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Title: GTA III To be Released in Japan.
Post by: Grey Ninja on June 16, 2003, 01:33:21 PM: Ok, I am just way curious on this one. Here's the link. GTA 3 was never released in Japan because it's gameplay and design are not very appealing to the general Japanese gamer. I like to think that the Japanese have a little too much taste, so I am thinking it will bomb and bomb badly.

What do you guys think? Hit or miss?
Title: RE: GTA III To be Released in Japan.
Post by: Uglydot on June 16, 2003, 02:42:03 PM: Depends on how they look at it. It is sort of a bunch of mini-games in a city-scape with a gangster set-up. If they look at it like this, then it might do well, Mario Partys always have. If it is seen as an open ended beat-em-up, then get the ear plugs, that is a big bomb...
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Post by: Termin8Anakin on June 16, 2003, 06:15:06 PM: The game that will fully introduce the japanese to all the things that make the west what it is.
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Post by: Blackfire on June 16, 2003, 08:29:25 PM: The japanese will think "so thats how America is..."
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Post by: Infernal Monkey on June 17, 2003, 01:01:18 AM: I wish it well in Japan. Like it or not, GTA III was a landmark game. The Japanese need to get a taste of the goodness that can come out of American development studios
Title: GTA III To be Released in Japan.
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on June 17, 2003, 01:59:43 AM: Capcom? That surprised me...
Title: GTA III To be Released in Japan.
Post by: Bartman3010 on June 17, 2003, 02:28:36 AM: They'll see it as either a beat em up, or a shooter. Its funny how many different genres work in different countries.
Title: GTA III To be Released in Japan.
Post by: MorningStar on June 21, 2003, 10:44:48 PM: What kind of music will they use? The same? Blondie, Michael Jackson, Psychedelic Furs, Ozzy?
Title: RE: GTA III To be Released in Japan.
Post by: Grey Ninja on September 19, 2003, 05:52:49 PM: lol....

Grand Theft Auto 3 (Capcom) - 8, 8, 8, 8 (32 / 40)

That's the kind of review I like to see on GTA. None of this 10/10 crap in Japan.
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Post by: Gup on September 19, 2003, 06:15:08 PM: Is an 80% average really that bad?
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Post by: Grey Ninja on September 19, 2003, 07:31:51 PM: No it's not. That's my point. GTA3 is a pretty decent game by it's own right. It's just not the second coming that everyone over here makes it out to be.
Title: RE:GTA III To be Released in Japan.
Post by: Gup on September 19, 2003, 07:50:23 PM: Even if the scores were 70s, the game(s) still would have sold an insane amount of copy. I can see many reasons why this game is so appealing(Note: let's remember that I'm not a GTA fan by the way):

- two minutes in, and there's already complete freedom to do as you please
- huge cities to explore with cool reactions to stuff(the ambulance coming to help a guy/girl that was run over)
- super good car designs
- amazing voice-acting

Then there's the bad:

- worst on-foot controls(running and gunning) in a game
- repetitive missions
- super bad character models
- too much focus on violence(?)
Title: RE:GTA III To be Released in Japan.
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on September 20, 2003, 12:31:15 AM: Guys, name a U.S.-made game that was popular in Japan. I can't think of any.
Title: RE: GTA III To be Released in Japan.
Post by: Mario on September 30, 2003, 06:52:21 PM: Well... it appears GTA3 is doind very well in Japan

I believe it sold 75k of its 100k shipment on the first day, now its sold over 150k, Capcom are shipping 750k more the retailers to keep up with demand.

Heh.
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Post by: S-U-P-E-R on September 30, 2003, 07:26:22 PM: So we finally have a winner?
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Post by: PIAC on September 30, 2003, 10:04:21 PM: they should do a GTA set in japan, that would be funtastic.
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Post by: Mario on October 01, 2003, 04:03:07 PM: A winner is GTA3.
Title: RE: GTA III To be Released in Japan.
Post by: Grey Ninja on October 01, 2003, 04:05:00 PM: phhht! I will believe it when I see a million copies sold. They could sell 100k of them based on the US hype alone.
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Post by: KDR_11k on October 02, 2003, 10:56:08 AM: I wonder if this will fall off after a week like most games.
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Post by: KnowsNothing on October 02, 2003, 11:19:15 AM: Gah. I hate GTA.

I played GTA2 becuase I thought I would like the 2D games at least a little (hate 3 and Vice City) and I was like, "Phmoo! The controls are even WORSE" and I threw the CD in the blender and served the remainders to a squirrel.

I'd do the same with Vice City, but I don't own it. Actually, I didn't own GTA2 but it was sooooo very bad that I didn't care. They should be rid from this earth no matter the consequences.
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Post by: KDR_11k on October 02, 2003, 10:43:32 PM: Pah, if you think GTA2 is bad by iself you have NEVER played it multiplayer! Not only it has a tendency to desync, but you also spend like two minutes to get to the other players, fight for 5 secods, die, search again. I have yet to see a more boring multiplayer than that. Yes, it tops Counterstrike by a gigantic margin.
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Post by: KnowsNothing on October 03, 2003, 01:39:38 PM: Nope, I havem't. Sounds pretty awful, though.

Oh yeah, I saw the squirrel the other day DEAD. I guess that goes to show you that the game truly is hazardous to your health. I swear it was the same squirrel I fed the game to. I just know, okay?