Have you ever finished a game that gave you nothing but the letter “C“? No sir, that does not mean that you’re a nOob, it merely states that you have a life. Japanese gamers are without a doubt the most hardcore lineage of gamers to ever hit the planet. If you think that these people would settle for a few games of RockBand, then you’re dead wrong. Japanese games tend to look impossible at first, giving you a set of challenges that would take weeks or even years for a CASUAL gamer to beat. If you manage to witness Drummania’s “The Least 100 Seconds”, you’ll know what I mean.
The big difference between Japanese games (or Asian games) and Western games is that Western ones normally reward you for your gut-wrenching effort. Japanese games are quite good since people tend to love their SURREAL storyline, which are mostly about guys who will fight to the death just to save a girl they met 5 mins ago. You also have the Silent fag who isn’t as dedicated as the hero but looks cooler and dresses skimpier than the main protagonist.
Trauma Center would probably be the best example for this type of treatment, which gives you nothing but Cs and Ds until you finish the game. Don’t worry though, since the game does reward you by branding your save file with a BIG C 
(See? that wasn’t so bad now was it? LOL). Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate Jap games; in fact, I’ve been an avid Guilty gear player back then. Unlike other games like Mortal Kombat and Killer Instinct LOL, Guilty Gear demands massive training in order for you to PLAY IT RIGHT. No sir, this is NOT your average “OH I can do the Hadouken and can perform 2 Supers at the same time I must be teh invincible player loldesuyo” game (No wonder western peeps hate it).
When you finish Japanese games, you’ll feel terrific since they’ll say something like “CONGRATS! YOU HAVE FINISHED TEH GAYM IN 58 HOURS NOOB! RANK- D” (ah yes… so rewarding). Normally, people would just say “Hey! I finished the game!” and move on to the next title; however, these games tell you that YOU SUCK BIGTIME and must play again to achieve a higher rank. This doesn’t really add up to the game’s replayability factor since it doesn’t deal with the game’s diversity but rather you being SUCKY as a player.
Know that the C rank doesn’t really mean that you suck as a player, it’s basically there to certify that you are not the type to spend 77 hours in front of your console.
LOL, anyway as for the grind factor… Asian games tend to make players grind more (both in MMO games and Console RPGs). It’s not really a bad thing since most gamers actually want some kind of punishment in order to say that they’ve EARNED their longdeserved victory. Day and night, these gamers run around the world map trying to find their next opponent just to train hard enough to dub themselves as TEH NEX HOKAGE.
Hardcore games =/= better games, and that’s a fact. Japanese games are quite hardcore but finishing them doesn’t quite reward you as well as it should. Sure there are achievement points, but do you honestly have to replay the game over and over again just so you could get the BIGBOSS rank? The game developers sure made a strong love potion there. Each Jap game is a whole gaming community on its own. Each game is treated in a way that makes it seem like the only game that people play (OR CAN PLAY).
“Quickly! you must get the A rank so the other douchefags who don’t give a fuck about you and your game can grow jealous and eat sweatsocks while they are busy playing different games that don’t have bishfags who are into kissing othermen and looking like women because it is trendy in japan but its not trendy here so it makes you look like a fag without the bish cuz bish is a japword that exists in your vocabulary just like the way girls say OMGEE look at this kawaii poster of the baka neko neko!”
omg… I think I over did it there.
Anyway, I’ll leave you to your 58 hour grind now! I must be off to parteh with teh woodland fairies in my “Spare time”.
It would seem that Obama’s face has been printed in more places than your local newspaper. Yes! It’s yummy! it’s tasty! Presenting the OBAMA SUSHI! I laughed my brains out after seeing this on the internet. I know that those crazy Japs are always trying to make the next best thing, but this is just WAAAAAY OHOOOHOOOAWWWESOME! Making a totally Western concept out of your everyday Japanese cuisine may seem a bit challenging; however, that didn’t stop Mr. Kawazumi from creating his own work of art. A thick layer of japanese rice (brown rice?) make up the foundation of Obama’s face, following it up with a dash of shrimp, fish paste, and black sesame seeds for the detail.
