First of all, I knew montpelier was located in France. France is not in Japan, now is it? No, not as far as modern geography would lead us to believe. Also, if you look at the quote I quoted, it said absolutely nothing about first or second partyhood. I don't care if I took it out of context. Also, I refuse to believe that Rare was first party for... umm my own reasons. Also... I think that UBIsoft, even though not first party, should count as a significant studia anyway because the games they put out are higher quality than, say the dog crap that the American first party studios make (sorry, I didn't like metroid prime, except for hunters). Also, If I bothered to look, I'm sure I could find some first party studio somewhere besides Japan. But I'm too lazy. So I'll just defend my points without any evidence.