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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Yay, i am a peasent too. I feel so lucky.

Trying to train up my Marth and Julia both are around 20.

Also wanna train a tier 2 team as well since I just got Cordelia and wanna train her.

 
Supplice said:
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III details prologue, main characters, more
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As someone yet to play and finish ToCS II:

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I put this at the top, because if you play FEH and read nothing else in this post you need to know that both close counter and distant counter can be passed off Hector and Takumi and given to other units of the same type. If you play arena, it will be even more important to check every hero's skill before you plan anything. Don't shoot down that Camilla without checking first.

Soul-Shaker said:
Ah your right. I thought he did have Sol normally since a few sword princes do. I don't have a Marth yet. I wonder if anyone can inherit dance/sing.
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I had to look it up earlier too, because I initially read it that same way. As for dancing, it's one of the skills that aren't eligible.

Here's the first thing I found explaining how it works this morning. I have the general gist in the spoiler below for those who realize that nobody has time for links.

You can transfer up to three skills, which include Weapon, Assist, Special, and Passives.

This consumes the one giving off the skills (we all know, I just feel like putting in a reminder)

Units don't have to be the same type, but you can't give weapon abilities to someone not using that weapon

An axe user can teach a dragon Fortify Def, but not Hammer

Specific Exclusions

Character-specific (Sol Kati, Falchion)

Dance cannot be given to a unit that already doesn't have it

Knock Back and Drag Back can't be given to ranged units

A skill can only be passed if the unit teaching it has already learned the skill

Learning new skills does not overwrite your existing skills

Learning a new A skill will not replace your existing A skill, but just give you an additional option to equip

You can't teach a skill without also teaching the prerequisite skills

You can't give Death Blow 3, Wary Fighter 3, and Smite. It would have to be Death Blow 1-3

 
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Vigilante said:
As someone yet to play and finish ToCS II:

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As someone who has obsessed over the Legend of Heroes world, this can't be released fast enough. I've platinumed CSI, and CSII, as well as beaten Trails in the Sky FC. I'm about 20 or so hours into Trails SC, and will being buying 3rd, day 1.

 
I have never ordered games from overseas before, and I have a couple of questions after looking at Play-Asia.  I wanted to order 4 Super Robot Wars and Gundam games from them, but 3 of them are sold-out/back-ordered.  If I were to place an order now and choose the faster Fedex shipping option, will I be charged $20 each time an item is shipped when they are back in-stock?  They didn't give any additional information on this issue when I was going through the checkout process.  

I also saw that there is an option to choose a "plain box" wrapping over the Play-Asia box for an additional 50 cents.  Is that because the US Customs have been causing trouble for people importing games to the US?  I don't see why that would be so, since these games are legitimate copies and not counterfeit copies from Asia.  I just wanted to know if it's worth ordering games from Asia, or if it's too much trouble to bother.

 
Investor9872 said:
I have never ordered games from overseas before, and I have a couple of questions after looking at Play-Asia. I wanted to order 4 Super Robot Wars and Gundam games from them, but 3 of them are sold-out/back-ordered. If I were to place an order now and choose the faster Fedex shipping option, will I be charged $20 each time an item is shipped when they are back in-stock? They didn't give any additional information on this issue when I was going through the checkout process.

I also saw that there is an option to choose a "plain box" wrapping over the Play-Asia box for an additional 50 cents. Is that because the US Customs have been causing trouble for people importing games to the US? I don't see why that would be so, since these games are legitimate copies and not counterfeit copies from Asia. I just wanted to know if it's worth ordering games from Asia, or if it's too much trouble to bother.
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In December of 2015 I had ordered 4 random games during a sale where one of the games had its status changed to back ordered. I bought the EU version of Monster Hunter Freedom 2 for the PSP, and they ended up shipping me the NA version at a later date. Long story short, I checked the invoices for that situation and they did not charge me shipping for the back ordered game.

I believe the plain box option is so people won't see "Play-Asia" all over the box when it is delivered to your house. They could see it on the shipping slip, but that would require them to get closer to your domicile.

 
R3DH3R0 said:
Has anyone seen the Asia version of PARAPPA THE RAPPER (Ps4) up for preorder? I've only seen the Japanese version up at amazon.jp
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Heavy Arm is taking orders currently for that version.

https://twitter.com/HeavyArm_Store/status/842055483468869632

Maybe not, but it wouldn't hurt to ask.

 
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Man, after playing through a good portion of Atelier Firis which I'm quite 'meh' on, I played the Mass Effect Andromeda trial on PC. That was also very middle ground for me. I'll still get enjoyment out of both, but man some of the bad things about them just shouldn't be there. I guess I won't get something I really enjoy again until Persona 5 and Trails in the Sky the 3rd. Not that the wait for those will be particularly long though.

 
It may just be me but all the SK Splash girls including the DLC characters look very generic and copy paste. Honestly I think Sonico should be thicker...but that's just me. Looks pretty meh game honestly, but i'd support it anyway.

 
I went ahead and bit on the BlazBlue collectors edition. It has an artbook, and I'm stupid for that sort of thing. Also, around $45 for a collectors edition with an artbook is a pretty good price, they don't often go lower than that. Also, I've always liked the BlazBlue series and planned on eventually getting this PS4 entry anyway.

 
nitrosmob said:
It may just be me but all the SK Splash girls including the DLC characters look very generic and copy paste. Honestly I think Sonico should be thicker...but that's just me. Looks pretty meh game honestly, but i'd support it anyway.
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Because they're all wearing the same generically colored bikini.

