The root of whatever problems exist in the Japanese gaming industry may have to do with the fact that Japanese games don't appeal enough to the worldwide gamer. Japanese games may be too Japanese.
The former Mega Man producer's latest game, Dragon & Colonies, is going to dragon heaven.
I kinda feel bad for him at this point but he did bring it on himself with mighty number 9.
Seems everything he touches since he left Capcom becomes filled with misfortune.
- Started work on a 3DS game called Kaio: King of Pirates that later got canceled
- Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z was a disappointing game that all but killed the Ninja Gaiden franchise
- Mighty No.9 failed to live up to the grand expectations set for it
- ReCore was very below average title that didn’t leave much of an impression
- Red Ash has fallen off the radar and the public hasn’t heard anything about its progression
All these flops from the same man who dissed Japanese developers a decade ago. He even defended Phil Fish’s harsh criticism of Japanese devs yet Inafune himself has hasn’t had any critical hits of his own since leaving Capcom.
Level-5 Comcept’s Keiji Inafune recently sat down for an interview where he talked about how the idea for Dragon & Colonies came about, how they had to fit the needs of the smartphone crowd, and more.
Keiji Inafune was once a legendary and iconic game developer, but after the disaster of Mighty No. 9 and the failure of Red Ash, he's disappeared.
I lost so much respect for this guy. I am still bitter over Mighty No. 9 and not getting the backer rewards as promised. All I've gotten was what was promised in the lowest tier with a t shirt and a dumb plushie.
Have you guys seen the latest comments on the MN9 Kickstarter page? Lots of backers still haven't gotten their rewards.
https://www.kickstarter.com...
''Part of the reason that Metroid: Other M is catching critical flak may be that it turns Samus into a woman who requires male approval or permission to act strongly, which is very much a Japanese cultural stereotype, and it did not serve the game well.''
No it's not.Soldiers who are at the bottom of the chain have to go by orders given to them by superiors. that has nothing to do with japanese culture. This is MILITARY structure in every country out there.
" The anime-esque characters in Final Fantasy XIII and other JRPG’s are too preposterous to take seriously. The fact that we even have a genre called "JRPG's" may be indicative of the problem''
If japanes games Were LESS and less japanese then they wouldnt feel like japanese games.I dont want to play a Final fantasy game with Characters looking like Kratos and Marcus phenix on Steroids with AMERICAN stuff going in there.
I mean if you guys cant stand japanese games then why the hell are you playing them? they're japanese games! So you have to accept that you'll see Anime characters and over the top action because this is what makes japanes games so fun to us.
It means that Japanese developers need to add to their lexicon and take efforts to make other kinds of games, as well. We're seeing baby steps in this direction with the Devil May Cry reboot being developed with English studio Ninja Theory.''
You want to know what happens when Japanese devs try and make a game to please the west? You get crap like Quatum theory but I bet the writer would have enjoyed this since he seems like the type of guy that only enjoy shooters.
I swear it's a bunch of bloody meat eater gun shooting call of duty loving guys that are making these articles lately.
i actually enjoy japanese games the way they are so many very excellent games come from japan i don't want em ruined
What wrong with God of War characters designs none them look they are on roids.
but i love Japanese video games. I'm 19 and i grew up with them my whole life. no way in hell am i gonna stop buy and playing them. i love American games too do not get me wrong. i like Japanese game because they have a certain style and personality that other games just cannot have.
Seriously, it's as though no one on N4G actually reads...if the Japanese gaming industry is in trouble, it might be because they're not selling to a world market. You guys loving on Japanese games, that's great...but clearly there aren't enough of you to keep the Japanese games market from shrinking while the American market is growing.
So, if you care about your Japanese games, you'd better hope that the Japanese start selling to the world market and making more money, or you're going to be paying a lot of money for imports someday because the Japanese won't be making games for the American market, because they won't be able to afford to. They'll just become an insular industry and make games for their own market.