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語源

From J- (“Japanese”) +‎ RPG (“role-playing game”), first attested in a post by the user Isao Takeda on Usenet in 1992 (see quote).

名詞

JRPG (plural JRPGs)

1. (Internet slang, video games) Initialism of Japanese role-playing game, a traditional genre of role-playing video game derived from design traditions originating in Japan; generally understood as involving a pre-determined story and player characters, a party of multiple controllable characters, and an emphasis on narrative and storytelling.
   • 1992 January 21, Isao Takeda, “Anyone played these Super Famicom games?”, in rec.games.video‎ (Usenet):

     Well, I think they are very different. Since they are different, I don't want to compare Japanese RPGs with Western RPGs (I am not sure if they are US made. They may be designed by European programmers.) , or vice versa. It seems that WRPGs tend to be non-linear, complex, and with lots of magical weapons with differnt purposes, while JRPGs tend to be closer to run-through-the-mill type with non-magical weapons. I like the artstyle of JRPGs more than that of WRPGs. JRPGs are like watching movies with great visual and sound effects, and WRPGs is more like writing your own story. I don't think one is better than the other since they are just differnt things. I think they should belong to the different categories.

上位語

• RPG

関連する語

• CRPG
• WRPG