I got my copy from amazon today.

Originally Posted by Nintendonly 20 bucks and then MAYBE I'll bite. There are too many RPGs on the DS as it is and they are too similar to each other.

I doubt that this will ever drop that low, so I suggest you get it while you can.

My copy naturally came in stock right after my Gamestop had a copy shipped over from another store (and by the time I got it, it was "Shipping soon" and too late to cancel) So now I'm going to wind up having two copies. I dunno if I should hold onto the reprint sealed copy from Amazon, or return/sell it (I'm leaning towards holding onto it in case it gets rare again later)

just ordered from amazon.com at $35 along with Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride for $15

im stoked cause i have my sealed 1st print run,a spare box/soundtrack i found at gamestop free to make this one im getting from amazon a complete collectors set. on top over the past few weeks ive sold 3 radiant historias for what i paid for the two im keeping.

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Originally Posted by gauu im stoked cause i have my sealed 1st print run,a spare box/soundtrack i found at gamestop free to make this one im getting from amazon a complete collectors set. on top over the past few weeks ive sold 3 radiant historias for what i paid for the two im keeping.

that was in the past... you be lucky to get 20 to 25 out of one without the cd now .


ALSO i would not be sticking the new reprint into the cd outer box and soundtrack and saying you have a NEW SEALED FIRST PRINT on ebay cause people will file a dispute and you will lose it all

I went ahead and got a copy as soon as I saw that it was in stock again.

Having missed the game twice already, I wasn't taking any chances this time.

Originally Posted by ZForce My copy naturally came in stock right after my Gamestop had a copy shipped over from another store (and by the time I got it, it was "Shipping soon" and too late to cancel) So now I'm going to wind up having two copies. I dunno if I should hold onto the reprint sealed copy from Amazon, or return/sell it (I'm leaning towards holding onto it in case it gets rare again later)

I just don't see it getting that rare again after a reprint. Even after it goes OOP again I don't think used copies will sell over retail, but who knows for sure depending on how big the reprint is.

I saw it was now in stock at Amazon and ordered today.

Originally Posted by slidecage that was in the past... you be lucky to get 20 to 25 out of one without the cd now . ALSO i would not be sticking the new reprint into the cd outer box and soundtrack and saying you have a NEW SEALED FIRST PRINT on ebay cause people will file a dispute and you will lose it all

you completely misread what i said slidecage lol. im not selling the reprint all i stated is before the reprint was released i sold a bunch of the carts etc..im opening the reprint to play and just stated that i got lucky and found a box/soundtrack at gamestop that will give me a complete 1st run set for my play collection.

I wonder how many copies Atlus printed on their 1st print ??? was it under 5,000 ???

Originally Posted by gauu you completely misread what i said slidecage lol. im not selling the reprint all i stated is before the reprint was released i sold a bunch of the carts etc..im opening the reprint to play and just stated that i got lucky and found a box/soundtrack at gamestop that will give me a complete 1st run set for my play collection.

wasnt just pointed at you i know a few people here at least locally have the outer box and music cd.. They have told me as soon as the reprint hits they are buying it and sticking it in the outer box and saying they have a first print sealed.

i had one as well (got it first day) but sold it before the reprint (cd only had 5 songs on it so wasnt worth keeping to me)

at least for me (before all ebay fees i got)

48.88 for game itself
27.05 for the outer box and music cd (found it after someone bidded on the game

75.93 total

got a used one off gamefly for 27 shipped

48.93 then say 10% ebay so ended up with around 41 buck profit dumping the first copy...

Originally Posted by MillionBlades I wonder how many copies Atlus printed on their 1st print ??? was it under 5,000 ???

I don't have a source, but I'm willing to bet more than that. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think 30,000 was considered the smallest print-run for Atlus. IIRC, Etrian Odyssey's first print at the time claimed to have 30,000, and people were saying it's the smallest print Atlus had ever done.

Btw, I sold my second print for $90, which I just couldn't pass up.

Originally Posted by elessar123 I don't have a source, but I'm willing to bet more than that. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think 30,000 was considered the smallest print-run for Atlus. IIRC, Etrian Odyssey's first print at the time claimed to have 30,000, and people were saying it's the smallest print Atlus had ever done. Btw, I sold my second print for $90, which I just couldn't pass up.

I agree, it's gotta be more than 5,000, if they planned on selling at most 5,000 copies of a game, it would be pretty hard to make any money from it.

I almost bought this game when it was on sale several months ago on Amazon. It sounds like a fun game and one that I would enjoy but I'm not sure that I have the time to invest in it, too many other games to play and too many other things going on in my life right now.

My copy arrived this morning!

Would you guys recommend this for a gamer who's not-so-hot on RPGs?

Dragon Quest IX was the first RPG I ever played and I really liked it a lot. Since then, others have recommended that I try Chrono Trigger, FFIV, and Persona 3 Portable but I had trouble getting in all of them (blasphemy, I know) and never finished 'em.

I know this is supposed to be a deal thread and I don't want to clog it up with tons of 10-word reviews. Just looking for some guidance on whether or not I should pick this up now that it's been reprinted.

Thanks!

Well, it is turned based, but what makes it a bit more engaging is the grid system. The battle takes place on a I think a 3 x 6 grid, you're on one 3 x 3 and they are on the other 3 x 3. When one is in the row closest to front, they do more damage but they receive more damage, and further to the back they do less damage but they receive less damage from attacks (which makes it a good place to put your healers and other support characters)

Each character also has various skills which allow you to do damage while shifting the enemies around the board, stack them as many on one tile as possible through the various push, pull, and slide attack skills, then unleash your strongest attack to hit all of them. This is later complicated by enemies which can't be moved, shield spells which protect enemies standing in certain rows/columns, etc, to keep it from getting stale.

You also have the capability to give your turn to one of your characters or even exchange your turn with an enemy's so that you can have more turns in a row to herd all the enemies together and hit them all at once, as once your string of turns end, the enemies move off so there is only 1 per tile again.

Basically it has some of the strategist aspect of an RTS, while not actually being in real-time so you have plenty of time to plan your string of attacks.

The story is also quite engaging and the time travel mechanic is quite well done as you shift back and forth between 2 alternative history timelines with the ultimate goal of saving the world by using the differences between the two timelines to solve problems in the other timeline. Each of those 2 timelines can branch off in other different directions and result in dozens of different endings (both game ending and good).

What's nice is when you hit a bad ending, your not done, the time travel mechanic kicks in and takes you back to the last available node (there's usually a node for every 3-4 events in the timeline). Using the time travel mechanic you can freely jump around to any node in the timeline to replay a section so you don't ever have to worry about missing anything. It also means you don't have to replay the entire game over several times to see every ending.

Here's a good example of the mechanics of battle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ibH-ap0TA

Originally Posted by guardian_owl Well, it is turned based, but what makes it a bit more engaging...

Thanks for posting all of that...I appreciate the insights.

I'm definitely intrigued.