[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Snowy Zoe Some liked it. Who do you think came up with Halo: Legends?[/quote] Haha yeah, I mean some of those anime executives have to like Halo at least somewhat if they make a story set in the universe XD

Some liked it. Who do you think came up with Halo: Legends?

I don't think that they hate it, it's just not big in Japan. It's like any other small FPS that is made today in America.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] UL7IM4 G33K [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] HipiO7 FPS's arent as dominate in Japan as other genres like RTS's or RPG's.[/quote] Korea likes RTS' and MMO's, Japan likes Fighter's and RPG's. On topic, Japan just doesn't enjoy shooters and they definitely don't enjoy western style games really at all. Just look at the difference between JRPG's and western RPG's (think Final Fantasy vs. Oblivion) and you will notice an entirely different taste.[/quote] Quite true. At least in the States we get the option of trying both of them out. I wonder if Japanese gamers are as able to get their hands on Western RPGs as easily as Westerners can get their JRPGs. [Edited on 03.15.2011 2:54 PM PDT]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] HipiO7 FPS's arent as dominate in Japan as other genres like RTS's or RPG's.[/quote] Korea likes RTS' and MMO's, Japan likes Fighter's and RPG's. On topic, Japan just doesn't enjoy shooters and they definitely don't enjoy western style games really at all. Just look at the difference between JRPG's and western RPG's (think Final Fantasy vs. Oblivion) and you will notice an entirely different taste.

The Engineer's didn't appear enough. Oh god that was just plain awful I take it ba...

FPS's arent as dominate in Japan as other genres like RTS's or RPG's.

Most of them prefer the PS3.

Maybe it's just me, but a lot of the players I play with are japanese and from Japan. Most of the time I get connected to Japanese people because of my location maybe.

Never heard of this before Also: good timing

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SoldierOfAthena [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OrderedComa Go ahead then bub, I can probably refute anything you dish out against Halo Legends. And I don't think the fanbase gets to decide what does or does not belong in Halo, that's Bungie or 343's job, not ours.[/quote] Perhaps I will when I have free time today. And I fully realize that they have the say in what goes in. Doesn't mean I have to like it. [/quote] All right. No, it doesn't mean you have to like it, there are things I don't like in other pieces of the Halo fiction, but I still accept them, if only grudgingly. Like I think the books don't do justice to the UNSC military power and that the Covenant are portrayed way too powerfully, I still somewhat accept it however.

I can cover Halo: CE, but I won't/can't answer the rest. It's due to the original xbox. It reportedly didn't sell well because of the Xbox's bulky nature. And if the console can't sell, then its games won't sell.

becuz it isn't pokemon

because master chief doesnt have 5 feet of hair

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OrderedComa Go ahead then bub, I can probably refute anything you dish out against Halo Legends. And I don't think the fanbase gets to decide what does or does not belong in Halo, that's Bungie or 343's job, not ours.[/quote] Perhaps I will when I have free time today. And I fully realize that they have the say in what goes in. Doesn't mean I have to like it.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jak O Bladez Popularity in Japan is a difficult thing to describe. Most of the games and shows which are considered popular in Japan have been around much longer than anything in the rest of the world. E.g. Gundam is still at the height of it's popularity after over 30 or so years, with consistent game, anime, manga, movie and toy releases. Western games are fickle, once every now and then a Halo game is released, and the books and toys are just as infrequent. There's no stability, and with each major release a marketing campaign is needed to bring it back to people's attention. Not only that, but the Xbox doesn't have such a large fanbase there, not just because nintendo and sony were there first, but because they can't afford to give the Xbox the push everything else in Japan got when it started out. But to be fair, Japanese people don't hate Halo, most of the people I've met don't even know what it is.[/quote] ^This guy has it about right. [quote][b]Posted By:[/b] Raaascal I guess they just don't have some of the same interests as we do. No need to single them out. There are a lot of people who didn't enjoy the Halo games.[/quote] And so does this guy.

[quote][b]Posted By:[/b] SoldierOfAthena I could write a novel-length thread on all the canonical issues with Halo: Legends, not to mention things that just don't belong in a Halo Universe. It was freaking terrible.[/quote] Go ahead then bub, I can probably refute anything you dish out against Halo Legends. And I don't think the fanbase gets to decide what does or does not belong in Halo, that's Bungie or 343's job, not ours.

I guess they just don't have some of the same interests as we do. No need to single them out. There are a lot of people who didn't enjoy the Halo games.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OrderedComa [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Naked Crook [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DecepticonCobra The Booster Frames seemed pretty structurally sound. Not only that, but they were pretty powerful. [/quote] Why were they only used once then?[/quote] Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. There may have been more instances where Spartans have used Booster Frames, we haven't seen every event in the way, much less every operation or battle the Spartans took part in. They probably were used more than once, but we haven't seen it.[/quote] They were only used for that mission [quote] In the Halo Legends developer commentary for The Package Frank O'Connor states of the Booster Frames: "The canon is that these are weapons designed exactly for this mission and they're literally cobbled together from bits of other equipment and missile and weapon systems." [/quote] [url=http://www.halopedian.com/OF92/EVA]Proof[/url] [Edited on 03.15.2011 6:29 AM PDT]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OrderedComa Halo Legends was superb, and this is coming from someone who is not particularly an anime/manga fan. I have small complaints yes, but nothing is perfect, and I do not expect things to be that way. Legends was quite excellent over all, and I'd love to see more Halo shorts, anime or western style.[/quote] I could write a novel-length thread on all the canonical issues with Halo: Legends, not to mention things that just don't belong in a Halo Universe. It was freaking terrible. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DecepticonCobra Western animation isn't very good either. The only western animator I would want to touch Halo is Genndy Tartakovsky of Samurai Jack, Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Lab, Star Wars: Clone Wars, and Sym-Bionic Titan fame.[/quote] Or - just a thought here - or, we could have Halo shorts/videos that are Computer Generated. The Package got it close, but it was still too horribly Anime-ified.

