Why did Japanese developers do an amazing job on American Licensed games?

[The Adventurer]

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?

Ocean, JVC, Hi-Tech Expressions, Activision, and Acclaim all published some serious licensed dogs. Taito's record is rather spotty as well, even being a Japanese based developer, but they certainly had a better track record then the North American bunch.

I've been doing a lot of digging to figure out which NES games are worth owning, and those companies (along with JLN) hands down published the largest pile of unplayable video games I have ever seen.

[SparTonberry]

Ocean, JVC, Hi-Tech Expressions, Activision, and Acclaim all published some serious licensed dogs.

Can't forget THQ! They're the ones who figured out kiddie licenses are the most exploitable. :P