Precisely. So, why don't they release them in Europe then?

That is something you should propably ask from those japanese companies. :P I don't care for other (wii) jrpg:s, but I hope Last story will show up soon.

Yeah, I suppose. 

Like I say, you really need to "click" with RPG's to be able to play them. If you don't, you won't enjoy them. It's as simple as that really

(The dialogue is cringe-worthy, but isn't it in most games really?)

@Antabus- As do I. If that, Xenoblade and (really) Tales Of Graces don't come either I think I'll send an angry letter to Nintendo

Well, another one anyway

Only really as of late, early RPG's had no story at all. I always thought it was more about the fantasy idealistic world ravaged with destruction which was the main aim, something modern RPG's are, sadly, moving away from...

I have no idea why :/ i think that in a part of the world where a generic shooter is top there isnt much room for games that involve slow progression games which JRPG's quite often are. FF13 did prove though that its not impossible for JRPG's  sell insane numbers. But new IP's often fall flat :/ (though tales of grace does sometimes do very well)

Final Fantasy, as you say, is an established series. They always sell well, no matter the quality. The fact that new IP's sell very few numbers in the UK shows that there isn't a market there, and that most consumers are ignorant to the fact that the genre even exists

urh its so annoying :/ even half the people i know that get ff games dont even know there rpg's O.o 

Its a shame realy :/

Correct me if I'm wrong, but CRPGs do and have always done fairly well in Europe, so it's not like the continent has rejected the genre.  But much like Japan prefers JRPGs to WRPGs, Europe prefers a different kind of RPG than the J version.

It seems pretty silly to ask a question about Europeans liking RPGs and then focus on JRPGs and Nintendo.  Most JRPGs didn't even make it over to Europe until the Playstation.  Even then plenty of them only made it to North America or didn't even leave Japan.

This isn't really surprising though, there are a ton of different languages in Europe.  It's hard enough getting JRPGs released in the US and they only have to deal with English.

the reason its been difficult for Europe to accept JRPGs is because gamers think RPGs are boring. western gamers want action - when FF13 was advertised, it only presented the cutscenes (in Europe anyway, with the Leonia Lewis song). this is completely the opposite to what western gamers want.

they want to see some action, people dont give a toss about cutscene driven games. they think its boring, repititive, tedious. they want something like Uncharted or God of War, where they can just pick it up and play it, they dont want to watch 10mins of cutscenes before they can play. thats not what western gamers want.

even though Mass Effect 2 has been well recieved, its no where near the level of sales of something like Assassin's Creed (a semi popular game), because its not ACCESSABLE. the premise of making someone interested in your game is  making it accessble. people want something they understand, easy to pick up and play.

the only JRPG that has a chance of doing this imo is The Last Story - because it evolves RPGs to the level of western developed games. the main draw of the game is gameplay - a real time battle system. people can understand and relate to that. the other thing is online, leting play a realtime game with your friends. this is my point where FF13 hasnt evolved the genre, it hasnt got more people buying RPGs, its returning fans just buying the 13th iteration.

but Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Demon's Souls and The Last Story will give RPGs a fighting chance in Europe where FF13 couldnt.