Nintendo importing Japanese Culture to the States.....

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Steerforth

Nintendo importing Japanese Culture to the States.....

Postby Steerforth » July 13th, 2007, 7:56 am

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/07/what_nintendo_wants.html?nav=rss_blog

It's been a good year for Nintendo, as we've already noted in today's article, but Harrison admits there's one thing he'd like to see more of on the Nintendo DS handheld game device in the United States market.
 
You see, in Japan, some titles have already cracked straight out of the games category altogether. There are titles for the DS that teach cooking, English and etiquette, for example. In the U.S. a brain stimulating game called Brain Age has been a success (a sequel is on the way), but Harrison said he'd like to push for more titles on the mobile device that aren't strictly games.
 
"We haven't done that as well as we should," he said.

'Bout time NOA got cracking!


feilong801
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Nintendo importing Japanese Culture to the States.....

Postby feilong801 » July 13th, 2007, 3:30 pm

It'll be interesting to see if that sort of thing works.

Followers of the J-game industry know that these sorts of quirky non-games have been hugely popular for many years now. Yet when "productivity" type games were released on the original Gameboy, they were (to my knowledge) flops.

Yet Brain Age was succesful, as was Nintendogs..... so I guess we'll wait and see on that.

-Rob


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