Western Games Based on Japanese IPs

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Video games based on Japanese IP's that were developed by Western studios.

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Back in the 80's and 90's, it was much more common to outsource Western IP's to Japanese developers. The other way around was less common, with the exception being British developers, such as Ocean Software which produced licensed computer game sequels to arcade games from Japan (Location), while others like Rareand Argonautworked on outsourced Nintendo (Company) IP's. Since the late 2000s, it has become increasingly more common for Japanese IP's to be outsourced to Western developers.

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• 1942: Joint Strike (Game)
• Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team (Game)
• Bionic Commando (Game)
• Bionic Commando Rearmed (Game)
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate (Game)
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (Game)
• Cave Story 3D (Game)
• Contra 4 (Game)
• Dead Rising (Game)
• Dead Rising 2 (Game)
• Dead Rising 2: Case West (Game)
• Dead Rising 2: Case Zero (Game)
• Dead Rising 3 (Game)
• Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop (Game)
• Disney Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Game)
• DmC Devil May Cry (Game)
• Donkey Kong 64 (Game)
• Donkey Kong Country (Game)
• Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Game)
• Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (Game)
• Donkey Kong Country Returns (Game)
• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Game)
• Donkey Kong Land (Game)
• Donkey Kong Land 2 (Game)
• Donkey Kong Land III (Game)
• Double Dragon Neon (Game)
• Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls (Game)
• Dragon Ball Z: Sagas (Game)
• DuckTales: Remastered (Game)
• Electric Crayon 3.1: Super Mario Bros & Friends: When I Grow Up (Game)
• Front Mission Evolved (Game)
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure (Game)
• Hotel Mario (Game)
• Initial D: Mountain Vengeance (Game)
• Link: The Faces of Evil (Game)
• Lollipop Chainsaw (Game)
• Lost Planet 3 (Game)
• Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Game)
• Mario Kart 7 (Game)
• Mario Pinball Land (Game)
• Mario Strikers Charged (Game)
• Mario Strikers: Battle League (Game)
• Mario Teaches Typing (Game)
• Mario Teaches Typing 2 (Game)
• Mario is Missing! (Game)
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Game)
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (Game)
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem (Game)
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (Game)
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (Game)
• Mario's Early Years: Fun With Letters (Game)
• Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers (Game)
• Mario's Early Years: Preschool Fun (Game)
• Mario's Game Gallery (Game)
• Mario's Time Machine (Game)
• Metroid Dread (Game)
• Metroid Prime (Game)
• Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Game)
• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Game)
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Game)
• Metroid Prime Pinball (Game)
• Metroid Prime Trilogy (Game)
• Metroid Prime: Federation Force (Game)
• Metroid Prime: Hunters (Game)
• Ms. Pac-Man (Game)
• OutRun Europa (Game)
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (Game)
• Punch-Out!! (Game)
• Renegade III: The Final Chapter (Game)
• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Game)
• Shadows of the Damned (Game)
• Silent Hill: 0rigins (Game)
• Silent Hill: Book of Memories (Game)
• Silent Hill: Downpour (Game)
• Silent Hill: Homecoming (Game)
• Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Game)
• Sine Mora (Game)
• Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (Game)
• Sonic Rivals (Game)
• Sonic Rivals 2 (Game)
• Sonic's Schoolhouse (Game)
• Space Adventure Cobra: The Awakening (Game)
• Star Fox Adventures (Game)
• Street Fighter: The Movie (Game)
• Strider (Game)
• Strider Returns (Game)
• Super Mario Strikers (Game)
• Target: Renegade (Game)
• The House of the Dead: OVERKILL (Game)
• Warriors: Legends of Troy (Game)
• Zelda's Adventure (Game)
• Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon (Game)

Concept details

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Western Games Based on Japanese IPs

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Games

• 1942: Joint Strike (Game)
• Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team (Game)
• Bionic Commando (Game)
• Bionic Commando Rearmed (Game)
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate (Game)
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (Game)
• Cave Story 3D (Game)
• Contra 4 (Game)
• Dead Rising (Game)
• Dead Rising 2 (Game)
• Dead Rising 2: Case West (Game)
• Dead Rising 2: Case Zero (Game)
• Dead Rising 3 (Game)
• Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop (Game)
• Disney Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Game)
• DmC Devil May Cry (Game)
• Donkey Kong 64 (Game)
• Donkey Kong Country (Game)
• Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Game)
• Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (Game)
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Characters

• Has characters: Zelda (Character), Ganon (Character), Donkey Kong (Character), Link (Character), Little Mac (Character), Mario (Character), Shadow the Hedgehog (Character), Diddy Kong (Character), Falco Lombardi (Character), Fox McCloud (Character), Luigi (Character), Princess Peach (Character), Sonic the Hedgehog (Character), Toad (Character), Trevor Belmont (Character), Alucard (Character), Nathan "Rad" Spencer (Character), Tails (Character), Metal Sonic (Character), Rouge The Bat (Character), Amy Rose (Character), Cream the Rabbit (Character), Espio the Chameleon (Character), Knuckles (Character), Silver The Hedgehog (Character), Glass Joe (Character), Mr. Sandman (Character), Strider Hiryu (Character), Frank West (Character), Raiden (Character), Simon Belmont (Character), Samus Aran (Character), Metroid Prime (Character), Ridley (Character), Heihachi Mishima (Character), Cranky Kong (Character), Dixie Kong (Character), Kiddy Kong (Character), Swanky Kong (Character), Wrinkly Kong (Character), Dante (Character), Vergil (Character), General Pepper (Character), Krystal (Character), Peppy Hare (Character), Slippy Toad (Character), Billy Lee (Character), Jimmy Lee (Character), Parappa (Character), Dahlia Gillespie (Character), Cheryl Mason (Character), Cybil Bennett (Character), Harry Mason (Character), Dr. Michael Kaufmann (Character), Chuck Greene (Character), Gabriel Belmont (Character), Curly Brace (Character), Kazuma Sakamoto (Character), Quote (Character), Toro Inoue (Character)

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