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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I'm so divided on Xenoblade 2. The music is great, but the voice acting is terrible, and the art style makes it look like a shitty Tales game. The battles seemed okay, but running very slow. Makes it hard to believe that the game is supposed to come out this year since the world looked pretty empty. 

Metroid Prime 4 could be good, but 3 wasn't that memorable so I'm not really expecting a whole lot there. 

I'm glad Nintendo showed actual games, but it's nothing that makes me want to go out and get a Switch any time soon. Mario looks fun, but doesn't really seem as essential as the Galaxy games were. 

Tokyo Game Show is the only gaming event that I really look forward to. E3 is always just moviegame bullshit and huge presentations for games that won't be out for at least two years. 

 
Fire Emblem Warriors Gets First Gameplay and Plenty of Beautiful Screenshots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8KQp71d5OU

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Gets Fantastic Screenshots and First Gameplay Footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfGk6VMcJsw

35 minutes of Metroid: Samus Returns gameplay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H09GVFbxFkI

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions Confirmed for 3DS: Gallery & Gameplay Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI54_yxpwkY

Nintendo Shows off Gameplay for Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle and Screenshots for Rabid Fans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEn3MZHWOtU

Ni No Kuni II PS4 Gameplay and Screenshots Look Fantastic; Shows Giant Boss and More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kufs9c3QMc

 
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Looks like DOA5LR Season Pass 4 didn't go on sale even though it's delisted next week. Maybe it'll show up in a weekend sale? (..Or just not go on sale at all)

 
Draekon said:
It builds the lore and the characters despite the large abundance of slice of life. If you're fast forwarding in a visual novel, why even bother playing it?
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I doubt it adds anything people didn't already know from the anime thus my earlier point of skipping crap since nothing important likely happens that you don't already know. As for why skip because its also an srpg which is the part I am interested in.

 
Souffrir said:
If we say that G.U. improved on the gameplay of the original quadrilogy by about 1.5x, then I think it's fair to say the writing and plot is about 20x worse. I honestly would have preferred they just jump directly into a new game. Maybe get the writers from .hack//Quantum, that was actually pretty good.
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The first games writing wasn't too bad. Much more heavy on the cheese than I would like. Now the second game in the trio on the other hand was filler and offensive as hell regarding what they did with a certain character from the prequel anime roots.

 
shadowysea07 said:
I doubt it adds anything people didn't already know from the anime thus my earlier point of skipping crap since nothing important likely happens that you don't already know. As for why skip because its also an srpg which is the part I am interested in.
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Buh? The first anime is based on a different game than Mask of Deception/Truth. The second (most recent) anime is very different than the actual game with events, but based on Mask of Deception (Not Mask of Truth as it ends before the game). The entire end of the anime is COMPLETELY different than the game, leaving out a ton of info and a lot of the stuff that happened through it is very different than what happened in the game.

The first game from 2002 can be skipped over in favor of the original anime season from 2006 though.

 
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Quite late on this today, been busy mostly. Here's the free weekly PSN junk:

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX

PS4

Additional Scene

Theatre

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

PS4

Demo

World of Tanks

PS4

Girls und Panzer Theme

Some more Cold Steel II avatars are up on PSN as well, but they're not free. There should be more coming at some point as well. Also, there's the Best of E3 Sale going on that has a couple games. Nothing really exciting though.

 
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You can get 10% off $100 or more spent on gaming gift cards from Paypal Digital Gifts.

http://www.ebay.com/sme/paypal_digital_gifts/Extra-10-off-when-you-spend-100/so.html?_soffid=5031582804&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

Includes: Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, GameStop, ThinkGeek

I think the PlayStation spend $100 get $15 is a better value, but this is less cash up front. You could also stack GameStop gift cards for an Xbox One X if you're so inclined (or a different console you don't have yet, PSVR, etc).

I could add up to $200 GameStop for $180 to my cart after already claiming the discount on PlayStation Store ones - so you may be able to repeat to any dollar amount, not sure.

 
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Pheria said:
You can get 10% off $100 or more spent on gaming gift cards from Paypal Digital Gifts.

http://www.ebay.com/sme/paypal_digital_gifts/Extra-10-off-when-you-spend-100/so.html?_soffid=5031582804&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

Includes: Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, GameStop, ThinkGeek

I think the PlayStation spend $100 get $15 is a better value, but this is less cash up front. You could also stack GameStop gift cards for an Xbox One X if you're so inclined (or a different console you don't have yet, PSVR, etc).

