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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Then allow me to introduce you to their brand new game! They're truly going back to their roots this time!







April fools, obviously.
GUYS GUYS GUYS

EDIT: Lame April Fool's joke, carry on...

:cry: :cry: :cry:

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Lol.

 
I know there's a thread dedicated to it but I'd rather post it here

20% off expires tonight (PSN): 9DKEC6KJ72
Not that I was going to use it, but sadly it got lurked. I think spoiler tags would at least prevent guests from seeing it though? But anyways, I'll say thanks on their behalf.

 
I'd rather have an Onimusha sequel than a hd collection.
also it would be pretty cool if the old lady was in senran. kinda like a joke character people would hesitate to shoot you as.
 
When did April Fool's Day change from actual pranks to just fake news, anyway?

also it would be pretty cool if the old lady was in senran. kinda like a joke character people would hesitate to shoot you as.
You don't need to make excuses, this is the internet. I think we've all seen weirder fetishes than granny chasing.
 
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When did April Fool's Day change from actual pranks to just fake news, anyway?


You don't need to make excuses, this is the internet. I think we've all seen weirder fetishes than granny chasing.
thanks, i feel so relieved :D
now if senran could only introduce some midget characters next.
 
Well I don't see it listed in the description of either Amazon's or Deep Discount's preorder
I think it is exclusive to certain stores such as Amazon Japan (3rd party sellers only now), CDJapan (out of stock), and the European Square Enix Store. No word yet on whether the NA Square Enix store will carry it.
 
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I know it's unreasonable, but I am still mad at UPS.

My persona 5 shipped from upstate NY on Friday, yet it still tells me the estimate delivery date is next Tuesday even though I live in Long Island, NY...

This is the longest week in my life....

 
What exactly is the hacking tracks disc? Remixes? Also is that disc packaged with the original soundtrack or is it included separately?
It includes 12 tracks of the 8-bit remixes that play during the game's hacking segments. It's exclusive to the first printing.

Automata is a 3-disc soundtrack in its own case. The hacking disc is in a separate thin case.
 
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Great Mangagamer April Fools EROGAWKER (I need thisssssssssssssssss)

Link NSFW

On another note the other night I decided to beat Heart De Roomatte again from an old visual novel bundle. Yeah that game is horribly outdated. Very one dimensional characters and a pretty corny episode system format. Decent graphics (must play full screen...windowed is tiny). Just not a very good VN.....probably a 6/10 if i'm being generous. I do have to say it honestly shows a high school romance and the endings reflect that. Pretty realistic endings honestly.

 
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I don't think this will interest anybody this late, but Cladun X2 is free to play for the next 26 hours or so on Steam. Technically it does have a demo on PC already, but this is the full game. It would have been more useful had I noticed sooner, but I only noticed in the recent NISA email.

 
Forgot Mangagamer Anime Boston 2017 Announcements:

Trinoline

Sweet Young Bride ~ Our Married Life Begins

Hashihime of Old Book Town

Trinoline is another Minori game that just came out in Japan. Oh I can't wait for this one!

Sweet Young Bride looks alright and has an interesting premise. I would probably get it on sale.

Hashihime is a BL game but the graphics look really good. Not for me but looks high quaity.

Interesting set of announcements, but more Minori games being localized is always good news.

 
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They make persona a yearly online only fps developed by infinity ward, which gets extra censored in the US and never make a main story persona ever again.
Don't forget that every match ends in a Draw because everyone keeps shooting themselves in the head instead.

 
I'm excited to play Nier Automata.  I like how it keeps staying relevant in under the radar news and word of mouth.  However, I won't have time to play it until May with P5 coming out in just THREE DAYS!!!  It also feels like Nier is in line for a huge price drop pretty soon.  Its exposure has felt quite limited, plus we all know how SE likes to cannibalize it's own value. Nier's aesthetic and music sure seems cool.

 
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Bundlestars has an IFI sale going. That in itself isn't exciting, but I noticed they have the NepVII DLC on sale which has never gone on sale on Steam. 50% off each, so I might grab the character dlc at least.

 
My Amazon Pre Order for Persona 5 is now slated for Thursday.

Wtf Amazon
Ditto, contacted them and they said they would ship it with "High Priority" to arrive by Tuesday, even though it still says Thursday. Not really mad since I wouldnt have much time to play it till Wednesday night anyway, but still....

 
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Ditto, contacted them and they said they would ship it with "High Priority" to arrive by Tuesday, even though it still says Thursday. Not really mad since I wouldnt have much time to play it till Wednesday night anyway, but still....
I literally saw it say Tuesday this morning. And when I went to pay off the pre order a few hours ago, I saw it say Thursday. Not really cool of Amazon especially when I had it pre ordered since it first went up in June. :T

I'll probably contact them in a day or so. I was going to take the day off to play it on Tuesday. Otherwise, I would hve to wait till Saturday to actually get to it.

