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Power-Up : how Japanese video games gave the world an extra life / by Chris Kohler

Author
Kohler, Chris
Additional Titles
Japanese video games
Published
Indianapolis, IN : BradyGames, [2005]
Copyright Date
©2005
Physical Description
x, 302 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

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Contents
Introduction -- Super Mario nation -- An early history of cinematic elements in video games -- The play control of power fantasies : Nintendo, Super Mario and Shigeru Miyamoto -- Quests and fantasies : The Japanese apg -- Game music, music games -- A tale of two gaijin -- Adventures om akihabara : The Japanese game marketplace -- Lost in translation : The games are sick -- Pokémon : Shikaku sedai no sekai shôhin -- Future games -- Thank you, Mario (But are profits are in another country).
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ISBN
0744004241
9780744004243
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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