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In a presentation for its Third Quarter Financial Results, Nintendo promised to support games
made by Japanese developers more strongly in the West.
This new-found commitment is partly due to software developers in the West focusing on
what Nintendo calls "mega-hit titles for home consoles" and having fewer of their development
studios produce software for handheld devices like the 3DS and Vita.
And even though some Western developers still produce software on 3DS aimed at kids, they're
not as active as they were during the original DS's heyday.
The opposite is true in Japan, where handheld devices are how people play most of their
games and many leading developers assign their best teams to work on handheld titles. The
insanely popular Monster Hunter 4 is being developed for the 3DS, for example.
To address this territorial imbalance, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata said:
"We therefore plan to more actively support the Japanese software developers in distributing
their key titles overseas this year.
"Among those third-party titles both developed and published in Japan, there have been some
games which Nintendo published in Europe, including the Professor Layton series. We
will increase the number of such games for the U.S. market as well as in Europe. We are
also willing to flexibly assist third-party developers in distributing their valuable
games overseas."
So, more Japanese games should be heading to your 3DS. Is this good news? Let me know
your thoughts, and for more video game news stay tuned to IGN.