Japanese Niche Games Deals & Discussion Thread 4.0

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Welcome to the Japanese niche games deals and discussion thread!  Feel free to talk about local and import Japanese games here.  Our goal is to maintain a thread dedicated to active deals on niche games including RPGs, Visual Novels (VN), Shoot'em ups (Shmups), Musou, etc.  Also maintained are pre-orders for standard, limited and collector's edition games with key release dates provided.

I've wikified the thread to make it more friendly and open to others that can actively update with important information. You can find the wiki post directly below this one.

NOTE:  Please, leave the censorship discussion away from this thread.  It's common for japanese games to have questionable content outside of the country.  We want to keep discussions to the game itself and not about cultural/societal tolerance.

A message from Thorbahn:

Our CAG Japanese Niche Games Thread also has a community on PS4, where you can interact and game with other members of the thread.

Our moderators are: Draekon, Las_Hole, and Waffleswanton

You can basically friend any of our members, or any moderator, and you will be able to request to join the community under "Communities friends are in" tab, and a mod will approve your request.

You can also leave your PSN ID in the thread, saying you want to join, and we can invite you directly as well.

As always, have fun and enjoy your stay!

 
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Looking through the Switch eShop recently made me realize I missed some games on my list such as Tiny Metal and some picross game that released last week. Unfortunately it's more difficult to figure out on consoles and handhelds what released that I missed as there are no easy to use 'new releases' list for them like Steam has. Other than that, this week potentially belongs to Sorcery Jokers if you're into visual novels. There are some other interesting looking games, but they're Japanese only. It seems like one or two might be an English translation at some point though.

Other stuff that released without warning last week (Assume PC unless otherwise noted):
- N/A

Weekly Releases (January 7th - January 13th)

ACA NeoGeo: Art of Fighting 2
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: Fighting
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: eShop/Digital Only.

Arcade Archives: Crazy Climber
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: Action
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: eShop/Digital Only.

Furi
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: Action / Bullet Hell
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Previously released on PS4, Xbox One & PC.

Memento of Spring
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

Among the Dead
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel / Clicker?
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Seems low effort.

Sorcery Jokers
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: 18+ version can be found at MangaGamer (NSFW). Should be releasing on Steam this week and should likely have an 18+ patch.

Talk to Saki
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel / Simulation
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

永遠消失的幻想鄉 ～ The Disappearing of Gensokyo
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Action / Bullet Hell
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Japanese language only. Fan made Touhou game.

わがままアリスと百日戦争
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel / Grand Strategy Lite?
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Japanese language only.

Lily 白き百合の乙女たち Lisblanc
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Simulation / Strategy / RPG
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Japanese language only.

Past Releases
December 31st - January 6th
December 24th - December 30th
December 17th - December 23rd
December 10th - December 16th
December 3rd - December 9th

 
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Just a heads up for anybody interested, but Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) has started its annual week long speedrunning event. You can find the schedule here and the stream here. It should produce some fun runs to watch, but which specifically is hard to say.

 
They need to have a trophy showcase on your PSN Profile page, like they do for Starcraft 2. Just 5 trophies you can put up for everyone to see, what the craziest trophies you got are.

 
BlackRockWaifu said:
They need to have a trophy showcase on your PSN Profile page, like they do for Starcraft 2. Just 5 trophies you can put up for everyone to see, what the craziest trophies you got are.
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TrueTrophies has that, but the site has a lot of issues with downtime and a pretty sparse userbase.

PSNProfiles (the site PSNProfiles, not your actual PSN Profile) does as well and it's a good deal more stable/active than TT.

I'm kind of surprised PSN hasn't picked up any of the cool stuff the sites have. If they're trying to push PSN as a social service (which it seems like they are with communities and such), it'd make sense.

 
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They need to have a trophy showcase on your PSN Profile page, like they do for Starcraft 2. Just 5 trophies you can put up for everyone to see, what the craziest trophies you got are.
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I want to show off all my sub 3% platinums to make my e-peen feel bigger. I still can't believe Star Wars Battlefront and Metal Gear Rising's plats are rarer than games like Enter the Gungeon and FFXIV.

 
 
Tothoro said:
TrueTrophies has that, but the site has a lot of issues with downtime and a pretty sparse userbase.

