Japan: The birthplace of Mario, Sonic, Final Fantasy, and Street Fighter—just to name a few. Each year scores of games are made and released here. The best of these come to the West—or rather most of the best do. Each year, a few great titles manage to slip through the cracks for whatever reason and 2012 is no exception.
The following is a collection of the best Japan-only games of 2012 (in no particular order). Some of these will likely never see an international release while others are already rumored to have one on the way. But regardless, as things stand now, these games remain Japan-only.
Took the development team seven years to release their favourite game fully translated for gamers worldwide.
Cultured Vultures: Do you object to any of our rankings for the best and worst Ace Attorney games? We'll see you in court, pal.
One of the hardest game series to rank, every game has a special charm that made it great.
Numerous factors are in play when it comes to delivering turn-based combat that feels like it packs the punches it dishes out.
Bravery Default looks really good.
On a side note does anyone know if Tokitowa is getting a western release?
Too bad you can't play japan only 3DS games unless you have a japanese 3DS. It's great being able to import any PS Vita game I want no matter what region it's from.