| jarrod said: Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection and Ms. Pac-Man XBLA were programmed by Western developers actually. Of course the original releases for all the games included were designed in Japan years ago. |
That doesn't surprise me. Sega and Namco are international corporations. They have branches in America, Europe, etc. I'd still consider those "Japanese" since the original releases were designed in Japan.
Though I believe Dead Rising (which I haven't played but many are bringing up) was actually designed and developed by an American branch of Capcom. So I question whether it's really "Japanese". Just because the parent company is Japanese, doesn't mean the game is Japanese. That would make God of War, Uncharted and some other western Sony games "Japanese". The UFC and WWE games are like the reverse of this. THQ is American and UFC and WWE are both mainly western brands but the guys who actually designed and developed the game are Japanese. Yukes in Japan. That's why in the end credits you mostly see Japanese names on there.
Though this whole discussion opens up an interesting can of worms. Is Simpsons "western" or eastern because while the game is designed by a westerner (his name escapes me at the moment) and uses western voice actors, the animation is developed in Korea. Just one of the many great examples of globalization at work. I guess if you use design as the indicator, Simpsons would be western though.
