Twilight Princess and Metroid3 were both released in Americas first, as well as Wii release, DS release. Historically, games being released have always had months to close to a year differences on major games. FF7 was 7 months late in the US.
How would you feel if Microsoft released Halo3 in Japan 3 weeks before the US? Where's the loyalty? hehe
Numbers: Checker Players > Halo Players
Checkers Age and replayability > Halo Age and replayability
Therefore, Checkers > Halo
So, Checkers is a better game than Halo.