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Unacceptable Standards
Box Art
First of all, the packaging that holds the game you play has little
affect on the game itself. A majority of the time you'll discover
that the Japanese box art will have better quality artwork compared
to the American box art.
Character Name Changes
While changing a character's name can be classified as an alteration
worth mentioning to some, I feel that it does not qualify as a major
change to the actual game play experience. A character with
certain personality traits is still the same character, even if his
name is Thomas instead of Takahashi.
Games Missing An
American Release Ugh. No. There are just way too many games that have
never been brought overseas from Japan to list on this site.
And since they have no American counterpart to compare them with
anyway, there is no reason to catalog them on the site. If you
are really curious as to what games weren't brought over on your
favorite system, I would suggest checking the system lists on
GameFAQs.com for that sort of information.
The English Language
It may not be in Japanese when you play it, but a great game will
stay great no matter what language the characters are speaking.
As long as the game's script and dialogue stay faithful to the
original version, there is no need to mention it on the website.
And if the quality of English actually spoken is less than perfect,
that still doesn't mean it should be listed.
Console Differences
It's usually not uncommon to find differences in a game when it's
released on multiple platforms, especially when the game in question
is a port of an arcade game. The differences are usually
things like missing and/or alternate content, or more
commonly, graphical differences. While these differences are
worth mentioning, I would still prefer to concentrate on games released on
the exact same system.
Hidden Code
When
a video game is made, developers tend to have a lot of ideas as far
as what to put into the game. When the game is programmed and
written in code, parts of the code gets tucked away into the
programming to be used when the developers decide to make it an
official part of the game. Often times, some of the code is
just left in the program and never seen during actual game play.
Finding the code is an interest to some gamers, however I will only
mention content that made the official release. |