But Zelda U has literally been stated to be more western based than ever. Plus, we HAD less japanese-y attempts from Nintendo. Case and point, Codename STEAM. And with how pitifully the game sold, can you seriously blame them for wanting to stick more towards the audience they know they can please? I do agree that they should try to go with a more western approach with some of their games, but it's not as simple as just DOING it.
(P.S. thanks SO much for introducing me to Arlo, that dude is probably one of my favorite youtubers right now.)
Did you not read his tweet?
He was responding to someone who said Aonuma's recent comment on Zelda Wii U being more "western in taste" was a turn off, by saying it isn't a turn off for him and praising them for making this step away from the overly "Japanesey" direction they have had lately.
Also Codename STEAM didn't fail because it was a "Western inspired game". It failed because Nintendo gave no ****s in marketing it, and focused ALL of their efforts on Splatoon (and Nintendo have a huge problem with marketing in general), and for some, admittedly, unfortunate oversights in the initial release of the game (they got patched but it was too late to encourage more positive feedback at that point). You're completely missing the point of why it failed if you just jump to the "Western inspiration". Just like how Nintendo misses the point of why Chibi-Robo has been failing.
I rather have Nintendo stick with the Japanese style.
Because when Japanese companies start going for the western appeal, well...You get stuff like this
Because for every Metroid Prime and Punch Out Wii, there's a Bomberman Act Zero and Altered Beast: Axe Rider
And you don't want those. And don't try to deny it
One could easily make the reverse argument here.
For every Final Fantasy VII and Xenoblade Chronicles, you get a Final Fantasy XIII, #FE, and Paper Mario: Sticker Star, or any old generic, budget anime-JRPG type game that still gets released on the PS3. I say this as someone who adores FFXIII and doesn't have much interest in FFVII compared to other FF games, but I know what the general opinion is, and I know people won't argue with me on that one.
Also I enjoyed DmC waaaay more than any other DMC game, and I know I'm not the only one. Both in feel/aesthetics, and in gameplay. I tried some of the DMC games and thought they were OK but the overly B-tier movie/anime tone and total power fantasy characterisation, just wasn't my thing, and I didn't complete any of them. Plus the gameplay felt archaic in some ways. DmC had a tone I much preferred, a much more imaginative setting, and a combat system I preferred, and much less tanky controls. And I pretty much 100%'d it. And I haven't even played the Definitive Edition yet either, which I heard made some VAST improvements to the game!
It's kinda unfair grouping DmC with the likes of Shadow the Hedgehog and those other games, because while those are all bad/mediocre games that totally miss the point and feel aimless at a lot of times, DmC is a well made game that knew what it wanted to be and made it very apparent from the get go. If you bought it hoping for a similar tone to the other DMC games, that's your own fault. It was trying to be different to the other games while still keeping the fundamental aspects, and it succeeded, especially with the Definitive Edition. The majority of people who strongly disliked DmC, were the diehard DMC fans who probably also would call themselves weeaboos unironically, whom wouldn't even acknowledge the gameplay improvements the Definitive Edition made to take some of the better gameplay aspects of the original games, and put them into DmC. Most other people can at least acknowledge it as a fun game even if they don't like the story or tone as much, and it did get good reception from critics. TotalBiscuit even ended up really liking it, and he's not even too into that genre of game (including the classic DMC games).
Point is, you can't just point at a few bad eggs and use them as an excuse for Nintendo to not do more Western flavoured stuff, ESPECIALLY when those bad eggs WEREN'T MADE by Nintendo. Nintendo usually does Western flavoured stuff very well, actually, so if anything, they should be doing it more often.
The only thing Josh means by "too Japanesey" is the same old "DURR ANIME SUCKS" bull****. Don't believe me? Look at his twitter for a literal minute.
And ignore everything else he's done like his thought out discussions and what not.
We do damage control, here in Nintenzone Social.
ChikoLad
Here's the full rundown of those comments by Yuji Naka's comments on Sonic in Melee.
http://sourcegaming.info/2016/03/25/misinfo/
Thanks, it's good to finally have clarity on this. Good on you for doing this, especially in light of those other sites spreading misinformation.