XCX Director: 'I don't like current Japanese videogames, I prefer Western videogames'

[Maraccuda]

Jumpin said:

Maraccuda said:
Xenoblade X definitely feels very different to the original on Wii.
This one feels like a SciFi MMORPG while the old one was more of a Fantasy Adventure RPG.

XenoX tried to use concepts that are more popular in the West being online functionality and a space theme akin to Mass Effect while Xenoblade was full of typically themes found in other JRPGs.

I actually like this guy's attitude as he can see western audiences are vastly differnt and varied compared to the modern Japanese market. I just wish the Nintendo execs could see this too.

Actually sci-fi is more popular in Japan than pretty much everywhere else. For every movie, book, or TV show about space or robots in the U.S. And Europe combined, Japan will have 20. The vast majority of games with a sci-fi theme are Japanese. Mass Effect was the exception, most Western things are medieval/fantasy themed like Dragon Age, Elder Scrolls, Ultima, Everquest, Warcraft, etc...

Science Fiction elements and influences are so prevalent in Japan that they have leaked over into pretty much every other genre; if Xenoblade Chronicles were made in the U.S., it would be firmly labeled as Sci-Fi, for example. Science fiction permeates into Japanese culture so much that most fantasy is full of it, and a lot of TV shows, like Pokemon, have it.

Xenoblade is sci Fi not because of Mass Effect, but because Xenogears and Xenosaga were sci Fi, and that is the sort of thing Takahashi has developed most of his professional career, dating back to WAY before Mass Effect.

True about the first point, but I feel the Japanese Sci Fi shows ive seen have been way over the top (eg, recent Gundams) and so far Xenoblade X feels rather down to Earth despite being a Sci Fi.

Yeah I know about Xenosaga but I have never played them and can only speculate on how they were. If they were sci fi with cliche Japanese tropes or if believable enough to feel futuristic.