Hideki Kamiya thinks Japan should be proud of ‘JRPG’ and wants to use ‘J-Action’ | VGC
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Perhaps. Or maybe the culture in Japan is a lot different (i.e. maybe Japanese people use it as a slur).
Regardless, I have nothing but respect for JRPG developers and games, the genre has some of my favorite games of all time.