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.

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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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Kaiser499 said:
New Overwatch event be like

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GLORIOUS!!!!!

:ps4: Dragon Quest Heroes 2 Explorer's Edition is $49.99, earlier you had to add it to cart to see the "special price" which wasn't so special... jerks.

 
Covnam said:
How was it?
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It was alright good combat if a little rough around the edges though it was much too long to finish like the trails series games. I would have cut out the jungle and prison sections since those are some of the largest time sinks. Took me 70 hours to finish and I didn't do everything just all but 2 optional mark bosses, most of the skill tree board, mapped all planets and got all treasure chests besides the final one. Didn't do insectron, secret dungeons or anything else.

Main things that hurt the game were the super slow ass movement. Think xenosaga or tales of zestiria. It definitely needed a speed up option or a vehicle like speed scrolls and grunties/bike from .hack series.

The enemies that require gimicks to fight. Some enemies require jumping and hitting a tiny hitbox in the vacinity of their heads, some require charging your weapon to break the shield, some require using your barrier blaster, some require jumping on them. Its just overly tedious to kill those that way and I would have greatly preferred if your supernova and other field hitting moves hurt them like special action command moves bypass the jump to attack their heads enemies.

Equipment system requires going through too many sub menus. And since you will be constantly upgrading equipment and switching stuff to refine and fuse your weapons it makes things more difficult than it needed to be.

 
shadowysea07 said:
It was alright good combat if a little rough around the edges though it was much too long to finish like the trails series games. I would have cut out the jungle and prison sections since those are some of the largest time sinks. Took me 70 hours to finish and I didn't do everything just all but 2 optional mark bosses, most of the skill tree board, mapped all planets and got all treasure chests besides the final one. Didn't do insectron, secret dungeons or anything else.

Main things that hurt the game were the super slow ass movement. Think xenosaga or tales of zestiria. It definitely needed a speed up option or a vehicle like speed scrolls and grunties/bike from .hack series.

The enemies that require gimicks to fight. Some enemies require jumping and hitting a tiny hitbox in the vacinity of their heads, some require charging your weapon to break the shield, some require using your barrier blaster, some require jumping on them. Its just overly tedious to kill those that way and I would have greatly preferred if your supernova and other field hitting moves hurt them like special action command moves bypass the jump to attack their heads enemies.

Equipment system requires going through too many sub menus. And since you will be constantly upgrading equipment and switching stuff to refine and fuse your weapons it makes things more difficult than it needed to be.
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Thanks for the input :)

 
 
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Hmm, not sure which platform I want to get Chaos;Child on (Danganronpa V3 as well since I haven't pre-ordered it yet).

I would usually go for Vita since portable VNs are amazing. But after playing some Danganronpa 1-2 Reload on PS4, I've been spoiled. It looks so good on the TV...

 
Speaking of surveys, there's a Final Fantasy XV update with an in-game survey asking you to vote on the next piece of free DLC.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/05/24/final-fantasy-xv-update-includes-survey-for-what-dlc-you-want-next

Everyone vote for the Aranea playable character! Then the Lunafreya one! Then the Gentiana one! Then the Iris one! (Only 1 vote per person)

Then my dream of FFXV-2 will be complete! (FFXV-2 all female cast)

Supplice said:
Chaos;Child Coming to North America and Europe for PS4 and PS Vita

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av8LYoSEsKw
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Futaba has the best lines.

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Great music! Can't wait for Ys 8. Getting Origin on my vita in july and then this in september is gonna be great.

 
BlackRockWaifu said:
Everyone vote for the Aranea playable character! Then the Lunafreya one! Then the Gentiana one! Then the Iris one! (Only 1 vote per person)

Then my dream of FFXV-2 will be complete! (FFXV-2 all female cast)
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This is the perfect, correct order. I'd love an Aranea story DLC or side-game.

