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When I mention such games to you as Love Hina: Smile Again, An’ An’ Angel, Velvet File Plus or Toimeki Menorial 2 you’d be excused for not getting to excited about having a go on them. (These are real Japanese games, not made up rubbish. Trust me!).
Though the reaction on a Japanese persons face when hearing games such as Tomb Raider, Goldeneye and Quake 3, there feelings wouldn’t be far of from yours from the games above! What I’m trying to get to is, why are some of the biggest companies from the East completely ignored in the West? Why is it that some games are imported others just stay in the West? In other words, what is it that makes Japanese games different to us?
Think of games such as Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid or Tekken. All these games were from Japan, but Metal Gear Solid never reached the heights it did in the east than it did in the west. So why do the East and the West have completely different tastes in gaming?
The successful game Driver was realised in the East and the West, but hardly got the amount of sales in the West than in the East. When a bunch of Japanese people where asked to test the game they replied, “We don’t like the game as you go round the corners far to slow!!!” This is something that us gamers haven’t even considered until now. This clearly proves that the Japanese aren’t turned on by the things that UK gamers are.
Many Japanese gamers prefer long stories that weave through, where every element has to have a reason. The Japanese have some very weird games over there that would hardly sell a copy over here. For example, there’s a game called Decorated Truck Racing, instead of driving the trucks you decorate them. Weird as it sounds it’s true!!!
People say that the only way that you can understand why Japanese gamers like theses weird games is to be born and breed Japanese!
The Japanese don’t like violence and blood. Think about Mario for instance, there isn’t any blood or guts, and the monsters don’t dye, they disappear with a ‘pop’. The monsters are merely, an obstacle to pass. Even the popular beat ‘em ups that the Japanese create all the time, no-one dyes. They always get up from things like being dropped from six foot in the air on to their neck. It’s just comic book stuff.
Here’s the top 5 lists in April from Japan and UK, plenty of the Japanese games are familiar to us, but just look at the others.
UK
1. Simpson’s Wrestling………….PS
2. ISS Pro Evolution 2………….PS
3. Star Wars Star Fighter………PS2
4. Zone of the Enders…………PS2
5. LMA Manager………………PS
Japan
1. Super Mario Advance……….GBA
2. Sakura Taisen: Hometown
Paris is burning……………..DC
3. Biohazard Code:
Veronica Complete…………..PS2
4. Dragon Quest Monsters 2:
Mysterious Key of Martha
Ruja’s Journey………………...GB
5. F-Zero Advance……………..GBA
So, despite everyone’s experience of playing countless Japanese games no-one can quite put there finger on what the Japanese want.
But things are quite the same on the other way- more Japanese games than ever are being expected in the West, the Final Fantasy series was previously classed as too be to Japanese’ for our Market.
But if you’re dying to get your hands on Densha De Go! Don’t expect it anytime
soon…
P.S… I would put this on Prime but unfortunaly cant!
Though the reaction on a Japanese persons face when hearing games such as Tomb Raider, Goldeneye and Quake 3, there feelings wouldn’t be far of from yours from the games above! What I’m trying to get to is, why are some of the biggest companies from the East completely ignored in the West? Why is it that some games are imported others just stay in the West? In other words, what is it that makes Japanese games different to us?
Think of games such as Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid or Tekken. All these games were from Japan, but Metal Gear Solid never reached the heights it did in the east than it did in the west. So why do the East and the West have completely different tastes in gaming?
The successful game Driver was realised in the East and the West, but hardly got the amount of sales in the West than in the East. When a bunch of Japanese people where asked to test the game they replied, “We don’t like the game as you go round the corners far to slow!!!” This is something that us gamers haven’t even considered until now. This clearly proves that the Japanese aren’t turned on by the things that UK gamers are.
Many Japanese gamers prefer long stories that weave through, where every element has to have a reason. The Japanese have some very weird games over there that would hardly sell a copy over here. For example, there’s a game called Decorated Truck Racing, instead of driving the trucks you decorate them. Weird as it sounds it’s true!!!
