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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Maybe one day Senran Kagura franchise will expand into a game that's actually good.

Fate Extella is an acceptable but mediocre musou. I'm pretty sure if you stacked up the list of musous since DW8XL it would be pretty low on the quality list. And the plot is somehow about historical figures turned into waifus lusting shamelessly after your dick in an exhaustive manner, spending several cutscenes blushing and swooning and cooing over how great you are. Except that there's an option for you to not have a dick and a cooter instead so their ridiculous, barely contained lust is somehow as chaste as it is horny and shameless.

Yeah that sounds good but it really got old fast and the gameplay wasn't quite good enough

 
Nothing371 said:
that's the most weeb thing I've read in months. we didn't even get those games here.
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That's because of how late in the SNES's lifespan they were released. That also happened to be when Squaresoft's development teams were really starting to reach their height; the complexity and depth of both of those games was the match of many of Square's best 5th generation games, let alone its 4th.
 
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I totally forgot that Dragon Quest Heroes 2 is coming out.

Im still working through persona and I know I am going to out it down the minutes I get my switch and trade in some games to get some Switch games and accessories and stuff.

Since they are not releasing a CE or anything, I guess I will wait for the price drop.

 
Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash Gets New Screenshots Showing Super Sonico DLC

Wild Guns Reloaded Will Be Coming to Steam This Year

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Code Vein Officially Revealed by Bandai Namco With Gorgeous 1080p Screenshots

PS4 Exclusive New Hot Shots Golf Getting Closed Beta in May

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III details Aurelia Le Guin, Towa Herschel, and Michael

Yoko Taro Says He’d Do A NieR Remake Or Just About Anything If He Gets Money For It

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BlazBlue: Central Fiction coming to PC via Steam on April 26

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Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada Brings Fresh New Systems to ‘One Versus One Thousand’ Gameplay; New Trailer

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

Dragon Quest Heroes II ‘Meet the Heroes, Part VII: Alena, Kiryl, & Torneko’ trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI1O2nmwq9Y

Atlus Registered A Bunch Of Different Persona Domains

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Everybody’s Golf Is On Course For A Western Release In August 2017

Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Hacker’s Memory Gets New Screenshots Introducing Female Characters

 
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Vigilante said:
Is there any point in getting that with the new one releasing next month?
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Well, at $15 it's kind of in the impulse-buy range. I wouldn't necessarily recommend that for anyone who already has the original version of the game. But for anyone who didn't pick up the original version, a $15 starting point is not too bad, and may be the right time to jump in. They can then wait until the new version drops into the same range to buy it.

If you are a hard-core fan who follows the series and intends to play competitively, then no. Those guys either already have the game, or would be better served by waiting for the new version next month.

This is CAG though, so I imagine there are a decent number of more casual fighting game fans here for whom a $15 copy of the current version of the game might be a pretty good get.

 
I always play those type of fighting games when they go cheap.....it's good to be an iteration behind on GuiltyGear/BlazBlue games. Maybe the multiplayer isn't as active but it's a lot cheaper.

 
godofwar7 said:
Well there's really no point in playing fighting games unless you play against people of similar skill levels. Buying at this point either means either online is dead or everyone is miles better than you already unless you put in significant time investment to get better in a short amount of time.
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Nowadays, most fighting games have lobby or matchmaking selections that allow similar skill levels to play. I've been replaying Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, which came out in 2010, and you can still find people at all skill levels. Same with Injustice and even DOA5.

 
SolidSnake86 said:
Nowadays, most fighting games have lobby or matchmaking selections that allow similar skill levels to play. I've been replaying Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, which came out in 2010, and you can still find people at all skill levels. Same with Injustice and even DOA5.
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This is certainly not the case with airdashers. The player population simply isn't large enough to sustain for a long while as the majority of players migrate to the next airdasher. The only reason people will stick with the game is if they really like it and well that probably means they're pretty decent at it.
 
I'm pretty sure Guilty Gear will let you just buy the new content if you have the old game, so maybe worth it depending on what upgrading costs.
 
Vigilante said:
Is there any point in getting that with the new one releasing next month?

https://www.amazon.com/Guilty-Gear-Xrd-REV-PlayStation/dp/B06XKD1NT4/
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If you are wondering if there is any content that the original Rev has that REV 2 doesn't, I don't think there is any. Usually Aksys fighters old versions have a different story mode than the updated versions, like Sign and Revelator, and the Blazblue games, but I have only heard them adding story chapters and not revamping the story.

