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http://www.siliconera.com/2014/05/02/europe-loved-tokyo-jungle-america-didnt-says-director/

Siliconera recently spoke with Yohei Kataoka, director of Tokyo Jungle and producer on Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day. During our conversation, I asked Kataoka how he felt about Tokyo Jungle’s reception outside Japan, and his answer was interesting, to say the least.

“Europe loved it, and we got a lot of great feedback from that audience, but [in] America… that simply wasn’t the case,” Kataoka replied. “We received a lot of negative feedback for the game.”

“It takes time to make an unfamiliar audience understand something like ukio-e, right? So it might take something like travelling around an abandoned Tokyo as a Pomeranian a little bit of time to sink in, too. At least, that’s how we saw it.”

America has shit taste in games confirmed.

 

[Salsa]

this isn't surprising really

 

[Odrion]

Hey, don't look at me.

 

[outunderthestars]

I wanted to like it. I loved the concept, but found the game to be really clunky and not that much fun to actually play.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

But I loved it

I even bought the Japanese version before the US release

 

[badgenome]

brb, renouncing my citizenship.

 

[Animefreek]

Should've given the animals guns.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

I knew I forgot to do something on PSN every time I logged on>_>

 

[Flandy]

But I loved it =(

 

[Lambtron]

Tokyo Jungle II to star white man with a shaved head and a rifle.

 

[sn00zer]

To be fair the game is insanely hard and really hard to unlock anything....very easy to get stuck on just the first level

 

[ItsTheNew]

Tokyo Jungle II to star white man with a shaved head and a rifle.

But is a vegetarian so he gets on all fours and eats grass
Edit:
One of my favorite weird titles in a long time, just give me -one- more.

 

[Zeyphersan]

DON'T LUMP ME IN WITH THESE IGNORANT FOOLS

 

[Tempy]

Tokyo Jungle II to star white man with a shaved head and a rifle.

Tokyo Jungle II will be called New York Jungle.

 

[7threst]

I thought it was great for what it was doing. I admit that there was a lot of exotic kind of thing going on for me personally in that game, where I was surprised about everything just because I am very used to western games. if that makes sense. I liked the game very much and hope we get a lot of more these kind of unique games.

 

[Vilam]

I enjoyed it and thought the concept was really cool, but man the tutorial dragged on for-fucking-ever.

 

[Kysen]

Needs more guns, alcohol and violence.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

Tokyo Jungle II will be called New York Jungle.

I would feel a bit safer walking around that NYC then the current one considering antelopes can't drive taxis.

 

[outunderthestars]

I enjoyed it and thought the concept was really cool, but man the tutorial dragged on for-fucking-ever.

So much this.

 

[cosmicblizzard]

Da fuck? It was my favorite Sony studio game in a LONG time and it's probably going to stay that way for a while. Why can't the rest of America feel the same way

 

[sakipon]

To be fair the game is insanely hard and really hard to unlock anything....very easy to get stuck on just the first level

Reminds me of the days when devs added harder difficulties to European editions. Seems like not much has changed.

 

[JordanN]

Well it's called Tokyo jungle. There are no jungles in America.

 

[mattp]

god dammit

 

[OldKingDoran]

but its my favorite psn game :/

 

[iceatcs]

Of course.

 

[Persona7]

I liked it so much I bought the retail version. After that I bought the retail compilation disk it was on.

 

[tekrapid]

Mighty Yurop represent!!!

 

[BlackBuzzard]

Easy way to fix this give the animals guns.

 

[Stratostar]

Americans are graphics whores.

 

[Canis lupus]

Would've been a success

 

[SolsticeZero]

As an American, I loved Tokyo Jungle. I even made the music my ringtone for the longest time.

 

[LQX]

He really has no room to complain. The Japanese don't like ton of European and American made games no matter how good.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

I never got very far with it, but I loved its batshit craziness. From the UK.

 

[Exr]

Still play it every now and then, definitely in my top 3 PSN games.

 

[djplaeskool]

Different strokes I guess, but I loved Tokyo Jungle.

 

[freshVeggie]

Interesting that there seems to be such a big difference between eu and us audiences. I thought they are very similar; western audience. Seems not.

Also, this is sad. Seeing that us is the single most important market for video games, it'd be a shame if creative game devs feel the need to cut back the weirdness of their games. I want different games. Not the same soot-bang-white-bald-one-dimensional-cookie-cutter-hero of so many games.

Why are americans like that.

Spoiler

(not everyone of course!)

 

[RE_Player]

Typical Americans not understanding great games. Unless it has guns or boobs they don't like it.

 

[DeliciousDoc]

Who are these people giving feedback about the game? I'm in NA and would like to tell them I liked it. Twitter feedback?

 

[Celegus]

One of the only PSN games I bought day one. Amaaaaazing game! Step up your game, 'murrica!

 

[OldKingDoran]

He really has no room to complain. The Japanese don't like ton of European and American made games no matter how good.

Except he wasn't complaining.

 

[Ludicrous Speed]

Game is okay. Nothing special.

I'm American

 

[outunderthestars]

Typical Americans not understanding great games. Unless it has guns or boobs they don't like it.

Odd, of the few people who have complained about the game, nobody has mentioned the subject matter, or lack of guns.

 

[Kurdel]

Game is okay. Nothing special.

I'm American

Oh come on, the premise was special!

The game part of the product was outrageously okay, though.

 

[Ludicrous Speed]

Oh come on, the premise was special!

The game part of the product was outrageously okay, though.

I agree. Gameplay wasn't really that fun, but I like the idea of the game. It's kind of annoying how you unlock chapters in the story mode as well. Just let me play the damn thing straight through!

 

[LQX]

“Europe loved it, and we got a lot of great feedback from that audience, but [in] America… that simply wasn’t the case,” Kataoka replied. “We received a lot of negative feedback for the game.”

Except he wasn't complaining.

Reads like complaining or at-least moaning to me.

 

[Mistouze]

Tokyo Jungle was the fucking bomb, gimme a Paris Jungle plz.

 

[BadWolf]

Loved it, personally.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Dammit US. GOTY 2012.

 

[RE_Player]

Odd, of the few people who have complained about the game, nobody has mentioned the subject matter, or lack of guns.

I'm more talking about the general populace and not forum users who can articulate why they dislike a game.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Aren't the US fans of FPS and MOBA games anyway?