Japan has produced thousands of intriguing video games. For any
number of reasons, not all of them were ever released outside of
the country, especially in the '80s and '90s. While many of these
titles have since been documented by the English-speaking video
game community - and in some cases, even unofficially translated -
a huge proportion of the Japanese game output is unknown outside of
their native territory (and even, in some cases, within it). Some
of these games are oddities, the kind of uniquely Japanese title
that wouldn't have been commercial viable outside of the country;
others may have done well but were victims of circumstance. Plus,
for quite a long time, the Japanese industry developed separately
from American and European output, with their own landmark titles
that created trends and inspired later games. Even the older games
have a visual and aural style that make them distinct from similar
games from around the globe. Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: Japanese
Video Game Obscurities seeks to catalogue many of these titles -
games that are weird, compelling, strange, cool or historically
important. Some of these may be familiar if you've comprehensively
read Hardcore Gaming 101 website archives (though the actual text
for this book is completely original), but we've also included a
large number of titles that aren't (currently) reviewed, and in
some cases, have little to no English-language coverage whatsoever.
Most of these games are Japanese exclusive, though we've also
picked some that are suitably obscure outside of the country, or
were only localized many years after their original release. In
some cases, they're games that were hugely successful in Japan but
barely made a mark in the West.
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