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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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Looks like SNES preorders from Wal-Mart are being cancelled. They apparently had a glitch and it was put up for sale too early.
 
 
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Did I miss much while I was gone on business? 

Did manage to finish Tokyo Xanadu on Vita while I was away. To be honest, it's....okay. Think Persona knockoff story with a slower-paced Ys. I only expected to play a few hours and then leave it alone until the eX+ version came out. Fortunately the characters were interesting enough for me to keep going - as well as the pacing (if it was Trails-paced, no one would finish this game). The story was sorta interesting too but a lot of stuff towards the end felt rushed and fragmented. 

The music is fine overall with the highlights being the boss battle tracks and, of all things, the fictional idol group songs from "SPiKA." Trouble is the best of the music feels like Ys VIII prototype recording sessions and the best cuts made it into Ys. 

Finally. YES. Wait for the PS4/PC version. The Vita
is dead
is bug Greed-ridden to the deepest depths of Hell Eclipse. Spelling and grammar errors abound. Some text wasn't even translated where it should have been. The lag is horrendous in the last several bosses (that goes for graphics AND buttons). And finally, somehow they forgot to add the audio track in the end credits movie
by that I mean the "real ending" credits movie
. 

Even with all of that I still had a lot of fun with the game, looking forward to the real version. If you like Falcom stuff in general you'll enjoy it. If you like JRPGs or ARPGs there's a decent amount of fun to be had. But definitely wait for eX+.

Addendum: I loved some of the humor of the game especially when it came to where the game kinda made fun of its own...culture. Be sure to stop by the anime shop in the shopping mall for those jokes.
My favorite being that one of Kou's (the MC) friends ordered PVC figures of the SPiKA group and another of his friends comments that it's kinda "creepy to have figures of your classmates." XD
Rion who's part of SPiKA also has some of the funniest moments with Kou. Does that make her best girl?

 
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sovereignNX-73811 said:
Did I miss much while I was gone on business?

Did manage to finish Tokyo Xanadu on Vita while I was away. To be honest, it's....okay. Think Persona knockoff story with a slower-paced Ys. I only expected to play a few hours and then leave it alone until the eX+ version came out. Fortunately the characters were interesting enough for me to keep going - as well as the pacing (if it was Trails-paced, no one would finish this game). The story was sorta interesting too but a lot of stuff towards the end felt rushed and fragmented.

The music is fine overall with the highlights being the boss battle tracks and, of all things, the fictional idol group songs from "SPiKA." Trouble is the best of the music feels like Ys VIII prototype recording sessions and the best cuts made it into Ys.

Finally. YES. Wait for the PS4/PC version. The Vita
is dead
is bug Greed-ridden to the deepest depths of Hell Eclipse. Spelling and grammar errors abound. Some text wasn't even translated where it should have been. The lag is horrendous in the last several bosses (that goes for graphics AND buttons). And finally, somehow they forgot to add the audio track in the end credits movie
by that I mean the "real ending" credits movie
.

Even with all of that I still had a lot of fun with the game, looking forward to the real version. If you like Falcom stuff in general you'll enjoy it. If you like JRPGs or ARPGs there's a decent amount of fun to be had. But definitely wait for eX+.

Addendum: I loved some of the humor of the game especially when it came to where the game kinda made fun of its own...culture. Be sure to stop by the anime shop in the shopping mall for those jokes.
My favorite being that one of Kou's (the MC) friends ordered PVC figures of the SPiKA group and another of his friends comments that it's kinda "creepy to have figures of your classmates." XD
Rion who's part of SPiKA also has some of the funniest moments with Kou. Does that make her best girl?
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I have to agree with you. While I enjoyed the game, I found that I was more pushing to finish it rather than enjoy the story. I feel like they could have put a little more into it and look forward to the PS4 release. I too, recommend waiting for that release. It's a great Falcom release with memorable characters that had some small surprises toward the end.

 
For those interested Wagamama High Spec has been pushed back 2 days to 07/27/2017 (Thursday). Denpasoft has confirmed 18+ version will launch alongside Steam version. I know what i'm going to buy at least.

 
SinisterTaco said:
So what physical Yakuza games are we getting? Never heard of the series before, but I'm definitely interested.
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Yakuza Kiwami (remake of 1) in August and Yakuza 6 next year both for PS4. We already have Yakuza 0 on PS4, 3/4/5(digital) on PS3 and 2 on PS2.

 
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Splatoon 2 sold 670,955 units within first three days in Japan
 
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Senran Kagura New Title Presentation 2017 set for August 1

The 90-minute broadcast will include the announcement of new title(s), as well as the latest information on Shinobi Refle: Senran Kagura, which is in development for Switch as a Nintendo eShop title.

