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LordTendoboy

WaltzElf wrote:

I mean, why release these games? Why would Americans want to play as Japanese characters? JRPGs are not as popular as FPSers in America, so why bother localising them?

That is a completely different situation. JRPGs used to be extremely popular in America. Anything Final Fantasy sold huge numbers in the 1990's. Nintendo even contracted Square to make Super Mario RPG, since the genre was so huge on the Super NES.

The FPS genre, however, has never been popular in Japan.

Apples to oranges, my friend.

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LordTendoboy

WaltzElf wrote:

The FPS genre, however, has never been popular in Japan.

Call of Duty begs to differ.

And that's a recent phenomenon. Doom, Quake, Medal of Honor, TimeSplitters, Halo, etc. were never huge successes in the Japanese market. The only reason Call of Duty is somewhat popular in Japan is because of the hype. The franchise is a global phenomenon.

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WaltzElf wrote:

I mean, why release these games? Why would Americans want to play as Japanese characters? JRPGs are not as popular as FPSers in America, so why bother localising them?

If they're Japanese, then why are they so white and American-like? Aside from the weird colored hair....oh wait...

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tendoboy1984 wrote:

WaltzElf wrote:

The FPS genre, however, has never been popular in Japan.

Call of Duty begs to differ.

And that's a recent phenomenon. Doom, Quake, Medal of Honor, TimeSplitters, Halo, etc. were never huge successes in the Japanese market. The only reason Call of Duty is somewhat popular in Japan is because of the hype. The franchise is a global phenomenon.

Monster Hunter is a recent phenomenon in the West. I'll do you a favour and write to Capcom and tell them to stop wasting their time translating the games then.

LordTendoboy

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And if you really think the JRPG isn't popular in America...

Final Fantasy series
Dragon Quest after DQ9
Demon's Souls
Persona series
Secret of Mana
Sword of Mana
Dissidia Final Fantasy (whatever it's called)
Legend of Dragoon
Yvs series
Kingdom Hearts series

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Because there is still a market for them and companies will continue to localize them until that market completely dies. That's how it is with almost everything.

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LordTendoboy

WaltzElf wrote:

tendoboy1984 wrote:

@WaltzElf

And if you really think the JRPG isn't popular in America...

Final Fantasy 7
Dragon Quest 9
Demon's Souls
Persona series
Secret of Mana
Sword of Mana
Dissidia Final Fantasy (whatever it's called)
Legend of Dragoon
Yvs series

The Call of Duty franchise has outsold all them.

That's because Call of Duty is the most overhyped franchise ever. Halo used to be bigger than Call of Duty, yet Microsoft hasn't given up on that series,

Hey, maybe Nintendo should stop making Pokemon, Mario, and Zelda games, since CoD is clearly the most popular game series. Give me a f*cking break. Maybe Rockstar should stop making GTA. Maybe Sega should stop making Sonic games, even though Unleashed and Colors were big successes, but they're not as popular as CoD.

If sales numbers decided the fate of the entire industry, then every single game that isn't an FPS would be nonexistant. Sometimes it's good to experiment a bit, that leads to innovation, which what this industry thrives on. Without innovation, we wouldn't have Pokemon, the Wii, Kinect, PS Move, the DS, the iPod, iPad, iOS App Store, etc.

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WaltzElf wrote:

You both lose. Cricket games > all.

Oh yeah? My boot > crickets

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