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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Yea, I have no idea what they're talking about either. I thought it was a new Tales game, but I don't see anything about a new Tales game anywhere.
 
salty tbone said:
Was there something embedded in Vinny's post? Because I can't see anything and I have no clue what game you guys are talking about.
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elessar123 said:
Yea, I have no idea what they're talking about either. I thought it was a new Tales game, but I don't see anything about a new Tales game anywhere.
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blueweltall said:
Vinny was talking about Visions of Mana. There's a post from Nothing- showing the trailer of the game above Vinny's post.
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Yeah my bad, I was talking about the trailing Nothing- posted, the end shows all logos except for the NS.
 
Just a side note Persona 5 Tactica (switch) is $39.99 at BB/Walmart/Amazon/Target/GS . My oldest son is big into the series and this is one he hasn't played so figured I'd grab it. Also BB has DQ Monsters in stock (obviously not on sale)... and Super Bomberman R 2 is $19.99 at BB & Amazon. I ended up with a fairly big (for me anyway) order over at BB this morning.
 
nightc1 said:
Just a side note Persona 5 Tactica (switch) is $39.99 at BB/Walmart/Amazon/Target/GS . My oldest son is big into the series and this is one he hasn't played so figured I'd grab it. Also BB has DQ Monsters in stock (obviously not on sale)... and Super Bomberman R 2 is $19.99 at BB & Amazon. I ended up with a fairly big (for me anyway) order over at BB this morning.
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Persona 5 tactica is currently available on gamepass.
 
I'm only about halfway through watching The Game Awards show from the other night (very good presentation so far btw) and there was a cool looking announcement trailer (from some Persona guys apparently) called Metaphor ReFantazio. Game looks really good. It was hosted as part of the family of 'coming to Xbox' presentation tho. Which, as we all know, who knows what that means. probably nothing. "Day 1 on Gamepasss" whatever, right?. Fall 2024. (kinda weird how Atlus and Sega are only mentioned in the fine print at the bottom, barely visibile lol)


looks great; i'm excited for that one.

Metaphor: ReFantazio launches in fall 2024 ​

 
nightc1 said:
Just a side note Persona 5 Tactica (switch) is $39.99 at BB/Walmart/Amazon/Target/GS . My oldest son is big into the series and this is one he hasn't played so figured I'd grab it. Also BB has DQ Monsters in stock (obviously not on sale)... and Super Bomberman R 2 is $19.99 at BB & Amazon. I ended up with a fairly big (for me anyway) order over at BB this morning.
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Hmm, do I snag DQM now, before it goes out of stock again, thus securing a physical copy I can sell later on if I don't like it, or do I just wait for a digital sale like a cheapass but risk not liking it and being stuck with it? I usually try to stick with physical, but have been much more open to digital lately. It's very tempting, since I heard that, performance issues aside, it's a very fun game and I love me some DQM...
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I'm only about halfway through watching The Game Awards show from the other night (very good presentation so far btw) and there was a cool looking announcement trailer (from some Persona guys apparently) called Metaphor ReFantazio. Game looks really good. It was hosted as part of the family of 'coming to Xbox' presentation tho. Which, as we all know, who knows what that means. probably nothing. "Day 1 on Gamepasss" whatever, right?. Fall 2024. (kinda weird how Atlus and Sega are only mentioned in the fine print at the bottom, barely visibile lol)
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That's what was originally known as Project Re Fantasy, a game that was announced all the way back in 2016 with this beautiful Soejima artwork:
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I screamed like a madwoman when Metaphor was shown at Xbox's Not E3 showcase because I knew it was Project Re Fantasy. It's being made by serval Persona alumni (director Katsura Hashino, composer Shoji Meguro, artist Shigenori Soejima) and will also be on PS4, PS5, and PC. It is 100% a day one buy for me and I pray Atlus doesn't carve out half the game for DLC. Will be keeping an eye out for an overpriced collector's edition I can convince myself to buy and add to my dragon hoard.
 
Finished hyper devotion noire goddess black heart. Or at least I beat the final boss and got the trophy. The game errored after the trophy triggered.

Overall it was OK. The height terrain aside I enjoyed it well enough. I beat all the optional maps besides the lv70+ 4x dragon one. I defeated 2 of them but couldn't keep the remaining 2 separate and I set up so my party resistance was fire and water. But the one being lightning was se so on top of its op ex burst attack it had type advantage and one shot anything in range.
 