Nintendo Q1 financial results (FY3/2018) – Switch at 4.7 million shipped total

Six minutes of Dynasty Warriors 9 gameplay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzXoYqomyo0

Chinese PlayStation VR titles Stifled, The Walker, Kill X, and Legion Commander coming west

 
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August PS+ Games:

:ps4: Just Cause 3

:ps4: Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry

:ps3: Super Motherload

:ps3: Snakeball

:vita: Downwell (Cross-Buy with :ps4:)

:vita: Level 22

Nothing thread related in the month of August. Guess PS+ titles will go live next week since Monday is the end of the month. So if you haven't grabbed this months titles, you should probably stop procrastinating and get on that.

They are however doing $1 movie rentals on six titles, one title per week for six weeks. The titles are all fairly new, which includes the new Power Rangers and Ghost in the Shell movies if you've been wanting to see them. They're all decently solid for $1 rentals considering how new they are.

While I'm on the topic of semi-thread related movies, there are some Netflix shows that are about to release or have released somewhat recently as well if I remember correctly. Voltron I believe gets its third season next Friday. Little Witch Academia has half of it up on Netflix as well if you didn't view it elsewhere early. Finally four episodes of Castlevania as well, which is brand new and based off of Castlevania III if I remember correctly. I think eight more episodes were renewed for that as well, so it will have more coming in the future at some point.

 
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Supplice said:
Final Fantasy XV Multiplayer Expansion “Comrades” Beta Announced; New Screenshots Released
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Is anyone interested in this? I'm not a fan of the game, but this was one of the most interesting aspects to me when they first announced it, a co-op Final Fantasy campaign. I know a couple of people said they were gonna try it out when they announced it. If there's enough interest here, I might pick up the season pass just to give it a try.

Draekon said:
While I'm on the topic of semi-thread related movies, there are some Netflix shows that are about to release or have released somewhat recently as well if I remember correctly. Voltron I believe gets its third season next Friday. Little Witch Academia has half of it up on Netflix as well if you didn't view it elsewhere early. Finally four episodes of Castlevania as well, which is brand new and based off of Castlevania III if I remember correctly. I think eight more episodes were renewed for that as well, so it will have more coming in the future at some point.
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I don't watch a lot of anime, but the Castlevania series on Netflix just blew me away. It was unlike anything I've seen in anime, it had dark themes, gore, tons of profanity, and my favorite thing, the characters had British accents. I don't know if there's any other anime like that, if there is I'm super interested. Again, it could be due to me rarely watching anime, but I was very impressed, and want to see more of it.

 
BlackRockWaifu said:
I don't watch a lot of anime, but the Castlevania series on Netflix just blew me away. It was unlike anything I've seen in anime, it had dark themes, gore, tons of profanity, and my favorite thing, the characters had British accents. I don't know if there's any other anime like that, if there is I'm super interested. Again, it could be due to me rarely watching anime, but I was very impressed, and want to see more of it.
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Yeah, I've been meaning to watch that, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. But your review makes me more interested than I had been.

I haven't watched Anime sine I was first introduced to it back in the mid to late 80's, and by the early 90's, I was already done. So I'm always interested in something that is good and well produced, no matter when and where released, so I'll for sure be giving this a try ASAP.

 
Persona 5 worldwide shipments top 1.8 million

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III Shows Instructors and Mechs in New Screenshots on Famitsu

15 minutes of Lost Sphear gameplay

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

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BlackRockWaifu said:
Is anyone interested in this? I'm not a fan of the game, but this was one of the most interesting aspects to me when they first announced it, a co-op Final Fantasy campaign.
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My friends and I have been looking forward to it ever since it was mentioned in the season pass details.

 
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I really enjoyed Final Fantasy XV (although I am an outlier in my tastes, apparently, as I liked 13 as well) and am looking forward to trying out XV Online. I don't have any big expectations, but I think it'll be a fun distraction.

 
kipz said:
Are the Etrian Odyssey stand alone story wise? I won a signed poster at E3 so I feel obligated to play EO5
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I'm pretty sure they are, I know they are mostly standalone with new characters in each game and locations I'm just not sure if there's some overarching story at all, even a vague one

 
BlackRockWaifu said:
Is anyone interested in this? I'm not a fan of the game, but this was one of the most interesting aspects to me when they first announced it, a co-op Final Fantasy campaign. I know a couple of people said they were gonna try it out when they announced it. If there's enough interest here, I might pick up the season pass just to give it a try.