Popularity in Japan is a difficult thing to describe. Most of the games and shows which are considered popular in Japan have been around much longer than anything in the rest of the world. E.g. Gundam is still at the height of it's popularity after over 30 or so years, with consistent game, anime, manga, movie and toy releases. Western games are fickle, once every now and then a Halo game is released, and the books and toys are just as infrequent. There's no stability, and with each major release a marketing campaign is needed to bring it back to people's attention. Not only that, but the Xbox doesn't have such a large fanbase there, not just because nintendo and sony were there first, but because they can't afford to give the Xbox the push everything else in Japan got when it started out. But to be fair, Japanese people don't hate Halo, most of the people I've met don't even know what it is.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Naked Crook [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DecepticonCobra The Booster Frames seemed pretty structurally sound. Not only that, but they were pretty powerful. [/quote] Why were they only used once then?[/quote] Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. There may have been more instances where Spartans have used Booster Frames, we haven't seen every event in the way, much less every operation or battle the Spartans took part in. They probably were used more than once, but we haven't seen it.

[quote][b]Posted By:[/b] Naked Crook That Brute is WAY bigger than 9 feet. That Spartans head is at belly level. In Halo 3...Spartans were a tad bit shorter than Brutes.[/quote] He's not way bigger, the angles in that particular clip you linked were rather horrible, the best shot of the size comparison of this particular Brute and Cal is [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smv74_G5wKQ]here[/url] just about 4 minutes into it. I would say yes, the Brute is probably a little taller than other Brutes, but I have no issue there, Ripa Moramee in Halo Wars is larger than most Elites. [quote]The hair, the face, the shape of the face. The only difference is the hair color. You're stupid. Has anyone ever told you that? I think I have several times.[/quote] I'm sorry, but I don't see any resemblance at all. Pokemon Kid has a more stubby face and O'Brian has a much more angular one. Haha, think what you will about me, the opinion someone online holds of me doesn't mean a thing to me, not in the least. [quote]It was one time because they didn't want to invest in it further. That's called GETTING CANCELED.[/quote] Um no, I have never seen anything to indicate that didn't want to make anymore Halo anime shorts. So no, it was not canceled, unless you can actually present me with evidence that it was. [quote]Just by looking at a picture... That is pretty ambiguous Knowing the Japanese, Dudes have long hair too. Also...check out that masculine jaw and that nose. It's bigger than that Pokemon ODST's nose. Cal is also a mans name. It is a Unisex name, so both guys and girls can have it. I think you're stupid OrderedComa.[/quote] I'm sure you have heard of Metroid, yes? That was the same idea for Cal, you're meant to assume until the unmasking that Cal is a man, just like with Samus. Yes, dudes in anime have long hair sometimes, but even then you can tell that they are clearly guys. I could tell it was a girl right away, even before she started talking. If you can't tell by the face or the form, listen to the voice, you can almost always tell the sexes apart by voices, unless the cast are prepubescents, then it's harder. [quote]BTW...I know Odd One out is not Canon. The animation still sucks though. That is what Japanese artists do to American franchises. I was citing it as an example. If odd One Out is indicative of SOME KIND of Japanese art...than that art should be destroyed.[/quote] That is simply your opinion, I have no opinion on the animation, it's just another style to me. And I have no idea what the hell you're talking about at the end of that first paragraph at the end. Odd One Out was made by the guys who did Dragon Ball Z, so yes, it is indicative of a specific anime style.

they don't hate it. It's mostly because of cultural interest. /in japan, RPGs and such are the spotlight, in which xbox fails at, which is why the xbox is almost unheard of there.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Naked Crook [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] mojeda101 Honestly, since Halo CE, the Japanese didn't seem to have much interest with Halo judging by sales and poor ratings. I ask you, the community, why do you think so? What is it that they don't like about it? Halo CE - Hated it Halo 2 - Hated it Halo 3 - Hated it Halo Wars - Hated it Halo 3: ODST - Hated it Halo: Reach - Hated it Why?[/quote] This is how I see it...Halo is missing some things that Japanese people NEED to survive. -Flashing Lights all over the place -Big mouths -People who cry waterfalls of tears -Spartans are not 30 ft robots -Pokemon I thank God Halo is not popular in Japan. The last thing I need is a Japanese-Halo with a Spartan with hair down to her feet that is a glowing purple color. She would be bouncing all over the place, and be doing ninja kicks against an Elite, while suspended in mid-air for a duration of time that makes the laws of Physics bite the pillow due to lack of lube. Furthermore, Halo Legends came from Japan and we all saw the visual depictions there. Remember the female Elites? You will have female Brutes as well...who wants to teabag a female Brute? Not me...(at least not sober) (But there are some people who teabag dead males so take your pick) Besides...all of those Spartans are westernized. They don't have hello kitty on their armor. Wanna picture that? Besides, I don't need Japanese animation turning all of the scary aliens into cuddly wuvables. But these are my thoughts...[/quote] This man speaks the ultimate truth. He is a god among men. I cannot tell u how much I agree.

Not only that... but didn't they ALL get destroyed? Again...Good thing Kelly and Fred jacked a Seraph off screen.... Ahem....More Plot Convenience [Edited on 03.14.2011 5:04 PM PDT]