Kotastic on 22 September 2015
One can argue the same for Mother 3 and multiple Fire Emblem games with basically the same reasons you listed, more or less.
(ahem me)
But seriously I think Mother 3 is a better JRPG. It's not only more accessible, but that deceptive simplicity and joviality soon gets replaced depth and dark elements with a mix of facetious elements the Mother series is known to do so. And a better story imo.
