Michael Pachter: ‘I Don’t Get Japanese Developers’

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theRepublic said:

NightDragon83 said:

[...]There are plenty of innovative games I've enjoyed over the past generation or so that weren't AAA Hollywood blockbusters, such as Portal 1 & 2, Braid, Minecraft, Scribblenauts, etc.

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Or even the latest Mario, or Zelda?  How come no developers are rushing out to copy them these days?[...]

Yeah, I see tons of copies of these games.  Oh wait, no I don't.  Each game is innovative, but no one is jumping to copy any of these games either.

Galaxy and Skyward Sword not innovative?  I'll just say I disagree and leave it at that.

This. 

If anyone tells me with a straight face that galaxy (both of them) and skyward sword aren't innovative, then I have no clue what innovation means to you.