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.

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ǝ˥ǝuoʌ said:
No way that's a human voice, possibly one of the worse ai voice I've ever heard.
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About that...it's not AI
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I actually like Yong Yea since he has a very good Youtube voice (calm, articulate, no annoying accent or speech impediment) and I watch his videos to get caught up on any game controversies. He does have a great voice for VA and he should keep at it. With all that said, he has been horribly miscast here and I feel bad for all the hate he's getting. He's doing his best at this voice and is clearly super-stoked for the role, and I really think the blame for this falls squarely on Sega. He should not have been cast to play a 50+ year old man who already has an incredibly recognizable and beloved Japanese VA. I really hope this doesn't discourage him from trying to pursue more prolific roles, since he has the talent to go far in the industry. He just needs the right roles.

 
super1upqueen said:
He should not have been cast to play a 50+ year old man who already has an incredibly recognizable and beloved Japanese VA.
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I think this is the biggest thing. Even before the series starting doing English dubs, Kiryu's Japanese voice/performance is a large part of what makes Kiryu, Kiryu. I started the series with only the Japanese dub, and I can't see myself switching to English mainly for this reason.

 
Eh, it's not Arc Rise Fantasia levels of bad. Given the series' legacy I don't know how many people are playing Like a Dragon in English anyway. Even the VA seems to acknowledge it's a bit weird:

https://twitter.com/YongYea/status/1722334321225461820

Ultimately, it makes the series more accessible to people who do care about dubs and as long as they continue offering dual-audio you can just choose to ignore it. So even though I'm not a fan of it, I'm not really not bothered about the situation.

 
Tothoro said:
Eh, it's not Arc Rise Fantasia levels of bad. Given the series' legacy I don't know how many people are playing Like a Dragon in English anyway. Even the VA seems to acknowledge it's a bit weird:

https://twitter.com/YongYea/status/1722334321225461820

Ultimately, it makes the series more accessible to people who do care about dubs and as long as they continue offering dual-audio you can just choose to ignore it. So even though I'm not a fan of it, I'm not really not bothered about the situation.
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I had to look this up, god damn this shit is funny- I lost it at #2.

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

 
YongYea was really good in Stone Ocean and Yakuza LAD had a great dub so hearing Kiryu sound off is a bit of a shame. I will probably check it out more when the full game comes out. 

 
Preorders are up for TSUKIHIME: A piece of blue glass moon: Limited Edition PS4/Switch at amazon and bestbuy.  I guess there isn't going to be a standard edition just like Witch on the Holy Night.

I completely forgot about Arc Rise Fantasia.  I beat that game a long time ago, I had the honor of listening to that dub.

 
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Bandai just put it's typical holiday sale for it's collector's editions up on their website. 
 

While the prices aren't amazing for the games (they're similar to digital price and more than physical sale prices in most cases), they're actually good if you want the collector's edition: 

Pac-Man World Re-Pac is $20 for all platforms, and comes with a black chrome Chogokin. (Which sells for $40-50 by itself on ebay). 
Dragon Ball: The Breakers is $20 for all platforms and comes with a Cell Shell figurine (Which again sells for around $50 on ebay). 
One Piece Odyssey is $30 for all platforms  (and Steam!), which isn't bad, given that the all time low for the Steam version is $20. 
There don't seem to be many sales on the statue, though. 

The only downside here is that shipping from Bandai's website is going to be a minimum of $15,  but if you happen to want a few of them, the shipping doesn't spike hugely (I picked up 5 items, and the shipping only went up to $20)

Again, mediocre deal if you just want the games,  but I've been wanting that Pac-Man mech for a while, so it's pretty decent sale. 

 
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Speaking of Bandai, anyone deal with their CS on returns? I ordered DBZ The Breakers on NS and they sent me the disc version SB case. 

 
Reminder: these are the last few minutes you can order Persona 3 P3P on PS4 / Vita from LimitedRunGames.

I didn't want to do it, but I'm not going to miss out on owning these games.  I thought I was going to order the grimoire editions and bite the bullet.   But ~$163 for both Switch and PS4 versions to only get a steelbook is just too much.  I never pay for expensive steelbooks like that anymore.  So I just ordered the standard edition of P3P on both Switch and PS4.  Seemed like the wisest way to go.  I'm going to get a pair of slipboxes when I order the P4 pair next month anyways.  That should be good enough. 

 
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Vinny said:
Speaking of Bandai, anyone deal with their CS on returns? I ordered DBZ The Breakers on NS and they sent me the disc version SB case.
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There is no Switch sized Steelbook case for DBZ The Breakers. It sounds wrong, but that's the way Bamco released it.

 
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scorponok said:
The top of playasias site says, "FREE WORLDWIDE DELIVERY when spending over US$ 49.99 on select items!".
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Yep, they made an announcement in their Discord and Twitter: https://twitter.com/playasia/status/1724093918487437528

Usually the threshold is $99, so it might be a nice break if you just want one game.

 
I just did a PA order the other week for Drainus, Triggerheart Excelica, and Dreamer Double-D Collection (LE).  Also got an order in the mail for Devi Engine, Sword of the Vagrant, and Trouble Witches right now.

 
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Vinny said:
Oh shit, I hope there's a physical release... LRG or whoever, I don't care. Loved it back in the day and played it again like 3-4 years ago and still loved it.
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There was already the HD Collection for Switch, so unless the rights-holder decides to port that to PS4/5, I think that's all we'll have.

 
The only Sony first party games LRG released were the Jak games, and that was due to Naughty Dogs.  They haven't done anything else with Sony.

