Atari to Zelda Les Jeux vidéo japonais dans des contextes Global

  • en
  • Broché
  • 9780262545761
  • 07 juin 2022
  • 272 pages
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The cross-cultural interactions of Japanese videogames and the West, from DIY localization by fans to corporate strategies of “Japaneseness.”

In the early days of arcades and Nintendo, many players didn't recognize Japanese games as coming from Japan; they were simply new and interesting games to play. But since then, fans, media, and the games industry have thought further about the “Japaneseness” of particular games. Game developers try to decide whether a game's Japaneseness is a selling point or stumbling block; critics try to determine what elements in a game express its Japaneseness—cultural motifs or technical markers. Games were “localized,” subjected to sociocultural and technical tinkering. In this book, Mia Consalvo looks at what happens when Japanese games travel outside Japan, and how they are played, thought about, and transformed by individuals, companies, and groups in the West.

Consalvo begins with players, first exploring North American players' interest in Japanese games (and Japanese culture in general) and then investigating players' DIY localization of games, in the form of ROM hacking and fan translating. She analyzes several Japanese games released in North America and looks in detail at the Japanese game company Square Enix. She examines indie and corporate localization work, and the rise of the professional culture broker. Finally, she compares different approaches to Japaneseness in games sold in the West and considers how Japanese games have influenced Western games developers. Her account reveals surprising cross-cultural interactions between Japanese games and Western game developers and players, between Japaneseness and the market.

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Langue
en
Binding
Broché
Date de sortie initiale
07 juin 2022
Nombre de pages
272
Illustrations
Non

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Auteur principal
Mia Consalvo
Editeur principal
Mit Press

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229 mm
Largeur d'emballage
152 mm
Largeur du produit
152 mm
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Non
Longueur d'emballage
229 mm
Longueur du produit
229 mm
Poids de l'emballage
369 g

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9780262545761

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