People say that the only way that you can understand why Japanese gamers like theses weird games is to be born and breed Japanese!
The Japanese don’t like violence and blood. Think about Mario for instance, there isn’t any blood or guts, and the monsters don’t dye, they disappear with a ‘pop’. The monsters are merely, an obstacle to pass. Even the popular beat ‘em ups that the Japanese create all the time, no-one dyes. They always get up from things like being dropped from six foot in the air on to their neck. It’s just comic book stuff.
Here’s the top 5 lists in April from Japan and UK, plenty of the Japanese games are familiar to us, but just look at the others.
UK
1. Simpson’s Wrestling………….PS
2. ISS Pro Evolution 2………….PS
3. Star Wars Star Fighter………PS2
4. Zone of the Enders…………PS2
5. LMA Manager………………PS
Japan
1. Super Mario Advance……….GBA
2. Sakura Taisen: Hometown
Paris is burning……………..DC
3. Biohazard Code:
Veronica Complete…………..PS2
4. Dragon Quest Monsters 2:
Mysterious Key of Martha
Ruja’s Journey………………...GB
5. F-Zero Advance……………..GBA
So, despite everyone’s experience of playing countless Japanese games no-one can quite put there finger on what the Japanese want.
But things are quite the same on the other way- more Japanese games than ever are being expected in the West, the Final Fantasy series was previously classed as too be to Japanese’ for our Market.
But if you’re dying to get your hands on Densha De Go! Don’t expect it anytime
soon…
P.S… I would put this on Prime but unfortunaly cant!
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Well, the Japanese love originality, and inovation. We prefer brand names and safety - i.e. FIFA. They want to talk to virtual pet fish.
Japanese gamers are spoiled rotten with choice, and the wacky, creative and insane games that dare to stand out and be different succeed. Some are just way too strange for us, but some are accepted, like Pokemon, which is tame by their standards, and so Japanese charts differ.
Dan
Japanese gamers are spoiled rotten with choice, and the wacky, creative and insane games that dare to stand out and be different succeed. Some are just way too strange for us, but some are accepted, like Pokemon, which is tame by their standards, and so Japanese charts differ.
Dan
Dan, Getting back to the subject what do you think on this matter???
PS2 mag i think, cant reamember the name but it wasn't official!
Not you Nubula,that was fowarded to Dan2k1
Hey Spider. My name says NEBULA and is said how it looks it might have looked a bit weird written like N£bu!@. Swish did it for me. Has he changed his name back to Swish by any chance. Swish is better than Namo*.
What exactly do you mean by "be pleased there are more posts about gaming". I dont really understand. Did I say something wrong.
(;o(
What exactly do you mean by "be pleased there are more posts about gaming". I dont really understand. Did I say something wrong.
(;o(
Thanks Mj, how do you prnounse your name in normal letters???
And MJ be please that there are more topics about gaming, dont complain!
And MJ be please that there are more topics about gaming, dont complain!
Dan2K1 wrote:
> I never said you copied it, I just said it was EXTREMELY different
> to your other posts and that extremety had to be commented upon.
>
As you say, you have been influenced from a gaming
> magazine.
Dan
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This is the last short post I am making in here. Dan could you please leave this thread for people to talk about the original message. No disrespect its just Spider has spent a lot of time on the thread and it shouldn't be interupted by CHAT. Even if it is on the CHAT forum. Go to "Another console wars topic" or something and talk there.
> I never said you copied it, I just said it was EXTREMELY different
> to your other posts and that extremety had to be commented upon.
>
As you say, you have been influenced from a gaming
> magazine.
Dan
***********
This is the last short post I am making in here. Dan could you please leave this thread for people to talk about the original message. No disrespect its just Spider has spent a lot of time on the thread and it shouldn't be interupted by CHAT. Even if it is on the CHAT forum. Go to "Another console wars topic" or something and talk there.
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