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Hmm, do I snag DQM now, before it goes out of stock again, thus securing a physical copy I can sell later on if I don't like it, or do I just wait for a digital sale like a cheapass but risk not liking it and being stuck with it? I usually try to stick with physical, but have been much more open to digital lately. It's very tempting, since I heard that, performance issues aside, it's a very fun game and I love me some DQM...
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There is a demo for DQ:Monsters. I played enough of the demo to get a feel for it but didn't bother to finish it as DQ is a series I pretty much will buy anything they release domestically and will occasionally import the games that aren't. Like the imports for DQ 1/2/3 combo & DQ Heroes 1&2 for switch are in my DQ collection. DQ Monsters is the first of the DQ games that my local walmart stores haven't stocked and it sold out in Japan. I'd imagine it'll get reprints but I'd rather just have it in my collection and my oldest son said he'd play it the moment it came in as his college classes are done until next month and he played the older Monsters games within the last year during his big "play everything DQ" phase.


Nicely, the 2 day shipping they promised @BB looks like it'll be next day (fedex) as everything I ordered is already out for delivery.
 
62t said:
I wan to play Shin Megami Tensei V, but keep hearing rumor of Xbox port.
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I read that Nintendo helped fund and market SMT:V so I would imagine that came with at least a decently long exclusivity agreeement. I know people digging through the code found references to PC and PS4, but nothing has happened over the past two years. I'm not really that invested in other platforms these days, so this made the most sense to throw $20+ at it and have it in my collection with the DS/3DS SMT games.
 
Yeah it seems like there's some sort of contract as smt has stuck to Nintendo platforms for the series while persona mostly stuck with ps platforms.
 
nightc1 said:
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There is a demo for DQ:Monsters. I played enough of the demo to get a feel for it but didn't bother to finish it as DQ is a series I pretty much will buy anything they release domestically and will occasionally import the games that aren't. Like the imports for DQ 1/2/3 combo & DQ Heroes 1&2 for switch are in my DQ collection. DQ Monsters is the first of the DQ games that my local walmart stores haven't stocked and it sold out in Japan. I'd imagine it'll get reprints but I'd rather just have it in my collection and my oldest son said he'd play it the moment it came in as his college classes are done until next month and he played the older Monsters games within the last year during his big "play everything DQ" phase.


Nicely, the 2 day shipping they promised @BB looks like it'll be next day (fedex) as everything I ordered is already out for delivery.
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I enjoyed the DQM games on the DS and figured I would get this new one when it goes on sale since its a Square Enix game and those always go on sale! But now that it seems to be a little hard to get (even Amazon has delivery after Christmas) I may just buy it at full price. I guess it all depends on how badly I want to play it soon (currently playing Super Mario RPG right now among other games).
 
Josef said:
I enjoyed the DQM games on the DS and figured I would get this new one when it goes on sale since its a Square Enix game and those always go on sale! But now that it seems to be a little hard to get (even Amazon has delivery after Christmas) I may just buy it at full price. I guess it all depends on how badly I want to play it soon (currently playing Super Mario RPG right now among other games).
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DQ Monsters Joker 1& 2 were amazing. It still bothers me we never got Joker 3.

If you have the time, download the demo. It is a bit basic at the start since they are trying to teach you stuff but it got me in the mood for playing the game. I'm fairly positive everything carries over to the main game.
 
nightc1 said:
DQ Monsters Joker 1& 2 were amazing. It still bothers me we never got Joker 3.

If you have the time, download the demo. It is a bit basic at the start since they are trying to teach you stuff but it got me in the mood for playing the game. I'm fairly positive everything carries over to the main game.
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Thanks for the recommendation! I did download the demo and will try to find time playing it by the end of the weekend (busy with work).
 
shadowysea07 said:
I didn't like dq monsters joker 2 or 1 so I already know that it isn't for me.
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Joker 1&2 were the evolution of the regular DQ Monsters games with the benefit (IMO) of seeing the monsters roaming the world. If you didn't like them, then you definitely shouldn't buy another Monsters game without at least digging deep into the demo. For myself, I loved the way you combined monsters and how all the monsters were visible so you didn't have random battles unless you later got the whistle ability to trigger random battles with area monsters.
 
Vinny said:
Not a single fucking store with 100 miles has a copy of either but I can get it shipped for $12.

Or I can waste ~40 minutes getting ready, going to and coming back from the nearest store just so I can ordered and have it shipped for free to my home.

fucking ridiculous.
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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1736533934865797631

According to the CAG Twitter Amazon matched it.
It's acting strangely for me though. If I'm signed in to my account, it says $59.99, but if I sign out or do a private/incognito window it shows $39.99
Gee, thanks Amazon

EDIT: (It's showing $39.99 on both now, a few minutes later)
 
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Yikes, I haven't been paying attention very well because I didn't know Anonymous;Code had already been released. Is there any reason to think this won't drop quickly to $20-25 like the Chaos double pack? Apparently there is a fan made patch coming for this title as well, but there aren't major issues across the board with the official localization this time.
 