 
The Dead Texan said:
Still need to beat Celceta. :wall:
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You, and I both. I downloaded Ys: Seven on PSN a few years back and loved it, but for some reason (probably going to be chastised for this) Celceta, and Persona 4: Golden remain unplayed and on my shelf. I'm pretty sure they might both still be in their original packaging.

 
https://twitter.com/XSEEDGames/status/868154298244317184

Comes out this Summer for $69.99

 
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NISA Comments on Ys VIII Localization: Working “Very Hard to be Consistent” With Previous Entries in the Series

Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash Receives Limited Physical Edition: “No Shirt, No Shoes, All Service”

The limited physical edition titled “No Shirt, No Shoes, All Service Edition” will contain:
  • Blu-ray disc containing a compilation of opening animations from previous Senran Kagura games.
  • Art book of the girls’ summer adventures
  • soundtrack on CD
  • DLC key that will grant the Soaking Wet High School Uniform costume, a set of colorful bikini costumes, the Futomaki Roll Bazooka special weapon, a Bebeby pet card, and a special set of skill cards.
The limited edition will be priced at $69.99 and will be the only retail version available for the game.

Nights of Azure 2 for PS4, PS Vita launches August 31 in Japan

Seiken Densetsu Collection screenshots

Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] details new character Wagner

Square Enix Intends to Develop Major Franchises in-House and Outsource Mid-Size Games

 
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I really want to import that Sieken Densetsu collection but I don't read a lick of Japanese. I feel like that event would unlock the "translate and release in NA" scenario so maybe I should just bite the bullet.

 
reaperztoll said:
I really want to import that Sieken Densetsu collection but I don't read a lick of Japanese. I feel like that event would unlock the "translate and release in NA" scenario so maybe I should just bite the bullet.
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Yeah man, I'm prayin for an Eng release. I mean they already have English translations for the first two games. It should happen. Nintendo is trying their hardest to build a solid game library in a hurry.

 
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Nothing371 said:
Yeah man, I'm prayin for an Eng release. I mean they already have English translations for the first two games. It should happen. Nintendo is trying their hardest to build a solid game library in a hurry.
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I think because they were able to bring MHXX over, it shows that Nintendo really wants us to get these great games. Hopefully I'm right
 
Supplice said:
Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash Receives Limited Physical Edition: “No Shirt, No Shoes, All Service”

The limited physical edition titled “No Shirt, No Shoes, All Service Edition” will contain:
  • Blu-ray disc containing a compilation of opening animations from previous Senran Kagura games.
  • Art book of the girls’ summer adventures
  • soundtrack on CD
  • DLC key that will grant the Soaking Wet High School Uniform costume, a set of colorful bikini costumes, the Futomaki Roll Bazooka special weapon, a Bebeby pet card, and a special set of skill cards.
The limited edition will be priced at $69.99 and will be the only retail version available for the game.
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Sweet! We can always count on XSEED to deliver! :)

 
Not sure if I missed it or it wasn't mentioned, but the Culdcept Revolt LE is live on BB: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/culdcept-revolt-limited-edition-nintendo-3ds/5888700.p?skuId=5888700

Supplice said:
Fixed and done. :)

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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana Receives Western Release Date

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d782MpYBMzM
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That sure is a familiar sounding tune =/

Supplice said:
KonoSuba game for PS4, PS Vita full-length trailer

Final Fantasy VII Remake and Kingdom Hearts III to launch “in the next three years or so”
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Well, there's basically no chance that KonoSuba game is coming here, but it'd still be nice if it did.

SE should just stop announcing these things so far in advance -_-

 
:ps3: Nier $19.99 (Prime Shipping) This game is pretty rare, I guess they might've done a reprint or something due to the success of Automata. The last time I saw this game available it was $45 on Amazon, now its down to $20.

Gamestop finally has it available for shipping again too, but used for $29.99/$26.99 (PUR), around $22 if you use CAG16.

Also saw this, pretty neat: Good Smile Overwatch Tracer (Classic Skin Version) Nendoroid Figure $56.99 (Glad Amazon has it so I don't have to import it. Also, it says classic skin so I guess there are the legendary skin alternate versions on the way.)

Also, finally picked up a copy of the rare Gravity Rush Remastered, but had to spend $40 for it at Gamestop. This one is sadly not available for shipping, but a bunch of copies popped up on the East Coast, even copies in New York and New Jersey. So go try your luck if you want.

 
Monster Hunter XX Switch Trailer
[media]https://youtu.be/CvzTD_RYDXs[/media]
 
Comparison Images of Switch & 3DS Graphics
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Commercial

 
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It's funny, but it may be nostalgia talking, but in many ways I find DQ11 on 3DS more appealing. I will get the PS4 version whenever it comes out, and if it's localized (it will i'm sure). Plus portable and long DQ games go together well. It's just weird....though I do think the 3D graphics are aight.

 
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