Gaming the best rpg for wii

[PolloDiablo]

Zelda is an RPG

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Zelda is an RPG

Thanks for the insight.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Well you just said "No it's a RPG" and now you're saying "Just let it go!" It's not a RPG. I'm sick of people arguing that it is for some unknown reason. It doesn't make the quality of the games any different.

You need to start reading posts:

It's still considered an ARPG by many (certainly not a traditional RPG though), but just to get things moving, let's say I'm wrong and you are right. What matters for this topic is what the OP thinks.

@Zelosboss Where you asking to help decide on games to buy? If so, do games like Zelda fall into the category you were looking for? That would give us advise.

Until the OP answers those questions, there isn't really any point in continuing this topic. Unless of course someone can come up with more straight up RPG's.

 

[PolloDiablo]

Thanks for the insight.

you're welcome

 

[J-Machine]

if you have gamecube compatibility on your wii then your rpg options open up. as for wii rpgs, i've only beaten arc rise fantasia out of the ones
i own if that helps.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Zelda is an RPG

i guess wonderboy dragons trap, monster land and monster world are too than?

 

[PolloDiablo]

i guess wonderboy is too than?

if it pisses off Guild, then yes

EDIT: actually... the sequel to that game, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, is a Platform/RPG

 

[Guild McCommunist]

if you have gamecube compatibility on your wii then your rpg options open up. as for wii rpgs, i've only beaten arc rise fantasia out of the ones
i own if that helps.

I mean you totally get... Baten Kaitos and its sequel and... Skies of Arcadia and... Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door. Four whole RPGs!

The only thing worse than the Wii's RPG library is the Gamecube's.

 

[Foxhounder]

If you're gonna play FF4 The After Years, please play it on a PSP, it looks so much purtier, and you don't have to buy a ton of DLC's to get the full thing. Plus you get the actual FF4 included with it.

Yes, the PSP release looks so much better. In fact, Final Fantasy 1-4 all look beautiful on the PSP because of the updated sprites and maps. I think 5 was remade as well a year or two ago though I could be wrong. 5 sucks anyway.

Except it has no RPG aspects. That's like saying God of War is an action RPG.

Actually God of War is more of an action RPG than Zelda because you can actually level up your weapons and powers and shit. But no one calls it that.

For some reason people make the distinction that Zelda is a "RPG" yet Zelda-like games (such as Darksiders) would never get that distinction despite being more RPG-like.

I used to think like this, but RPG means "Role Playing Game", so Zelda techinically is a role playing game. It's not always about leveling up.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I used to think like this, but RPG means "Role Playing Game", so Zelda techinically is a role playing game. It's not always about leveling up.

If we're talking about games where you play a role as a role playing game then like every game has been a roleplaying game.

 

[gamefan5]

Sorry, I always laugh when someone mentions Zelda as an RPG. Srsly. XD

Anyway, Xenoblade, Pandora's Tower and The last story are my mentions. They aren't FANTASIC games per se, but they are better then average.

I used to think like this, but RPG means "Role Playing Game", so Zelda techinically is a role playing game. It's not always about leveling up.

so... Does that mean Super Mario Bros. is an RPG game? Y'know... Cause Mario has a role to save Princess Peach?

 

[Foxhounder]

so... Does that mean Super Mario Bros. is an RPG game? Y'know... Cause Mario has a role to save Princess Peach?

Why do people assume a game is only a RPG when its about leveling up a skill or charater?

 

[gamefan5]

Why do people assume a game is only a RPG when its about leveling up a skill or charater?

*Looks at official list of RPGs ever made...
more than 97% fits those qualifications...

Seems legit.

 

[the_randomizer]

best rpgs on wii are snes virtual console ones lol

The Snes has the best RPGs. Period.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Why do people assume a game is only a RPG when its about leveling up a skill or charater?

Because that's exactly why a RPG is?

That's like saying "Why do people assume a game isn't a FPS when it's in the third person?"

 

[David Womack]

I spent a long time tryin to find a good RPG for the wii and I did find a few. My favorite RPG's for the wii were:

1-Arc Rise Fantasia
2-Xenoblade Chronicles
3-Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
4-The Last Story

 

[mechadylan]

Personally, I blame SNES' Super Mario RPG for all the confusion; because it wasn't an RPG either. Somehow after this game, anything fantasy-esque was awarded the RPG moniker. Perhaps OP should change the title to "the best ARPG for the Wii," as this would also include the RPGs already listed here as well. Just a suggestion. BTW, are we even up to 10 yet?

 

[David Womack]

I spent a long time tryin to find a good RPG for the wii and I did find a few. My favorite RPG's for the wii were:

1-Arc Rise Fantasia
2-Xenoblade Chronicles
3-Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
4-The Last Story

 

[Foxhounder]

*Looks at official list of RPGs ever made...
more than 97% fits those qualifications...

Seems legit.

That's not a legitimate answer. There are RPG's where leveling up doesn't apply.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Personally, I blame SNES' Super Mario RPG for all the confusion; because it wasn't an RPG either. Somehow after this game, anything fantasy-esque was awarded the RPG moniker. Perhaps OP should change the title to "the best ARPG for the Wii," as this would also include the RPGs already listed here as well. Just a suggestion. BTW, are we even up to 10 yet?

Super Mario RPG was a RPG.

That's not a legitimate answer. There are RPG's where leveling up doesn't apply.

Such as?