What's startling about the Wii's success in Japan is that it's been with almost no games to appeal to the traditional Japanese gamer. Aside from Symphonia and DQ Swords, the system's sales have come from two demographics: Nintendo fans and Casual/motion gamers. We know that Sports Resort is going to be big in Japan so that will help a bit.
So the question is when is the Wii going to finally start to appeal to the traditional Japanese gamer? When is it going to make that long hard slog that the 360 has been making over the last year? The major titles (Monster Hunter, Tales and DQ) aren't coming out for at least a little while, and games like Fragile and Tenchu rely on a ready and willing install base already being there, which it clearly doesn't have already. So what does 09 have for Japan? According to our "Games of 2009 thread" we've got:
Cosmic walker - I know we know nothing about this one.
Sin & Punishment 2 - Appeals to both Nintendo and "hardcore"
Muramasa: Demon Blade
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearer - oh yeah, we need to start counting this as one of the majors
Kizuna
Dynamic Slash
Little King Story
Rune Factory: Frontier
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI
Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga
Monster Hunter G
Arc Rise Fantasia
Pro Evo 09
And we've still got lots of time for game announcememnts. Expect some more good news from Capcom and some other Japanese developers. The Wii is definitely in a game drought, but it's not a long term one.
Some bundles and colours might help things, but I don't think a price cut is all that necessary
I'm a mod, come to me if there's mod'n to do.
Chrizum is the best thing to happen to the internet, Period.
Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!
Bet with dsisister44: Red Steel 2 will sell 1 million within it's first 365 days of sales.
