Now first of all I mean the JRPG style. JRPGs have been rather stale over the last few years with few exceptions i.e. Persona, TWEWY, and could do with some innovation. Japanese developers are being schooled by their western counter parts this generation and I would find it interesting if they decided to jump into this genre. Sales figures are pretty poor for JRPGs so I guess this could be a barrier - but seriously what if?

Anachronox - good writing, great characters and excellent humor. Better than 99% of JRPGs I've played.

The only one I've played is Evermore. It's great. The story is kind of blend but the humor and Wizard of Oz setting make up for the flaws.

The problem Japanese developers seem to have is that JRPGs are still primarily aimed at teenagers and unforunately, the average age of gamers is 33 in the West. Also, the stories tend to be cliched and writing also tends to be embarrassingly poor with Star Ocean being the most recent example. Persona and TWEWY are a good step in the right direction. Also, FFXIII will probably "reinvent" JRPGs as per usual for the series. Even in Japan, people seem to be getting tired of JRPGs. 10 years ago, practically anything labeled Square would be a hit sales-wise both in and outside Japan. However, that's not true anymore. It doesn't help that the Japanese seem to prefer old IPs than new ones.

If a Western tried to make one, there are two possibilities to what would happen:
1. It would be a very bad game, get bad reviews, and sell poorly(this was already accomplished with Shadow Madness)

or

2. It would get reviews on par with a lot of the biggest budget games, be considered a masterpiece and would become a series that surpasses even Final Fantasy in popularity

It'd be cool if it happened. Demon's Souls is basically a Japanese WRPG, and I think it looks awesome.

Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled by Canadian-based Studio Archcraft will be released on March 17th.

Check this game, it has a clear JRPG inspiration and it's developed by a Canadian studio

http://www.gamespot.com/ds/rpg/projectexile/index.html?tag=result;title;0

EDIT: Damn you, okr, you beat me!

ever since playing Oblivion IV elder scrolls I been dreaming of the next game where Bethesda teams up with famous japanese character/monster designers..

But I think this has been done with a game on PC/Dreamcast called Silver

@Rol Stoppable

That should've just made a full fledge JRPG or a full fledge WRPG instead of trying to force WRPG and JRPG together.

Somebody's getting sued.. haha..