VNs are not games. They're a kind of ebook.
But only people who are really into computers read them, so they like to use game terminology to talk about them.
(also, none of the creators of "VNs" call them "VNs".)
But only people who are really into computers read them, so they like to use game terminology to talk about them.
(also, none of the creators of "VNs" call them "VNs".)
By the 2010s many JRPGs such as the Hyperdimension Neptunia series and Danganronpa pretty much stole all the visual elements of visual novels and mashed them up with gameplay from other genres.
Phoenix Wright is the only one of those Westerners really know about.