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[buenoblue]

Not quite grammatically correct thread title about Japanese games. OP is a genius

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

This Japanese rail sim:



That aside, it's definitely Persona 5 and Judgement/Lost Judgement for me.

 

[Hypereides]

(...)

Natsuiro High School

I wasn't aware of this. The premise sounds so cheesy and hilariously over the top that I might check it out at some point.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Shenmue! The only one I haven't seen listed yet.

These came to mind for me, in this order:
Katamari Damacy
Yakuza
Jet Set Radio
Persona
Shenmue
Mister Mosquito

 

[PrefectAboro]

 

[Days like these...]

 

[RaduN]

Mushihimesama/Akai Katana/Espgaluda

Okami

Yakuza

 

[Juza]

Definitely Ghostwire: Tokyo! Learned a lot about Japanese folklore and myths.

 

[kurisu_1974]

- Most Japanese game?
- Lists western games

 

[TwiztidElf]

Lots of good answers already.
I'll add on Senran Kagura.

 

[darth.shrimp]

Okami was the obvious choice but it has already been mentioned multiple times, so... maybe Sakuna?

 

[NeonDelta]

Katamari Damacy is the most Japanese thing on this rolled up ball of a planet.

This is my choice too

 

[Zathalus]

Tokimeki Memorial maybe? It's what jumps to mind when I think uniquely Japanese game.

 

[Team Andromeda]

 

[Kupfer]

Most Japanese games I own probably are

• Shenmue
• Catherine
• World of Horror
• Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise
• Berserk and the Band of the Hawk

Ghost of Tsushima is set in Japan but not made by a Japanese studio and you can tell. It's still a great game but it lacks the vibes only native Japanese studios can offer. GoT is just another western game with western premises.

 

[crackajack]

Steins Gate, Yakuza ?
Both have interesting premises but drown them in big piles of cringe, with repetitive ultra long winded and just garbage dialog and gameplay loops.

Japanese games are riddled with bad decisions, maybe just tone deaf plots for us, and it's no wonder their relevance declined when the west upped their story levels beginning in the 90s. With exceptions like Biohazard and Kojima stuff that are either just batshit insane and thus unique or not really Japanese just flavored a bit but certainly trying to be western compatible.

 

[Oberstein]

Cho Chabudai Gaeshi aka Super Table Flip​

The title says it all: an arcade game where you toss the table in front of your family/friends.

 

[Hypereides]

Still have this gem on my Wii (assuming it can still boot);

By far the most Japanese game I’ve ever bought.. But more in the ‘crazy game show’ kind of way.

I wish I could say Incredible Crisis, but sadly I never got around to getting my own copy, my best friend had it.



I'll say my OG imported copy of Tenchu.

Cho Aniki?

I really miss when Japan used to do these absurd, some times surreal, humor-focused/comedy-centric games. Serious Japanese games are all fine and dandy, but we're sorely lacking some of this these days. At least in visibility, if they're still to be found out there.

 

[MonkeyClaw36]

My Table Cloth Hour arcade machine.

 

[GymWolf]

Yakuza 0 has both these things

Not sure if you can get more japanese than that.

 

[Havoc2049]

 

[Garibaldi]

Yeah Yakuza or Okami. Not that I know much about actual Japanese culture in reality.

 

[Garibaldi]

Natsuiro High School

I'm at a loss...hahahaha

 

[gtabro]

I do own Yakuza 0 but

SEKIROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

TILL

MY

LAST

BREATH

 

[STARSBarry]

 

[Mexen]

>We all love Japanese culture and traditions.

Now hold on a second…

 

[IAmRei]

Feudal?
Sekiro, way of the samurai, samurai warrior, Tenchu, Goemon, Ao no Tengai.

No, i dont like tsushima at all.

 

[NanaMiku]

The developer actually learned how to grow rice
Japanese players used their Ministry of Agriculture website as walkthrough on how to grow rice in the game (it works)
Anime adaptation is coming and the studio is also learning how to grow rice

 

[SmokedMeat]

School Girls Zombie Hunter. It doesn’t get any more Japanese than this.

 

[Lorianus]

Tokio Mirage Sessions

 

[Duchess]

Can I say Persona 4?

I just felt it oozed Japanese culture. A lot of the time it was so nice to just soak in the day-to-day goings on.

 

[Chechack]

Earth Defence Force series

imagine playing soldier thats fighting alien invasion with b grade humour and campy dialogue

Everyoje should play this series

 

[Bond007]

Ghost of Tsushima
Tenchu
Shenmue 1
Onimusha

 

[Hypereides]

This is amazing. I had no idea about this. Prompted me to check out the developer and the rest of their works.

Kinda miffed I wasn't exposed to this way earlier. It would've completely flown under the radar had it not been for this post.

 

[darth.shrimp]

The developer actually learned how to grow rice
Japanese players used their Ministry of Agriculture website as walkthrough on how to grow rice in the game (it works)
Anime adaptation is coming and the studio is also learning how to grow rice

There's also a short-ish manga:

天穂のサクナヒメ　戦だたらの神々 - 原作・監修：えーでるわいす／漫画：ジジ＆ピンチ／協力：マーベラス / 第1話 | コミプレ｜ヒーローズ編集部が運営する無料マンガサイト

世界累計出荷100万本を突破した超人気ゲーム『天穂のサクナヒメ』がオリジナルストーリーで初コミカライズ！！ 双子の赤ちゃんとの出会いで、新たなサクナの物語が始まる！！

viewer.heros-web.com

 

[violence]

Ghost of Tsushima

Persona 5 is my most “Weeb” game. Which is not the same as most Japanese game.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

valkyria chronicles on ps3

started to approach my maximum anime-cringe tolerance near the end, but never exceeded it.
front mission is way better.

 

[Shadowstar39]

What do you mean by this? A game taking place in Japan, or having japanese culture ties that wouldn't make sense made anywhere else?

I got one that fits both those: 1st place: Tokyo Jungle

Takes place in tokyo japan, and you play as different animals you unlock. You mate and take over territory. Its an amazing game, unfortunately, it's download only and locked away on PS3.
Sony never ported it to ps4 so we never got to play it and never got a sequel, that it so deserved.

There were a few other games on ps3 that were Japanese centric

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Runner up: Noby Noby Boy: I mean come on ,... just look at the screenshot.

You could say Yakuza and all that, but that's an easy way out, they are more take offs from GTA and shenmue respectively.

3rd place goes to: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon - the ps2 game I bought near the end of the lifetime. It came with a stuffed animal vampire thing. Was original awesome game. I never did get the first game though (should of both are worth tons of money. )

 

[Iced Arcade]

Ghost of Tsushima by Washington US.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

I have something called Bullet Girls on the Vita.

 

[Dorago]

Death no Stranding

 

[Trunx81]

Apart from Persona: Muramasa

 

[John Bilbo]

Nier: Automata comes to my mind first

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Unironically



This is the best foreign perspective on America ever created

A game by From Software, no seriously

 

[StereoVsn]

Tokimeki Memorial maybe? It's what jumps to mind when I think uniquely Japanese game.

Yep or Boku No Natsuyasumi series, love those games.

 

[SJRB]

Dead or Alive Xtreme 3

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Saya no Uta.

 

[ShirAhava]

FMV game by square OST is amazing

 

[Northeastmonk]

I liked the Sengoku Basara X or Devil Kings fighting game back on PS2.

 

[cesar2xtreme]

Any Suda51 game