Message from @Scribblehatch
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Which betrays Japanese cultural values as well.
But often as a creator, your efforts are quashed by people around you NOT GETTING IT.
Frequently on display is a flourish of individual exceptionalism
For example, Legend of Zelda was inspired by Miyamoto walking around forests without a map
He wants to make a game about that
Someone has to say "Yes. I can see that. Let's do it."
And... THEY DID!
That's where Japan itself helps.
People who learn to GET OUT OF THE WAY is an asset.
right. Window seats.
So many countries don't have that.
But japan CONSIDERS.
Legend of Zelda wasn't originally developed, though, as what it became.
It was originally developed as dungeon-building software
in much the same vein as Super Mario Maker
One person builds dungeons and the like, for others to try to beat
Hydelide.
I wouldnt attribute the achievements of the few on the whole
Theres alot of creative geniuses in Japan yes
As proofs of concept that probably helped.
"Okay we do this part, but not shit. And THAT part, but not shit."
"And this, except we don't ripoff the Indiana Jones theme."
I don't see how Hydelide disproves my angle.
The game was originally a dungeon-builder. It turned into a better version of Hydelide later on. Making it sound like he just got this idea from walking around a forest and then he made it isn't quite an accurate portrayal.
There are countless examples of japans collectivism backfiring on them
Especially in the games industry
Find someone whos played Metal Gear Solid Five and ask them what they think of it
Hideo kojima, brilliant creator got literally fired by his company halfway through writing it
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Japanese culture isn't beautiful. I really do like a hefty portion of it.
But given how good it is, it's really easy to cross into excessive praise of it where it's undue.
I've been there before, myself. I was once... A weeb.
Like, one of the interesting differences that I learned in Japanese class is one of the initial Japanese greetings. Their equivalent to 'Nice to meet you', our Japanese teacher (who was native and ESL, mind) translated it roughly to 'Please take care of me'.
The dungeon builder bit was probably AROUND the whole "No map" thing
And then they decided that was a little much.
(probably a better refutation)
It was impractical.
anyway a lot of people actually laughed at this translation, but when you really inspect it, there's an important cultural mistranslation. It's really more an equivalent of 'Please treat me well'.
The truth is, it's valid to say that Japanese is actually a rather polite culture, but it's also worth considering it's a culture from which massive amounts of violence have come as well. It highlights exceptionalism in it's modern incarnation, but that exceptionalism comes largely from a culture that doesn't tolerate failure.
There's a reason such a polite-seeming and considerate culture has such a high suicide rate.