Power-Up by Chris Kohler

Power-Up by Chris Kohler

BradyGames' Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life is the first book to be written in English to examine, in-depth, the worldwide pop culture phenomenon of Japanese videogames. Includes why Japanese video games are so unique; the first original Japanese video games and what made them so different from American games; the origins of Nintendo, Japan's oldest and largest video game producer; Japanese Role-Playing Games; how Japanese rhythm and music games are the cutting-edge in console game development and the saviour of the Japanese arcade; what Japanese game retail stores are really like; Pokemon Power - how it came to the US; and the future of the Japanese gaming industry.

Chris Kohler currently lives in North Branford, Connecticut. He graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts in May 2002, receiving a BA in Japanese and the Japanese Language and Literature Prize. His graduation thesis was titled The Cinematic Japanese Video Game and earned highest honors.

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ISBN 13	9780744004243
ISBN 10	0744004241
Title	Power-Up
Author	Chris Kohler
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	DK
Year published	2004-09-23
Number of pages	312
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