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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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Steins Gate. 

Terrible first impression. All the characters are extremely unlikeable, from a chick who just says Tuturu all day long leading me to believe that she's mentally retarded, to the rest of the cast showing different representations of autism. The first like 3-4 hours were a huge slog.

That being said, once you actually get to the story, everything just sort of clicks. You get used to the supremely obnoxious self insert spouting crap and you start bonding with these characters. Knowing all of these people's pasts and how they got to know you and how much they're willing to try and stuff just gets the feels going. You realize all the first impressions you had were just these people's quirks and that they're great people. You start to like the crap out of them. You want to just carry it out.

I got so engrossed in the story. The first half I beat over the course of like a month because it couldn't hold my attention. The last half... oh man. I pulled an all-nighter finishing the game, and its definitely one of my favorite visual novels I've ever played. This was at the European import price of like $40. For $3? Jesus, just get it.

 
Kaiser499 said:
Hmm, $129.00 for shipping to my house from the IKEA website.
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It is because they are very heavy. If I recall, I remember seeing something like 60-90lbs on the box. It is best picked up locally or find someone that wants to get rid of it. My cousin even got one for free since someone didn't want it anymore. He just needed to pick it up. Otherwise, they have been on sale for $39.99 on Black Friday before, but I haven't kept up anytime recently. I have 4, so I haven't looked at them for many years.

 
Detolfs are the most reasonably priced display stands out there, I spent a while looking for something cheaper and found nothing. Just so happened that an Ikea opened fairly close by when I resigned myself to getting a few.

 
hostyl1 said:
You are correct, I did *not* dislike Suzuha. Though I cant say that I was that much intrigued by her either. Lukewarm is an apt description. Whereas as the main character, the genius girl, the gamer girl of Daru's dreams, and the mentally-challenged assistant (forgive me, it's been over a year and I've forgotten the names) I actively disliked. So in a sea of 'suck' Suzuha was a glimmer light of 'meh.' :)

BTW: Her's was the ending I got. Did not replay to get the others.
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LOL! I'm not sure Mayuri was meant to be portrayed as mentally challenged, just innocent and cute, but I could definitely see why someone might think that of her as well. I have to admit that I disliked her too and always felt guilty about it because her character was just so darn nice. But her voice was so high pitched that it was ear-splitting for me, and I grew to dislike her largely because of that.
 
Commodore Wheeler said:
LOL! I'm not sure Mayuri was meant to be portrayed as mentally challenged, just innocent and cute, but I could definitely see why someone might think that of her as well. I have to admit that I disliked her too and always felt guilty about it because her character was just so darn nice. But her voice was so high pitched that it was ear-splitting for me, and I grew to dislike her largely because of that.
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I absolutely adore Mayuri. In fact, she was the only one whose's lines I listened to completely, everyone else I just skimmed through the voice acting. I also love that the voices go on even when the next dialogue panel appears. Mayuri's "Tuturu" was actually my text ringtone for a while. I think there were a couple of mentions that she was a ditz and an airhead, but nothing like mentally challenged. I think it's more like she has a personality to be really naive and daze off a lot.

Also, I think I might've found something game-changing in Persona 5 no one has discovered yet... So everyone has a problem with Ryuji's instakill/ambush ability. And people seem to speculate that it triggers when your MC is at least 7 levels higher than the shadow. But I think it correlates with your Persona's level instead, and a low-level Persona might mean no instakill? Have to do a bit more testing.

 
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BlackRockWaifu said:
I absolutely adore Mayuri. In fact, she was the only one whose's lines I listened to completely, everyone else I just skimmed through the voice acting. I also love that the voices go on even when the next dialogue panel appears. Mayuri's "Tuturu" was actually my text ringtone for a while. I think there were a couple of mentions that she was a ditz and an airhead, but nothing like mentally challenged. I think it's more like she has a personality to be really naive and daze off a lot.



