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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Persona 5:

Sending out the calling card today for the 1st palace. Will probably have 3 lockpicks before i go in. Havent open any of the chest inside. Anybody know if anything is worthwhile to backtrack?
 
Nothing371 said:
It is a complete waste of company resources and factory contracts. Not to mention that it devalues their own virtual console game sales.
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It's not actually true that a release like the NES Classic de-values digital releases. This is a common misconception, and used to apply to the used game industry as well. People used to think that a cheaper alternative would de-value certain goods. They thought that inexpensive digital releases would de-value certain collectible games. The opposite scenario occurred. When cheap digital versions were made available, the value of the old physical cartridges and discs went up.

The same is likely to occur with products like the NES Classic. While the NES Classic is a better deal per-game than most digital store releases of the same titles, the NES Classic is a limited system geared toward nostalgia, as opposed to convenience. Strong sales of the NES Classic are likely to improve exposure for many of the games available on it, and will likely improve long-term digital sales of those same games on a console like the Switch. (which has added portable functionality) The big problem at the moment is not that the NES Classic is cannibalizing digital sales, it is that those games are not currently available on the Switch for cross-promotional purposes.

Once digital offerings on Nintendo's new lead platform become more standardized and regular, expect more products to fuel your nostalgia and promote digital offerings in the form of physical collectibles. Still crossing my fingers for a SNES Classic.

 
I think in the first chest there is a worthwhile armor that sells for 5k I think. I think there might be a Soma too...otherwise nah not too important stuff. You get better chests in later dungeons. It is a lot harder to loot during the treasure run though...i know I did the last chest during the treasure run for the 1st place. There is also a Morgana weapon...and free weapon upgrades are good...so at least 2 of the chests are good.

 
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Nothing371 said:
A single disc game sells for $60. This thing takes a bunch of factory production resources, $20-30 in materials and packaging, they have to pay Konami, Square, Taito, Bandai Namco, and Capcom for licensing fees, a few dollars in shipping charges, and then the retailer gets a decent cut as well. Of course they profited. But maybe only ~$10/unit at best. It is a complete waste of company resources and factory contracts. Not to mention that it devalues their own virtual console game sales.

People don't seem to get that the NES Classic was nothing more than a cool little "Thank you" and "Hey please don't forget about us" during the holiday season.
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Yeah dude everything Nintendo does screams "thank you" to their fans. I honestly think they should be a 401c.

 
nitrosmob said:
I think in the first chest there is a worthwhile armor that sells for 5k I think. I think there might be a Soma too...otherwise nah not too important stuff. You get better chests in later dungeons. It is a lot harder to loot during the treasure run though...i know I did the last chest during the treasure run for the 1st place. There is also a Morgana weapon...and free weapon upgrades are good...so at least 2 of the chests are good.
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I think the armor is the 1st locked chest. I opened that one during my 1st playthrough before i restarted the game. Hehe! Where is the morgana weapon? Just dont want to waste the lockpicks if i can pinpoint what to open. Trying to search it online but to no avail. Most guides only mention daily tasks.
 
SolidSnake86 said:
Someone at Nintendo didn't wake up one morning and decide to make this thing on a whim. Manufacturing costs, licensing fees, package material, peripherals/accessories, were all factored into production costs during development--it's the way a company works. Profit was made on the 1.5 million units sold, even with licensing costs. I don't give Nintendo much credit, but if they can't figure out a way to monetize tech from 30+ years ago, that's pretty pathetic.
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Seriously, such a big company should've done better homework on this. How did they not see something like this happening during planning? And if this was how they wanted things to go, that's even worse.

 
BlackRockWaifu said:
Seriously, such a big company should've done better homework on this. How did they not see something like this happening during planning? And if this was how they wanted things to go, that's even worse.
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I agree, no matter which scenario I play out in my head, the classic was a HUGE fuck up in each possible situation. Why even release this damn thing for such a poor overall showing?

Having this as a filler for the holidays is probably the most plausible situation, but damn, is this the best they could do for Christmas qty's? The 3DS was gone for well in to the new year as well, and that was their best revenue item currently being produced. Did everything come to a stop for the NS?

Most of the theories floated around here are actually believable(some more than others), but in each possible one, there was no reason to release this, as in each case, this was poorly planned, poorly executed, or just flat out poorly conceived from start to finish. If the old statement is true about any press is good press, this is the only good thing I've seen come from this, as "N" is regularly in the news for something, be it good or bad, for about that last 6 months.

And that video above pretty much says it all.

 
Dead_Batteries said:
So uh, anybody romanticizing the teacher in P5? Why the hell do I always go for the teachers.
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Because you've got it bad.
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Dead_Batteries said:
So uh, anybody romanticizing the teacher in P5? Why the hell do I always go for the teachers.
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Mmmm... Becky...

