Japanese Niche Games Deals & Discussion Thread 4.0

[shivan128]

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:

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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!

 

[nagpo]

Capcom Will Release Two “Major” New Games This Fiscal Year

Devil May Cry 5 here we come!

 

[Commodore Wheeler]

Sidetail > Twintail

That is all.

I will agree with this.

 

[FlawlesslyFatal]

PlayAsia's update on Omega Labyrinth Z. Same fate could happen to the PS4 PAL version.

Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk

 

[lutz]

Pure greed basically. I, for one, am not buying at that price and I hope other people do the same. Standard edition at $23.99 will be fine for me

If Soedesco wants to see how to do a CE right, they can look no further than the recent Shantae: Half Genie Hero Ultimate Edition release for the Switch. You get the game with all the DLC, hardcover art book and full soundtrack CD for $31.99 after GCU (or $39.99 base price). Now that's a helluva deal and something I will gladly support every time!

If only there was a PS4 physical version of Ultimate Edition (for the US). I would have supported that! I know there's a standard Shantae already, but xseed/wayforward could have repackaged the original with the extras and called it a day (artbook, dlc pass, ost).

 

[shadowysea07]

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Gets A Flashy Opening Animation

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na2hLzppZb0

They have some nerve to put dlc only characters in the opening.

 

[Pheria]

PlayAsia's update on Omega Labyrinth Z. Same fate could happen to the PS4 PAL version.

Sent from my SM-N950U1 using Tapatalk

https://twitter.com/playasia/status/993795466432204800

Their use of "At the moment" "at this time" makes me a little suspicious, but here it is just the same.

 

[roger watersmelon]

Oh man. I'm excited for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom Infinite

I'm looking forward to Street Fighter Something: Something Edition Something. I'll just get the base game though, I'm not spending the extra money for the SFS:SES Something Edition.

 

[Killbomb]

Here's hoping one if them is a new Devil May Cry with old Dante.

Would like to see this and something about the long-awaited Tekken X Street Fighter.

 

[Olengie]

SNK has officially announced Neo Geo Mini, a video game console featuring 40 titles from the 1990-released Neo Geo.
 
The Neo Geo Mini is 135 millimeters wide, 108 millimeters deep, 162 millimeters in height, and weighs 600 grams. It has a 3.5 inch screen, HDMI terminal input for TV monitor, headphone port, and two external controller ports, and includes a power supply cable (AC adapter not included).

 

[nitrosmob]

Cute.

 

[Nothing-]

well, not all the Japanese companies made it to the 2010s. 

 

[roger watersmelon]

SNK has officially announced Neo Geo Mini, a video game console featuring 40 titles from the 1990-released Neo Geo.

The Neo Geo Mini is 135 millimeters wide, 108 millimeters deep, 162 millimeters in height, and weighs 600 grams. It has a 3.5 inch screen, HDMI terminal input for TV monitor, headphone port, and two external controller ports, and includes a power supply cable (AC adapter not included).

Obligatory:
[Media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_kGJBv6Wr4[/media]

 

[Supplice]

Warriors Orochi 4’s Platforms Announced for the West: PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC

Warriors Orochi 4 Gets First Direct Feed Screenshots and Art Revealing 164 Characters

New Dynasty Warriors 9 Trailer and Screenshots Show Second DLC Weapon

Konami Announces Strong Fiscal Year Results and Solid Year-on-Year Growth

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV for PS4 Shows Laura and More in New Screenshots

Octopath Traveler Gets New Commercial Teasing its Adventure

Blade Strangers’ Next Guest Character Revealed As Isaac From The Binding of Isaac

Idea Factory Switch otome visual novels trailer, website opened

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15imaVyOaO0

Mini: Famicom Is Getting A Jump 50th Anniversary Version With Different Games On July 7 In Japan

Action Game Maker MV coming west as Pixel Game Maker MV, first details and screenshots

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate for Nintendo Switch Finally Getting a Western Release

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kfyh2ZUrQI

 

[chrislaustin]

Mini: Famicom Is Getting A Jump 50th Anniversary Version With Different Games On July 7 In Japan

This is cool I guess, but is this why the NS isn't getting any proper VC? So they can keep releasing these mini's every few years with a new set of games? Holy shit, "N" is truly the evil villain in a Bond film, as who else could come up with these off the wall schemes to milk their fan base? LOL

EDIT: And yes, I know this is just for a special situation, so we probably won't be seeing anymore of these(hopefully).

