Obscure in the West, Big in Japan

Akito Inoue's site, with downloadable data sets, slide decks and links to surveys: https://www.critiqueofgames.net/local_index/ (still available in 2025)

More games big in Japan

• Dai Gyakuten Saiban (since released officially in the West in The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles)
  
• Tobal 2
• Derby Stallion
• Panzer Dragoon Saga
• Ys I & II
• Sengoku Basara series
• Binary Domain
• Idolm@ster series
• Little King's Story

Media Sources

• ゲーム研究者・井上明人 インタビュー【P9プロジェクトチーム連続インタビュー第１回 】 from PLANETS YouTubeチャンネル
• Shadow of the Colossus (PS2 1080i) Segment 1 from LIGHTNINGFASTMAN
• The Great Ace Attorney - Gameplay Trailer - 3DS from EurogamerPortugal
• Tobal 2 (English) Quest Mode HD Part 4 from Goufunaki
• 「NEWラブプラス＋」プロモーションムービー（マナカ版） from KONAMI official
• ベスト競馬ダービースタリオン　Derby Stallion Famicom ファミコン from たぶやんのレトロゲーム実況
• Panzer Dragoon 2 Trailer 1996 from Video Detective
• PC Engine Longplay [195] Ys Book 1 & 2 (Book 1) from World of Longplays
• SFC 真・女神転生 全エンディング SNES Shin Megami Tensei All Endings from ゲーム CHぶろんくす
• NES Longplay [268] Final Fantasy II (Part 1 of 7) from World of Longplays
• YO-KAI WATCH 2: Psychic Specters - Launch Trailer - Nintendo 3DS from Nintendo
• Gravity Rush Trailer from PlayStation
• Tales of Zestiria - Gameplay Trailer from GameSpot Trailers
• 『ドラゴンクエストXI』特別WEB映像「あの頃、僕らは勇者だった」 from スクウェア・エニックス
  

Music

• by Meydän
  https://meydan.bandcamp.com/
  http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Meydan/
  Released under a Creative Commons Attribution licence