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The ‘JRPG’ label has always been othering
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Action adventure would be fair for Zelda as the RPG elements, at least in the SNES era (haven't played anything else) were, well, not really present, from what I gather the series evolved towards puzzle/action adventure. More like Tomb Raider. We certainly didn't perceive Zelda as an RPG back in the days. Things like Secret of Mana are more clearly RPGs, but also not JRPGs. I'd firmly place it as an ARPG.
And, just to give my own disparaging take on JRPGs: They're Visual Novels for Excel-fans.