@Purgatorium my rationale is that early Japanese magazines categorized it as an RPG, since it's basically a descendent of Hydlide, it's just that the definition shifted over the years so that Zelda games didn't much quality anymore (except Zelda II). Plus it inspired a whole bunch of other action-RPGs and it felt weird to mention those (Quintet stuff, etc.) and not include Zelda.
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Re: Bitmap Books Reveals New Tome Covering The Entire History Of JRPGs
@Purgatorium my rationale is that early Japanese magazines categorized it as an RPG, since it's basically a descendent of Hydlide, it's just that the definition shifted over the years so that Zelda games didn't much quality anymore (except Zelda II). Plus it inspired a whole bunch of other action-RPGs and it felt weird to mention those (Quintet stuff, etc.) and not include Zelda.
Re: Bitmap Books Reveals New Tome Covering The Entire History Of JRPGs
@nimnio 99% of them are brand new, written by either myself or one of the other 20 or so contributors.