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	GameSpy.com - Gaming's Homepage
		Japanese games may seem quite intimidating to those unfamiliar with the language.
		The surprise expressed by my friends in large part resulted from the common but false assumption that if you are to play any games with Japanese text in the menus or what have you, that you must possess fluency in or at least working knowledge of the language.
		Japanese is a fascinating, complex, and difficult language.
	archive.gamespy.com /icfj/august03/import04 (970 words)

	Japanese Video Games: A Model for International Popular Medias?
		They are usually not labeled as "Japanese" or marketed under the platform of being "Japanese" as anime and manga almost invariably are; and most consumers who buy the games don't bother to question where each individual game was developed; it isn't an issue for most consumers.
		game developers wanted a home platform for which to develop their games as well, and the NES was basically the only platform available.
		Some U.S.-based game development companies would even buy the rights to translate and sell Japanese games in the U.S. because it was more economically efficient than developing entirely new American games on their own.
	www.j-fan.com /edit.cgi?selected=japanese_video_games1 (1199 words)

	List of Japanese games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-List_of_Japanese_games.html (372 words)

	Animedley - Reviews of Japanese games, saves, translations.
		Many imports and some RPG games are included here but not all the game reviews here are imports, so I just call them Japanese games.
		Game saves will only let you access omake mode if the game has such bonus after ending, not to mention it's a complete spoiler.
		Also, those remakes of some of games here, for example, dousoukai that was released as CD version recently, may need differet game saves than the one for old version.
	www.geocities.com /animedley/animedley.htm (371 words)

	GameSpy.com - Gaming's Homepage
		The PC class of these games are also well known for their questionable content, often times venturing into the world of "hentai," or porn.
		Sports games are popular all the world over, but the type of sports game isn't necessarily what you'd expect.
		The Japanese travel mostly by train, be it in Tokyo's impressive subway network or on zipped through the countryside on the Shinkansen, or bullet train.
	archive.gamespy.com /icfj/november03/import9 (601 words)

	Salon.com Technology \| Dance Dance Revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		So-called beat games, such as Samba De Amigo, in which music and rhythm are an integral part of the gameplay, have become a cultural phenomenon in Japan over the last few years.
		Ever since video games made the jump from 2-D to 3-D in the mid 1990s, innovation, as far as the gaming industry is concerned, has been limited to mostly incremental upgrades.
		The Japanese are accustomed to playing games that attract a broad spectrum of people, whereas most of the games that reach the U.S. usually don't appeal much beyond the demographic of adolescent boys.
	www.salon.com /tech/feature/2001/01/23/ddr (1128 words)

	TNL Forum - Western games vs. Japanese games...
		I mean, I've loved a lot of Japanese games this past year, Shenmue 2, Virtua Fighter 4, Sega GT 2002, Mario Sunshine, but even without including PC games, Western games like Mech Assault, Splinter Cell, Starfox Adventures, Rallisport Challenge, GTA:VC, Moto GP, Uneal 2003/Championship, Hitman 2, and Morrowind have really dominated my time this year.
		Though I did buy and enjoy two Western games this year, which is almost a record for me. I'm not trying to belittle western developers, it's just that my tastes and interests in gaming are heavily lopsided towards the east.
		To say, though, that Japanese game developers are losing ground very quickly would be an understatement by me. I think there's alot of pressure on these companies to produce some hits for this next year.
	www.the-nextlevel.com /board/showthread.php?t=12201 (986 words)

	Train Driving Simulators
		All of the games that tested so far under Windows 95 require Direct X version 5 and Intel Indeo to be installed.
		This game is extremely popular in Japan, in fact that its so popular that there are pop songs about it and a drink named after it.
		In Taito's site there is a historical section on arcade games with posters which include pictures of the machine and some screen shots.
	www.softgrow.com /trainsim (1365 words)

	Video games that get lost in translation - Games - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Games such as "Enter the Matrix" from Atari, and "The Lord of the Rings" by Electronic Arts, both released last year, often vanish from the Japanese market without leaving a trace.
		When Microsoft launched Xbox in Japan in 2002, one of the big games for the system was "Halo," an FPS game that sold over 1 million copies in the United States.
		Games are driven more by consumers' tastes than that of developers, Kojima said.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4780423 (1433 words)

	Tokyopia: What's Wrong With the Japanese Games Industry: the artist's view
		Games tend to be slight extensions of projects done before, over and over, for years and years.
		Our theory is now this: in the old days, when optimization was a big deal, Japanese developers got the early hand up and created some of the forefathers of the modern game industry, establishing many of the rules and styles that have become international standards, some franchises continuing even to this day.
		So we're stuck in a situation where Western games and all the new ideas and standards that are taking off abroad are not being allowed to take root in Japanese games culture.
	www.tokyopia.com /tk/archives/000114.php (922 words)

