Is Japan still important to gaming?

[sharkey360]

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[X]

waaahhh. nintendo is the one who solved the North American video game crash of 1983.

VERY IMPORTANT jud ang role sa japanese.

TEKKEN lang daan. hahah japanese na.

Actually... daghan pa gni games ang Japan kesa NA..

arcade lang daan. like Timezone is npuno ug Japanese games..
DDR, TIme Crisis, etc.

[spanish bred]

in my opinion, since globalization is on going, technology is shared throughout the world, the only thing they can depend on is their creativity. graphicswise, the US can do it too... try the example of iPod beating Sony's audio gadgets... it's not a videogame concept but it's still technology....

[nirdle_phogi]

para nako.. yes


kay Mario 3 man lang ako gihapon duwaon ron, mapa PC man o PSP. hehe

[ßattousai]

yes for me.

[sharkey360]

Square-Enix plans to push through with Westernizing itself. I believe that is good.

[SmaRkieS]

Mas nindot ang storyline sa Japanese (with sense) compared to NA (errrr way kwenta).

Same ra gihapon na bro e compare nimo ang Japanese Cartoons to American Cartoons.

[sharkey360]

Try comparing two sci-fi RPGs - Mass Effect and Star Ocean: The Last Hope.

Each have their unique battle and exploration systems.

When it comes to storytelling, Star Ocean's plot made little sense and is too linear. In comparison, Mass Effect has a richer story, laced with society concepts (racism, prejudice, etc) and your decisions impact the game's outcome.

Mass Effect has realistic looking human character designs while Star Ocean had pathetic anime-inspired designs.

In Mass Effect, you really feel like you're saving the galaxy, while Star Ocean made you felt like watch bad anime.

[obemon]

Yes, but not just Japan. Everyone is important.

As someone said here already, the video game market is a global thing now. You see Europe just as big, Australia is on the scene, and other countries are chipping in as well developing games for the handheld and mobile market. So I think having a center of everything gaming is probably not so important now like it used to.

[X]

i agree to obemon n_n