But yeah, this game is filled to the brim with waifus. Very densely packed with waifuness. The Punk Rock Doc, the teachers, your friends, etc.

I actually prefer the social links/confidants in P5 waaay more than the ones in P4, which didn't seem very memorable. But the best two were from P3, the sick kid, and the old Grammy/Grandpa running the shop. Almost made me shed a tear.

Also, I asked this before but does Caroline and Justine remind anyone else of Rom and Ram?

 
Nintendo should have never made a NES Classic.  All people do is bitch.

At least resourceful CAGs have been able to score one several different times. 

Really funny how no one gave a shit about this thing for the last month or two either.   Weird how everyone cares all of a sudden.  Gee I wonder why.

 
Woooah that new Blue Reflection trailer makes that game looks way skeevier than I thought it'd be. That Yakuza 0 steelbook looks amazing though, def pre-ordering.

 
Nothing371 said:
Really funny how no one gave a shit about this thing for the last month or two either. Weird how everyone cares all of a sudden. Gee I wonder why.
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I get what you're saying, but I think the reason people stopped caring was because a lot of them just assumed they'd be easier to find later on. This end of production really only made fans playing the waiting game left out in the cold, and scalpers putting an even higher premium on their stock.

 
Dead_Batteries said:
So uh, anybody romanticizing the teacher in P5? Why the hell do I always go for the teachers.
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I'm still too much of a pussy, but I attempted.

BlackRockWaifu said:
Also, I asked this before but does Caroline and Justine remind anyone else of Rom and Ram?
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Just reminds me of generic-ish tsuntsun deredere combo.

Though they remind me more of Anchovy and Darjeeling than anything.

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CAGkrazy said:
Persona 5:

Sending out the calling card today for the 1st palace. Will probably have 3 lockpicks before i go in. Havent open any of the chest inside. Anybody know if anything is worthwhile to backtrack?
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you can easily backtrack through the safe rooms. As far as I know, Morgana cockblocks you when you try to make more than 3, even when there are enough materials to make a ton of them.

Dead_Batteries said:
So uh, anybody romanticizing the teacher in P5? Why the hell do I always go for the teachers.
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I totally dig Sadayo. I mean Becky

 
everytime I read becky it makes me think of the one armed teacher from funkywinkerbean and the running gag of saying something like can you give me a hand whoops sorry becky.

 
CAGkrazy said:
I think the armor is the 1st locked chest. I opened that one during my 1st playthrough before i restarted the game. Hehe! Where is the morgana weapon? Just dont want to waste the lockpicks if i can pinpoint what to open. Trying to search it online but to no avail. Most guides only mention daily tasks.
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Bottom of spiral stairs.

 
Nothing371 said:
Really funny how no one gave a shit about this thing for the last month or two either. Weird how everyone cares all of a sudden. Gee I wonder why.
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You were able to crack the mystery on why people who may have had trouble getting a limited product "suddenly" care after it was announced that it would be discontinued? Please share!

 
umbry said:
Do not know if it was posted here or not, if so my bad.

But to all the FE Heroes Fate/Grand Order is coming to the US this summer.

Fate/Grand Order
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This is great news, but at the same time it kinda leaves people who currently play the Japanese version like me in a tough spot.

They mentioned there is no way to transfer Japanese accounts to English ones. (Which kinda makes sense since the English one would be almost 2 years behind in content.)

The other issue is the chance that they implement an IP ban after the English version is released. That would mean all the time/money I've spend on the Japanese version would pretty much go down the drain.

Honestly, if it came down to that I would be pretty much done with the game and never look back (no matter if they put it in English). However, I'm hoping it doesn't come to that.

 
SolidSnake86 said:
We found the resident Nintendo employee on CAG!
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Green Card200 said:
You were able to crack the mystery on why people who may have had trouble getting a limited product "suddenly" care after it was announced that it would be discontinued? Please share!
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After the news on Thursday, I decided I wanted another NES classic. So I set the alarm for 6:20am, woke up, and went to Target that was showing units on brickseek before they opened, and bought one. You know, like an adult. Try acting like one sometime.

 
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I just came to a sudden realization:  Kamoshida = Vincent from Catherine.

After his studious girlfriend left him for lusting over a young succubus and not growing up and maturing, Vincent started a vigorous weightlifting regiment.  Vincent reinvents himself as Kamoshida and becomes a PE teacher at a local high school where he was able to continue leching over young women like the one he used to fantasize about.  He takes out his anger on all the students due to his inner angst and anguish from his betrothed leaving him.  He still has nightmares to this day.

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Nothing371 said:
After the news on Thursday, I decided I wanted another NES classic. So I set the alarm for 6:20am, woke up, and went to Target that was showing units on brickseek before they opened, and bought one. You know, like an adult. Try acting line one sometime.