	Japanese Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Japanese children love to play a variety of games.
		Some games enjoyed by youngsters are hide-and-seek, tag, hopscotch (kenpa), jump rope, yo yo (kagome kagome), string game (Te A So B), juggling (O te da ma), pin-the-tailon-the-donkey (fuku warai), etc...
		Go, a board game played with fl and white stones on a large grid containing 324 squares is imported from China.
	mcreynoldsms.org /jpgame.htm (324 words)

	Nerd Heroes: The Phenomenon of Loser Protagonists in Modern Japanese Games - GameCritics.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In her book "Samurai From Outer Space", Japan historian/anime fan Antonia Levi coins a term she affectionately calls "the nerd hero." Anime, of course, is what the Japanese call their animation, and it often features insecure, dorky men in love stories where they are inexplicably pursued by well-meaning and sweet women.
		These games established a contextual arena for much of Japan's gaming industry, and it would be a few more years until these mythical stories collided with the growing modern sensibilities of the anime that inspired them.
		The game itself works as an excellent post-modern text on Japanese gaming in general, and no more so than in the way it handles its central protagonist.
	www.gamecritics.com /feature/report/nerdheroes/page01.php (629 words)

	BW Online \| July 26, 2004 \| Is Japanese Style Taking Over The World?
		Japanese pop culture is now so mainstream in the U.S. that it has become big business.
		The careers of Japanese artists Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara are on the ascent; at Sotheby's (BID) contemporary art auction last May, their quirky characters and patterns sold for record prices, hundreds of thousands of dollars a pop.
		Part of the Japanese cool factor is the result of the new competiton from China and Korea.
	www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/04_30/b3893091.htm (1852 words)

	ESL games
		Once you have taught the kids the Genki English Songs (so they can actually remember the English they'll use in the games), these games are a great way for kids to practise the language in the classroom.
		But remember that a game for a game's sake is no good - choose a game that will let them practice their target language.
		Nearly all of these games are illustrated with photos of them being used in the classroom.
	genkienglish.net /games.htm (546 words)

	Japanese vs. American Video Games
		When Nintendo, a Japanese company, dished out one of the industries most innovative ideas, Mario 64, American development houses clamored with a resounding respect, and soon hoped to spew out their own competitors.
		For some reason or another, Japanese games are never made for the sake of hacking and slashing humans or deformed creatures into oblivion, or beating your opponent with their own limb, for that matter (e.g.
		Japanese games mostly aspire for gameplay perfection, storyline innovation and the like.
	www.fulan.com /dop/JapAmerRant.html (1529 words)

	Undokai - Japanese Games \| National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the games given as examples, we can see that group identity is emphasized.
		In addition to the games below, an undokai may include relay races, a tug of war, three-legged races, and many other games.
		The Japanese exercises which you can see in almost any film about Japanese students or workers are simple to do.
	www.indiana.edu /~japan/LP/LS27.html (603 words)

	Wolfgames
		Scans are not always of the same copy of the game that's on sale; All games include the game, case, and instructions in very good condition unless noted, but the picture in the scan has nothing to do with whether the game is new, used, or with/without spine
		Availability will be checked, the games will be put on hold for you, and you will be given a complete total and payment details.
		Please note that inquiries of "Is this game still available?" do not put a game on hold for you, and prices are firm, even if you're buying many games.
	www.wolfgames.com (671 words)

	Joseph Laszlo - Games In Japan: Market Morphing
		So it was good to come across (via Slashdot Games) a great 1UP piece on the implosion of the Japanese game market.
		Our coverage of PC and console games provides us with deep insights into the US game market, and it's fascinating to compare and contrast the US games boom with the problems Japanese game-makers are finding themselves in.
		The piece blames a stunning failure of new/original Japanese franchises to find market acceptance, and a shift toward mobile gaming (based on the CESA data reported by 1UP, of the 34.4m or so fans of games in Japan, 9m are fans of cellphone based games).
	weblogs.jupiterresearch.com /analysts/laszlo/archives/003365.html (410 words)

	Japanese Mac Games
		Once you launch the game, press apple + F for full screen, press space bar to start or pause, apple key is your weapon trigger, and arrow keys to navigate.
		This demo is, however, limited in that many activities are disabled but you can try a few games to get a general sense of the style and content, and to wisely evaluate it.
		The game play ends when there is no cards left in the stock pile and no one can make any matches.
	www.macgamesandmore.com /japanese_mac_games.html (974 words)

