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A Salute to Japanese Game Designers

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-/salute dept.

thegamebiz writes "Amped IGO has a great tribute to Japanese game designers. From the article: 'In an industry where so much is owed to our friends across the Pacific it seems almost blasphemous to forget about the contributions of those that inhabit the Land of the Rising Sun. If it weren't for them, not only would we not have a lot of the franchises we love, but the industry as a whole would certainly not be as lively as it is today.'"

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  1. All your base are belong to us! by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well, one of the sad things is that many really cool Japanese video games have never been translated for the US/UK/etc market, including many martial arts, bizarre graphics/music games, and samurai/bushido games.

    At least there's Dance Dance Revolution and a few other ones like Pokemon to give us a glimmer of a land where FPS is not that big of a segment in gaming.

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  2. strange games by kunzy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A lot of Japanese games are very good. But sometimes they are a little - strange. Take a look at this http://www.invertedcastle.com/archives/2005/12/01/ the-japanese-game-to-end-all-japanese-games/