It’s true that missed opportunities can come at any time in life. We can sometimes regret not taking that chance to experience one fine moment which we either decided to pass on or worse, weren’t even aware of to begin with.
What if it happened a lot more than we were actually aware of?
Well if your any sort of DS fan I guess you’ll know that this to be true. Too many games from a mass Asian market don’t make it here to our retailers because maybe they are considered too “unique” or a well dressed man thinks that he won’t make much of his money publishing a game outside of Japan (a valid point, but not the one of this blog). This in turn, makes the DS fan lose out on what could be possibly a great puzzler or the next Pokemon craze to hit the Western shore.
One example of this is Taiko no Tatsujin. This a basically Donkey Konga but miniaturised for the DS Market. This is nothing short of an addiction. Catchy tunes from classical to j-rock and pop, I can’t get enough of it. Yet, the only reason I was able to get my hands on it is because I have access to Indie stores that will import games from time to time. Europe was left out of the launch list.
One game that was lucky to make it over here was Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. Though heavily localised, Elite Beat Agents (to give it it’s English name) kept its core gameplay and its charm to give us a fresh outlook to how DS games could be played. Not to mention is was popular with many people despite its tough gameplay.
I can’t help feeling that there are many more games to played out there that will sadley never reach my DS. For this, I have had a missed opportunity and my DS sheds a small tear.
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