I don't watch a lot of anime, but the Castlevania series on Netflix just blew me away. It was unlike anything I've seen in anime, it had dark themes, gore, tons of profanity, and my favorite thing, the characters had British accents. I don't know if there's any other anime like that, if there is I'm super interested. Again, it could be due to me rarely watching anime, but I was very impressed, and want to see more of it.
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1. I'm just learning that "you don't watch a lot of anime", and this statement blows my mind. You obviously play a lot of Japanese games, so you are the rare (?) breed of "play lots of Japanese games but not a lot of anime". To be honest I don't know if you people are rare or not, most people I know is the other way around, watches a lot of anime but just couldn't get into active entertainment like gaming.

2. You can probably look into Hellsing, maybe you would like that.

 
BlackRockWaifu said:
Is anyone interested in this? I'm not a fan of the game, but this was one of the most interesting aspects to me when they first announced it, a co-op Final Fantasy campaign. I know a couple of people said they were gonna try it out when they announced it. If there's enough interest here, I might pick up the season pass just to give it a try.

I don't watch a lot of anime, but the Castlevania series on Netflix just blew me away. It was unlike anything I've seen in anime, it had dark themes, gore, tons of profanity, and my favorite thing, the characters had British accents. I don't know if there's any other anime like that, if there is I'm super interested. Again, it could be due to me rarely watching anime, but I was very impressed, and want to see more of it.
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What system do you have ffxv for? Ive got it for XB1 and would absolutely love to play co-op with some pals. If you've got it for XB1 and are picking this up let me know.

I'm similar. Love my Japanese games but don't get to watching too much anime. Want to watch Castlevania but have to find a friend's Netflix to steal.
 
:ps4: Superbeat: XONiC $28.74

:ps4: Dragon Quest Heroes II Explorer's Edition $31.92

TooPoor said:
1. I'm just learning that "you don't watch a lot of anime", and this statement blows my mind. You obviously play a lot of Japanese games, so you are the rare (?) breed of "play lots of Japanese games but not a lot of anime". To be honest I don't know if you people are rare or not, most people I know is the other way around, watches a lot of anime but just couldn't get into active entertainment like gaming.

2. You can probably look into Hellsing, maybe you would like that.
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Yeah, for some reason I never have the patience to sit through anime and just stare at a screen, while text heavy games like Neptunia or visual novels, I can at least fast forward/skip by pressing X. Even for cutscene heavy games like Final Fantasy, I feel like I'm making up "lost time" by playing through it. It's not just anime, I never really watch television shows either, though I love movies. Honestly, if Castlevania wasn't only 4 episodes, I probably wouldn't have watched it either. Most people I think are the other way around, I guess I just lack the patience or have ADD or something. It also doesn't help most anime are subbed, so I can't even do something else while listening to it, and have to pay full attention.

Thanks! I'll definitely look at Hellsing! I've heard it mentioned a lot before, but for some reason I always confuse this with Trigun, I haven't seen either though.

Also, it's possible Castlevania seems so amazing to me since I rarely watch anime, and I tend to have a blast being exposed to things for the 1st time. I watched Love Live like a week ago and thought that was the best thing ever. I also watched the Phantom Menace when I was like 7 years old, before the original Star Wars trilogy, and thought that was the greatest movie ever made. It's only years later I realized what an utter fool I was.

Miker525 said:
What system do you have ffxv for? Ive got it for XB1 and would absolutely love to play co-op with some pals. If you've got it for XB1 and are picking this up let me know.

I'm similar. Love my Japanese games but don't get to watching too much anime. Want to watch Castlevania but have to find a friend's Netflix to steal.
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Sadly I have it on PS4, but I do have you added on PS4 though. I've seen you playing No More Heroes, and I remember really loving the art for that game. I gotta try playing it again soon.

 
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Covnam said:
Wow, that's a pretty significant difference. Was it really that bad on the ps3?
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Unfortunately, yeah. I don't remember it being quite as bad as in the video, but its been some time since I last played and the second game is more in mind than the first game seeing as I played it in the last year. There were some improvements to the game in the sequel. However I don't really know what they are off hand outside of improved animations.

whoknows said:
Dragon Quest Heroes II is rad
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The multiplayer portion of it can choke on a bag of dicks though.

 
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TooPoor said:
1. I'm just learning that "you don't watch a lot of anime", and this statement blows my mind. You obviously play a lot of Japanese games, so you are the rare (?) breed of "play lots of Japanese games but not a lot of anime". To be honest I don't know if you people are rare or not, most people I know is the other way around, watches a lot of anime but just couldn't get into active entertainment like gaming.