	Videogames.3Yen.com - Video Games in Japan - Japanese Video Games
		Japanese gamers will enjoy the updated graphics (according to IGN, they will be 3-D) and music.
		Instead, both games contain an amalgamation of the Japanese and English versions, with the level changes (such as the world 1-1 Fortress) remaining from English version, along with the graphic “gimmicks” (like the suit flying off effect) from the Japanese one.
		The good news is that the game segment is up 64% compared to last year, but they are still losing even more money than last year in that department too.
	videogames.3yen.com (2169 words)

	Gamasutra - Features - "Lost In Translation--Japanese and American Gaming's Culture Clash"
		Although many game developers and publishers speak of a truly worldwide videogame market, making a title popular in all of the major territories is still a tantalizingly difficult prospect.
		In Sony's case, their games almost always feature high-quality translations, re-recorded Japanese voiceovers (often with famous voice actors), and in some cases, like Crash, visual design changes to make the games more appealing to the Japanese market.
		But things are not altogether well in Japanese gaming, which is why Ricciardi ends his analysis on a cautionary note to anyone who would presume to deliberately target Western and Japanese gamers at the same time: "Japanese gamers are a finicky bunch, and cracking that market has proven to be quite a task.
	www.gamasutra.com /features/20040121/carless_01.shtml (851 words)

	List of Japanese games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of traditional Japanese games.
		Many of them are localized children's games, but some, especially the more challenging games such as go, are enjoyed by players of different ages across the world.
		This page was last modified 03:57, 2 November 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Japanese_games (70 words)

	Japanese Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These are a few Japanese games that aren't on the list of all of the American games.
		DaivaMost of these games are role playing games.
		The reason some of these where never released in America was that the plot of the games seamed to sappy for an American audiance.
	www.geocities.com /hoz14_2000/Japan.htm (69 words)

	Tokyopia: What's Wrong With the Japanese Games Industry: the historian's view
		Companies who are keen enough to be producing legitimately good games before the shakeout are usually foresighted enough to see the shitstorm approaching and cover themselves with a tarp.
		I was there to sit in on an interview: a Japanese journalist buddy of mine was talking to the head of the new Department of Digital Games, Hirotaka Uoi.
		The idea is to study the very medium of electronic games - in different fields like edutainment, exercise, physical rehab - to graduate students who think about electronic games differently and who perhaps will come up with brand-new ideas for how to use them and exploit them.
	www.tokyopia.com /tk/archives/000115.php (3019 words)

	DVD Talk Forum - Xbox question about Japanese Only Games...
		Although a publisher would be able to restrict a game so that it only worked in one region, Microsoft will be encouraging game developers to let their releases run in all three territories.
		Games consoles have historically been regionally encoded, much to the anger of gamers.
		In his interview Allard says the possibility that a software company would write a game for the Japanese market, and not release US or European versions is not something Microsoft wants to see.
	www.dvdtalk.com /forum/printthread.php?t=183777 (762 words)

	OptiGamer Forums - japanese games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		man i hate how you have to have a chip so you can play japanese games on american systems.
		they have some sweet naruto, kenshin, etc. games but i cant play them does anybody know where the chip is available for a decent price.
		Most Japan-only PS2 3rd party games I know are Bishoujo games though.
	www.optigamer.com /forums/showthread.php?t=3370 (292 words)

	Japanese Games
		Games are not always dedicated games, but programs that include games, often tutorial or bundled software.
		Japanese: Age Of Empires II - Age of Kings
		Japanese: The Ages of Empires II - Conquerors
	www.worldlanguage.com /Products/Japanese/Games/Page1.htm?CalledFrom=210047 (181 words)

	GamerFeed : News : General : Power-Up Your Knowledge of Japanese Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chris Kohler, one of video game journalism's most important new voices, has joined forces with BradyGames, the leader in video game strategy guides, to launch a new book designed to give readers an entertaining and authoritative look at the indelible influence that video gaming, specifically Japanese gaming, has had on the world.
		The book, scheduled to release in early September, is the first English-language work of its kind to examine the reasons behind the success of Japanese video games, rather than focusing on the history of video games.
		At over 300 pages, this compelling paperback profiles some of the most fascinating Japanese video game designers in the industry and takes a critical look at Japanese video games from their earliest beginnings to new, exciting trends that ride the bleeding edge of popular culture.
	general.gamerfeed.com /gf/pr/7341 (511 words)

	Evil Avatar - Japanese Games Receive Government Backing
		The Japanese government plans to give new backing it's country's highly profitable games industry in order to 'promote anime, games, and martial arts around the world', GameSpot reports.
		Although the Japanese government has shown relatively little interest in supporting the country's game industry in the past, it appears that change is on the horizon.
		One of the federations will specialize in the promotion of games, digital content, and popular characters; the latter of these indicates the inclusion of anime in the federation's dealings.
	www.evilavatar.com /forums/showthread.php?t=2581 (513 words)

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