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Nintendo has now dominated Japan game sales for 19 consecutive years (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[โ€“] Wolf_359@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doubt it's spite.

I will avoid games that "feel" Japanese because they don't interest me for a variety of reasons. I don't like the exaggerated voices and facial expressions, I don't like personified insects and sea creatures, and I don't care for hamfisted dialogues that over-explain the entire plot.

Games like Mario and Zelda are exceptions because they have just enough of a Western feel to them.

I have to imagine Japanese players like things that feel normal to them the same way I do. And a lot of Nintendo's bigger games have found a good way to thread that needle between Western culture and Japanese culture.

[โ€“] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm the same. Most Japanese games look like someone tried to live action an anime character and they always look bad to me. The Yakuza games are a great example, I think the graphics are awful and the dialogue is trash, but people love it.