JRPG

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JRPG

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

noun JRPGs

Internet, abbreviation, initialism 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. 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 we

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@misc{jrpg_2026,
  title = {JRPG},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jrpg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}