PSNProfiles (the site PSNProfiles, not your actual PSN Profile) does as well and it's a good deal more stable/active than TT.

I'm kind of surprised PSN hasn't picked up any of the cool stuff the sites have. If they're trying to push PSN as a social service (which it seems like they are with communities and such), it'd make sense.
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I know about PSNProfiles (trophy site), but I think they show your top 5 rarest trophies, and also an accolades section for your 1st, 500th, 1000th, 2000th trophy, and your 1st, 5th, 10th, 20th platinum. I like it like that since it makes me make every 5th platinum I get a special game to remember it by.

Haven't heard of TrueTrophies though. But I want a showcase like SC2, where you could put any trophy up, regardless of rarity. Something like that bronze trophy for "Tattooing a dick on that guy's face" in GTA V.

SgtWiggles said:
I want to show off all my sub 3% platinums to make my e-peen feel bigger. I still can't believe Star Wars Battlefront and Metal Gear Rising's plats are rarer than games like Enter the Gungeon and FFXIV.
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The way PSN calculates it is how many people achieved it over the people that got the game. So games that have a more popular and casual fanbase would have more rare platinums. While indies/niche games have super high platinum percents. I remember seeing a 10% platinum rate on Project Diva F, which is crazy since it was a difficult platinum imo. Compared to like Call of Duty Advanced Warfare which is ridiculously easy, but is 0.3% rarity.

On PSNProfiles (imo the more accurate measurement of trophy rarity) my rarest are a couple of Dead Star trophies which I can't even platinum anymore since the servers shut down. Then Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Mortal Kombat X, and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 trophies, since I guess everyone else sucks at fighting games. And a Just Dance trophy that you need 4 people to get... since I guess everyone else plays alone...

 
BlackRockWaifu said:
I know about PSNProfiles (trophy site), but I think they show your top 5 rarest trophies, and also an accolades section for your 1st, 500th, 1000th, 2000th trophy, and your 1st, 5th, 10th, 20th platinum. I like it like that since it makes me make every 5th platinum I get a special game to remember it by.

Haven't heard of TrueTrophies though. But I want a showcase like SC2, where you could put any trophy up, regardless of rarity. Something like that bronze trophy for "Tattooing a dick on that guy's face" in GTA V.
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You can do that on either site. I have the Pro membership (or whatever it's called) on PSNProfiles, so it might be locked behind that. But if you go to any individual trophy you've won (i.e. https://psnprofiles.com/trophy/6447-hellblade-senuas-sacrifice/2-the-fight-begins) there's a button to "Add to Cabinet". The cabinet is in the top right corner of your profile by default.

It's definitely free to do on TrueTrophies and it's the exact same thing. In addition to individual trophies, you can also add completions on TrueTrophies, which is what I did on my profile. The site itself is conceptually pretty cool (especially if you love statistics like I do), but the barren community kind of kills it. It's the sister site of TrueAchievements and it got introduced pretty late into the trophy scene, so it has always had a disadvantage to PS3Trophies, PSNProfiles, etc.

 
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Dynasty Warriors 9 Gets New Trailers Showing More Officers

Dragon’s Crown Pro for PS4 Gets Tons of Screenshots Showing Locations and Features

Gintama Rumble for PS4 Gets New Trailer Showing the Farewell, Shinsengumi Arc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHh9znTbejk

Summer Lesson 3-in-1 Pack Announced

Over 5.9 Million PS4 Units Were Sold Worldwide in Holiday 2017

Phantasy Star Online 2 for PS Vita tops 1.5 million downloads

Rabi-Ribi coming to Switch

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Hacker’s Memory to add Ryudamon, Ginryumon, Hisyaryumon, and Owryumon via free update

Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal Gets New Trailer Featuring Opening Animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjpwo5_Y0ew

Girls UND Panzer Gets New Trailer Introducing the Tanks of Anzio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swCL8qwJEng

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Gets New Trailer Showing Opening Cutscene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO8RTAwK25w

Dragon Ball FighterZ Reveals Open Beta Roster

The Caligula Effect: Overdose Shows Off How The Game Has Been Refined

Monster Hunter: World’s G-Rank Still Undecided; Developers Talk Beta Feedback And Story Focus

PriPara: All Idol Perfect Stage announced for Switch

Devil May Cry HD Collection For PS4, Xbox One, and PC Gets New 1080p Screenshots

Bandai Namco Promises News About Gundam Console Games Coming Next Week

 
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Blue Reflection just got lowered to $29.99 ($23.99 GCU) at Best Buy.  I'm still a little hesitant since its been at $29.99 at Amazon and Gamestop for a while and is likely due for another price drop to $19.99 at some point soon.