Also, I think I might've found something game-changing in Persona 5 no one has discovered yet... So everyone has a problem with Ryuji's instakill/ambush ability. And people seem to speculate that it triggers when your MC is at least 7 levels higher than the shadow. But I think it correlates with your Persona's level instead, and a low-level Persona might mean no instakill? Have to do a bit more testing.
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Na. I was using a level 34 persona and it was killing level 43s 95% of the time when I was 44.
 
BlackRockWaifu said:
I absolutely adore Mayuri. In fact, she was the only one whose's lines I listened to completely, everyone else I just skimmed through the voice acting. I also love that the voices go on even when the next dialogue panel appears. Mayuri's "Tuturu" was actually my text ringtone for a while. I think there were a couple of mentions that she was a ditz and an airhead, but nothing like mentally challenged. I think it's more like she has a personality to be really naive and daze off a lot.



Also, I think I might've found something game-changing in Persona 5 no one has discovered yet... So everyone has a problem with Ryuji's instakill/ambush ability. And people seem to speculate that it triggers when your MC is at least 7 levels higher than the shadow. But I think it correlates with your Persona's level instead, and a low-level Persona might mean no instakill? Have to do a bit more testing.
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Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that the lower level Persona trick doesn't work. Most of my Personas are lower than my level by 10-15 levels but I still auto-end battles regardless if the encounter is about 7 levels lower than me.
 
Olengie said:
Not a Japanese game but Korean-developed White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is coming to PS4 and PC this August through PQube Games physically and digitally. Thank you based PQube

http://gematsu.com/2017/05/white-day-labyrinth-named-school-ps4-pc-coming-west-august

Very excited for this horror game.
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I thought this was White Album at first and got really excited. I've been wanting a localized version of that for a long time.

This looks interesting, too, though. I was wondering when PQube would announce their next project.

 
BlackRockWaifu said:
Also, I think I might've found something game-changing in Persona 5 no one has discovered yet... So everyone has a problem with Ryuji's instakill/ambush ability. And people seem to speculate that it triggers when your MC is at least 7 levels higher than the shadow. But I think it correlates with your Persona's level instead, and a low-level Persona might mean no instakill? Have to do a bit more testing.
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Can't you just let the shadows ambush you instead? They don't start running away from you unless you're like 10/20 levels above them. Not to mention that Futaba can position hack if you do this.

 
The Dead Texan said:
Can't you just let the shadows ambush you instead? They don't start running away from you unless you're like 10/20 levels above them. Not to mention that Futaba can position hack if you do this.
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It's more that if you are playing on a higher difficulty, they could potentially kill the MC before you could do anything. Whereas if the game let you get an ambush, you'd be able to dispatch them with relative ease. Basically you're playing with fire on higher difficulties when you don't ambush, even on lower level fights. Even if you don't die, you're taking needless damage that could be avoided if it would just let you toggle his ability.

 
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Kaiser499 said:
Hmm, $129.00 for shipping to my house from the IKEA website.
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Years ago, I don't believe they even offered shipping, as most of their items are big & heavy, so I never bought anything from them in the past, as I didn't have a local store. They finally built one here in Vegas, but now I don't have the room to get these cases, but I will at some point in the future, or something similar, as their products are the best for the pricing.

So yeah, anything they are offering is super heavy, and will in most cases, cost more to ship, than the actual item cost. A friend of mine would plan trips around going to one of their locations when he would travel to a city where there was a store, so if you don't have one near buy, and may travel by car near one, that may be an option, but you'll need a truck or a bigger type vehicle to haul items.

 
PQube is very quickly becoming one of my favorite publishers. Shit, they might be my absolute favorite... I love that they're starkly against censorship, too.

 
Question about nis. I pre ordered silvercase on ps4 from them and God wars at the same time but I haven't got silvercase yet, will I have to wait for God wars and they ship together since they are on the same order?
 
Mrclark2 said:
Question about nis. I pre ordered silvercase on ps4 from them and God wars at the same time but I haven't got silvercase yet, will I have to wait for God wars and they ship together since they are on the same order?
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Yes, that's how NIS handles shipping
 
hostyl1 said:
My wife once texted my when I was in the same room with her (our living room, with only family so no sound restrictions) and I might have given her the look of death. That was beyond annoying to me. So nah. Mokea didnt do it for me initially and her role in the plot didnt make her any more likeable.

