Why did ni no kuni and xenoblade go so bad in japan, compared to the west?

[Mnementh]

IsawYoshi said:

Torillian said:

Mnementh said:
As I didn't try Ni No Kuni yet, I can only speak for Xenoblade: it may be a JRPG, but it plays and feels like a western RPG. It has taken over all the good points: many side-quests, more or less open-world etc. So, while technically it is a JRPG it is at the heart a WRPG, so it has more success in the West.

Is it really that must of a WRPG?  I mean everything I played reminded me of an MMO and that's definitely not something totally foreign to Japanese consumers.  I'd say it's more more MMORPG than WRPG.

A JWMMORPG it is then

Yes, I must remember this. JWMMORPG. And you both are right, that the adopted mechanics are not specifically WRPG (as nothing really defines JRPG and WRPG beside the country of origin), but for me it felt like Baldur's Gate reborn, so I got the feeling it is more an WRPG.