Becoming?
I'd argue they've been for a while.
It's getting like SRPGs or any other niche genre.
Your choice for a reviewer is either a fanboy of the genre, or someone not interested in the genre that much.
So it's lose lose.
Most people who do the JRPG reviews now are people who like JRPGS... except for everything tkat makes them JRPGs.
I don't know how many times people have knocked turn based battle systems.