Oh Luka was cool too, I guess.
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For Shame.

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Eh. The missus is hearing impaired, and I have pulled out my phone to text her when she couldn't understand me vocally.

Sometimes, I just skip the possible frustration.

 
godofwar7 said:
I just stick shitty old cheap bookshelves that I have to dust. I hate to dust.
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Have you tried putting an air purifier or any video game consoles near them? Video game consoles make amazing dust and such collectors. Especially the bc wii for whatever reason. Wipe that down like twice a day.

 
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Dust is weird.  It seems to be strangely attracted to my dresser and end tables in addition to the electronics.  About every 4-6 months I have to take out all six consoles under my living room TV entertainment center and wipe absolutely everything down with Windex and 409.  It's crazy how much dust congregates in certain areas while it avoids other places entirely.  The unused Wii U Gamepad is inexplicably the biggest dust magnet in the entire house.  The playstation is a giant dust magnet while the cable DVR that runs hot 24/7 hardly gets dirty by comparision. 

 
Kaiser499 said:
For those of you who collect figures/statues, where do you get your glass display stands? I'm looking to get one.
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Detolf for me as well. I also second the LED lights idea.

I also really like using this stuff (in the clear color) on the cords as it helps me manage them. I have a hard time making cables look neat, but this really helps. It's a little bit time consuming, but not difficult, to do the first time. Worth it in my opinion.

https://www.cableorganizer.com/spiral-wrap/

Home improvement stores / amazon probably also have it

 
It's the one month anniversary of Persona 5! We're having a War of the Waifus poll in the Backloggers Anonymous thread! You can vote here too if you want (although I prefer if you did in the other thread.)

Pretty much vote for your favorite Waifu from Persona 5, but there's a twist! In true Persona Harem fashion, you can vote up to 3 waifus, but the less you vote, the more weight your vote counts. 1 Waifu = 3 votes to your love, 2 waifus = 2 votes each, 3 waifus = 1 vote each.

Not only limited to female confidants, you can vote the guys too if ya want to show your boi Yusuke some love. I guess animals, Personas, and Shadows count too... whatever tickles your fancy. 

I'll tally up the votes and voting will end in a week and maybe something cool will happen then.

Sorry if this seems lame... just trying to lighten things up. Also, MidoriMonkey is required to vote.

 
Draekon said:
It's more that if you are playing on a higher difficulty, they could potentially kill the MC before you could do anything. Whereas if the game let you get an ambush, you'd be able to dispatch them with relative ease. Basically you're playing with fire on higher difficulties when you don't ambush, even on lower level fights. Even if you don't die, you're taking needless damage that could be avoided if it would just let you toggle his ability.
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While I agree with you on his ability needing a toggle, getting a phys and gun repel/null persona stacked with light and death repel/null and no elemental weaknesses with auto-defense means he should never die in that first round. The annoyance comes in having to heal up afterwards: Even if it is cheap and easy to regen SP due to how laughably easy SP Adhesive 3 breaks the game, its still annoying.

 
Who the hell has phys repel/null and curse+holy repel/null and no weaknesses?

And this is assuming they don't hit your team's weaknesses and get 6 turns anyways.

 
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You'd have to do a lot of inheriting and pray that whoever inherits can actually inherit it because not all abilities are always inheritable on every Persona. It's also not something you're likely to have prior to end game or NG+ without a guide at which point Chariots ability is less of an annoyance. Unless there are null/repel cards, but I don't remember off hand if I came across any. Its been a few weeks since I beat it.

It's not a bad goal to gun for of course especially if you turn on the option to have your equipped persona to auto-reset to a specific one after battle (I think the top on the list or something?). Although I feel it's a little unrealistic to have mid-game when you unlock Chariots insta-kill ability. However I'm sure there are people out there who will somehow obtain something like that mid-game without assistance.

