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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll play devil's avocado.

There are some genres that were effectively created by the Japanese gaming industry (Nintendo and others). Pokemon and monster hunting/battling. Final Fantasy/Dragon Quest and JRPGs. Hell, I'd even say visual novels (like Steins;Gate and others). Japan has been hugely successful at exporting these genres that were already domestically successful. And so they became the reference standards.

But if you were to look at racing games, or flight sims, or dozens (if not hundreds) of other categories, you'd see that they've failed to break into these genres with any significant effect. Not because they don't have the technical skills, but rather, they don't fall into their niche.

Cherry picking Mario and Zelda is unfair.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm going to steal "devil's avocado"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I’ll play devil’s hide the salami.