Or else continue to be one of the countless entitled gaming rubes too idc.
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Maybe you can send Nintendo a check in the mail for the money they lost on that sale.
 
shadowysea07 said:
everytime I read becky it makes me think of the one armed teacher from funkywinkerbean and the running gag of saying something like can you give me a hand whoops sorry becky.
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When I hear Becky, I remember the lonely and single teacher from No Rin

Vincent didn't win an Olympic Medal though

 
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Nothing371 said:
I just came to a sudden realization: Kamoshida = Vincent from Catherine.
After his studious girlfriend left him for lusting over a young succubus and not growing up and maturing, Vincent started a vigorous weightlifting regiment. Vincent reinvents himself as Kamoshida and becomes a PE teacher at a local high school where he was able to continue leching over young women like the one he used to fantasize about. He takes out his anger on all the students due to his inner angst and anguish from his betrothed leaving him. He still has nightmares to this day.

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So what you're saying is he won a gold medal for climbing blocks, not volleyball.
 
Nothing371 said:
After the news on Thursday, I decided I wanted another NES classic. So I set the alarm for 6:20am, woke up, and went to Target that was showing units on brickseek before they opened, and bought one. You know, like an adult. Try acting like one sometime.
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I stood in line when they were released. I watched as the cutoff ended with the group of 6 talking the entire time about how much they were going to sell them for. I read about possible restocks, and checked both online and physical stores on a regular basis.

I did all of this like an adult, and was unable to even get one system let alone two.
 
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Star Wars Battlefront II launches November 17, full length trailer reveal and first details

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kae-JjbLsgA

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Won't Have a Season Pass

>tfw many interested won't get it until around a year later including BlackRockWaifu.

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At the very least if PlayStation does a bundle with a digital download code for the full game I can buy it cheap on eBay for BlackRockWaifu.
SgtWiggles said:
Hopefully the game has more of a Battlefield/Original Battlefront feel. I just couldn't get into the last one no matter how hard I tried, and it got SO boring by the time I was nearing max level (Which I think was like 50 in the vanilla pre-DLC?). I did really love the feeling of getting Luke or Vader and just mowing down mobs of enemies though
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I feel I'm the only person who enjoyed EA's Battlefront, but then again I never played the original games to compare them.

Olengie said:
So where is Darth Revan
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Hanging out with Kyle Katarn watching The Star Wars Holiday Special.

 
Went in a little too hard in the second palace. I was fusing my personas before leaving for the calling card and noticed that the average level for people here is 15. I'm 21 with a null physical/gun Shiki-Ouji. I feel bad for the boss and any future enemies

 
roger watersmelon said:
I stood in line when they were released. I watched as the cutoff ended with the group of 6 talking the entire time about how much they were going to sell them for. I read about possible restocks, and checked both online and physical stores on a regular basis.

I did all of this like an adult, and was unable to even get one system let alone two.
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I drove to every Walmart/Target in the area that claimed to have stock on Brickseek in my own car that I own and paid for, like an adult. Still couldn't get one. 100% sure both Walmarts lied and fucked me over since they all updated to 0 stock barely a few hours after I went.

I managed to get one for my brother for Christmas, and even that took a shit ton of calling and driving and camping to locate.

 
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The Dead Texan said:
Went in a little too hard in the second palace. I was fusing my personas before leaving for the calling card and noticed that the average level for people here is 15. I'm 21 with a null physical/gun Shiki-Ouji. I feel bad for the boss and any future enemies
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I was 5 levels or so above the average for quite a while. Now at the end, I'm like 5 levels under. I guess people really wanted to try and complete the compendium, so they grinded out money. I sure as hell fought damn near every enemy, including a lot of backtracking. Plus quite a bit of the side dungeon too.

 
SgtWiggles said:
I drove to every Walmart/Target in the area that claimed to have stock on Brickseek in my own car that I own and paid for, like an adult. Still couldn't get one. 100% sure both Walmarts lied and fucked me over since they all updated to 0 stock barely a few hours after I went.

I managed to get one for my brother for Christmas, and even that took a shit ton of calling and driving and camping to locate.
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You're not using brickseek properly. Ignore Walmart; their counts are always off. Even when they get things in stock they don't make it to the sales floor in any sort of orderly fashion. Use Target. Refresh the 0 counts during the day. When you're refreshing it late at night and you see a 0 count store populate to a quantity of a few that means they received stock in on their truck. That stock should be available when the store opens in the AM, first come first serve. The better stores will give tickets to people waiting in line a few minutes before opening.

in any case, what you are watching for is a positive increase in inventory #s. When the #s go up, the store received more stock. Stagnant amounts can be stolen, the count is off, pre-orders, holds, employees hiding packages, even layaway.

 
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