But yeah, you can still die if they use group attacks and hit a party members weaknesses. It just makes you a little tougher to kill.

 
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Nothing371 said:
Dust is weird. It seems to be strangely attracted to my dresser and end tables in addition to the electronics. About every 4-6 months I have to take out all six consoles under my living room TV entertainment center and wipe absolutely everything down with Windex and 409. It's crazy how much dust congregates in certain areas while it avoids other places entirely. The unused Wii U Gamepad is inexplicably the biggest dust magnet in the entire house. The playstation is a giant dust magnet while the cable DVR that runs hot 24/7 hardly gets dirty by comparision.
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Huh that's weird my wiiu pad doesn't get any dust on it.

 
godofwar7 said:
Wtf there's a way to auto reset your persona?! The things I learn about this game after having already beat it.
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If you turn off "Remember Persona" (or something to that effect) under Options, whichever persona you had equipped before entering a battle will be equipped afterwards.

 
BlackRockWaifu said:
Pretty much vote for your favorite Waifu from Persona 5, but there's a twist! In true Persona Harem fashion, you can vote up to 3 waifus, but the less you vote, the more weight your vote counts. 1 Waifu = 3 votes to your love, 2 waifus = 2 votes each, 3 waifus = 1 vote each.
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Isn't that an unfair system where voting for 2 waifus gets you 4 points to contribute versus the 3 points for the other options? Don't want the true waifu to be eliminated by some guys who like threesomes...
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Sae and Makoto ftw.
 
Quagmilion said:
Isn't that an unfair system where voting for 2 waifus gets you 4 points to contribute versus the 3 points for the other options? Don't want the true waifu to be eliminated by some guys who like threesomes...
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Sae and Makoto ftw.
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I know they are close in the alphabet, but they are far enough away in the keyboard that you should not have accidentally typed "S" when you really meant "T" to say TAE and Makoto right :)?

Only a scumbag would date sisters!
I once dated a girl, then dated her younger sister two years later

 
Hmm, according to front page of the site it looks like Fate/Extella for Vita is on sale for $26.48 on Amazon. 

Tempting, but I'll be getting the game for the Switch so I'm not sure I need the Vita version...

Also, speaking of waifus, I'd recommend checking out a site my friend made called MyWaifuList. You can add, vote or trash any anime, game, etc character you'd like. Looks like Makoto is in the lead on the site with Futaba in 2nd place, you can see the results here.

 
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Quagmilion said:
Isn't that an unfair system where voting for 2 waifus gets you 4 points to contribute versus the 3 points for the other options? Don't want the true waifu to be eliminated by some guys who like threesomes...
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Sae and Makoto ftw.
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Harem end is best end.

 
hostyl1 said:
Only a scumbag would date sisters!

I once dated a girl, then dated her younger sister two years later
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I've mentioned it before, but I did this, but for a far more petty reason.

Ex kept a bunch of my stuff, one of which was the shirt that came with the Catherine LE. Dated the sister to get it back

 
:ps4: The Final Guardian $28.46

Quagmilion said:
Isn't that an unfair system where voting for 2 waifus gets you 4 points to contribute versus the 3 points for the other options? Don't want the true waifu to be eliminated by some guys who like threesomes...
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Sae and Makoto ftw.
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Yeah, I thought about that many times. The system worked better for picking games, since most people usually picked two. I guess since the game makes it really tempting to have a harem, I'll just give it more points.

Also, I'm surprised at how little love Ann gets. I remembered when the trailers first dropped, everyone was head over heels for her. Now she's actually drifted to the wayside... side girl status... feelsbadwoman. Ryuji x Ann tho!

dsman3717 said:
Also, speaking of waifus, I'd recommend checking out a site my friend made called MyWaifuList. You can add, vote or trash any anime, game, etc character you'd like. Looks like Makoto is in the lead on the site with Futaba in 2nd place, you can see the results here.
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That site is sick! Also, Kurumi Tokisaki is #1 in the Date A Live section, so I would say the voting is right and not rigged.

 
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