Ryu Ga Gotoku ("Like a Dragon", formerly "Yakuza").
The devs feared that the game was too Japanese and would confuse and alienate Western gamers. Over the past decade they've been working on being less heavy-handed with localization and allowing the game to just be what it is now that they're getting all these feedback from players that bursts their bubble.
The ‘JRPG’ label has always been othering (www.polygon.com)
interesting article for consideration from Polygon writer Kazuma Hashimoto. here's the opening:...