No article on Japanese entertainment is complete without video games. Japan remains the third-largest gaming market. Studios like FromSoftware ( Elden Ring ) and Nintendo ( The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom ) are artistic powerhouses. Notably, Japanese games prioritize "gameplay feel" (what they call "te-gachi" or hand-feel) over photorealistic graphics. This cultural preference for interaction over spectacle is now influencing Western game design.
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