 
Amazon claims the need to check for harmful substances on my pre order of Persona 5 TYH Premium is the reason for the Thursday delay. gg

 
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Amazon claims the need to check for harmful substances on my pre order of Persona 5 TYH Premium is the reason for the Thursday delay. gg
Has Atlus or Amazon stated what this "harmful substance" is? I'm starting to worry by Wednesday morning media outlets are going to cover this with a headline like "Persona Wide Spread Massacre: Adachi Gets The Last Laugh".

 
Has Atlus or Amazon stated what this "harmful substance" is? I'm starting to worry by Wednesday morning media outlets are going to cover this with a headline like "Persona Wide Spread Massacre: Adachi Gets The Last Laugh".
There is no harmful substance. Atlus confirmed it that it was a mistake made by Amazon

 
My P5 Steelbook is preparing for shipment from Amazon. It better get here Tuesday because I stopped Zelda for this. I mean I did beat Zelda, but I barely scratched any side activities in the game.

I really wish that Sonic All Stars Racing game was real. I would buy that, hell probably over Mario Kart 8.

 
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My Persona 5 steelbook from Best Buy arrived yesterday right before I went to bed.  They actually shipped it in a box with air packets!  Which is a first for me as I usually get the bubble mailers for these things.  It's freaking gorgeous looking and straight into the backlog it goes as I don't have time to start a rpg right now. :lol:

 
So, yeah, Persona 5. Technically we also have the Shovel Knight expansion on PC, but even though I own it already it will be backburnered. Although Slime-san does look interesting. Lets see if I can write-up that Firis summary before Tuesday.

Other stuff that released without warning last week (Assume PC unless otherwise noted):
- Companion (Visual Novel)
- Project LUX (VR / Mystery? / Early Access)
- PacaPlus (Visual Novel / Alpaca)
- Battleship Bishojo (Visual Novel)
- Elisa: the Innkeeper (Visual Novel)

Weekly Releases (April 2nd - April 8th)

Dragon Sinker
- Platform(s): 3DS eShop
- Genre: RPG
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: KEMCO mobile game port.

Persona 5
- Platform(s): PS3 & PS4
- Genre: RPG
- Demo: N/A
- Online: Kinda.
- Comments: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

PaRappa the Rapper Remastered
- Platform(s): PS4
- Genre: Rhythm
- Demo: Yes.
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Digital only. Asia physical version includes English.

Dead Rising 4: Frank Rising (DLC)
- Platform(s): X1
- Genre: Survival Horror / Beat'em'Up
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Single player only. No idea when the PC version will be releasing.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Platformer
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Previously released on the Switch. Other platforms coming later after Sony/Microsoft approval.

ECHOPLEX (Early Access)
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Cyber-horror / Puzzle
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: South African dev.

BULLET SOUL / バレットソウル -弾魂-
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: SHMUP / Bullet Hell
- Demo: N/A
- Online: Maybe? Definitly has local.
- Comments: Seems to have online multiplayer? Previously released on the Xbox 360 and includes both DLCs.

Slime-san
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Platformer / Fast-Paced
- Demo: N/A
- Online: Local only.
- Comments: Paint the worm green from the inside!

Past Releases
March 26th - April 1st
March 19th - March 25th
March 12th - March 18th
March 5th - March 11th
February 26th - March 4th

 
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Do you guys use a guide when playing Persona?  You know, just for the classroom questions and social link order to best advance and max out your attributes. 

 
Do you guys use a guide when playing Persona? You know, just for the classroom questions and social link order to best advance and max out your attributes.
When I played persona 4 on the vita, I used a guide for the classroom questions (I'd try and guess but I would check a guide before submitting it), but I just decided to wing the social link stuff, because I wanted the freedom of choosing my own schedule in game. It wasn't very efficient, but it was more fun that way.
 
Do you guys use a guide when playing Persona? You know, just for the classroom questions and social link order to best advance and max out your attributes.
Nope, no guide for me. I like to just see how everything turns out, so I have never used a guide for any of my persona playthroughs. This time around though, I think I might use one for my second playthrough of the game. But for my first time through, I want to just see what happens. I usually do well on the classroom questions on my own. And I try to work all links to a degree but making sure I max out the ones I like the best.

Plus since this is one of my most anticipated games, I have done a nearly complete media blackout on it. I've watched no trailers, avoided reading as many comments on it as I can - pretty much only have seen a few pics from the atlus emails lol. So I don't want to accidentally bump into any extra information I don't want to see if I were to look up anything.

 
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