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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dsman3717 said:
Hmm...I'm guessing I'm the only person that actually enjoyed Metal Gear Survive lol.

I found the game to be pretty fun, especially the exploring aspect. The base management was an interesting addition as well. Story was not the greatest, but it was based on parallel timelines so its the best it could have been. Playing online with others was quite enjoyable as well.

This is just my unpopular opinion for the day ;)
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shosaisyu said:
The Muv-Luv trilogy CE Is up at rice digital.

https://www.ricedigital.co.uk/store/muv-luv-trilogy-collectors-edition-ps-vita-us-version

Too bad rice digital is a cancer store. How do they keep getting all these exclusives? I hate buying from these fuckers.

Shipping is typically almost 40-50 USD.
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If you hit a certain dollar amount it's free. I can rarely find the policy on their website, but I believe it's around $150. So if there's a CE and another game or CE you want, try to order them together.

 
Pheria said:
If you hit a certain dollar amount it's free. I can rarely find the policy on their website, but I believe it's around $150. So if there's a CE and another game or CE you want, try to order them together.
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Yes, the other problem is that they charge you up front instantly for the entire fucking order. You have to hit 150 GBP for free ship, which is 210 USD roughly at the time of this posting. No other company, international or not, shaq-fu's you this hard.

Rice digital sucks.

 
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shosaisyu said:
Yes, the other problem is that they charge you up front instantly for the entire fucking order. You have to hit 150 GBP for free ship, which is 210 USD roughly at the time of this posting. No other company, international or not, shaq-fu's you this hard.

Rice digital sucks.
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Yeah, I'm not disagreeing. To add insult to injury, as you guys were discussing, there's usually a heavily discounted sale later. Or those 'extras only' from the prior CE's.

 
Yeah...the other problem being that a CE can end up entirely dissappearing if you choose to wait for a sale. I got shaq fu'd deciding to wait on root letter and chaos child.

With the Muv-Luv kickstarter vita being so limited, unfortunately I don't think it's a great gamble trying to wait, so I have to get effed by the shipping hit.

ugh.

 
From the CE sale last year, to reach free ship was £119 and my total was £124.96 which was roughly $161.

I do want to pick up Muv-Luv and the Song of Memories CE, but meh, I don't feel comfortable paying that much.

I'll probably just pick up a digital copy.

 
shosaisyu said:
Yeah...the other problem being that a CE can end up entirely dissappearing if you choose to wait for a sale. I got shaq fu'd deciding to wait on root letter and chaos child.

With the Muv-Luv kickstarter vita being so limited, unfortunately I don't think it's a great gamble trying to wait, so I have to get effed by the shipping hit.

ugh.
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The Root Letter CE can be had for a reasonable price in eBay. I don't think the Chaos Child CE ever actually got released. I'd been trying to find it for sale for a long time and I can't even find an unboxing of it or anyone that said they got it. On the site it's listed as "discontinued".

I noticed the Gal Gun 2 CE also sold out recently. I'm trying to tell myself I don't need the CEs for those two games, as I didn't get the first one, either.

I'm probably going to pick up Muv-Luv and Song of Memories, though.

 
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This week is seriously the week of Switch ports. I'm hoping that The Swords of Ditto is fairly decent as it could be a fun co-op experience. Although I'm really looking forward to Battletech this week. Also, this is probably the last week for April's PS+ games as well since it ends on a Monday.

Other stuff that released without warning last week or I overlooked it (Assume PC unless otherwise noted):
- Ganbatte (PCVR | Social Arcade MP / Early Access)

Weekly Releases (April 22nd - April 28th)

Devious Dungeon
- Platform(s): PS4, Vita
- Genre: Action Platformer
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Digital only. Cross-Buy.

The Swords of Ditto
- Platform(s): PS4, PC
- Genre: Action-Adventure / RPG
- Demo: N/A
- Online: Yes.

Gal*Gun 2
- Platform(s): PS4, Switch
- Genre: Rail Shooter / Light Gun
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

Pic-a-Pix Color
- Platform(s): PS4, Vita
- Genre: Logic Puzzle / Picross
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

Cosmic Star Heroine
- Platform(s): Vita
- Genre: RPG
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Previously released on PS4, PC. Digital only, but should get an LRG release. Cross-Buy with PS4.

Emily Wants to Play Too
- Platform(s): PS4
- Genre: Horror
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Previously released on PC.

Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly
- Platform(s): Vita
- Genre: Visual Novel / Otome / Shooter Segments
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

Flinthook (LRG Release)
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: Action Platformer
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Physical release by Limited Run Games.

Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition (LRG Release)
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: Action Platformer
- Demo: N/A
- Online: Yes.
- Comments: Physical release by Limited Run Games.

