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.

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I bet it's Pokemon Stars for Switch, maybe also a 3ds version depending on if Stars is a straight port of Sun/Moon or an enhanced 3rd version. I personally just can't wait for Sinnoh remakes sometime soon!

Also sweet for Megaman Legacy Collection 2, we're that much closer to Megaman X Collection haha, I already played 9 and 10 but I'll probably buy this on sale so I can't play 7 and 8 and have all the classic games on 1 console
 
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I played the Sengoku Cladun game demo on the Vita.

It's...well Cladun. Pretty similar to Cladun x2. I still don't quite get the magic circle system. Story is mainly about you finding lost souls and setting them free. I still don't really get the gameplay systems of these. It's pretty fun for pick up and play and i'm sure will be good. I'm not really sure how much content there will be, but i'm sure you can replay it a bunch with many different character classes. I noticed a bit of not so smooth gameplay at the beginning when I was first exploring the village, but after the first mission and during the missions the gameplay is very smooth. I will maybe buy on release Tuesday. 

 
IMAGINE if they somehow pulled Pokémon switch out for release this holiday!!!

I wish they would've made it so you could play 3ds games on the switch, now that would be amazing.
 
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White Knight Chronicles 3 or some sort of spiritual successor please

I want something on par with Xenoblade X on PS4
 
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SgtWiggles said:
White Knight Chronicles 3 or some sort of spiritual successor please

I want something on par with Xenoblade X on PS4
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Dude i loved WK1/2. I wasnt expecting much initially when WK1 came out but Im glad i picked it up.

Xenoblade X game similiar for ps4 would be awesome. Be cool if same devs made one.
 
Something from Mistwalker would be sweet. They also need a Souls game that satisfies both defensive and offensive players.

As for Pokemon, I -really- doubt it'll be on the Switch. I can picture a Mystery Dungeon on the Switch before Stars.

(And where's my Etrian Odyssey V, AtlusSega?)

 
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elessar123 said:
Something from Mistwalker would be sweet. They also need a Souls game that satisfies both defensive and offensive players.

As for Pokemon, I -really- doubt it'll be on the Switch. I can picture a Mystery Dungeon on the Switch before Stars.

(And where's my Etrian Odyssey V, AtlusSega?)
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I'm on board with all of this. Mistwalker putting out another full featured console title would be amazing.

 
elessar123 said:
Something from Mistwalker would be sweet. They also need a Souls game that satisfies both defensive and offensive players.

As for Pokemon, I -really- doubt it'll be on the Switch. I can picture a Mystery Dungeon on the Switch before Stars.

(And where's my Etrian Odyssey V, AtlusSega?)
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I'm on board with all of this. Mistwalker putting out another full featured console title would be amazing.
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I absolutely loved Lost Odyssey. I own Last Story, but never really played it. I would love another Lost Odyssey-esque port from them. Preferably on PS4.

 
Honestly, even their mobile game, Terra Battle, is pretty good. If they had something like that for console (without the mobile aspect), I'd be more than content.

 
For myself for what I want to see at E3.....eh.

- EOV for sure.

- Maybe NISA announcing a dungeon crawler or two....Great Edo Blacksmith and Coven of the Labyrinth.

- IFI saying we are getting Omega Labyrinth (hahaha).

- Gameplay footage of that Vanillaware game...hopefully looking like a futuristic Muramasa or such.

- DQ11 being announced and releasing next April/May or something, and the PS4 version.

- Someone please announce Dungeon Travelers 2-2.

- Some more VNs...any hopefully not Otome.

- Final Fantasy 6/8 PC ports on PS4.

- Atlus announcing next year for Radiant Historia remake.

Guess I just want more dungeon crawlers and VNs....i'm a simple guy.

 
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Kind of glad I cancelled my Tekken 7 pre-order at the eleventh hour. I keep reading how the game has some serious multiplayer issues at launch. Definitely one I still want once the price drops. Wonder who the mystery guest character dlc will be...

 
Maybe they'll finally bring those MMOs for Monster Hunter Frontier G and Dragons Dogma Online here for us :whee: lol

BTW if anyone was waiting for that 4 player horror co-op game Hunt: Horrors of a Gilded Age that was announced at e3 like 3 years ago...it is gonna be reintroduced this year again at e3 after they revamped it into Hunt: Showdown...totally disappointed coz now instead of being like L4D + RDR, it is now like a team 2v2 pvp game apparently o_O
 
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JCAll said:
I'll settle for nothing less that full remakes of 5 and 6. You can't skip straight from remaking 4 to remaking 7, that's not okay.
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You know damn well they are gonna skip 5. That game apparently does not exist to the fandom or to Square Enix, despite being one of my favorites in the series (Because it made the Job system what it is today)

 
ar4757 said:
I bet it's Pokemon Stars for Switch, maybe also a 3ds version depending on if Stars is a straight port of Sun/Moon or an enhanced 3rd version. I personally just can't wait for Sinnoh remakes sometime soon!

