Ancient-Red-Dragon: It's not really a JRPG if it wasn't made in Japan and by Japanese devs.
nightcraw1er.488: So is it a WJRpg? Or an TBWJRpg. Or what about TBWIJstrategicRPGAdventure?
Non-Japanese JRPG, IMO. Rant if you've got insomnia:
There are a handful of other games that emulate the JRPG style of games and that were made outside of JP or by non-JP gamedevs. Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, FF, FFT, and Paper Mario clones, etc. are some other examples like Battle Chasers (US), Bug Fables (Panama), Cosmic Star Heroine (US), CrossCode (Germany), Undertale (US) etc. Then there are non-mainstream cases that will need their own differentiation like JP immigrants and emigrants, multiple studio collaborations, international talent, etc. already present in some other games like FF9 (Japan / US), The Last Story (Japan / US), Fantasian (Japan / US), Child of Light (Canada + JP artist), and Astria Ascending (Canada / French + JP writer and composer).
As per KISS principle, easier to call it a genre style and tag where it's been made. Adding Japanese elements to a game is easy to do for anyone deep in the genre, culture, storytelling, and artwork. That includes this game, Chained Echoes (Germany), and Wolfstride (Brazil). In general, they're pretty welcoming of more international competition to evolve their fields and genres - I can speak from experience having lived there and actually talking to some of them. Not to mention the non-JP minorities behaving more Japanese than some of their own population.
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Anyway, back on topic. Very interesting, can't wait for full reviews to come out for this game before buying. Maybe if it gets enough sales, they'll add in JP voice acting too?