 
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Souffrir said:
Did we get the Ayane DLC in whichever previous Senran game that was in? What about the Ikkitousen DLC?
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Yeah we got Ayane in Estival Versus, so I'm pretty sure we'll get these over as well.

Here have this too:

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And if you are worried about all the Bikinis being white... I'm am almost certain they are gonna have special Bikini DLC. Especially seeing how that has worked so well for DoAX3. And Senran Kagura games typically have a ton of alternate costumes and accessories.

Richard Kain said:
I went ahead and bit on the BlazBlue collectors edition. It has an artbook, and I'm stupid for that sort of thing. Also, around $45 for a collectors edition with an artbook is a pretty good price, they don't often go lower than that. Also, I've always liked the BlazBlue series and planned on eventually getting this PS4 entry anyway.
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Yeah, it's a good price for it now, close to the lightning deal price. Me and Vic were just saying how amazing the artbook is (but no Nine art page...) I found out how to make events on the PSN community, so give it a holler if anyone wants to get some games in.

 
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Also for FE Heroes remember that you need 1.5X the SP points to use the skill.

You do not get it automatically. Now you know why some skills cost so much.

Looking at you Cordelia and your 500 Galeforce.

 
Souffrir said:
Did we get the Ayane DLC in whichever previous Senran game that was in? What about the Ikkitousen DLC?
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That Ikki Tousen DLC finally comes out this week for Estival Versus. Better late than never.

Completely agree with BlackRockWaifu, I'm certain that the DLC for Peach Beach Splash will hit the US at some point. Can't wait for that Ayane/Honoka DLC.

 
R3DH3R0 said:
What's this from? Looks familiar.
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I think it's from Soniani: Super Sonico The Animation. Pretty much the Sonico anime. (Funny, the game is called Sonicomi... maybe there's a hentai called Soniecchi.)

I've never watched it myself, even though I absolutely love Sonico (like 15 figures and counting "love") I've heard people say the anime was terrible, and possibly the worse ever made. So I avoided it since.

 
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Lol this fuckboy TekkenSkull (fake Tekken Youtuber) is sending these threatening PMs on reddit just because I called him out on his stolen YT content. I'll have to handle this bum like I handled that other loser on CAG that sent threats because his box didnt come back fast enough

TrueTekken pulled the same shit on JackPotDante who is a European Tekken player. They just steal and profit off of T7 videos from Korean and Japanese streamers and then get pissed when people call them out, flag the videos down, or notify an Asian Tekken player on Twitter. One of the main reason why you see JDCR, Knee, Saint, and other players show their faces on their streams now.

 
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FullmetalPain22 said:
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Lol this fuckboy TekkenSkull (fake Tekken Youtuber) is sending these threatening PMs on reddit just because I called him out on his stolen YT content. I'll have to handle this bum like I handled that other loser on CAG that sent threats because his box didnt come back fast enough

TrueTekken pulled the same shit on JackPotDante who is a European Tekken player. They just steal and profit off of T7 videos from Korean and Japanese streamers and then get pissed when people call them out, flag the videos down, or notify an Asian Tekken player on Twitter. One of the main reason why you see JDCR, Knee, Saint, and other players show their faces on their streams now.
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Whatever you do don't waste the local police departments time and energy.
 
FullmetalPain22 said:
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Lol this fuckboy TekkenSkull (fake Tekken Youtuber) is sending these threatening PMs on reddit just because I called him out on his stolen YT content. I'll have to handle this bum like I handled that other loser on CAG that sent threats because his box didnt come back fast enough.
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Yea man. That message is so threatening and violent. You should file a police report because you can't handle it yourself.

 
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FullmetalPain22 said:
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Lol this fuckboy TekkenSkull (fake Tekken Youtuber) is sending these threatening PMs on reddit just because I called him out on his stolen YT content. I'll have to handle this bum like I handled that other loser on CAG that sent threats because his box didnt come back fast enough
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Uhm, ..that PM was about as threatening as a newborn kitten.

 
Cloyd said:
As someone who has obsessed over the Legend of Heroes world, this can't be released fast enough. I've platinumed CSI, and CSII, as well as beaten Trails in the Sky FC. I'm about 20 or so hours into Trails SC, and will being buying 3rd, day 1.
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Same here. I almost never import Japanese language games any more and I'm thinking of importing CS3, that's how hyped up I am for it.
 
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BlackRockWaifu said:
I think it's from Soniani: Super Sonico The Animation. Pretty much the Sonico anime. (Funny, the game is called Sonicomi... maybe there's a hentai called Soniecchi.)

I've never watched it myself, even though I absolutely love Sonico (like 15 figures and counting "love") I've heard people say the anime was terrible, and possibly the worse ever made. So I avoided it since.
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The english dub is worse

 
deadlykittenpaws said:
Anyone know the cheapest place to import I AmSetsuna for switch?
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Anywhere has to be better than Amazon.JP

They charged me about $9 for shipping claimed it would require a signature & then DHL decided to drop off my package in another state with no signature. Now Amazon is basically telling me "tough shit" and refuses to refund me.

What's amazing about this is that the same day DHL actually dropped off my Hori Play Stand (which I signed for) but they couldn't drop off Setsuna. :wall:

 
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