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"Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote in message
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> Wurm <a@b.c> wrote:
>
> > this is interesting, what other genre's are there in japan which have
little
> > to no exposure in N.A.?. I know they have alot of dating sims, or life
sim
> > games (like a review for a game called "I want to be a princess" that
made
> > me chuckle a few years ago) but apart from that im a little in the dark
as
> > ive generally been too cheap to get into importing
>
> We don't see a lot of the puzzle, RPG, sports (soccer anyone?), or
> strategic (ie. yet more feudal Japan or China games) games.
>
> Other genres we just don't see at all would be trivia games, majong (the
> actual game - usually with stripping girls - and definitely not that
> stupid solitaire game!) and also the dating-sims you mention.
>
> Then there are the countless tie-in games from popular anime and manga
> titles. Basically, take any game genre, and weld characters from some
> anime series onto it, and there you go. There are also what I'd call
> "story book" games, which really aren't games at all, but a sort of
> multi-media presentation of a story - again using the cast from a popular
> anime series. (think: 30 minute cut scene with some minigames
> interspersed, and you get the idea.)
Ive seen a few of these, but the adult version of them, can't remember the
specific name for that type of game though.... cant really say they did
anything for me either
. Sadly, the description also makes me think of the
Xenosaga series somewhat, I love the games and I find that they even beat
out the FF series (huge squaresoft fanboy) but they really are light on
gameplay
.
> As is the case with many other things, much of what we DO see from Japan
> is their better titles. I can assure you that for every outstanding game
> we see from Japan, there's probably 3 or 4 utter bombs that never leave
> the country.
Im sure this is true, but then again, im sure that this is true for N.A.
games as well. Perhaps not in the console world which has its roots in the
east but im sure they dont get many of the PC games we have access to.
One thing I have noticed with the few jap games which I do have is that they
seem to lack a certain polish that the N.A. versions have. OK, the only jap
games I've played are a few PS1 DDR games, but when I compared the graphics
to the N.A. DDR Konamix they looked like garbage. Also Katmari is a good
example of this, its a great game that I'm still somewhat addicted to, but
they could have really put alot more work into the textures and poly's of
the game. Of course, I've seen 0.000001% of what japan has to offer so this
may easily be an exception to a rule im not aware of
Wurm
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