wraggster
June 29th, 2006, 17:02
In the end, while the short term looks relatively grim for Microsoft's Japanese stint, there are more potential games on the schedule than the original Xbox ever had. Microsoft may have started poorly, but it's doggedly persistent about Japan and genuinely wooing Japanese developers for the long term. Titles such as Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey are still the biggest Japanese games on most people's minds. They also still feel like pipe dreams because they're so far off.
But big titles from other Japanese companies are filling up the holes and hopefully, our perceptions, too. For instance, Enchanted Arms already hit the Japanese market, but here in the US, soon to be published by Ubisoft, it could make a significant splash, being the first Japanese RPG on the system. Capcom's Dead Rising is a zombie game with a twist that is hopefully more than just a one-day rental. Ninety-Nine Nights is a familiar Dynasty Warriors button masher, but a really beautiful one, and even Sonic the Hedgehog is hitting the Xbox 360 this fall. Look for Chromehounds and Enchanted Arms to hit the US market this summer.
More here (http://us.xbox360.ign.com/articles/715/715308p1.html)
But big titles from other Japanese companies are filling up the holes and hopefully, our perceptions, too. For instance, Enchanted Arms already hit the Japanese market, but here in the US, soon to be published by Ubisoft, it could make a significant splash, being the first Japanese RPG on the system. Capcom's Dead Rising is a zombie game with a twist that is hopefully more than just a one-day rental. Ninety-Nine Nights is a familiar Dynasty Warriors button masher, but a really beautiful one, and even Sonic the Hedgehog is hitting the Xbox 360 this fall. Look for Chromehounds and Enchanted Arms to hit the US market this summer.
More here (http://us.xbox360.ign.com/articles/715/715308p1.html)