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*** Also, there is virtually no support for Xbox Live in Poland - Microsoft promotes (hell, the menus are in Polish!) something that can't be legally used in the country, since you need a foreign e-mail account to do anything.
* ''[[No More Heroes]]'' was initially considered a flop because there was almost zero interest for the game in its home territory of Japan, but did so well in the US and Europe that a sequel was made ''entirely'' because of the strong overseas sales.
* Despite the heavy editing it goes through in order to be legal for sale there, the ''[[Command
* A similar case could be made for the ''[[Golden Sun]]'' series, although that's more because of a dedicated Fanbase.
** Case in point: The news for the upcoming Golden Sun DS first released in Nintendo's E3 2009 Conference. And as told by the E3 Report in Camelot Software Planning's Website, CEO Hiroyuki Takahashi [[Lampshade Hanging|commented a bit on how well the previous games did overseas]] and his wish for the game to be as successful with the Japanese before his surprise with the in-conference and web-coverage reactions.
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** The fact that it was inspired by a Japanese web game ("The Big Adventure of Owata's Life", aka "The Life-Ending Adventure") might have something to do with this... in fact, the final version of Owata included the first few screens of IWBTG as its final level in an extended [[Shout-Out]]!
** It's possible that Japanese gamers, who have a higher tolerance for [[Nintendo Hard]] games that require lots of [[Trial and Error Gameplay|trial and error]], don't quite get that ''I Wanna Be The Guy'' is a parody.
* [[Roguelike|Roguelikes]] are a niche genre in their home in America, and receive reviews ranging from "poor" to "scathing" when sites or magazines deign to review them. They're pretty big in Japan, with multiple long-running commercial series such as ''[[Torneko No Daibouken]]'', ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'', ''[[
* ''Top Gear'' (not [[Top Gear|the TV show]]) is very popular among Brazilians.
** ''[[Counter-Strike]]'' has an enduring popularity in the country as well.
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