 

[bigstew]

https://twitter.com/playasia/status/993795466432204800

Their use of "At the moment" "at this time" makes me a little suspicious, but here it is just the same.

well i know a statement was released that even though eu is banning it because of its games law, they said it just means a physical release wont happen and can still do a digital release but since the publisher i believe is pqube which is eu, even though they may sell more in the u.s., its still like jp were eu comes first so they may screw out fans everywhere else to be fair

 

[FlawlesslyFatal]

Pqube's response to OLZ debacle: We can't comment but we'll have some news in the next couple of weeks

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[NeoMonk]

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (MHXX In Japan) Is getting Localized Releasing August 28th for Switch

Spoiler

[media]https://youtu.be/sp8nTUw5bwQ[/media]

Consider me HYPED AF! 

Crystal Crisis announced for Switch

Spoiler

Shovel Knight announced for Blade Strangers

Blazblue Cross Tag Battle - PS4 & Switch BETA Details 

 

[Zaku77]

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (MHXX In Japan) Is getting Localized Releasing August 28th for Switch

Spoiler

[media]https://youtu.be/sp8nTUw5bwQ[/media]

Consider me HYPED AF!

This is awesome news! Maybe we can get our first special edition Switch out of this--as there are tons of Special Edition MH themed consoles out there.

 

[DarthPwner]

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (MHXX In Japan) Is getting Localized Releasing August 28th for Switch

Spoiler

[media]https://youtu.be/sp8nTUw5bwQ[/media]

Consider me HYPED AF!

I saw this. You can use your old save data from the 3ds version too. I might have to jump on this.

 

[nitrosmob]

No brainer for MHGU to be localized. There are enough Switch owners and people love their MH. I'm still neutral on those games.

 

[Supplice]

Warriors Orochi 4 Won’t Be Open-World And Will Have Split-Screen Co-op

Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. 2 Adds AGE-1 Full Glansa And Montero, Details EX Burst

Nicalis announces Crystal Crisis for Switch – crossover color-matching combat game

GameStop’s system lists 16 new SKUs for Switch

Bandai Namco making multiple original titles for Switch to be released starting this summer

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 datamine reveals story DLC details, big news about new Blades

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin PS4 physical edition announced for Japan

Gal*Gun 2 DLC #4 trailer

Bullet Girls Phantasia Japanese first-print bonuses announced

Dragon Quest Builders 2 Lets You Switch Genders And Customize Appearances

Shovel Knight revealed for Blade Strangers

 

[Pheria]

well i know a statement was released that even though eu is banning it because of its games law, they said it just means a physical release wont happen and can still do a digital release but since the publisher i believe is pqube which is eu, even though they may sell more in the u.s., its still like jp were eu comes first so they may screw out fans everywhere else to be fair

It was banned in a few countries, and on track for release in others (why a EU version was still listed). People from countries where it was banned like the UK were planning to import the EU version from another country. PQube is UK. They said they planned to go ahead with releases that they can, like the US ESRB rated 'M' version. They've never indicated that they may cancel all of them "to be fair"

 

[bappt]

"We just spent all this money licensing and translating a video game, but because V1tafan1995 is going to say we betrayed them releasing digital only while tagging Limited Run Games we're just going to not sell it."

 

[TooPoor]

https://twitter.com/playasia/status/993795466432204800

Their use of "At the moment" "at this time" makes me a little suspicious, but here it is just the same.

Sigh. I still vividly remember the excitement I expressed here when Omega Labyrinth Z was announced for the West, and another CAG actually joked "this would make TooPoor very happy"

All that would be for nothing, as it seems.

 

[vic_x51]

Omega isn't going to release for the usa?

 

[bappt]

Omega Labyrinth Z orders from Play-Asia were cancelled saying there wouldn't be a PAL sku and their twitter account replied there is no information as to why the orders were cancelled. In addition the UK, Germany, and Australia have banned direct sales of the game through their classification boards. Nothing else has happened other than speculation. The ESRB gave it an M rating which clears it for release. 

 

[Nothing-]

Ya know I could have sworn that game released with a titty mousepad on that Iffy Online Store, but I must be thinking of something else. 

 

[BlackRockWaifu]

Ya know I could have sworn that game released with a titty mousepad on that Iffy Online Store, but I must be thinking of something else.

I think you are thinking of MeiQ Labyrinth of Death.

Spoiler

 

[Pheria]

Sigh. I still vividly remember the excitement I expressed here when Omega Labyrinth Z was announced for the West, and another CAG actually joked "this would make TooPoor very happy"

All that would be for nothing, as it seems.

Bappt summarized it pretty well. That tweet out of context looks pretty misleading, sorry.

