I still have some issue with the premise that JRPGs suddenly took this dramatic nosedive this gen with the move to handhelds though? I mean, if we look at all the non-FF/KH/Pokemon JRPGs that cleared 500k US for all of last gen it's just...
PlayStation 2
-Dark Cloud (2001) SCEA
-Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (2004) Square Enix
-Dragon Quest VIII: Joureny of the Cursed King (2005) Square Enix
GameCube
-Tales of Symphonia (2004) Namco
-Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (2004) Nintendo
Xbox
-nothing
....and that's it. :/