Darkest Dungeon: Ancestral Edition
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: RPG / Survival
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Previously released on PS4, Vita, XB1 & PC.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: RPG
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Previously released on PS4, XB1, PC.

ACA NeoGeo: Ghost Pilots
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: SHMUP
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Digital only.

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: Fighting / Action
- Demo: N/A
- Online: Yes.
- Comments: Previously released on PS4, XB1 & PC.

Jotun: Valhalla Edition
- Platform(s): Switch
- Genre: Action-Adventure
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Previously released on PS4, Wii U, XB1, PC.

BAIKO
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Puzzle / Mathmatics
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Similar to Picross.

Chuusotsu! 1st Graduation: Time After Time
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel
- Demo: Yes.
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Published by Fruitbat Factory.

BATTLETECH
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Strategy RPG / Mech
- Demo: N/A
- Online: Yes.
- Comments: Same dev who made Shadowrun.

Joyo Kanji Quiz
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Educational
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

The New Girl
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

Bullet Witch
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Shooter / Action
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

SushiParty
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Action / Shooter
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Wat.

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 WINGDIVER THE SHOOTER
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: SHMUP
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Oh, so now the Wingdiver can fly indefinitely. No word on localized PS4 version.

Sanguo Warriors VR
- Platform(s): PC VR
- Genre: Action RPG
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Chinese dev.

The Stroke of Midnight
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel / Mystery
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A

You Are The Apple Of My Eye 研磨时光
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre: Visual Novel
- Demo: N/A
- Online: N/A
- Comments: Chinese dev.

Past Releases
April 15th - April 21st
April 8th - April 14th
April 1st - April 7th
March 25th - March 31st
March 18th - March 24th

 
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NeoMonk said:
$80+ backers was the minimum for physical copies.
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$80 for 2 Vita games that would normally retail for 39.99 anyway. If these get listed on Amazon, you'll get a 20% discount.

The exchange rate adds up to about $73 something. The Shipping from Rice Digital will jump that to well over $80 while Kickstarter Shipping was $5 if you were in the US.

Kickstarter CE in comparision

Christmas-2017-Artworks-Digital
1 Director's Cut Patch
1 Muv-Luv Alternative CODEX (Digital)
1 Muv-Luv Alternative Vita Digital Copy
1 Muv-Luv Photonflowers and Photonmelodies PC Digital Copy
1 Muv-Luv Trilogy Collector's Box (Muv-Luv Japanese Team Printed Signatures on Mini-Shikishi) with physical PS Vita Cartridges, physical+digital Artbook, physical+digital OST and Sumika Figma [Early Backers only, $60 value])
1 Muv-Luv Trilogy Digital Bundle PC
1 Muv-Luv Vita Digital Copy
 
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Olengie said:
$80 for 2 Vita games that would normally retail for 39.99 anyway. If these get listed on Amazon, you'll get a 20% discount.
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Which goes back to my point how backers had to pay more & I'm not even taking into account how cheaper it would be on Amazon.

Also the CE you listed was $150 I think.

 
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NeoMonk said:
Which goes back to my point how backers had to pay more & I'm not even taking into account how cheaper it would be on Amazon.
Also the CE you listed was $150 I think.
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The KS CE costed more but you get way more with it. An additional vita + steam digital copy along with the figma is a much better value than that Rice CE, itll probably have a much better looking box too. I don't understand why anyone would bother with Rice for that CE unless theyre from the UK where the shipping cost isnt ridiculous.
 
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So Is Gal Gun 2 an Amazon/VGP exclusive in North America?  I'm not seeing it listed anywhere else including Best Buy, Gamestop, and smaller places like Bullmoose.  Still debating on whether I should preorder this with 20% off at Amazon or whether it will see substanstial future discounts like the first one did.

 
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Josef said:
So Is Gal Gun 2 an Amazon/VGP exclusive in North America? I'm not seeing it listed anywhere else including Best Buy, Gamestop, and smaller places like Bullmoose. Still debating on whether I should preorder this with 20% off at Amazon or whether it will see substanstial future discounts like the first one did.
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I haven't looked in to this game specifically, but most PQube offerings have exclusive sets to Rice(UK), and VGP(Canada/US). Rice normally gets the bigger CE, where VGP will only get 1 extra item, but it's a bonus item, and isn't an extra cost. So the little art books, or postcards often get added to VGP offerings, where Rice gets the extra content like special box, pins, cards, art book, etc.

So if you ever want the full sets offered, Rice is the only place. I normally only want the art book, so to get that free, and from a place that actually ships from within the US, VGP is the way to go. I'd rather get less for free, than to pay more and deal with Rice and their BS!

