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The ‘JRPG’ label has always been othering
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Yeah... I wasn't aware of the feeling of the Japanese developers, I grew up using the term, and when I saw and interview and realized how it felt for the developers? Heard that they cringe when they hear it, feel cut out of some game mechanics because of stereotypes, that they feel it means they don't make "real RPGs", I decided I was going to drop it.
While I had never said it to hurt anyone, they were hurt none the less.
I'm trying to take it out of my language and there was a time I went around announcing I was a big fan of the genre specifically!
Same honestly, pretty eye opening to how we just flat out miss things like that. I also always loved touting the genre as my favorite. Communication like this is pretty important because it's a reminder that things which seem innocent could actually be an issue to others.