2. You can probably look into Hellsing, maybe you would like that.
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I also play more rpgs than watch anime but granted sometimes I do both. While I have been playing so2 for example I went through bastard magic teacher, drifters, chain chronicles, chrono crusade? and I watched a couple galaxy 999 eps and case closed eps (detective conan for jpn watcher). (so2 is pretty long) project xzone 2 made me look to see if dmc was on crunchy roll and I blew through that as well granted it was only 12 eps long.

Speaking of which blackrockwaifu you'd probably like devil may cry since its also similar to hellsing minus constant swearing. Black buter is another one kinda similar but has significantly less gore and violence. Be aware that both hellsing and dmc have 2 animes for them I believe. The one I liked for dmc is on crunchy roll. Though I'm sure it can be found on other places.

Anime wise I find most of it pretty stale so it takes something unique to grab my interest unless Im bored in which case I'll put anything on in the background while I surf the web and such.

 
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Miker525 said:
What system do you have ffxv for? Ive got it for XB1 and would absolutely love to play co-op with some pals. If you've got it for XB1 and are picking this up let me know.
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I have it on XB1, have the season pass, and would be down for playing. My username is draco259, go ahead and add me if you want.
 
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TooPoor said:
I started watching Detective Conan when I was about half my daughter's age, and that sob is still in elementary.
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I guess that means he's not as smart as he thinks he is. If he spent more time on homework and less time solving murders he might have graduated by now.

 
TooPoor said:
1. I'm just learning that "you don't watch a lot of anime", and this statement blows my mind. You obviously play a lot of Japanese games, so you are the rare (?) breed of "play lots of Japanese games but not a lot of anime". To be honest I don't know if you people are rare or not, most people I know is the other way around, watches a lot of anime but just couldn't get into active entertainment like gaming.
2. You can probably look into Hellsing, maybe you would like that.
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I'm also like BlackRock, but probably even a little more extreme than him. I love Japanese games, I love anime-style art, but other than watching My Neighbor Totoro with my kid, I haven't watched any anime at all in about 20 years. Last ones I watched for myself were the original Evangelion and Tenchi Muyo in the mid 90s.
 
It's like we're coming out of the "doesn't watch anime" closet in here :p

I, too, have hardly ever watched any anime. I've only seen Death Note, SAO, Future Diary, and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Death Note and Haruhi were both really good, and I definitely would say they were worth my time. I just tend to prefer spending my time gaming because there's so many series I'm already attached to

Also feels great to have a fresh avatar/sig, couldn't get my profile picture to change automatically but I got my sig to instead... better than nothin'

 
JCAll said:
I guess that means he's not as smart as he thinks he is. If he spent more time on homework and less time solving murders he might have graduated by now.
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Well if you apply real world logic it takes 4 years to go through elementary school. So if each episode is one day (which most of them are not since plenty of them are 2 or 3 parters or have cases that take place in the same day) he'd still have another 2 years to go. But yeah it'd be nice if the plot could move forward a bit.

 
Squarehard said:
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never seen that one before haha.

While still on the subject there must be alot of pianos missing wire in locked rooms on that show considering how many people are murdered with it in locked rooms >.>

Also funny the rooms are locked since japans favorite trope is not locking doors.

 
BlackRockWaifu said:
It was unlike anything I've seen in anime, it had dark themes, gore, tons of profanity, and my favorite thing, the characters had British accents.
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If it's dark themes, gore, and profanity-filled anime you're looking for, I highly recommend Angel Cop, Cyber City Oedo, and the holy grail of crazy '80s anime, Golgo 13: The Professional.

 
Commodore Wheeler said:
I'm also like BlackRock, but probably even a little more extreme than him. I love Japanese games, I love anime-style art, but other than watching My Neighbor Totoro with my kid, I haven't watched any anime at all in about 20 years. Last ones I watched for myself were the original Evangelion and Tenchi Muyo in the mid 90s.
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Pretty much the same, though I'll go back a little further, back when 'Japanamation' was still a common term, when I watched Voltron and RoboTech (Macross). Maybe include 90's "Liquid TV" if you'd call "Aeon Flux" anime.

Nowadays, pretty much the only anime I watch, is related to video games. I have recently been watching " Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?", but I only became aware of it because they announced a game based on it.

BTW: Being detached from the anime community there is a question I have - Are Yu-gi-oh and Pokémon considered "anime". By strict definition, I know they would, but as 'gamers' shun things like Candy Crush, do otaku shun Pokémon and Yugi? (I did watch those and even Cardcaptors WBKids version - not the JP version "CardCaptor: Sakura)

 
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