 
Josef said:
Blue Reflection just got lowered to $29.99 ($23.99 GCU) at Best Buy. I'm still a little hesitant since its been at $29.99 at Amazon and Gamestop for a while and is likely due for another price drop to $19.99 at some point soon.
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Already been $20 on Gamefly, no reason not to wait for another price drop

 
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Olengie said:
When you're playing Persona 5 and you forgot to feed Plant-kun
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Happy Manager for PS4 Celebrates Release With Day One DLCs and 1080p Screenshots
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I think I've said this before but I'm still pissed off this game doesn't have PSVR functionality, which was the main reason for it's hype in the first place. But those costumes do look nice though.

 
New Final Fantasy VII Remake Content Will Be Revealed at 30th Anniversary Exhibition

Dynasty Warriors 9 Gets New Gameplay Trailers and Screenshots: Freedom of Action, Horses, and More

The Seven Deadly Sins Get Lots of Gameplay Trailers

Attack on Titan 2’s New Screenshots Show Multiplayer, Customization and a Bunch of Old Dudes

PS4 Exclusive Mecha Game “Border Break” Announced by Sega With First Trailer and Screenshots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2WXyaN1yXA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrTpkjPy1sg

Summer Lesson 3-in-1 Pack for PlayStation VR Gets First Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFqVj2HVINg

Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation Gets Mermaid-Themed Event and New Costumes

Dead or Alive and NiOh Developer Working on a Variety of Games Aimed at a Worldwide Audience

BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War Launches In Japan In 2018, Teases New Heroine Named Ciel Sulphur

PS Plus Japan Gets Disgaea 5, Ratchet & Clank, BioShock Infinite, And More January 2018 Freebies

Dark Souls Remastered Rumored To Be Announced Today For PS4, Xbox One, Switch, And PC

 
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Dark Souls Remastered Rumored To Be Announced Today For PS4, Xbox One, Switch, And PC
just confirmed to release may 25th with other announcements like

The world ends with you final remix on switch 2018 release

Ys VIII summer 2018 release

kirby star alies march 16

Hyrule warriors ultimate spring 2018

more battle pokemon for pokken wave 1 january wave 2 march

 mario tennis Aces spring 2018

SNK Heroines Tag team Frenzy summer 2018

luigi in mario odyssey february

Donkey Kong for mario rabbids in spring

dragon quest builders demo out now

ACA NeoGeo art of fighting 2 on Eshop today

Celeste on the eshop january 25

donkey kong country tropical freeze may 4th

dark souls remastered may 25th

 
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Some pretty cool announcements though. I'm not going to rebuy Ys VIII, and as much as I'd love an LE for SNK Heroines... Tank top, towels, and hats aren't really the kinds of things I'd want inflating the price up to $120

The Ultimate Edition of Hyrule Warriors I like since I haven't played the original yet. I'm hoping to see Xenoblade Chronicles X and Tokyo Mirage Sessions ports eventually.

 
Pheria said:
Some pretty cool announcements though. I'm not going to rebuy Ys VIII, and as much as I'd love an LE for SNK Heroines... Tank top, towels, and hats aren't really the kinds of things I'd want inflating the price up to $120

The Ultimate Edition of Hyrule Warriors I like since I haven't played the original yet. I'm hoping to see Xenoblade Chronicles X and Tokyo Mirage Sessions ports eventually.
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I agree with this! I have Xenoblade Chronicles X, but haven't touched it since I created my character... And I would also jump on Tokyo Mirage Sessions since I haven't yet taken that out of the packaging. I haven't gotten Ys VIII yet though, so I will probably buy that too!
 
dark souls ps4 trilogy box set in japan, hope this comes to the states, although that is seriously pricey 
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