Wrpgs, and Jrpgs both have there advantages , and disadvantages. It seems that when making a rpg, developers have to make it the same way the rest of their region does.   How many western developers, made what qualifies as a jrpg? and Vice Versa. I'm going to try not to make this too long but here is what I'm asking  could a developer who is in a certain region make a rpg that has all of the aspect of the rpgs made in a different region, and qualify as a rpg of the other region? I will add regions to my question. Could a western developer, make a game that has all of the qualities Jrpgs have, and be called a jrpg, and vice versa. I've been seeing this alot lately though. Most jrpgs used to be only turn based. Now there are more and more action jrpgs. I also recognized western developers creating rpgs that revolve around the story, are turnbased, and are in the same format as jrpgs. For Example the following http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=25699. The best possible thing we could get out of this is a game that has both the benefits of a jrpg , and wrpg, and these two sub genres emerge. So thoughts, and answers?

It's possible, for example, Anochronox was made by Ion Storm(former western developer) yet is very akin to a JRPG

Well, objectively, the typical jRPG only has disadvantages compared to wRPGs in design. And jRPGs are not more story-centric than wRPGs, just the storytelling structures are different.

As for interchangeable "qualities", Bioware has clearly shifted on a smaller sized side-world with Kotor and Mass Effect, and in Kotor the story is almost completely linear. Both Kotor and Mass Effect also have little "true choices", which means there are little consequences from your actions.

On the Japanese side, Infinite Undiscovery apparently will have some real choices that impact the story, but we're not sure yet.

Sure. Secret of Evermore is one example of a Western developer making a JRPG, and I'm sure there are plenty more out there.

Of course. It just that usually a western company makes games to support the west.

 That's true but look at Final Fantasy, the games in the series are made to appeal to both the western and japanese gamers

Everyone should go play anachronox right now. Don't come back into this thread until you have!

Quality JRPG from a western developer ? Sure it exists. It is called Anachronox, avaible only on PC and developed by Ion Storm.
Awesome writing and scenario, not so good battle system.

To be fair, Evermore was made by Square (USA), and much of the game was dictated by Square Japan.

Septerra Core was/is a decent example of a WRPG with JRPG like qualities. Smaller world, linear gameplay, ect.

 And one could argue that Betrayal at Krondor/Betrayal in Antara was rather linear, and ultra-story driven:

On the other side of the fence, there's plenty of Japanese RPGs that take on a more Western style. There's been a bunch of those on the DS in the past few years, such as Izuna, Etrian Odyssey, and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. For other examples, see Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land (PS2), Persona: Revelations (PS1), and one-character action-RPGs like Vagrant Story and Parasite Eve, which draw inspiration directly from Diablo and its ilk.