Right now it looks like Persona 4 Golden will take the cake for JRPG this gen (and probably last gen as well). This game looks good though. I played the demo. The combat didn't really sell me though because the demo was too short. I'll probably end up getting it since PS3 lacks exclusives. This game and Xillia are my two most anticipated titles of 2013.
It's not that JRPGs are dead, its just that they need to escape the dreaded cliches that they've relied on for a decade. They have a lot of titles that are original and unique though (i.e look up anything Atlus) people just need to find them since they don't have the commercial backing of some of the bigger titles. WRPGs will probably see that in a few years (I still can't tell the difference between Mass Effect and Oblivion gameplay-wise).
Anyways, I hope this game does well, polarizing between West and Japan in video games is seriously getting old. But then again...Japan still doesn't buy Xboxes.
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward = best game ever made.
