Inafune: Japanese "Game Industry is Finished"
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The problem is that in Japan, they have these people who keep creating all these games that are exactly alike. They have tons of JRPGs, tons of the same kinds of adult games, it's simply more and more of the same. Of course, there are plenty of developers such as Konami and Capcom who play the field and make all kinds (actually, Capcom is a publisher, but shut-up!) of games about all kinds of things. Lots of good games come out of Japan, but by and large, they're swarmed with countless JRPGs and otaku hentai eroge nonsense.
But he's wrong if he thinks the industry is on it's last leg. There'll always be droves of Japanese otakus who will buy the games, and if they do get bored of them, adaptations will be made.
For anyone who doesn't know crap about Japan, let's just say that their JRPG is the equivalent to our First Person Shooter in terms of amount and altogether quality.
But he's wrong if he thinks the industry is on it's last leg. There'll always be droves of Japanese otakus who will buy the games, and if they do get bored of them, adaptations will be made.
For anyone who doesn't know crap about Japan, let's just say that their JRPG is the equivalent to our First Person Shooter in terms of amount and altogether quality.
This year's TGS certainly was a whole lot of nothing. This is supposed to be the biggest gaming show after E3. Unfortunately it felt like GamesCom's left overs.
I think Inafune-san is correct. I look on the Japanese PSN Store, or somewhere like YesAsia at import games and there' nothing interesting or innovative there. The last game I really enjoyed from Japan was probably "Afrika", which I still think is hugely underrated, a gem of a game.
Sure, you could say much the same of the West, but I always think there's going to be an amazing US or even UK-developed game just round the corner, whereas I've lost hope of that happening with what is to me the home of video games, Japan.
Sure, you could say much the same of the West, but I always think there's going to be an amazing US or even UK-developed game just round the corner, whereas I've lost hope of that happening with what is to me the home of video games, Japan.
Oh fine then.Quadtrix said:No, it wouldn't. Mother 3 was the perfect conclusion. Everything was resolved at the end, and the shear impact the ending left on the player can never be topped.OptimusHagrid said:Y'know making Mother 4 could probably fix this.
Shigesato Itoi's Bass Fishing 2.
Well I don't really see a problem. If you look at the list of Square Enix games [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Square_Enix_games] you'll see that while the FF series does feature prominently, they have a fair few other games and IPs out there as well. They've done numerous JRGs which don't have an FF title so it's clear that they aren't just churning out FF after FF.canadamus_prime said:
But, since people keep buying, they'll keep making and the fault falls almost entirely with the consumer (if indeed there is any 'fault' to be had.)
sorry, i can't hear you so well, i'm buried under remakes of mario, sonic, and final fantasy games, lost oddesy is wedged up my ass and the persona series is jamming shut my ears, megamans laughing so loud the winds coweringSimalacrum said:
yeah, originality is great
I can't help but suspect that this stagination that seems to be affecting large Japanese companies (Nintendo an exception in certain respects) is reflected in small scale indie developers. It seems to me that Japanese Doujin developers pretty much focus on honing and perfecting the same small-scale friendly genres that have been their province for years (visual novels and shmups in particular). While there are plenty of decent games there, with Cave Story specifically arguably being the blue tocuhpaper of indie gaming's increased prominence, it seems the innovations, both conceptually in art-games, like the Path and Passage, and technically, is being done in America and Europe, especially Scandinavia. of course, it could be the inventive Japanese developers are simply the ones who don't get noticed or translated by the west.
But you know the irony ? Nintendo tries something new and the hardcore crowd cries for more Zelda, Mario and Metroid. And when Nintendo does, the same crowd ***** about the lack of innovation IP wise.canadamus_prime said:
But your collection is heavy on strategy, simulation, and RPGs, is it not?SimuLord said:
The West seems largely incapable of making arcade-style games that are worth playing. Fighting games? I can't name a single one. Shoot'em ups? I can name two.
I have imported three Japanese games just in the last two months, played tens of hours of free Japanese PC games, plus old arcade stuff with MAME. Just a thought - maybe your beef is not with the Japanese developers, but the Western publishers who only bring over a small fraction of the best stuff.
Ahhhh, nice to see someone keeping the faith. When the Shenmue series completes I'll be able to die happily.ae86gamer said:
But Shenmue is a good point in this case. The entire project if you include the devoplement of the saturn games is one of the most expensive gaming projects ever, if not the. And it only appealed to a tiny niche market. They made such a loss that every Dreamcast owner in the world would have to buy shenmue 1 & 2 twice each for sega to even break even.
Still a great couple of games if you like capsule toys, space harrier and mundane converations, and you want to know where sailors hang out. Which I Do.
The irony is not lost on me.ShadowKirby said:
I'm aware of that. I even said so in my original post. It's only been in the last several years that they've been milking the Final Fantasy franchise to death. Dragon Quest too.Amnestic said:
Actually the main reason for that one is that Metal Gear Solid games generally took so bloody long to reach Europe that Konami would include new features to appease us. Both Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 had significant delays between their US and EU releases, but reached Europe with new features. Metal Gear Solid 4 on the other hand got released in Europe on the same day as everywhere else, and to my knowledge no European Extreme mode exists.GloatingSwine said:
