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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.

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"PC gaming" meant something different to me entirely before I had to constantly be hooked up to someone else's digital service.

now I feel like Chell.
 
Souffrir said:
So I pre-ordered this Persona 3 Elizabeth figure at roughly $115 before tax and shipping. My usual cutoff for figures is around $75 (which is why I haven’t bought any really high quality figs in years), and I’m trying to convince myself not to cancel the pre-order. Someone validate my spending.
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Weak Yen/Strong USD makes it a great time to stock up on Waifu's!
I've dropped $2k during Otaku Tom's BF sale.
"Its just money you can always make more"
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I have no strong opinions about PC gaming one way or the other. Or console gaming. Or mobile gaming. Or gaming on a refrigerator.

Pretty sure somebody or other has probably hacked a smart fridge to play Doom by now.
 
My husband is a PC gamer and prefers to get most games for it, while I primarily stick to console. We compliment each other, since we both have the option to play on either platform if a game one of us wants is locked on something. Upgrading his PC is a serious financial wound, though.

Anyway, happy late holidays everybody and almost happy new year! I spent a lot of time with my family and a lot more time recovering afterward lol

Right before Christmas, I finished Soul Hackers 2 on PS5 and really liked it, much better than the mid reviews it was getting when it came out. I enjoyed the story and characters (especially Ringo and Milady, the former being the best Megaten protagonist in a long time by virtue of not being silent, thank god), the gameplay and battle system were super-fun, if a little basic by Megaten standards, the OST was pretty good, and the dungeons were as boring-looking as people said, but I have a pretty high tolerance for boring dungeon crawls (I loved Tartarus in Persona 3 and actually slightly preferred the simple Persona 4 dungeons over the flashy ones in Persona 5). The Soul Matrix, a dungeon you return to several times throughout the game, is like gaming Nyquil. Every floor looks the same and the music is soooooooooooo boring. Think Mementos if the backgrounds never changed and it wasn't the Royal version where every few floors, the music got more intense. That dungeon sucked, and if you want the True Ending, you need to be going to it alllllllllllll the time.

Demon fusion was also pretty basic and actually kind of confusing, not because anything was really difficult to figure out, but because it was just more restrictive than previous games, so it could be a chore to get a demon to come out how you wanted it to. Overall, it was very much a "baby's first Megaten" kind of game, with a very fair difficulty and simplified systems, and I was totally ok with that. It's nice to have a Megaten game not be supremely cheap every battle lol I'd give it an 8/10, but I have a seriously high tolerance for AA, JRPG, low-budget jank, so it may be closer to a 7/10.

Started Forspoken on Christmas, which I got for $15 at Best Buy, and, um...I'm really enjoying it! I keep asking myself why people hated it so much, but then I remember I'm playing a heavily-patched version. I don't hate Frey at all (she's a New Yorker like me, she's going to curse her brains out at everything, it's like punctuation for us), though Cuff is kind of a dick. The world is huge and quite beautiful, but it does have that Ubisoft feel of "go to this map marker, then this one, then this one..." Combat is very fun, if a little repetitive, and the haptic feedback is great, but after long, intense battles, I do get a bit of the claw hands from mashing the triggers to attack. Music is pretty, kind of reminds me of the kind of background music you would hear in PS1/PS2-era Final Fantasy games. Story and characters are pretty basic, but I'm really enjoying the lore and worldbuilding. So far, I'd give it a 7/10 (though again, high jank tolerance, so maybe it's more like a 6/10). It was clearly WAY too heavily-memed; a lot of the seemingly-terrible dialogue is actually not bad in context. If you were plopped into a fantasy world and were suddenly able to shoot magic and parkour in midair, what would you say? That's it's fucking awesome! So, I guess I'm totally the target audience for this game lol
 
I'm definitely a console and dedicated handheld gamer. Not a PC gamer and not a cell phone gamer. But for those that enjoy those platforms, more power to you. It's just not for me. I prefer the ease of use of a dedicated gaming machine.
 
Was aware of that site, but prices never stood out to me. What are some of the good deals you got with 45% CB + BF Coupon? Guess I missed a good Black Friday sale?
 
Xenogears said:
Was aware of that site, but prices never stood out to me. What are some of the good deals you got with 45% CB + BF Coupon? Guess I missed a good Black Friday sale?
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In general, it's usually better when ordering past the free shipping threshold. But with the weak yen right now, it's often cheaper to pay shipping in JPY from a JP store. Unless it's like an really large figure, like 1/4 scale or something.
 
Yeah, I’ve ordered almost all my figures over the years from Hobby Search, because they tend to have consistently low pricing and offer some really low priced shipping options if you don’t mind waiting and not having tracking (you can get the more typical shipping options as well, though), and ever since they had to start charging sales tax for US delivery, they’ve even discounted most of their shipping options to the US by 20%, which brings their cheapest shipping option (for small size packages) to ¥808. Between that and the weak yen, I’ve been picking up Pop Up Parades for like $35 after tax and shipping on average for the past couple years, though the base price on those has been climbing lately. Most US-based sites I’ve seen offering them have them priced for like $40-$50 pre-tax and shipping. Even when I was in Singapore earlier this year, at physical retail stores that sell them, they were more expensive than getting them shipped home from Hobby Search.

Still miss the days when I could get discounted prices and free shipping from Crunchy with a free trial membership. Picked up the first run of Freddy and Jason Kotobukiya Bishoujo line figs for a combined price of like $100 back then.
 
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On Pop Up Parades, BBTS has most of theirs (sans L/XL) for $30-$40 and their Pile of Loot shipping policy is really friendly. Might be a few dollars more than Hobby Search after tax/shipping, but they're US based so shipping is quicker/tracked if that moves the needle at all.

If I'm not ordering from BBTS most of the time it's from Solaris Japan, they have a pretty good selection of "Used" figures and games that are indistinguishable from new ones. Prices have risen noticeably in the past few years, but I haven't been able to find anywhere else with a comparable selection and price.
 
Xenogears said:
Was aware of that site, but prices never stood out to me. What are some of the good deals you got with 45% CB + BF Coupon? Guess I missed a good Black Friday sale?
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Here's a small list of the figures I've purchased during their BF sale. Looking back at my Spread Sheet a lot of the orders were 65% CB. I went on a shopping Spree since the CB was crazy high. TOM MemberShip is only worth it when they have a good sale. TOM prices are decent After factoring in CB + Free shipping.

Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Emilia: Graceful Beauty Ver. 1/7 Scale Figure
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Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Rem: Birthday 2021 Ver. 1/7 Scale Figure
Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Rem: Aqua Orb Ver. 1/7 Scale Figure
KonoSuba Megumin: Race Queen Ver. 1/7 Scale Figure
Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Emilia: Neon City Ver. 1/7 Scale Figure
Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Rem: Neon City Ver. 1/7 Scale Figure
Genshin Impact Lumine 1/7 Scale Figure
Genshin Impact Aether 1/7 Scale Figure
Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Rem: Idol Ver. 1/7 Scale Figure
Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Ram: Idol Ver. 1/7 Scale Figure
 
I used to buy anime scaled figures and such but rarely do anymore, especially when prices where sky high a year or two ago. All I buy nowadays is snow miku figmas and nendos. I'm likely to scale back this year and the next to mainly own Sailor Moon Figuarts, Miku Nendos/Figmas and my 2 favorites Miku Dollfie and a Sailor Mars Dollfie. I originally paid about $550 or so for the Miku Dollfie + an outfit years ago as the yen was super weak. I don't really collect much anymore though. I rarely get as much into anime series anymore.
 
Seven Pirates H Switch $29.99 playasia
These have been on sale for a while at playasia, but just in case you missed them:
The Rumble Fish 2 PS4 $19.99
The Rumble Fish 2 Collector's Edition PS4 $29.99
The Rumble Fish 2 Switch $18.99
The Rumble Fish 2 Collector's Edition Switch $35.99
The collector's editions include a DLC code for the first game.
Also, The Rumble Fish + came out digitally recently. It's just an enhanced version of the first game. I guess it has some more features than the DLC game that came with the collector's edition. IMO, these are mediocre fighting games, also they are considered bad ports. Not sure if the + game is a better port.
 
I learned today there’s a new Rurouni Kenshin anime. I watched the first episode. The artstyle has been very modernized, not a big fan of that. Also Kenshin is voiced by a dude, my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
 
I remember reading that it may finally complete the series this time. But we'll see.

I made a bit of progress in atelier ryza. The ice dragon was the only remotely difficult boss with a very large difficulty spike. But that's pretty typical for the series since most bosses are fodder. fire and ice throne bosses on the other hand I assume are super bosses were much harder. With fire being the sole boss to ko my party. But I wasn't prepared for it. Normally I don't carry healing items with me due to limited slots and never needing them.
 
Weird - there's nowhere for me to enter the code. The usual payment page has the option at the bottom but it's not there. Anyone else experiencing this?

UPDATE: Nevermind. It looks like PA disables it when you have certain items in your cart.
 
Preorders open on January 11 for Hakuoki: Chronicles of Wind and Blossom Switch at playasia. Remastered compilation of Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms and Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds.
 
The Noah and Mio amiibo pack is available for preorder at Target at the moment if anyone was looking for them:
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Nintendo Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Series amiibo Figures - Noah + Mio 2pk

Read reviews and buy Nintendo Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Series amiibo Figures - Noah + Mio 2pk at Target. Choose from contactless Same Day Delivery, Drive Up and more.
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I had two on order from GameStop for free shipping with the intention of returning one, but thankfully GameStop's 'cancel order' button actually worked for me, for once, so I changed mine over to Target.
 
I remember this being discussed here a while ago but I can't find those posts for the life of me...

Is Persona 4 Golden on the PlayStation Vita still the best version of the game?

I know things are much more open to debate with Persona 3 FES vs. Portable vs. P3P's port to modern consoles vs. the soon to be released remake.

I recently got a Vita and feel I have too few games to justify owning one. The only digital Vita games that go on sale are PS4 games with cross-buy versions and I'm not paying 2024's asking prices for many of its physical games.

Sure, the recent ports of P4G will run at a higher resolution and, perhaps, have a better framerate but that's not much of a concern to me. Added or removed content, 'quality of life' features, bug fixes and such, those would shape my decision of what version to buy.

Thanks in advance!
 
Deuteros said:
I remember this being discussed here a while ago but I can't find those posts for the life of me...

Is Persona 4 Golden on the PlayStation Vita still the best version of the game?

I know things are much more open to debate with Persona 3 FES vs. Portable vs. P3P's port to modern consoles vs. the soon to be released remake.

I recently got a Vita and feel I have too few games to justify owning one. The only digital Vita games that go on sale are PS4 games with cross-buy versions and I'm not paying 2024's asking prices for many of its physical games.

Sure, the recent ports of P4G will run at a higher resolution and, perhaps, have a better framerate but that's not much of a concern to me. Added or removed content, 'quality of life' features, bug fixes and such, those would shape my decision of what version to buy.

Thanks in advance!
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I haven’t paid a lot of attention to the console/PC ports of Golden, but I don’t remember hearing about them removing anything. If it matters to you, the PC version released with Denuvo DRM, don’t think they’ve removed that yet.

IMO Persona 3 really isn’t debatable, FES is the best version. Not for The Answer, but for the gameplay improvements that are unique to that version and the stuff they removed in later versions. Better companion AI, better abilities, fully explorable town with animated character models, the original anime cutscenes. I love FeMC from P3P and that version is absolutely worth playing, but FES is the best currently available version. Some people point out that P3P lets you directly command party members as a reason for it being better, but FES gives a wide variety of indirect commands (many of which were removed in P3P) and has better party AI, so that party members virtually never waste turns if you pay the slightest attention. Plus combat is pretty braindead in P3, anyway—just attack weaknesses to knock things down, you hardly need precision strategies.
 
The ai does waste turns because they are never as efficient as a human player. Even if you instructed them to hit weaknesses they'll use a single target spell x number of times instead of the multi target version because the ai stands for artificial idiocy in the persona series. There's a reason why nobody wants to use the ai.

The only thing to be said is that fes ai isn't brain dead or purposefully malicious like vanilla was.
 
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Atelier ryza ever darkness and the secret hideout is finally done with. My first title for the new year. Now to figure out what I want to play next.
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Nice! What did you think of it? I really loved the characters and their stories (especially Ryza and Empel's relationship and everything with Bos, who became my favorite character in the sequels) and the gameplay was super-addictive. I think the second game is even better, but the third stumbles a bit and was a disappointing finale to the trilogy. The Ryza trilogy made me finally pick up some of the older Atelier games (that I unfortunately still haven't played, because TOO MANY GAMES).
Deuteros said:
I remember this being discussed here a while ago but I can't find those posts for the life of me...

Is Persona 4 Golden on the PlayStation Vita still the best version of the game?

I know things are much more open to debate with Persona 3 FES vs. Portable vs. P3P's port to modern consoles vs. the soon to be released remake.

I recently got a Vita and feel I have too few games to justify owning one. The only digital Vita games that go on sale are PS4 games with cross-buy versions and I'm not paying 2024's asking prices for many of its physical games.

Sure, the recent ports of P4G will run at a higher resolution and, perhaps, have a better framerate but that's not much of a concern to me. Added or removed content, 'quality of life' features, bug fixes and such, those would shape my decision of what version to buy.

Thanks in advance!
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I have Golden on both Vita and Switch and the Switch version does indeed have a better framerate, but in terms of content, they're exactly the same (with the exception of a new quick save option and being able to select the difficulty at the beginning). You can't go wrong with Golden, it's one of the best games ever made.

As for P3, I always say Portable is the best, but I'm super-biased because I adore FeMC and don't like not having direct control over my party. The remake certainly looks nice, but there's too much wrong with it for me to justify a day-one purchase.

Ugh, all this talk of Persona lately...I'm so close to throwing 100+ hours of my life away on yet another playthrough of one of them lol
 
shadowysea07 said:
The ai does waste turns because they are never as efficient as a human player. Even if you instructed them to hit weaknesses they'll use a single target spell x number of times instead of the multi target version because the ai stands for artificial idiocy in the persona series. There's a reason why nobody wants to use the ai.

The only thing to be said is that fes ai isn't brain dead or purposefully malicious like vanilla was.
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In a typical night of grinding spent in Tartarus, my party members probably get an average of around five turns. Not each. Total. MC with a well built team of personas will get a full enemy party knockdown on the first turn so often the only practical reason for the rest of the party most of the time is all-out attacks.

And I’ve found that in FES, if you have them set to knockdown, they’ll pretty consistently do what I would have them do—knock every enemy with a weakness they can target down, then attack or use a physical skill on any targets that are still up in the hopes of scoring a crit.

The advantage of direct control is virtually nonexistent in my experience.
 
It's good to know P4G on the Vita isn't inferior to the newer ports. I wanted to play it there for several, mostly subjective, reasons.

And now to see if I can get the search function on the Vita's PlayStation Store to work... Sony backtracked on its decision to close it outright but it certainly feels as though it is being maintained begrudgingly.
 
The Vita is the new Dreamcast, isn't it? Except for the unfortunate fact that there's no viable way to release new games for it...

I'll give the PlayStation Store on my PS3 a try this weekend, I've read you can search for and purchase Vita games that way.
 
Not to change the subject, but last night I finally seriously started Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition on the Switch. I had previously started XC3D (3DS) to test a complete used copy when I added it to the collection and then opted to wait for the Switch version when it was announced only to get sidelined by other games and then life. So far, it's pretty wonderful as expected but also a bit overwhelming with all the ncp quests and just getting a handle on how things work.

Deuteros said:
It's good to know P4G on the Vita isn't inferior to the newer ports. I wanted to play it there for several, mostly subjective, reasons.

And now to see if I can get the search function on the Vita's PlayStation Store to work... Sony backtracked on its decision to close it outright but it certainly feels as though it is being maintained begrudgingly.
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I recently dug through my PS Store purchases with the PS3 and while it was a scroll of doom to get through everything... at least they fixed it on PS3 so if you opt to download something you aren't forced back to the top of the list. Hopefully the Vita interface for the download list isn't too terrible.

Deuteros said:
The Vita is the new Dreamcast, isn't it? Except for the unfortunate fact that there's no viable way to release new games for it...

I'll give the PlayStation Store on my PS3 a try this weekend, I've read you can search for and purchase Vita games that way.
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IMO the Vita was the new DC ... similar sized library of QUALITY retail releases before LRG watered down and pretty much doubled the library size. Still, it's a hell of a system especially when you consider the PSTV and using PSN to transfer saves between the console and handheld... and focus mostly on retail releases. That's not to say there aren't good games among those that got released in the limited print world... there are good games, but there's a lot of fluff.

There area few games you can get using the PS Store on PS3, but the majority of stuff has been pulled from purchase. If you already own something, it's hard to avoid the scrolling of doom if you have a huge purchase history on the system.
 
The VITA is great, but a gross majority of its best stuff was, or now is, multiplatform and found a home on PC, Switch, etc.

There are still a handful of exclusives that would either require rework of touch controls or still just lack a port. Murumasa Demon Blade stands out as the biggest one, to me. I could see people making the case for both Soul Sacrifice Delta needing a port and Disgaea 3 Absence of Detention as Disgaea 3 complete on the Switch/PS4/PS5/PC.
 
Muramasa was originally a Wii game. But it could definitely stand to be ported to other platforms. Also the Vita and Vita TV were the debut of remote play, something that's not big enough for Sony to see fit tk release an entire handheld system just for that function.

One of my personal favorite Vita games, Gravity Rush, is kind of indicative of the Vita in general. It's a quality title and has a small cult following, enough to get a PS4 port and a sequel, but Sony no longer cares about it and it's now dead in the water for all intents and purposes.
 
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My biggest regret is not buying 100 PS TVs when they were on clearance for twenty bucks about ~8yrs ago and then sit on them. I knew it, too. But I only bought two of them.
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I only bought one extra PSTV at that time (bundle with sly cooper & lego movie) from walmart. I want to think it was $30 or less.
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They had a bunch of them and I could have had a nice stack of them but I wasn't into reselling and just wanted a backup.

My first vita was a PSTV. Loved that to bits and I grabbed my Vita 2000 Borderlands 2 bundle from a walmart when most stores had already liquidated them off.

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After I got my first system, I then got one of the TV system on clearance for twenty dollars (system only), and later found another one at a pawn shop for fifteen, that was lacking the power cord.
 
nightc1 said:
Not to change the subject, but last night I finally seriously started Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition on the Switch. I had previously started XC3D (3DS) to test a complete used copy when I added it to the collection and then opted to wait for the Switch version when it was announced only to get sidelined by other games and then life. So far, it's pretty wonderful as expected but also a bit overwhelming with all the ncp quests and just getting a handle on how things work.
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Enjoy! IMHO, the first Xenoblade is still the best. Yeah, the newer games have more going on with their battle systems, but the first one has the best story and its battle system, once it clicks with you, just works perfectly. Xenoblade X basically just expanded on that battle system and it was also fun as hell. If you like Xenoblade, I can't recommend the other games in the series highly enough. Yes, I wasn't a huge fan of Xenoblade 3's story, but it was still very fun. X and 2 are top-notch, near-perfection.
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The VITA is great, but a gross majority of its best stuff was, or now is, multiplatform and found a home on PC, Switch, etc.

There are still a handful of exclusives that would either require rework of touch controls or still just lack a port. Murumasa Demon Blade stands out as the biggest one, to me. I could see people making the case for both Soul Sacrifice Delta needing a port and Disgaea 3 Absence of Detention as Disgaea 3 complete on the Switch/PS4/PS5/PC.
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Muramasa was originally a Wii game. But it could definitely stand to be ported to other platforms. Also the Vita and Vita TV were the debut of remote play, something that's not big enough for Sony to see fit tk release an entire handheld system just for that function.

One of my personal favorite Vita games, Gravity Rush, is kind of indicative of the Vita in general. It's a quality title and has a small cult following, enough to get a PS4 port and a sequel, but Sony no longer cares about it and it's now dead in the water for all intents and purposes.
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Oreshika Tainted Bloodlines is my favorite Vita game that's still stuck on it. There are other trapped games that may eventually get ported, but Oreshika is probably not one of them, and that's heartbreaking because it's so good and unique. All Senran Kagura games that are exclusive to it will probably be stuck there for good, too. Sony freaking hates that series.

Trapped games I think will most likely get ports/remakes: Disgaea 3 Complete, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, all Vanillaware games.

Trapped games that may get ports/remakes: Soul Sacrifice Delta, Tales of Hearts R, Adventures of Mana (I think that's still on mobile, but that's it), Killzone Mercenary, Resistance: Burning Skies, Touch My Katamari (I'm inclined to believe this one is possible, since they've been remastering the older games and a complete version with all the DLC levels could pop up on modern consoles).

Trapped games that are trapped for good: Oreshika Tainted Bloodlines, Freedom Wars, Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus, Senran Kagura: Bon Appetit!, Toukiden, Dungeon Travelers 2 (yes that's coming to PC, but through a sketchy source and not a reliable one like Steam or GOG), Army Corps of Hell.

Let me know if I missed any :)

EDIT: Thanks to TheKbob for reminding me of Disgaea 4's Switch port and adding some games to the list!
 
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Enjoy! IMHO, the first Xenoblade is still the best. Yeah, the newer games have more going on with their battle systems, but the first one has the best story and its battle system, once it clicks with you, just works perfectly. Xenoblade X basically just expanded on that battle system and it was also fun as hell. If you like Xenoblade, I can't recommend the other games in the series highly enough. Yes, I wasn't a huge fan of Xenoblade 3's story, but it was still very fun. X and 2 are top-notch, near-perfection.
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I own them all, just only played and finished XC2 & XC2 Torna . Once I was deep into XC2 I was tracking down the other games (skipping the wii version of the first game for the 3DS version). I forget how much time I put in with XC2, maybe 120 hours? I didn't want to leave that world but had done most everything possible including maxing each blade affinity chart.


So far XC1 seems good but I need to work on my map reading skills because the first person I did a quest for (delivering buiscuits to her grandson) I forgot completely where she was and the map didn't make it super obvious (that I could tell) where to find her (though I knew the area).
 
Disgaea 4 Complete exists on modern platforms, it's only Disgaea 2 and Disgaea 3 which are not on modern machines. (Unless your count the PSP VN, Disgaea Infinite...)

I have a physical copy of Oreshika and Soul Sacrifice Delta. Get those SEA copies while you can. IA/VT is likely forever marooned on the Vita, as well. Touch My Katamari, Army Corps of Hell are likely stuck there, too.
 
super1upqueen said:
Nice! What did you think of it? I really loved the characters and their stories (especially Ryza and Empel's relationship and everything with Bos, who became my favorite character in the sequels) and the gameplay was super-addictive. I think the second game is even better, but the third stumbles a bit and was a disappointing finale to the trilogy. The Ryza trilogy made me finally pick up some of the older Atelier games (that I unfortunately still haven't played, because TOO MANY GAMES).

I have Golden on both Vita and Switch and the Switch version does indeed have a better framerate, but in terms of content, they're exactly the same (with the exception of a new quick save option and being able to select the difficulty at the beginning). You can't go wrong with Golden, it's one of the best games ever made.

As for P3, I always say Portable is the best, but I'm super-biased because I adore FeMC and don't like not having direct control over my party. The remake certainly looks nice, but there's too much wrong with it for me to justify a day-one purchase.

Ugh, all this talk of Persona lately...I'm so close to throwing 100+ hours of my life away on yet another playthrough of one of them lol
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It was so so. The story had a few bad takes especially lents background. Everyone in that town is a garbage human being for allowing child abuse just because they are too chicken lazy etc to do anything about it.

It especially kills me that apparently big red is weaker than Agatha supposedly. So the guardian squad could in theory have done something about it.


Gameplay wise it was OK version of the ff atb system basically. Minus the ap system. I'd rather they have kept the old system for finishers follow ups and such. I never even got to do anyone's finisher besides empels. Everything died too fast even on the higher difficulty setting.

Alchemy was mixed. I feel like they should have removed the bag system given that it only adds a tiny layer of tedium and since they already removed the timelimit. Not having humonculous assistant and shop registration is a major negative. The copy Alchemy pot is a great idea until you blow through all your gems to make the final key items.

The world's bottles thing I didn't get a handle on. I found 3 of them so the 4th and 5th must have been either locked to rng on the gold coin shop like 3rd bottle or after you finish the game.

puni is cute and totally wasted potential as it could have been used in battle and you should have been able to pet and Name it. The feeding system reminds me of grunty feeding from the original .Hack quad imoq.
 
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TheKbob said:
Disgaea 4 Complete exists on modern platforms, it's only Disgaea 2 and Disgaea 3 which are not on modern machines. (Unless your count the PSP VN, Disgaea Infinite...)

I have a physical copy of Oreshika and Soul Sacrifice Delta. Get those SEA copies while you can. IA/VT is likely forever marooned on the Vita, as well. Touch My Katamari, Army Corps of Hell are likely stuck there, too.
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Thanks for letting me know! I'm the biggest fan of Katamari and I can't believe I forgot about Touch. But you know what, it makes sense I did because that game SUCKED. The controls were terrible and they locked half the fucking game behind a paywall. Since they've been remastering the series lately, that one could really use an update to fix all its issues.
shadowysea07 said:
It was so so. The story had a few bad takes especially lents background. Everyone in that town is a garbage human being for allowing child abuse just because they are too chicken lazy etc to do anything about it.
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Yeah, the way Ryza and Co. were treated by everyone was pretty bad. I could understand her parents being frustrated that she didn't help on the farm enough, but her mother was a major bitch. I was waiting for some kind of running gag that her father was like into really mean women or something. I really liked Lent, but I agree his backstory wasn't handled as well as it could have been. I think you'll like the second game's story better because the NPCs are much nicer and the growth the characters go through between games is interesting and believable.

Fair warning: the third game really stumbles in the story department, providing, I feel, very weak conclusions to the stories set up in 2. Also, the translation is horrific, like they used Google Translate, and the characters just straight-up don't speak like human beings, so that's super-distracting and ruins the narrative even further.
 
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