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I'm not sure if this belongs in advanced topics. please move if does not belong here!
I vote for: platformer

Wich one is the one that has scrolling X and Y pos? Like the one in my signature

Stuff like Pokemon or M&L.

Mayhem wrote:

Pen and Paper 

IE, real RPGs, not computer games that have a level up ability and call that "roleplaying".

Like Dungeon's and Dragon's?

archmage wrote:

Zelda is not an RPG...

Anyways, turn based ones are the best to play by yourself.

Actually, it is! It's more of an Action RPG though. It lacks XP though, except maybe Zelda 2.
It has what most RPGs have:
Upgradable HP
Upgradable Weapons
Upgradable Shield (though optional)
Wide variety of enemies
Merchants
A Magic Meter in the majority of newer legend of zelda games

FiremariomkiZX wrote:

archmage wrote:

Zelda is not an RPG...

Anyways, turn based ones are the best to play by yourself.

Actually, it is! It's more of an Action RPG though. It lacks XP though, except maybe Zelda 2.
It has what most RPGs have:
Upgradable HP
Upgradable Weapons
Upgradable Shield (though optional)
Wide variety of enemies
Merchants
A Magic Meter in the majority of newer legend of zelda games

zelda 2 (terrible game by the way) is the only one that is an RPG

These folks at yahoo answers explain things nicely.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080215112229AAPWHLh

archmage wrote:

FiremariomkiZX wrote:

archmage wrote:

Zelda is not an RPG...

Anyways, turn based ones are the best to play by yourself.

Actually, it is! It's more of an Action RPG though. It lacks XP though, except maybe Zelda 2.
It has what most RPGs have:
Upgradable HP
Upgradable Weapons
Upgradable Shield (though optional)
Wide variety of enemies
Merchants
A Magic Meter in the majority of newer legend of zelda games

zelda 2 (terrible game by the way) is the only one that is an RPG

These folks at yahoo answers explain things nicely.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080215112229AAPWHLh

The majority of the people agree it's an Action RPG
And in there, they are just arguing.

I like any kind of RPG, but I'll vote for Zelda-style, just because it's easier to program.

i like the zelda style! cause i love zelda and the ph and the mc

The explosive type of course! 

You are referring to rocket-propelled grenades, right?

archmage wrote:

Ok, an RPG has the following

-hit points
-experience points
-battle forumlas and more

Zelda is an action adventure game
I also could not find one source proving that Zelda was an RPG

Get your facts straight

Hearts = Hit Points
Heart Pieces = XP somewhat, to improve HP
Battle Formula: Item-based, sword techniques, and real time battles.
Swords upgrade
Shield often upgrades
Magic Meter
Side quests
Dungeons

Zelda has all those in majority of the games.

archmage wrote:

Hearts = Hit Points  //close enough
Heart Pieces = XP somewhat, to improve HP /no, item upgrades are not xp
Battle Formula: Item-based, sword techniques, and real time battles. //no, those don't use forumlas

Swords upgrade //This isn't a part of many rpgs
Shield often upgrades// see above
Magic Meter //close enough to mp
Side quests // nothing to do with RPGs
Dungeons //This doesn't mean anything

Zelda is an action adventure and can be found on this list of action adventure games
http://wii.ign.com/index/games.html?constraint.game_genre_name.game_genre_1.game_genre_2=Action%3AAdventure&constraint.return_all=is_true

There are formulas, how do you expect the enemies tell if they should be stunned or hurt?
Also, the majority of RPGs do have side quests, and I don't know too many other games with a complex dungeon like the RPGs.
Like I said, it's huge debate if Zelda is Action-Adventure or Action-RPG.
IGN isn't exactly an encyclopedia.