It has often been said that the Xbox family of consoles suffers from a lack of decent Japanese titles. This has been mostly true for the majority of the brand’s lifestyle, and Microsoft’s struggles getting the Xbox to be properly accepted in Japan have been well documented over the years. A lack of high-profile JRPGs has almost certainly exacerbated the issue over the years as games from the Tales of… and Persona series remained PlayStation exclusive and the Xbox lost out on some killer titles like Bloodborne and, until fairly recently, Yakuza.
What often goes unnoticed, however, is that the Xbox family has had some truly killer Japanese releases – particularly during the earlier days of the Original Xbox and Xbox 360’s lifespans – and while not all of these were exclusives, many of them were criminally overlooked. A number of these titles fell by the…