 
Nothing- said:
however, the voice actor for Koromaru killed it.
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Are...are they really having a person voice Koro-chan and not just using dog noises? Because it sounds ridiculous. One of my biggest pet peeves in media is when they get a person to voice an animal (unless of course it's a talking animal). It never sounds right.

I'm assuming that's the joke here, but just no. That's going to be so obnoxious.

 
Pika pii! Pii pika chuu!

On an unrelated note, anyone heard of any good prices on any of the recent-ish Yakuza/LAD games for this BF?
 
A lot of games are on sale at playasia.  I don't think there is a list.  You just have to look around.

Dragon Quest Treasures (English) Switch Japanese version $17.99

River City: Rival Showdown (Multi-Language) Asia Switch $19.99

Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection (Multi-Language) Asia Switch $49.99

Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai (English) Asia PS5 $39.99

Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water (English) Asia PS4 $29.99

Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet (Multi-Language) Asia Switch $39.99

Grandia HD Collection (English) Asia Switch $39.99

I just noticed playasia is celebrating 21 years of service.  I have been buying games from them when they were only 2 years old.  Time flies. 

 
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Aww dang, I bought FFX X-2 and Fatal Frame 4 just yesterday. Anyone have any luck with getting a price adjustment from playasia?

I found some games on sale for the Switch:

Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster (Multi-Language) [English Cover]  $39.99

Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Multi-Language)                    $39.99

Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection                                                           $29.99

Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story (Multi-Language) JPN         $19.99

Not part of the sale but cheap regardless

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Multi-Language) JPN                  $35.99

WarioWare: MOVE IT! (Multi-Language) JPN                                        $35.99

Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics US                                    $31.99

Also the Asian version of Sol Cresta isn't blocked in the US and can be purchased for $38.99

 
scorponok said:
Xseed sale at amazon
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I gotta stop getting Xseed limited editions day one, thinking they'll be rare. Silent Hope wasn't very good and I haven't even gotten to Trinity Trigger. I was smart and passed on Rune Factory 3 at launch, and even though its limited edition is only $10 off, it'll get cheaper, I'm sure.

Now excuse me while I wait for my Granblue Fantasy Relink Xseed deluxe edition to release in February... :bouncy:

 
Yeah I need to do the same for Aksys Otome games. I play through them slowly and they end up on Amazon usually getting to a few months about $25-$30. I love supporting visual novels, but my backlog for them is a bit much.

For XSeed I'll likely just get the normal RF3. It's not much of a discount, but it's my favorite in the series (haven't tried 5 though). Loop 8 or whatever fell down in price so quickly and likely sucks. I'm kind of disappointed I bought it full price. I will put Harvest Moon A Wonderful Life on my wish list, although that was not my favorite in the series kind of getting bored of the PS2 version.

Also what was bad about Silent Hope?

 
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nitrosmob said:
Also what was bad about Silent Hope?
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I wrote up my impressions of it on here a few weeks back, but to sum up, it's just a very average action RPG/dungeon crawler. The crafting system is extremely bare bones, the loot is unsatisfying, the pseudo-targeting system is unhelpful, and the combat and controls can be imprecise. It's not a bad game and there's fun to be had if you focus on only one or two characters (trying to raise and equip all seven is tedious and very grindy), but it's not really a good game, either. I had actually dropped it on the fourth dungeon, but I soon picked it back up to finish it. However, when I found there was no fast travel point in front of the final boss and the game was going to make me go through 10 floors to try and beat him again, I noped right on out of there. In other words, nowhere near the $50 price tag (though I really liked the artbook the limited edition came with).

Once this game does finally go out of stock and become rare, I may just sell it. I don't see myself ever picking it back up. It's such a shame, too, since dungeon crawlers with lots of loot are right up my alley.

 
Got the Persona 5 Tactica iron-on patch in the mail today. Love how instead of my name on the envelope, it just said P5T Iron-on Patch. That is how I'll insist on being referred to from now on.

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I’m guessing anyone that participated in this promo is having their name changed as part of the bargain.  Dibs on P5T I guess, since patch is taken and iron-on sounds dirty.  Going to get confusing after that is taken.

 
super1upqueen said:
Got the Persona 5 Tactica iron-on patch in the mail today. Love how instead of my name on the envelope, it just said P5T Iron-on Patch. That is how I'll insist on being referred to from now on.
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How was it shipped? I'm heading out of town for 2 weeks and our USPS hold mail is basically useless. They'll hold the mail and then never be able to find things or they'll just deliver it (often to the wrong address).

 
Vinny said:
How was it shipped? I'm heading out of town for 2 weeks and our USPS hold mail is basically useless. They'll hold the mail and then never be able to find things or they'll just deliver it (often to the wrong address).
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It was placed in that plain white envelope I'm holding with no protection. Kind of surprised it didn't jam the sorting machine and get to me torn up.

 
scorponok said:
A lot of games are on sale at playasia. I don't think there is a list. You just have to look around.
Dragon Quest Treasures (English) Switch Japanese version $17.99
River City: Rival Showdown (Multi-Language) Asia Switch $19.99
Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection (Multi-Language) Asia Switch $49.99
Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai (English) Asia PS5 $39.99
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water (English) Asia PS4 $29.99
Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet (Multi-Language) Asia Switch $39.99
Grandia HD Collection (English) Asia Switch $39.99

I just noticed playasia is celebrating 21 years of service. I have been buying games from them when they were only 2 years old. Time flies.
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Romancing SaGa 2 is $19.99 on PS4. Atelier Marie $39.99 (Switch too). Asia version of Batsugun $19.99.
 
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