konnichiwa said: Yeah like the Atomic bomb

Okay, was that necessary? Did you want to start a flame war? This generation is not the people involved in either side of the conflict. Such a line does not belong here. 

Nickelbackro said: hmm, i believe Miyamoto is referring to one of the fundamental differences between Western and Eastern Culture. Western Culture has always played up creativity and breaking the mold where the eastern train of thought is more regimented from an earlier age. This makes the western way of thinking more creative, and the eastern more improvement oriented. There is actually a saying in a lot of eastern cultures taught to young children "The nail that stands up will be pounded down." in reference to outspoken children. Such advice in the west wouldn't be used because creativity is stressed more and the tradeoff is sometimes a less regimented and patient culure. Just an anthropological thought, neither culture is superior, just different. Heck that's what makes life interesting, differences. haha wow i sound like an old professor.

Well, i don't know. If we make a comparision between Japan and USA (not Japan and west), i'd say that USA is more open to new ideas and USA:ns tend to market the new inventions kind of heavily, when in Japan your product needs to prove itself before getting accepted, when in USA the most important thing is the idea, instead of the product itself. Or to put it in another way, USAns tend to put a half-ready product to market, when Japanese test the product and improve it until it works like a swiss clock. Western culture varies so much between different regions, that i would say that "general" western culture doesn't exist. @konnichiwa: It was developed in USA, but the people who developed it, were from somewhere else. At the time USA was the only safe zone where you could develope it safe from the Nazis, who were thought to be working on A-bomb.