The update is $20 though, so with this you'll get it for $35 in total for the updated version, rather than $40 for the standalone. You'll have a physical copy regardless, just a preference of if you want to pay $5 for all the content on the new disk.

 
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BlackRockWaifu said:
unlike the P4 cast.
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Supplice said:
Kotaku gets Flak for trying to create Persona 5 Localization Drama
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Wow, I wasn't expecting much from an article by a site called "oneangrygamer" but this article is really well written. There is a ton of supporting info and references, all the quotes are clearly laid out, the timeline is easy to follow, and the central argument is sound and well supported. Unlike the Kotaku articles that seem like opinionated blog posts. Kudos to them for keeping journalism integrity.

A little surprising is that the user metacritic score for P5 is lower than the reviewer one. Most of the games on metacritic keeps that trend, but I'd expect for a niche game like this to have a more supporting and direct community.

Covnam said:
Is it good?
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I didn't really like it compared to the Senran Kagura games. It feels a lot more rigid, and lacks the crazy/chaotic nature of the SK games. The number of enemies on screen are a lot less, and special moves are less flashy. The game is also a lot more technical, which isn't a bad thing, requiring dashes, combos, and a system where you can track your enemy through air dashes. The art is really nice though. Overall, it's a lot more complicated than the SK games, and not just a simple button masher. Not a bad game, it might not be what you expect if you've played SK and Neptunia U/Blanc Zombies.

 
BlackRockWaifu said:
Wow, I wasn't expecting much from an article by a site called "oneangrygamer" but this article is really well written. There is a ton of supporting info and references, all the quotes are clearly laid out, the timeline is easy to follow, and the central argument is sound and well supported. Unlike the Kotaku articles that seem like opinionated blog posts. Kudos to them for keeping journalism integrity.

A little surprising is that the user metacritic score for P5 is lower than the reviewer one. Most of the games on metacritic keeps that trend, but I'd expect for a niche game like this to have a more supporting and direct community.
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The backlash that P5's translation has been getting is absolutely bizarre. There's been a handful of weird lines and people are acting like Atlus is robbing people. Although it's interesting to note that the people who are really pushing that side of the argument defended Fire Emblem Fates translation.

You did get me curious about the reviews though so I checked the low ones and it's mostly just people that either have no interest in the genre, think that P5 looks dated or want to complain about the streaming restrictions (like saying the CEO should be fired for it).

 
Quite a few games this week with Puyo Puyo Tetris finally hitting the states to wash out this bad Ubisoft aftertaste. List is a little long since I added about 4 or 5 extra that weren't exactly asian developed, but they had themes that kinda fit the thread. Also it looks like Shiness from last week seems to have turned out pretty worthwhile.

Other stuff that released without warning last week (Assume PC unless otherwise noted):
- NEKO-NIN exHeart (Visual Novel | 18+ Patch)
- Fantasy Farming: Orange Season (Farm Sim | Brazillian)
- 猫肉「Cat Meat」 (Platformer)
- The Charming Empire (Visual Novel / Otome)
- Uncharted Waters / 大航海時代 (RPG | JP Only)
- Taikou Risshiden / 太閤立志伝 (RPG | JP Only)
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅴ with Power Up Kit / 三國志Ⅴ with パワーアップキット (Strategy | JP Only)
- Games&Girls (Visual Novel)
- Army Gals (Visual Novel)

Weekly Releases (April 23rd - April 29th)

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
- Platform(s): 3DS
- Genre: Action Platformer
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Previously released on the Switch and PC.

Dragon Quest Heroes II
- Platform(s): PS4, PC
- Genre: Musou / Action
- Demo: Yes.
- Online: Yes.
- Comments: About time it has online co-op. Switch version is currently JP only with no word on localization.

Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Platform(s): PS4
- Genre: Puzzle
- Demo: N/A
- Online: Yes.
- Comments: Finally out in English.

Little Nightmares
- Platform(s): PS4, XB1, PC
- Genre: Puzzle-Platformer / Horror
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Swedish Dev. Published by Bamco.

Kamiko
- Platform(s): Switch eShop
- Genre: Action-Adventure
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Digital only.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: Racing
- Demo: N/A
- Online: Yes.
- Comments: Updated version of Mario Kart 8. Some DLC Karts from the original will be unlocked in-game.

BlazBlue Centralfiction
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: 2D Fighter
- Demo: N/A
- Online: Yes.

