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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backup wiki 2/10/16

Standard Pre-orders:
* indicates pre-order bonus

A - Dual audio available
C - Collectors edition available
D - Digital format only
E - English subtitles available
L - Limited edition availabe

:ps4: PS4 :ps4:
02/16/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $09.99 Mitsurgi Kamui Hikae
02/16/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $59.99 Street Fighter V
03/01/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $49.99 Witch and the Hundred Knight: Revival Edition
03/15/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $59.99 Samurai Warriors 4 Empires
03/15/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $59.99 Nights of Azure
05/31/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $59.99 One Piece: Burning Blood
06/07/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $59.99 Odinsphere: Leifhrasir
06/21/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $59.99 Grand Kingdom
09/15/15 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $29.99 Mighty No. 9*
12/31/15 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $??.?? Persona 5
12/31/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $59.99 Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithfulness

:ps3: PS3 :ps3:
03/15/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $59.99 Samurai Warriors 4 Empires
06/07/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $49.99 Odinsphere: Leifhrasir
12/31/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $49.99 Persona 5
12/31/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $49.99 Yakuza 5
12/31/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $49.99 Star Ocean 5

:vita: PSVita :vita:
03/15/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $59.99 Samurai Warriors 4 Empires
04/26/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $39.99 Stranger of Sword City
05/31/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $39.99 One Piece: Burning Blood
06/07/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $39.99 Odinsphere: Leifhrasir
07/26/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $39.99 Shiren the Wanderer

:xb1: XBox One :xb1:
04/26/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $xx.xx Stranger of Sword City
05/31/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $59.99 One Piece: Burning Blood
06/30/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $29.99 Mighty No. 9*

:wiiu: Nintendo Wii U :wiiu:
03/18/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $59.99 Pokken Tournament
04/22/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $59.99 Star Fox Zero
06/30/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $29.99 Mighty No. 9*

:3ds: Nintendo 3DS :3ds:
02/16/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $39.99 Project X-Zone 2
02/19/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $39.99 Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
02/19/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $39.99 Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
03/01/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $39.99 Return to Popolocrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale
03/01/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $39.99 Hyrule Warriors: Legends
04/23/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $39.99 Bravely Second: End Layer
Limited and Collector's Edition Pre-orders
* indicates pre-order bonus

A - Dual audio available
C - Collectors edition available
D - Digital format only
E - English subtitles available
L - Limited edition availabe

:ps4: PS4 :ps4:
02/16/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $99.99 Street Fighter V
03/01/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $49.99 Witch and the Hundred Knight: Revival Edition
03/15/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $99.99 Nights of Azure
06/07/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $59.99 Odinsphere: Leifhrasir
06/21/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $79.99 Grand Kingdom: Limited Edition
06/21/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $99.99 Grand Kingdom: Collector's Edition

:ps3: PS3 :ps3:

:vita: PSVita :vita:
04/26/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $39.99 Stranger of Sword City
06/21/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $79.99 Grand Kingdom

:xb1: XBox One :xb1:
None at the moment

:wiiu: Nintendo Wii U :wiiu:
Work in progress

:3ds: Nintendo 3DS :3ds:
02/19/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $79.99 Fire Emblem Fates
04/23/16 BB GS Amz IFY NIS SQE ACEDL $69.99 Bravely Second: End Layer

Play-asia / Import Pre-orders
* indicates pre-order bonus

A - Dual audio available
C - Collectors edition available
D - Digital format only
E - English subtitles available
L - Limited edition availabe

Work in progress

Kickstarter projects:
MuvLuv
Bloodstained

Merchandise:
Work in progress

Miscellaneous and Credits
Cheap PSVita Games Thread HERE
PS Vita Compatibility Thread HERE

Link to previous (3.0) thread HERE

Credits:

 
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I'll start putting up some preorder links in the morning.  If anyone wants to take a crack at it, feel free, it's wikified!  Suggestions on content are always welcome!

 
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Thanks for putting it together like this. I much prefer this format over the last thread. Thumbs up to the organization! :D
 
Finally. 4.0

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This is going to be another one of those "BlackRockWaifu likes your post" thread.

I'll dedicate this Miku gif to DaveyDarko:

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Alright, we better start cooling off, once the wrestling gifs come, this thread might get closed down...

Dammit, I really, really, really want to put a Daniel Bryan "Yes Yes Yes" gif too...

 
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It's not being made in Japan, but Quantum Suicide will be voiced in Japanese, so you might want to include it in the list of Kickstarters.
 
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My preorder of grand kingdom vita on amazon got the 40% discount. The ps4 version only received 20% off. I preordered them in the same order.

 
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Videos
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Release dates are being filled in for niche games prioritized by release date in the first half of the year.  I'll start populating 2nd half (including place holder dates) for the rest of the games later in the day... and then links to each of the games later in the week.

