Great list. This is pretty much exactly what I would suggest, game for game. Xenogears was really awesome, its one of those games that just magically hits all of my erogenous zones; giant mechs, 19th century philosophy, nihilistic villians, arachaeology, a dash of Empire Strikes Back, great music, and a pinch of Jules Verne.

And I want it made by Bioware, with moral choices and dual-wielding. SHI-SHA!

I was just about to start a similar thread and you're right, I havent seen anything. It seems like the publishers have given up on the idea of making a AAA jRPG and there wasn't anything in the offing for wRPGs. This might be resulting from the fact that most devs seems to concentrate on a single title these days and with ME, TES and TW2 ALL having released last year, thats it for the major studios until the end of their next dev cycle, probablly 2-4 years from now. Theres a new Dragon Age in ht emaking but its still pretty early in development.Depressing.

Its time for some new blood, and for the Japanese devs to get off their asses and make a major AAA jRPG. I don't get why they seem so reluctant to try, recent console jRPGs havent been that sucessful, but they've also been fairly cookie cutter. The exceptions are Xenoblade and Last Story which really have the fans excited AND THOSE ARE WII GAMES!