Agatha Knife
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Adventure
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Spanish dev.

de Blob
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Platform-Puzzle
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Previously released on the Wii. Technically not Japanese.

Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Kinetic Novel
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.2
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Kinetic Novel
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

Blossoms Bloom Brightest
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel / Yuri
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

Super Red-Hot Hero
- Platform(s):
- Genre: Side-Scroller / Platformer
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Spanish Dev. Kickstarter title.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

PSYCHO-PASS: Mandatory Happiness
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Previously released on PS4 & Vita.

Moe Mekuri SP - 萌めくりSP -
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Puzzle
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: JP only.

Past Releases
April 16th - April 22nd
April 9th - April 15th
April 2nd - April 8th
March 26th - April 1st
March 19th - March 25th

 
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The Dead Texan said:
Is there a penalty for multiple love interests in P5? Or will I be slut shamed like I was in P3 and P4 Golden?
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Dating doesn't really have an effect on the story in any way. You get a scene on a certain day no matter how many you date or even if you don't date anybody. There's a usable (useless) item associated with that day and that item will carry over to NG+ but has no real bearing on anything. So if you date multiple, someone might take pity on you.

 
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I didn't really see nothing bad about P5's localization. I honestly thought it was great. There are some questionable things. But overall, it is enjoyable. Just trying to stir up drama for dem clicks.

 
There are a number of translation errors in the dialogue so its definitely not "great".  Its ok and the errors are negligible but its not on par with p3 and p4 which didn't seemingly have these issues.  Of course people on both sides just make things over exaggerated.

 I do have to kinda side with the jpn specific questions stuff being present though.  I do think stuff like that should be either changed during the localization or put the answers in game since I shouldn't have to google things like in digimon cyber sluts.  If its so culturally important then why not let the players learn about it in game then?  It'd actually make the school setting have a purpose for once instead of just being there as an annoying backdrop that forces you to do crap and wastes the players time.  At the very least all school related social links should be auto increased since you spend time with these people AT school.  But that's just me going on a tangent of how horrible their time system is in the series.

 
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shadowysea07 said:
I do have to kinda side with the jpn specific questions stuff being present though. I do think stuff like that should be either changed during the localization or put the answers in game since I shouldn't have to google things like in digimon cyber sluts. If its so culturally important then why not let the players learn about it in game then? It'd actually make the school setting have a purpose for once instead of just being there as an annoying backdrop that forces you to do crap and wastes the players time. At the very least all school related social links should be auto increased since you spend time with these people AT school.
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If you have networking features enabled, you can just press the touchpad on PS4 (not sure about ps3) for a survey of what players picked as their answers. The right answer has a clear majority from every question I've seen, so I've never had to use Google once. The game basically gives you a cheat sheet if you choose to use it. And as for teaching you material and testing you on it, they do test if you retain your knowledge of the lectures during midterm exams, where historical/cultural questions are on material that they mentioned in class. So yes, they teach you a lot of cultural info and test you on it, as if it was like a class. The Shogi question didn't since I guess it would be common knowledge to most players in Japan, similar to asking American players about chess pieces. I guess they didn't localize/change these parts completely since it would completely ruin the setting of the game. It would be an utter disrespect if they changed all the historical mentions of Shoguns and Japanese eras in the game to George Washington and the American Revolution. I do understand your point though, that it's confusing for anyone outside Japan, but it is a Japanese game first and foremost.

I get the notion of wanting school links to be automatically increased, but really only Ann and Mishua are in your class, Ryuji and Makoto are in different classes, others are in completely different schools. I guess they can interact at lunch time or something, but I think we're just nitpicking at that point. Might as well ask for increased knowledge when the Protag reads magazines on the toilet, and guts when he jerks off with Morgana in the room.

 
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shadowysea07 said:
There are a number of translation errors in the dialogue so its definitely not "great". Its ok and the errors are negligible but its not on par with p3 and p4 which didn't seemingly have these issues. Of course people on both sides just make things over exaggerated.
I do have to kinda side with the jpn specific questions stuff being present though. I do think stuff like that should be either changed during the localization or put the answers in game since I shouldn't have to google things like in digimon cyber sluts. If its so culturally important then why not let the players learn about it in game then? It'd actually make the school setting have a purpose for once instead of just being there as an annoying backdrop that forces you to do crap and wastes the players time. At the very least all school related social links should be auto increased since you spend time with these people AT school. But that's just me going on a tangent of how horrible their time system is in the series.
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Someone clearly hasn't played very much if they think school is wasting your time in the game.
 
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