Why in the land of platforming (Japan) LBP failed so miserably?

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kowenicki said:

Beuli2 said:

kowenicki said:

British game. 

 

i.e. not Japanese.

Donkey Kong.

what about it?  an established franchise going back years now released on the wii?  this relates to LBP how?

It and LBP of of the same genre.  It's also not created by a British game studio, so it's an exception to the metric you set forth.