Spike Chunsoft released games generally get around the $20-30 mark eventually. It's a really nice steelbook and package, but if you're not playing right away it's likely not worth it.
 
nitrosmob said:
Spike Chunsoft released games generally get around the $20-30 mark eventually. It's a really nice steelbook and package, but if you're not playing right away it's likely not worth it.
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Another brief window where we don't have to scamper to buy JRPGs is nice.

I imagine it won't last... Or maybe it will? I bet the overlap of genres with game collectors shows a strong overlap in JRPG types.
 
Am I missing something? Why are people going nuts for this game at $39.99? All these Christmas sales and this is the thing to buy??

What am I missing? I see that it's some above average VN and from the Steins;Gate people but it barely has any reviews. Seems like a similar thing to Chos;Head Noah (steelbook edition).
 
Nothing- said:
Am I missing something? Why are people going nuts for this game at $39.99? All these Christmas sales and this is the thing to buy??

What am I missing? I see that it's some above average VN and from the Steins;Gate people but it barely has any reviews. Seems like a similar thing to Chos;Head Noah (steelbook edition).
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I think it's the first discount outside of digital preorder discount on a fairly recent release is all (September 2023). I do suspect it'll be lower and not difficult to find later.
 
nugjarjarbinks said:
VGP has Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection at $99.99 CAD.
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That comes to $75.38 (according to google conversion to USD) and automatically qualifies for free shipping. So a decent deal compared to $79.99 at PlayAsia with the free shipping threshold at $99.99 so you either need to buy more stuff or eat the shipping.
 
Vinny said:
Sucks there was no Asian PS4 release. PS4 copies are selling for nearly $1,000... amazing to me that SE isn't publishing more nor someone like VGP isn't trying to reprint it.
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I still hold out hope that someone willl rerelease the Ps4 version of Final fantasy pixels, I'll even welcome a LRG version if that's what it takes to get a copy. I just don't think SquareEnix cares about physical releases at this point. They only released the Ps4 version on there website around one in the morning with almost no fanfare. By the time I found out about them, they were sold out & selling for ridiculous prices on ebay.
 
Vinny said:
Sucks there was no Asian PS4 release. PS4 copies are selling for nearly $1,000... amazing to me that SE isn't publishing more nor someone like VGP isn't trying to reprint it.
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I’m sure VGP reached out, but they don’t have a relationship with SquareEnix. None of the reprints they have done are SquareEnix titles.
 
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Did anyone preorder Erased His Name from VGP get their copy shipped? I searched for a release date and found a video back from Dec 4 saying they received their copies but still have not gotten a shipping update.
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EDIT* Oh wait, I'm an idiot. I also had a copy of Apollo Justice Trilogy with that order.
 
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Did anyone preorder Erased His Name from VGP get their copy shipped? I searched for a release date and found a video back from Dec 4 saying they received their copies but still have not gotten a shipping update.
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I got a shipping notice yesterday for the PS4 copy I ordered.
 
62t said:
I think they got the reprint for Drakengard 3 and Nier PS3
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I think they had multiple ps3 se titles that had reprints at the time as I feel like there were 5 games. Granted they may have just been other companies ips.

Mercari has a 10$ off any purchase coupon. I used mine on jade cocoon 2 after waffling over that, cocoon 1 and opoona. It helps that jade cocoon 2 was complete at 26$ while the other games were disc only at 14 (opoona) and 28 (jade cocoon 1). I was super close to buying a near complete lunar 1 set until I read it was missing disc 1. Which obviously makes it useless I'd assume. Granted I don't know how much effort it'd take to get a working copy of disc 1 by itself.
 
shadowysea07 said:
I think they had multiple ps3 se titles that had reprints at the time as I feel like there were 5 games. Granted they may have just been other companies ips.

Mercari has a 10$ off any purchase coupon. I used mine on jade cocoon 2 after waffling over that, cocoon 1 and opoona. It helps that jade cocoon 2 was complete at 26$ while the other games were disc only at 14 (opoona) and 28 (jade cocoon 1). I was super close to buying a near complete lunar 1 set until I read it was missing disc 1. Which obviously makes it useless I'd assume. Granted I don't know how much effort it'd take to get a working copy of disc 1 by itself.
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How are you getting $10 off "any purchase" at Mercari?
 
Pheria said:
Sometimes they send them out to people that have been selling there, I believe. If it isn't a universal coupon, that could be a factor.
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Ah I wasn't aware that it may be targeted or something. Whenever they have coupons I've always gotten them on there. I do sell stuff via there though.

They sent me notifications on my phone and an email about the promotion. 10$ off any order of 10$ or more just pay whatever the taxes and shipping fees are.
 
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