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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For anyone interested, Rune Factory 4 is on sale for $20 at gamestop and amazon price matched them

~Worth it!~

Also Happy 4th for those here in the US

 
mawarup said:
In regards to those games related to this thread that are on sale on steam at the moment, have any of them ever gotten bundle sales in any sites?
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Visual Novels (And RPG Maker Games) get bundles with a decent frequency or at least ones that are a bit more obscure/indie so far. Though I don't think I've seen ones for visual novels that are a bit more well known in their specific genre, but nitrosmob would know more than me with that. However other games from the more well known publishers/localization teams tend to not do as much in the way of bundles from what I can remember. There are some rare cases, such as Ys Origin being bundled roughly three years ago once and I think Zestiria, Gurumin (x2) and Neptunia Re;Birth1 were also in a bundle at one point. I don't think they're particularly common as their niche corner seems to be self-sustaining as a business.

If you're using the Enhanced Steam addon, then when you visit a Steam store page it will tell you if its been bundled before as well as the lowest discount price that has been seen.

EDIT: Also here's a link to a search parameter of "Japan" and "Anime" for bundles to date. It should give you an idea on whats been bundled to figure out what is more commonly bundled.

 
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Hey ,

I did a unboxing of the Limited Edition of Tokyo Xanadu for psvita. If anyone was interested in it's collector's edition. I know you guys appreciated my Birthdays the Beginning unboxing, so I thought this would be helpful.

https://youtu.be/dmAspwwRlK4

 
I do agree VNs from higher profile companies are rarely if ever bundled.

Mangagamer has done I believe 2 or 3 Indiegala bundles, mainly for older games. Jast USA did a Groupees bundle or two (I doubt anyone is wanting to specifically do Groupees bundles anymore). Sekai Project has had 1 bundle very recently on Humble. They are very rare and in between, and usually involve older titles, so don't be afraid to support them on their sales on Steam or regardless. Other various indie VNs usually on the non doujin variety are bundled fairly often. Doujin VNs.....not so much.

This is similar with games like Princess Maker, Neptunia games, Senran Kagura, etc... They just are rarely bundled, so support the good sale prices too. Hopefully this helps some people making last minute Steam sale or future sale purchases.

 
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Tribsinia said:
Hey ,

I did a unboxing of the Limited Edition of Tokyo Xanadu for psvita. If anyone was interested in it's collector's edition. I know you guys appreciated my Birthdays the Beginning unboxing, so I thought this would be helpful.

https://youtu.be/dmAspwwRlK4
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Uh....anyone actually playing TX? I can't believe I already sunk 18 hours into it this weekend. Considering I highly doubt the PS4 version is going to be updated from your Vita save (eX+ has an epilogue chapter to finish off the story I think). And I promised myself I'd get back to Persona 5 :whistle2:(

 
sovereignNX-73811 said:
Considering I highly doubt the PS4 version is going to be updated from your Vita save (eX+ has an epilogue chapter to finish off the story I think).
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There is no cross-save or save importing in any capacity between Tokyo Xanadu & the eX+ version. There's too many new changes on top of the new content for it to be feasible.

 
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Yeah, I bought Tokyo Xanadu for the collection only. It seems bonkers to play it with the updated one on the way.

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Same price for non-Prime members.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite - PlayStation 4 Standard Edition - $44.32

The game isn't even out and it's already getting a discount.

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Zaku77 said:
Yeah, I bought Tokyo Xanadu for the collection only. It seems bonkers to play it with the updated one on the way.

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So did I. Though, I'm a sucker for Falcom and Vita releases. I'll probably pass on the PS4 LE whenever it is released.

 
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EdJericho said:
Same price for non-Prime members.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite - PlayStation 4 Standard Edition - $44.32

The game isn't even out and it's already getting a discount.

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You sir win the forum for the day!

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Cloyd said:
So did I. Though, I'm a sucker for Falcom and Vita releases. I'll probably pass on the PS4 LE whenever it is released.
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But don't you want that White Shroud figure?

Eh...

Yeah....

I swear if they'd gone with an Asuka or Sora figure the PS4 LE woulda been sold out in minutes.

 
I'm not sure that paying $44 for a shitty looking fighting game is a good deal.   I think I'll buy it at $20. 

 
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On NisAmerica.com with recent announcements for Switch .. Which Switch games on NISA are going to be the only way to obtain a physical copy of them..? I'm guessing "Penny-Punching Princess" & Nights of Azure 2".. Release date for Penny-Punching Princess is a long way off still.. but don't want to miss out if quantities are actually lower than usual games..
 
elessar123 said:
If enough people here buy it, we can schedule games.
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I still don't know if I want it, I was thinking of waiting for a discount like the other games. I might just get it from Gamestop though.