Also sweet for Megaman Legacy Collection 2, we're that much closer to Megaman X Collection haha, I already played 9 and 10 but I'll probably buy this on sale so I can't play 7 and 8 and have all the classic games on 1 console
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It's good to know that the Megaman X collection is all but an inevitability, seeing as Capcom will do anything for cash.

 
kintanos said:
Never really kept up with Steam games prices, but Blade Arcus is on sale. https://www.humblebundle.com/store/blade-arcus-from-shining-battle-arena

Is that a good price and anyone that has played it have any thoughts about the game?
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I haven't kept up with it too much, but that seems to be a pretty decent price. You might get the same or better if you wait for the Summer Sale. Also if you don't want to play on PC, the game is on PS4 in Japanese (just in case you weren't aware) - but that'll probably run closer to $30

 
Sony Asserts That the “Vita Is Still a Viable Platform,” and Does Well in Asia

“Vita is still a viable platform chiefly in the Japanese and Asian markets. We still have developers in Japan who are building for that platform. But it just didn’t get over the hump in Europe and America. It’s hard to know exactly why, but it didn’t garner a large enough audience here for us to continue to build for it.”

Japanese trademarks: Atelier Online and Alchemist of Braceir from Koei Tecmo, Save the Earth from Sony, more

Senra Kagura: Peach Beach Splash Receives Two European Limited Editions, One With Extra Large Oppai Mousepad

Genkai Tokki: Castle Panzers launches September 28 in Japan

 
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Sony Asserts That the “Vita Is Still a Viable Platform,” and Does Well in Asia

“Vita is still a viable platform chiefly in the Japanese and Asian markets. We still have developers in Japan who are building for that platform. But it just didn’t get over the hump in Europe and America. It’s hard to know exactly why, but it didn’t garner a large enough audience here for us to continue to build for it.”
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Asserts the Vita is still viable, yet they literally don't even support it themselves with new releases.

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Supplice said:
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 Coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC on August 8th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iamiA3ki4-o
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The first Mega Man Legacy Collection is on sale for $6 in PSN until tomorrow morning from the Capcom Sale if anyone is interested.

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Any hack 'n slash games that has cute art like Eternal Sonata/Rune Factory/Atelier series?? Trying to think of things to spend my GameStop coupons on lol... so something that GS would carry?
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I'm surprised no one mentioned Warriors All-Stars, I mean it's not all kawaii art but it does have characters from the Atelier series so it counts right?

SolidSnake86 said:
Glad to see Darth Maul's in the game. Hopefully Count Dooku and General Grievous will be playable as well. I'd rather see prequel characters than the ones in the more recent movies.
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Grievous was always my favorite villain in the series so I'm really hoping he'll be one of the playable Villains in Battlefront 2.

Pheria said:
http://gematsu.com/2017/06/sony-teases-big-announcements-japanese-games-e3-2017

"Sony teases “big announcements” for Japanese games at E3 2017"

Shawn Layden talking dirty to me
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The standing ovation the press conference will get if Time and Eternity 2 gets revealed.

 
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EdJericho said:
I'm surprised no one mentioned Warriors All-Stars, I mean it's not all kawaii art but it does have characters from the Atelier series so it counts right?
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well...the GameStop $5 off coupons I was talking about is from the Kongregate promo which sadly only works on pre-owned and that game isn't out yet lol

I thought Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel was cute, only until I saw the battle scenes -_- ...geeez way too shōnen-ish/seinen-ish/fanservicey imo lol

 
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Of course Pokken Tournament is coming to switch. And wtf instead of Stars we get Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon? Why tf would we want to replay the handholding Sun and Moon all over again? I'd take another remake over these honestly :/
 
I'm somewhat tempted to swing Vita on Ys VIII LE - a Vita steelbook sounds pretty unique! But I think I'd probably prefer to play the game on PS4

 
Well not that there was any doubt, but after seeing Pokken Tournament DX will have 5 new fighters, 4 of which are from Gen 4 (Diamond & Pearl), Sinnoh is indeed confirmed

Probably in 2018 we'll see the remakes sweet
 
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Pheria said:
I'm somewhat tempted to swing Vita on Ys VIII LE - a Vita steelbook sounds pretty unique! But I think I'd probably prefer to play the game on PS4
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I went back and forth between the Vita, and the PS4, but ultimately decided to pre-order the Vita port since I can also play it on the Vita tv. Granted the resolution won't be as sharp, but oh well. I primarily played Trails of Cold Steel I and II on the Vita tv. I don't see the graphics being that more more intense.

 
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I'm somewhat tempted to swing Vita on Ys VIII LE - a Vita steelbook sounds pretty unique! But I think I'd probably prefer to play the game on PS4
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I thought that the PS4 version had content that the Vita version didn't have? since the ps4 version came out several months after the vita version.

 
 
Yeah, the Pokemon news today was pretty underwhelming.

Pokken Switch? Yup, knew that was coming but I wanted something new for the console....

Ultra Sun/Moon? Need more details on these. If they're sequels to the originals, that would be awesome (want to see how my favorite characters are doing). But if they're just a Yellow/Crystal/Emerald/etc kind of thing, I will be kinda disappointed.

Should have known better than to get my hopes up so much.

 
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