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more about #edgemagazine mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: I'm pretty sure it was Takeuchi that stated as much in an interview done for a special on 1Up (or Gamespot? Can't remember) that tried to explain the ... more » EloquentZen: Wait wait wait. Why is he saying that online gaming is their weakness? Um, MONSTER HUNTER anyone? That game was actually playable ONLINE on the PS2... more » Game_Sovereign: I agree. He hit it on the head. He summarized Japan's gaming decline problem into two points: Curiosity and the embracement of Online gaming. Having l... more » AoE: Wow, does Mr. Takeuchi still have time to produce games in-between interviews where he trashes the Japanese gaming industry? #japan more » chasss: Japanese is so plagued by substandard RPGs, most of the ones that even make it to the US/Europe are absolutely horrible. The Japanese market got stuck... more » Bouchart: If Japan needs to emulate the curiosity of Westerners then they are in much more trouble than I thought. #japan more » Rachel Fogg: Hmmmm, a part of me agrees with his statements and another doesn't.... It's not like the Western games/gamers are the bastion of light in the gaming ... more » Bondage_Zombie: There are problems endemic in the east and west. Though, it is pretty curious that online multiplayer games are rather slow on the uptake. I'm always... more » kagekiri: I wonder how big MMOs are in Japan (FFXI is the only one I've heard of being big there). I know MMOs are big in the US, and lots of other parts of SE ... more » Torusan: I think the Japanese gamer interest and interests of the rest of the world is starting to divide what developers want to do and what they have to do. ... more » The Anti-Fanboy: This is just a theory, and I might be totally insensitive in making it, and probably very wrong too, but I think the Japanese are more interested in b... more » Ueziel: People in the west definitely don't go towards things on their own. They go towards whatever is marketed as being cool or big. The hype machine rules ... more » bakagaijin: And unfortunately Takeuchi-san, if history is needed to show you, is that's exactly what you'll need to do--lead by example. Maybe because it's fresh... more » cat. bus. - Die bad robots! Die!: I pretty much want exactly what a lot of Japanese games used to be. A single player adventure told in an epic or quirky manner. Online play is hinder... more » Muckamuck: Games with ad-hoc multiplayer seem to lead the trend for sales. Monster Hunter, Phantasy Star Portable and Zero, Dragon Quest IX, Pokemon, Dissidia--a... more » AncientUnknown1: I was just reading this interview in EDGE last night and thinking, "this would make an interesting topic on Kotaku." And lo and behold! Totilo does... more » Archaotic: Silly Takeuchi. Western gamers aren't curious. They're just as dumb as Japanese gamers, the only difference is what they're dumb about. Japanese ga... more » Takamofo: In Communist Russia, Wii Fist you! more » -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties!: @ Stephen Totillo, Wouldn't the NP cover be from 2006? It says "Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess Update" which came out in 2006 more » twizm: its only a matter of time before the "cool kids" start wearing shirts with those images more » -
#lostplanet2
Takeuchi: Japanese Gamers Need Western Gamers' Curiosity
Usually, when a country's gaming scene struggles, game creators take the heat. But an Edge interview with Lost Planet 2 producer Jun Takeuchi suggests gamers could also be to blame. More » -
#wii
Wii Remote In Raised Fist: Possibly The Image Of Our Generation
Three times is homage, rip-off, a trend or simply a sign that this is the signature visual of the gaming era during which we live. More » -
#genremixing
Upcoming Racing Game Repeatedly Compared To A Shooter
Activision's CEO already said Blur could be the Call of Duty of racing games, but it's the four varied references to shooters in Edge magazine's cover story on the game that drive that home. More »
