With Famicom Detective Club out soon, I made a thing to explain that those games—& others—are incorrectly labeled "Visual Novels", when they are actually "Japanese Adventure Games". JP ADVs are the root of many JP games, so their legacy should be understood & not misconstrued. 
It's a bit like looking at a game like Vanquish and Fortnite and calling them both "Battle Royales". DNA is shared, but fundamentally, these games are very different.
If you'd like more in-depth words on this, I highly recommend checking this video out:
And if you find all this interesting, I recommend this short thread as well:
https://twitter.com/iiotenki/status/1383963447948234756
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