But if anyone is looking to get some games/lobbies in together, use the PS4 CAG Niche Community, especially now that you can set up events and stuff.

Edit: Reading that guy's post, I think I might just wait to see if a lot of other people here are picking it up at launch. So who is? If enough people are, I'll probably get it.

 
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I've been tempted to throw up an event in the community for Killing Floor 2 since it was with PS+ last month and to gauge interest in that kind of thing. I know I won't be getting Beach Splash unless its decently discounted and there's enough interest in group sessions.

 
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NISA had a fun booth at Anime Expo. Got a free copy of Criminal Girls 2 and a bunch of OSTs, artbooks, and other promo swag. They also gave out a sweet medal, made of metal!

 
 
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nitrosmob said:
What's the return time for games at GS? I bought this like a week ago for $10 more. I can likely do a return/rebuy or such?
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If they haven't changed it, I think its 7 days for a new item (unopened) and 30 days for a used item. They will let you replace it with another item of the same value. In this case, they might let you replace it with a cheaper copy and give you the rest in trade credit, but knowing Gamestop, they probably have no idea how to do that or wouldn't jump through hoops for you. Another way might just be to replace it with another item you want for $30, then just buy the $20 copy. You'll have to spend more but it's the safest and easiest method since I don't think GS does price adjustments.

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Is there a single player mode or is it multiplayer only?

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There's a campaign single player I think, as well as mission mode which I am sure of. The mission mode is similar to the Senran Kagura games where you just run through battles with each character and get tidbits of info about their individual stories.

 
nitrosmob said:
What's the return time for games at GS? I bought this like a week ago for $10 more. I can likely do a return/rebuy or such?
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It's 30 days return new unopened, new opened accessory, or exchange on defective.

7 days return used any reason. 30 days replace used defective.

I have no problem returning and repurchasing on unopened new within the 30 days when there is a price drop. But I'm not sure if they will price adjust if the game is open. It would be stupid if they didn't because you could just buy a new one at that reduced price and return it with the higher price receipt. The one I go to would likely do it but I'm a regular there.

 
So who would be the Disgaea amiibo? I'd probably do something weird like a tower with the main trio.  Flonne holding up Etna holding up Laharl. 

 
Good to see Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash is finally available for preorder at Best Buy. Was worried they might not be carrying it since it was getting close to release date. Fortunately that's not the case

 
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JCAll said:
So who would be the Disgaea amiibo? I'd probably do something weird like a tower with the main trio. Flonne holding up Etna holding up Laharl.
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Oh god. Just the thought of that is terrifying because I'd have to buy them all. I'm imagining one of those montage giclees and all the characters associated with them.

 
 
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No idea, but they won't have discounts if they go on Amazon anyways. And yes, they charge a week or so before it ships. And if you split it too much, you'll have to pay shipping multiple times.

 
Some Overwatch news for those players here. Doomfist has finally been properly announced and is on the PTR servers on the PC, so expect him to go live in a few weeks. The PTR also is still testing the new lootboxes that significantly lower the chance of duplicates which will likely go live with Doomfist. His ability loadout can be found here. Doomfist is not voiced by Terry Crews. Plus some extra Doomfist lore that was posted a few days ago.

[customspoiler='Doomfist Origin Story Video']
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaZfZFNuOpI[/customspoiler]

[customspoiler='Developer Update - Introducing Doomfist']
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uKkAyLPJe0[/customspoiler]

[customspoiler='Jeff Kaplan Ramble']
*cough*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXTrrTX7YuY[/customspoiler]

Reporting on console is still in development. If you haven't played in a while, the Moon Base level has been live for around a month now.

 
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Corgstradamus said:
Thanks for the info. Do you know how easy it is to cancel orders?
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They send out emails when they're going to bill you soon, a week or two before an item's release date I believe. Those emails always have instructions to contact them if you need to change anything and usually indicate a specific subject line to make sure your ticket is prioritized with all the other similar issues.

I've had the most success contacting them after that email, and using the exact subject they indicate. When I do that they're always very understanding and do cancellations, separations, applying rewards points, giving rewards points if I forgot to log in and combining orders.

I've mostly been successful contacting them outside of these windows, but rarely I've sent an email and it's sat until the billing period was coming up for the associated product anyway. It almost seems like they beef up support around product releases, maybe, but I'm not sure.

In short I've never had problems cancelling something even if there's a long delay from support for whatever reason.

 
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