Chris Buffa (Modojo): A short while ago, Nintendo seemingly closed the door on the possibility of releasing Wii RPGs Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower in the U.S., much to the chagrin of its fans, some of which launched a grassroots effort called Operation Rainfall to get these games published.
More and more Japanese games are being localized every year. Especially as anime and manga series develop larger, worldwide audiences. Jump Force is the latest to show up worldwide. While it might not be the best crossover title or have the most diverse character roster, it might be a good introduction into this sort of world. So, let's go a bit deeper and learn more about Weekly Shonen Jump crossover games.
Despite sharing countless titles and franchises, the Eastern and Western video game markets are markedly distinct. These ten Japanese video games never made it to the West, for various reasons.
Conversely there's also a lot of western games that will never be released in Japan
We are getting ZERO of these X games? Maybe?! No you're right it makes no sense
There were some good Japan exclusive Mega Man games, most notably another Mega Man & Bass for WonderSwan.
Michibiku's Graham Russell goes over the DS classic Jump Ultimate Stars.
I imported Ouendan 1 and 2 , as well as Jump Ultimate - they work fine as the ds is region free.
Good games btw.