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Why did so many obscure Japanese games only get EU releases, not NA? Did publishers just think the European market was more culturally compatible with Japan, or did it have to do with shipping costs or something?

>> No.4297416

Smaller territory = smaller print run. Europeans aren’t some mystical soul mates with Japan.

>> No.4297568

>>4297360
>smaller shipping costs
??????????????????????????????????????

>> No.4297774

it sucks though that we didn't get tripworld, gimmick, or urforia, which are all great platformers

>> No.4297796

>>4297360
Did it ever occur to you they're only considered obscure because they didn't get a North American release? Historically Europe gets screwed over on Japanese releases way more than North America does.

>> No.4297801

>>4297360
>Why did so many obscure Japanese games only get EU releases
lol

>> No.4299257
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4299257

Game Boy got Trax, Hammerin Harry and Trip World, but that's about it.

>> No.4299306

>>4297796
>Historically Europe gets screwed over on Japanese releases way more than North America does.
So much this.

>> No.4299321

>>4297360
Why did so many obscure Japanese games only get NA releases, not EU? Did publishers just think the American market was more culturally compatible with Japan, or did it have to do with shipping costs or something?

>> No.4299324

>>4297774
None of the Parodius games, either :(

>> No.4299437

>>4299321
english thats why

>>4297796
because video game history is largely written by americans and americans only.

>> No.4299461

>>4299324
I guess it's because places like France were always more weab and more accepting of the Japs' degeneracy. Parodius is too Azn for Muricans.

>> No.4299504

EU is split into what.... 6 distributors? So when something got a "EU Release", that means it got a release somewhere in:
1. Scandinavia (Bergsala)
2. French speaking region
3. German speaking region
4. Italian penunsala and Greece
5. Portugal and Spain
6. Slavland
I honestly wish Wikipedia covered this, because they do this for SEGA's south american rebrand

>> No.4299553

>>4299504
it is not always true, they have often been distributed only in some countries and not in others, or specifically for only one country translated in only that language.

>> No.4299596

>>4299553
its very rare (like 10 games) to have a japanese game released in europe that has been only translated to language other than english on consoles.

>> No.4299610

>>4299504
Going from what most releases are I'd say it's more like this:
Benelux/France
UK
Germany
Italy/Spain/Portugal
Slav
Scandinavia

6th gen+
UK/France/Germany

>> No.4299631

>>4299437
Or maybe just all the faggots on the internet talking about how "obscure" these games are are Americans.
Nobody considered Ufouria obscure here back in the day.