On december 7th Japanese MIDGET subs tried to enter Peral Harbor, but they didn't do any damage and they didn't survive either.
Japanese sub captains might have been dedicated but not very successful. They sunk 2 carriers (USS Wasp, USS Indianapolis) and perhaps some destroyers. The rest of the war they were hunted and didn't achieve much.
To create a game where you cruise the ocean to sink a BB or CV and hope not to be sunk by an escort with radar isn't fun at all.
I agree with you that the German U-Boats were the best until the allies had radar, but the Americans were still better than the Japanese. The first 21 month were a mess, but then they did have a working command system, good torpedos, young and dedicated sub skippers. But what did the Japanese have? Lousy subs (they couldn't even reproduce German subs because they lacked the technology), captains that believed that attacking merchants was dishonorable, crappy radar (even the Germans managed to get radar to work) and an high command that behaved as if they were still samurais.
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