Play-Asia sent emails to people saying their PAL orders were canceled. The tweet from Play-Asia saying it was an error was referring to the cancellation email. Basically they're saying "Our mistake, it's not canceled"

All I was saying was that their use 'At this time' and 'At this moment' made me suspicious, but that's just speculation on my part and nothing more.

 

[Olengie]

Omega isn't going to release for the usa?

pretty sure it would be the US that would get it.

 

[NeoMonk]

The Blazblue Cross Tag Battle Live Beta is up on Switch for those interested.

Super Fun!

Spoiler

[media]https://streamable.com/rsk18[/media]

 

[Supplice]

Persona 5, NieR: Automata, NiOh, Yakuza Devs and More Discuss the Renaissance of Japanese Games

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j6ZHkg5BtE

Sega Aims to Expand Sales of its Japanese Games in the West; Plans to Create New IPs

New Sakura Wars Game Will Release Before March 31st, 2019

Persona 5 Dancing Star Night and 3 Dancing Moon Night’s Trailers Show Labrys and Sho MInazuki

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVZ6pRLkvlE

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

Playism celebrates seventh anniversary with seven Switch and PC-focused announcements

Dragon Quest Builders 2 trailers detail Dragon Quest Builders save data import bonuses

Monster Hunter World Gets Free Armor Sphere Pack and Updated Event Quest Schedule

 

[AugustAPC]

Sega Aims to Expand Sales of its Japanese Games in the West; Plans to Create New IPs

Let's get some Shining Force games over here. Start with Blade Arcus for the PS4.

 

[Supplice]

Sony E3 2018 press conference set for June 11, to feature “deep dives” on Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima, Marvel’s Spider-Man, and The Last of Us Part II

 
Square Enix Announces Better-than-Expected Income Due to NieR: Automata, Final Fantasy XIV, and More

New Gundam Breaker Gets New Gameplay Videos Showing Extensive Gunpla Customization

Blade Strangers Full Animated Introduction Released

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPU-JkJOpqk

The first hour of The Caligula Effect: Overdose

 

[NeoMonk]

The Blazblue Cross Tag Battle Live BETA is up for Switch and PS4 now I think give it a looksie.

Been playing on Switch and wow I'm impressed at how stable the online is lol 
Gameplay is really solid too although I feel like matches are super quick, maybe cuz I suck 

The lobby silliness is great 

Spoiler

[media]https://streamable.com/rsk18[/media]

 

[Nothing-]

Yes, Ishtar.  Yes I do. 

 

[roger watersmelon]

Well, at least now we know where Nothing stands on Sidetails.

 

[Olengie]

Blade Strangers Full Animated Introduction Released

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPU-JkJOpqk

Spoiler

I see Nicalis knows who they're appealing to

 

[hostyl1]

Dude! You have *got* to 'spoiler' tag that!

 

[nitrosmob]

Weekly VN releases:

First of all Frontwing released Momoiro Closet on Steam and currently is 10% off. It is about an average guy who finds out the student council president is an otaku or something. It looks good and has an 18+ patch. Note there is only one main girl and guy character.

Steam

VNDB

18+ patch (NSFW)

Sekai project released a doujin VN 2236 A.D. It also has an 18+ version on Denpasoft, but I don't think that is the main focus of the game. It is about 99 emails from a girl without telepathy in a world where everyone uses it. It looks really interesting and weird and likely a mind blown type game. I will get the 18+ version, but I really don't think it's needed. They both have 10 percent off the price.

Steam

Denpasoft (NSFW)

VNDB

 
Also there is now a patch for Sweet Home. It still may crash....I haven't played it yet.
 
Jast USA (NSFW)
 
That should be all.

 

[NeoMonk]

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX announced exclusively for Switch

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon announced for Switch/PS4/XB1/Steam/3DS

 

[roger watersmelon]

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon announced for Switch/PS4/XB1/Steam/3DS

That looks like an awful lot of fun. I had completely forgotten about Bloodstained, let alone the 8 bit game.

 

[chrislaustin]

That looks like an awful lot of fun. I had completely forgotten about Bloodstained, let alone the 8 bit game.

I didn't forget about Bloodstained, as they send updates on a regular basis, but I had completely forgotten(or just never knew), about the 8-bit game. I will say as a throwback, that looks damn good, and it looks like whomever made it, took the source materials to heart. It also looks like they saw a game like Shovel Knight, and said great things can be done, even with 8-bit graphics. I'm very much looking forward to the 23rd now, can't wait.

 

[nagpo]

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon announced for Switch/PS4/XB1/Steam/3DS

Any word on this getting a physical release? Maybe a LRG or something? Looks fun.

 

[chrislaustin]

Any word on this getting a physical release? Maybe a LRG or something? Looks fun.