I could add up to $200 GameStop for $180 to my cart after already claiming the discount on PlayStation Store ones - so you may be able to repeat to any dollar amount, not sure.
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Nice thanks! The two deals would normally stack. Usually the spend X get Y back from psn is just from your wallet :) Not sure if this promo is different this time tho.

 
shadowysea07 said:
The first games writing wasn't too bad. Much more heavy on the cheese than I would like. Now the second game in the trio on the other hand was filler and offensive as hell regarding what they did with a certain character from the prequel anime roots.
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If it's the that one I'm thinking of, then I miss him :c
 
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shadowysea07 said:
The first games writing wasn't too bad. Much more heavy on the cheese than I would like. Now the second game in the trio on the other hand was filler and offensive as hell regarding what they did with a certain character from the prequel anime roots.
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The first game was utter nonsense; the only reason I liked Haseo for most of it was because he was the only person who seemed to realize that everyone in the entire game was full of crap, even if the only reason he seemed to was because he was acting out the antisocial anime hero trope.

The whole G.U. trilogy is filled with extremely inconsistent characterization, stilted and forced plot developments, and brooding teenagers trying to act mysterious for no other reason than to look cool.

That said, I really do hope this does sell well enough that they at least import IMOQ to the PS2 Classics library.
 
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nitrosmob said:
.hack//G.U. Remaster was pretty requested. I never played them, though I wish they would have done the other 4 previous games first, though I believe these have better gameplay.
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Yeah, I would have liked them to do the original 4 as well, but I never got around to playing GU, so I don't mind quite as much ;)

 
Pheria said:
Looks like DOA5LR Season Pass 4 didn't go on sale even though it's delisted next week. Maybe it'll show up in a weekend sale? (..Or just not go on sale at all)
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that's disappointing.
here's to hoping a doa attack on titan dlc sale this weekend!

EDIT: my mistake, the fair tail stuff gets delisted this Tuesday, i hope for a weekend sale on that stuff.
 
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Souffrir said:
The first game was utter nonsense; the only reason I liked Haseo for most of it was because he was the only person who seemed to realize that everyone in the entire game was full of crap, even if the only reason he seemed to was because he was acting out the antisocial anime hero trope.

The whole G.U. trilogy is filled with extremely inconsistent characterization, stilted and forced plot developments, and brooding teenagers trying to act mysterious for no other reason than to look cool.

That said, I really do hope this does sell well enough that they at least import IMOQ to the PS2 Classics library.
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which is inconsistent since in roots he was friends with tabby shino ect.

 
 
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Supplice said:
River City: Knights of Justice launches June 20 in North America and Europe

Vanillaware’s 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Gets Charming New Trailer; High Schoolers and Giant Mecha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAMZ_sjDMvY
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Huh, the trailer music for 13 Sentinels sounds pretty different for Sakimoto. In a good way, though I wonder how the full soundtrack will end up sounding.

Too bad there wasn't any gameplay demonstrated. The mecha looks pretty slow, I wonder how that will translate into Vanillaware's typically fast-paced combat?
 
Oh and you are all welcome for them doing the port remake thing of the .hack trilogy.  They only did that because I bought the 2nd and 3rd games.  I doubt the same thing would happen but it'd be nice if we'd get a repeat with shadow hearts if I ever find the first game.

 
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ar4757 said:
Next on the remake list it would be nice to see a Xenosaga collection
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That does seem to be the dream though I'm not sure if its plausible or not. I'd like remakes of the older tales of games as well if bamco's in the mood. Legendia remake is high on my wishlist.

 
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shadowysea07 said:
That does seem to be the dream though I'm not sure if its plausible or not. I'd like remakes of the older tales of games as well if bamco's in the mood. Legendia remake is high on my wishlist.
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I'd love to see that as well. Throw in the Vesperia PS3 port as well.

 
Only very loosely thread related since it's a figure

I LOVE this Miku figure. I'll probably try to even cancel my Heart Hunter module order for it

http://www.mikufan.com/racing-miku-2016-teamukyo-ver-17-scale-figure-preorders-open/#sthash.nC39YfKl.dpbs

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For some reason my copy of Arms showed up yesterday from Bestbuy. It was a nice surprise.

The game is good, but I suck at it lol. Need more practice.

 
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