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>>906471
>He called out rpgs
No, he didn't. The self help book line was just the translator's quirp
>villains insulting friendship and hope
Nothing fucking remotely new about this concept in JRPGs. This didn't happen in the Lufia series, it didn't happen in Suikoden, it didn't happen in Grandia or Grandia 2, it didn't happen in BoF IV or V or Dragon Quarter, it didn't happen in Xenogears of Final Fantasy Tactics, it didn't happen in Valkyrie Profile or Tactics Ogre, it didn't happen in phantasy star IV or even Chrono Cross. Where are these games that "THE CHAMPION OF FLOWERY FRIENDSHIP AND HOPE OVERCOMING ALL ODDS" which Final Fantasy VI -doesn't do at all-?
>sadly jrpgs are STILL DOING IT
Final Fantasy VI was not innovative in any fucking way for this concept. How the fuck did Terra and Celes and the gang beat Kefka? What innovative way did they trump the final boss that hadn't been done in previous Final Fantasies? In fact, the very ending is based on friendship and comradery and "not giving up", so I don't know where the fuck you got this idea that Final Fantasy VI is some magical antithesis to JRPG tropes.