I was going to ask the same question as well, most people think this looks like a better game than Bloodstained, so I think physical would do great. I'm sure right now their main concern is getting the main game out physically and to all pledge consoles and then I'm sure it could happen at some point.

 

[Supplice]

PlatinumGames Working on a Top-Secret Game that Might “Turn the Action Genre on its Head”

Mana Series Artist Teases New Console Game Announcement in the Summer

Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk for PS4, Switch, and PC Shows Dialogue in New Trailer

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8ynxKA9Mk

A better look at a certain character from Xenoblade Chronicles X’s ending

Monster Hunter Film To Go Into Production In September, Starring Milla Jovovich

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duK8okgQNIU

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon Gets Tons of 1080p Screenshots

Hamster on the process of making Arcade Archives Mario Bros. for Switch, working with Nintendo, future, much more

Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida and Morikatron’s Yukihito Morikawa Discuss the Future of AI in Console Games

Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 and 2 – X Challenge video

 

[Souffrir]

Mana Series Artist Teases New Console Game Announcement in the Summer

Inb4 it's just them ruining Seiken Densetsu 3 or Legend of Mana the way they did Secret of Mana.

Monster Hunter Film To Go Into Production In September, Starring Milla Jovovich

So with this casting, the producers are saying is the movie's quality is going to be something like on par with the Resident Evil flicks?

 

[georox]

Inb4 it's just them ruining Seiken Densetsu 3 or Legend of Mana the way they did Secret of Mana.


So with this casting, the producers are saying is the movie's quality is going to be something like on par with the Resident Evil flicks?

Seriously... I can't stand her.

 

[Draekon]

It's Mothers Day, so don't forget. Quite a bit of console stuff this week. Most of them probably aren't Japanese, but their themes or genres are fairly similar. I wish Dragon's Crown & Chamber of Time weren't $50, otherwise I'd pick them up at launch. Was really hoping for $40 with a 20% discount.

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

Weekly Releases (May 13th - May 19th)

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
- Platform(s): 3DS
- Genre: First-Person Dungeon Crawler
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Enhanced port. Contains new character and story route.

Azure Reflections
- Platform(s): PS4
- Genre: Versus / SHMUP
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Digital only. Touhou game.

Dragon's Crown Pro
- Platform(s): PS4
- Genre: Beat'em Up
- Demo: N/A
- Online: Yes.
- Comments: Online co-op becomes permanently unlocked after beating the 9 stage tutorial it seems. All future created characters are apparently effected.

Forgotton Anne
- Platform(s): PS4, XB1, PC
- Genre: Adventure
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Digital only.

Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time
- Platform(s): PS4, PC
- Genre: Beat'em Up
- Demo: N/A
- Online: Yes.
- Comments: Digital only. Should have online co-op at release.

Magic Knight Grand Charion
- Platform(s): PS4
- Genre: Horizontal SHMUP
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Digital only.

Monster Slayers
- Platform(s): PS4, XB1
- Genre: RPG / Rogue-lite
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Digital only.

Omensight
- Platform(s): PS4, PC
- Genre: Action / Murder-Mystery
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Digital only.

Wizard of Legend
- Platform(s): PS4, Switch, XB1, PC
- Genre: Action / 2D Dungeon Crawler
- Demo: N/A
- Online: Local only.
- Comments: Digital only.

Battle Chasers: Nightwar
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: RPG
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Previously released on PS4, XB1 & PC.

Hello Kitty Kruisers
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: Racing
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

Fairune Collection
- Platform(s): Switch, PC
- Genre: Action-Adventure / RPG
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Contains Fairune, Fairune 2, Fairune Origin & Fairune Blast.

The Banner Saga
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: SRPG
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Previously released on PS4, XB1 & PC.

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: Adventure / Open-World
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Previously released on PS4 & PC.

Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: Action / Musou
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Contains all characters and DLC from the Wii U & 3DS versions.

X-ray hospital
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

Sable's Grimoire
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

Sakura Sadist
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

EXAELLA
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Shooter / Sidescroller
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Russian dev.

Angel's Love
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

The New Girl
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

Past Releases
May 6th - May 12th
April 29th - May 5th
April 22nd - April 28th
April 15th - April 21st
April 8th - April 14th

 

[Souffrir]

Seriously... I can't stand her.

She seemed fine in Fifth Element, but I haven't seen her in anything else that isn't a shitty video game knock off, so it's kind of hard for me to judge.

EDIT:
Wait, no, apparently she was in Zoolander, which I know I've watched, but I suppose I must have blocked it from my mind because I can't really recall anything about that movie you couldn't learn in a trailer.

Probably way less than that, actually.