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Originally Posted by kj1980
Well, first of all it was immensely popular by the time
1. [insert game title here] immensely popular in Japan
2. foreign fans disses it as being an ero/bishoujo game (or in the case of Higurashi - judging by the art designs alone)
3. anime comes along and becomes popular, and people start asking the same redundant question "is their [sic] an English patch for this game lol"
4. Japanese otakus have already moved on to something else
5. repeat cycle from 1 again
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Though this is true for many, it is not true for all. The reason it did not become popular till the anime, is because before then no one was interested in making english subs for it, which means those who would enjoy it and cant understand japanese are left in the dark. It is hard to keep up to date on fads in japan, if you dont understand the lanquage.
Personally I like the art of the game, and if I knew about the story ages ago (anything parrel universe, horror, or thriller interests me) then I would have hopped on straight away. Though its the lanquage barriar which would have stopped me.