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The only significant company I see there is Nintendo. Those other companies either released low quality games that only someone obsessed with Japan would love, or more Square clones. That list just proves how desperate you are to come up with companies other than Square.
>almost all Western, or Computer RPG's, are based on this foundation
So are all Japanese RPGs, it is the foundation of RPGs for a reason. The only difference is that they choose to obscure everything. In fact most RPGs choose to obscure it, except for the few games that are based in D&D universes like BG, Planescape, etc. And again, only the few games based in D&D universes use the same monsters, designs, settings, because they are BASED in the SAME universe.
It's funny you would mention Warcraft, because now you are also delving into online RPGs. Thanks, because this just shows how inferior Japanese RPG makers are compared to Americans. The largest japanese MMORPG, FFXI, was a weak attempt at a game and is now overrun by hackers. World of Warcraft on the other hand is the most successful MMORPG, because of superior gameplay and setting.
In the end, if you really want to see who has the better RPGs, look at the battle systems. "Random Encounters" is the worst idea in the history of games. It was basically a cop-out for Japanese programmers who didn't have enough talent to create a better system. As a result of the random encounters, every single battle plays exactly the same, and by the end of the game you are sick of it. By the end of the game, you are only playing just to hear the rest of the story, and you want the experience to be over with as fast as possible. American RPGs on the other hand have preplaced monsters, either placed by hand or generated, which allow for much more entertaining and realistic battles. If you don't want to fight, you can try to sneak around the monster. If you do, you can charge right in, or position yourself to give yourself an advantage.
The only reason you are calling me a furry is to disguise the fact that you have no idea what you are talking about. Or maybe you do, and you realize how inferior japanese RPGs are. They are weak copies of American RPGs, dumbed down either due to their unintelligent audience or the poor quality programmers that work on them.