East VS West - Games

Was having another interesting conversation (as one does) re the differences between Japanese and Western produced games. Japanese games that immediately spring to mind are MGS, Final Fantasy, Mario, Zelda etc and Western being Doom, Gears of War, World of Warcraft etc.

For myself, I was brought up on a Commodore 64 playing games which were 64K and took 5 mins to load via a cassette tape!
I first started to get in to Japanese games by getting myself an imported Mega Drive when I was about 16 still back in London. After the Mega Drive it was a Super Famicom, PC Engine Duo etc.
When I got myself a PC about 10 years ago, I did play around with some 3D Starwars games and Tomb Raider. I dont think I really had the chance to really sit down and play a Western produced game for years until Resistance on the PS3.
I know that a lot of you play games but am interested to hear what you prefer if you had to choose. If you were stuck on a dessert island with your favorite games machines and a Candy Girl but had to choose between Japanese or Western produced games, which would you choose?
The Candy Girl is just there to keep you company.