Assassins Creed 3 Director Hints Towards Discrimination Between American and Japanese Games

<p>Director of Assassins Creed 3&comma; Alex Hutchinson has shared his thoughts as to why Japanese companies such as Nintendo are able to release the same versions of their games multiple times for different generations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After being asked by website <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Computer and Video Games<&sol;a> during an interview as to why Nintendo can release new versions of it&&num;8217&semi;s game every year&comma; Hutchinson had this to say&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;You want my real answer&quest; I think there&&num;8217&semi;s a subtle racism in the business&comma; especially on the journalists&&num;8217&semi; side&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Hutchinson&comma; &&num;8220&semi;where Japanese developers are forgiven for doing what they do&period; I think it&&num;8217&semi;s condescending to do this&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The interviewer asked if he was serious&comma; and Hutchinson responded by saying &&num;8220&semi;Yeah&period; Just think about how many Japanese games are released where their stories are literally gibberish&period; Literally gibberish&period;&&num;8221&semi; He explained&period; &&num;8220&semi;There&&num;8217&semi;s no way you could write it with a straight face&comma; and the journalists say&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Oh it is brilliant&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Then <em>Gears of War<&sol;em> comes out and apparently it&&num;8217&semi;s the worst written narrative in a game ever&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ll take <em>Gears of War<&sol;em> over <em>Bayonetta<&sol;em> any time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s patronizing to say&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Oh those Japanese stories&comma; they don&&num;8217&semi;t really mean what they&&num;8217&semi;re doing&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;5935604&sol;assassins-creed-3-director-says-japanese-games-get-a-free-pass&quest;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;dlvr&period;it" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Kotaku<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;