack.
Persona 1 just has you beat the shit out of things in the end, no friendship required. Persona 3's "friendship power" is in full effect in the final story sequence, but not in the final battle. That instead requires you to literally kill yourself instead of symbolically (like with the guns you use every fight), and the friends don't matter.
>>344465762
>Maybe the churches are dedicated to lesser gods
Most of them are actually.
If you're in NA or Europe, most churches are dedicated to some version of YHWH.
In Japan, if you run across a temple or shrine it's a complete tossup as to which deity it's dedicated to. YHWH doesn't get special treatment there, like everywhere else.
>>344466258
Well yeah but I meant in the vidya gaems
>>344466350
That's... pretty much the same thing.
The games are modeled after Japan. Any shrines and shit you go to in game aren't by default for YHWH, they're for a completely random deity, of which YHWH may be one. It's very, very, very likely that any of the shrines you go to in order to get healed are not dedicated to the god you'll be punching out later in the game.
>>344465793
Now wait, hold up, don't you remember the final phase against Nyx? How all of your social links give you the World Arcana, then this happens:
https://youtu.be/BBpVEfJV3Ps?t=2m42s
If that isn't power of friendship, then damn.
>>344461328
I'd put the Hunter from DmC on here, if only to contrast with the DMC example and because you can just stunlock him with guns like the game wants to be DMC2
