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SKTTR

Did you know that Indies can't publish games in Japan unless they have a regional office there, or find a Japanese publisher?

For that reason, there are some Japan exclusive publishers, even Nintendo themselves look at Western indie eShop games, and pick chosen ones to translate them into Japanese and publishthem in Japan.

Here's a list of Nintendo published Japanese eShop games.

Nintendo

  • Trine 2 - Director's Cut (Frozenbyte)
  • The Swapper (Facepalm Games / Curve Digital)
  • Little Inferno (Tomorrow Corporation)
  • Tiny Thief (5Ants / Abylight Studios) *not released outside of Japan
  • Swords & Soldiers (Two Tribes / Ronimo)
  • Year Walk (Simogo / Dakko Dakko)
  • Swords & Soldiers II (Ronimo)

Here are the other Japan exclusive publishers and the games they picked:

ARC SYSTEM WORKS

  • Nano Assault NEO (Shin'en Multimedia)
  • Othello (ARC SYSTEM WORKS) *Japan Only
  • ARC STYLE : BASEBALL !! SP (ARC SYSTEM WORKS) *Japan Only
  • Family Tennis SP (ARC SYSTEM WORKS)
  • Battle Tank SP (ARC SYSTEM WORKS)
  • Art of Balance (Shin'en Multimedia)
    It seems Shin'en and ARC SYSTEM WORKS had some kind of deal, since Shin'en has published Family Tennis SP in the West, and ARC has published 2 of Shin'en's games in Japan.

Rainy Frog

  • Spot the Differences! Party (Sanuk Games)
  • Spin the Bottle! (KnapNok Games)
  • EDGE (Two Tribes)
  • Cocoto Magic Circus 2 (Big Ben Interactive)
  • Toki Tori 2+ (Two Tribes)
  • XTYPE+ (PhobosLab)
  • Tengami (Nyamyam)
  • Tabletop Gallery (RCMADIAX)
  • Mutant Mudds Deluxe (Renegade Kid)
  • Star Sky (JMJ Interactive)
  • Pentapuzzle (RCMADIAX)
  • Ittle Dew (Ludosity)
  • U-EXPLORE Space Adventures (KnapNok Games / Nifflas' Games)

Flyhigh Works

  • Knytt Underground (Nifflas' Games)
  • Armillo (Fuzzy Wuzzy Games)
  • Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams (Black Forest Games)
  • Gunman Clive HD Collection (Hörberg Productions)
    Nice little combo.

intergrow

  • Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition (WayForward)
  • SteamWorld Dig (Image & Form)

unity games japan

  • Ballpoint Universe Infinite
  • Stick it to the Man! (ZOINK!)
  • Teslagrad (Rain Games)
  • Wind-up Knight 2
  • Girls Like Robots
  • Never Alone (E-Line Media)
  • Nihilumbra (BeautiFun Games)
    Pretty good quality lineup.

COSEN

  • Kung Fu Rabbit (Neko Entertainment)
  • Puddle (Neko Entertainment)
  • Wooden Sen'SeY (Neko Entertainment)
  • Super Toy Cars (Eclipse Games)
  • 99Seconds (EnjoyUp Games)
  • Abyss (EnjoyUp Games)
  • Darts Up (EnjoyUp Games)
  • 99Moves (EnjoyUp Games)
  • Rock 'N Racing Off Road (EnjoyUp Games)
  • Fullblast (EnjoyUp Games)
    I don't know what to think of this publisher, and why they don't publish EnjoyUp's good games like UnEpic, Spy Chameleon, or Funk of Titans.

Beyond Interactive

  • Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition
  • Tetrobot & Co. (Swing Swing Submarine)

And finally these two publishers which released their first games in Japan recently:

CrossFunction

  • Chariot (Frima Studio)
  • Runbow (13AM Games)

Pikii

  • BIT TRIP PRESENTS... RUNNER 2 (Choice Provisions)
  • The Binding of Isaas Rebirth (Nicalis)
  • 1001 Spikes (Nicalis)

I wonder why no Japanese publisher has picked up certain gems like Scram Kitty, Shantae, Citizens of Earth, and many others.

And I'm curious about Tiny Thief, will that be Nintendo's secret eShop game for christmas?

Switch fc: 6705-1518-0990

Dave24

Isn't Citizens of Earth published by Atlus? Makes you wonder why it's not there except westernized Mother(?)

Dave24

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