 
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A few days after they originally went up but before the discount applied to them.
Hmm...so it seems that whenever a new preorder listing goes up and the Prime discount doesn't apply, we should preorder it anyway because it might get a double-discount later on.

 
Hmm...so it seems that whenever a new preorder listing goes up and the Prime discount doesn't apply, we should preorder it anyway because it might get a double-discount later on.
That explains the dbl discount I got my my VC preorder. I put in an order right when it when up and was listed as a book still. Only one that has happened to me so far.

 
Hmm...so it seems that whenever a new preorder listing goes up and the Prime discount doesn't apply, we should preorder it anyway because it might get a double-discount later on.
This is why I have been mentioning it. I was going to continue to have the majority of my preorders at BB, but if Amazon is handing out 40% I will have to reconsider. Credit goes to Wario64 for experimenting the idea.

 
Cool, spoiler tags really were fixed.
Custom spoiler tags work too. I tested those before the first post was moved into the wiki section. I'll probably go through it before Monday sometime and add all known future games unless someone beats me to it. In the process I'll probably change the games from a single line to double as to help with mobile users.

To Do:

- Add PC section in pre-orders

- Populate pre-orders section with games/links & a separate basic section for future releases similar to what you did previously

- Change Play-Asia section to just 'Import' and throw in some common imports in there with P-A & Ami links.

- Put two sub-sections in Kickstarter section with 'Current' and 'Past' kickstarters. Maybe a 'Delivered' and 'Dev fucked up' section for no particular reason.

I'll let someone else mess with merchandise. Probably should link the Japanese Figure thread in another deals sub-forum though.

Also, fuck the weather. It wasn't supposed to snow today. I was planning on getting driveway salt tomorrow. Guess that'll be pushed to Saturday before Sunday. So I may get to this stuff tomorrow.

 
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New thread already? Seems like the last one was fairly recent. Or maybe I'm just not observant.
It was, but the instant 3.0 happened we started complaining saying we wanted 4.0. 2.0 was fine and had a fairly nice first post similar to what we have here. Some mods didn't like that we weren't posting "deals", so they closed 2.0 and posted 3.0 with the word Discussion in the title, and this handy first post:

https://www.cheapassgamer.com/topic/349069-japanese-niche-games-deals-discussion-thread-30/?p=12921790

Drat, not worth it then! :*(
.... My pre-order is $45. Which is the cheapest price I can get it here in Canada.

 
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Street Fighter V ‘Vega’ character introduction trailer
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Sega 3D Classics Collection includes retro decal set
http://gematsu.com/2016/02/sega-3d-classics-collection-includes-retro-decal-set
 
Watch a full playthrough of the Valkyria: Azure Revolution demo in 1080p
http://www.dualshockers.com/2016/02/10/ps4-exclusive-valkyria-azure-revolution-watch-a-full-playthrough-of-the-demo-in-crisp-1080p/
 
30 minutes of Valkyria Chronicles Remastered gameplay and screenshots aplenty
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Guilty Gear Xrd: Revelator launches June 10 in Europe
http://gematsu.com/2016/02/guilty-gear-xrd-revelator-launches-june-10-europe
 
Witch & Hero 2’s new trailer shows an uncursed Witch
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Sega and Sony are working on a Sonic The Hedgehog movie
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Meanwhile, supposedly SoA moved in with Atlus...

...and Sonic Runners - a freemium app is considered a failure.

I LOVE Sonic games but I have to admit looks like Sega will be singing that song from Brad Buxer's old band "Hard Times."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2OWC5Hosv8

Good times...those were. And great song from Sonic 3.

 
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To Do:

- Add PC section in pre-orders

- Populate pre-orders section with games/links & a separate basic section for future releases similar to what you did previously

- Change Play-Asia section to just 'Import' and throw in some common imports in there with P-A & Ami links.

- Put two sub-sections in Kickstarter section with 'Current' and 'Past' kickstarters. Maybe a 'Delivered' and 'Dev fucked up' section for no particular reason.

I'll let someone else mess with merchandise. Probably should link the Japanese Figure thread in another deals sub-forum though.
I've put in several of your suggestions... did not throw in common links to import websites just yet. Also, with KS, I added a status for them, but it needs some refactoring before it looks right. For now, I have planned delivery date, current status, name of the game... ideally want to add the platforms supported and maybe the initial project creation date on KS but I dont really think it adds any value.

Gotta make dinner for the family, I'll be back on later in the evening when the kids go down to make some more updates.

 
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Looks like Kuru Kuru Kururin is releasing on the Wii U eShop tomorrow, February 11th. Never released in NA, but it did release in EU. I imported one of its sequels (Which were JP only), Kururin Paradise about a decade ago and from what I remember it was a pretty interesting puzzle game.

 
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