Quote Originally Posted by bb_hood View Post
Well, LJN did alot of movie based games, and they all seem half-assed. So its hard to compare them to Capcom and Konami. It does seem like LJN just rushed out alot of their games to cash in on the popularity of the movies. When you mention American NES movie games most people will think of LJN. What other American companies developed or released movie based games?
Well, isn't that the thing right there? LJN is a shitty developer. Capcom and Konami are not. So perhaps it's not really a case of Japanese versus American developers, but the caliber of developer that the license goes to.

Also I didn't realize this was an NES topic. Re-reading the OP does seem NES focused but I didn't pick up on that at first. I think if you look beyond the NES, you see better Western-developed licensed games. Cool Spot was a much better game than Spot for NES.

Quote Originally Posted by Aussie2B View Post
Eh, it's true that there are plenty of bad anime-based games and such, but I still think Japanese games based on Japanese licenses are better on the whole than American games based on American cartoons, movies, and the like.
Of course this is subjective and very hard to quantify. But I think it's easy to have a better impression at first, because the games we tend to hear about here are usually the good ones. If you start poking around random Japanese releases, you find a lot of shit. There's a Lupin III game for the Saturn that literally has no gameplay, just information about the show and a few video clips. It's hard to imagine that type of thing getting the green light for an American cartoon.