EDIT: And as stated below, the standard games are thru Amazon in the US(mostly).

 
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Josef said:
So Is Gal Gun 2 an Amazon/VGP exclusive in North America? I'm not seeing it listed anywhere else including Best Buy, Gamestop, and smaller places like Bullmoose. Still debating on whether I should preorder this with 20% off at Amazon or whether it will see substanstial future discounts like the first one did.
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pqube games only are sold through amazon, since its a smaller company they can't afford to setup deals with gs or bb and amazon is easier

 
bigstew said:
pqube games only are sold through amazon, since its a smaller company they can't afford to setup deals with gs or bb and amazon is easier
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Several PQube games have come to Best Buy later, but for the most part just as Bigstew is saying they're only sold through Amazon.

I do believe Best Buy had Chaos;Child at launch, though.

 
chrislaustin said:
I haven't looked in to this game specifically, but most PQube offerings have exclusive sets to Rice(UK), and VGP(Canada/US). Rice normally gets the bigger CE, where VGP will only get 1 extra item, but it's a bonus item, and isn't an extra cost. So the little art books, or postcards often get added to VGP offerings, where Rice gets the extra content like special box, pins, cards, art book, etc.

So if you ever want the full sets offered, Rice is the only place. I normally only want the art book, so to get that free, and from a place that actually ships from within the US, VGP is the way to go. I'd rather get less for free, than to pay more and deal with Rice and their BS!

EDIT: And as stated below, the standard games are thru Amazon in the US(mostly).
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Yeah Best Buy has gotten some in the past, including Chaos Child at launch. Looks like the VGP exclusive for Gal Gun 2 is a pin set. Probably gonna pass on that for now unless it sees deep discounts later.

 
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Josef said:
Yeah Best Buy has gotten some in the past, including Chaos Child at launch. Looks like the VGP exclusive for Gal Gun 2 is a pin set. Probably gonna pass on that for now unless it sees deep discounts later.
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VGP does have pretty decent sales, and they happen pretty regularly as well. So seeing GG2 at a decent price, isn't out of the realm of possibilities. I actually stopped getting games "new" from them, as all the titles I was buying, kept ending up one sale. They seem to get good qty's to, as I rarely see titles not in stock. Or they have good connections like Heavy Arm, and can get decent restocks.

 
Banner Of The Maid Is Heading To The Switch, PlayStation 4 And PC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4xjspBQuts

Brave Neptunia Releases September 27 In Japan For PS4, Gets Some Character And Story Details

Brave Neptunia By Artisan Studio Gets A First Look Showing Neptune And An In-Game Shot

Final Fantasy VII Remake VFX Director On Guiding A Young Team Beyond A Simple Remake

Sony Announces New XMount Accessory for PS4 Remote Play on Smartphones

Persona 3 & Persona 5 Dancing Get A First Look At DLC Characters Sho Minazuki & Labrys

Konami Delists New Little King’s Story And Its DLC

Gal Gunvolt Burst Gets Call, Joule And Tenzou, While Mighty Gunvolt Burst Gets Tenzou

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Update T-elos Re: From Xenosaga And Poppi Buster On April 27

SaGa: Scarlet Graces Adds New Characters On PS4, Switch, And PC, Releases August 2 In Japan

Kunio-kun: The World Classics Collection Has 4-Player Co-Op And Missions

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R Announced For Nintendo Switch

Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol. 03 & 04 Set To Release In Japan On August 2 For PS Vita

Zanki Zero launches July 5 in Japan

God Eater 3 Reveals Another New God Arc Weapon The “Heavy Moon”

Experience’s New Horror Visual Novel NG Announced For PS Vita, Releases August 9 In Japan

Etrian Odyssey X Teases Its DLC Gunner Along With A Look At A Cute Hero Class Girl

 
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On one hand I would like remote play on all Androids or to get a Xperia but, in the other hand my battery and work progress will suffer greatly
 
shadowysea07 said:
Even at that price I wouldn't rec stella glow. Terrible srpg. And needing ng+ and a guide just to get the normal ending is stupid as hell.
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Man, tough crowd. At $15, I'd definitely recommend Stella Glow, as it's a pretty decent game. Nothing ground-breaking, but I would say it does all of the things pretty well that a decent SRPG should do.

 
Glad to see Shining Resonance come out in about two months.

nagpo said:
As a fan of Rose of Versailles I might actually check this out
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They are a Chinese company and I haven't seen them release in English before to my knowledge, so I would be wary of the translation until proven. My experience with Chinese companies translating to English is... less than satisfactory. I'm on the fence with the title translation. It's very 'direct' and probably should have been 'Maiden' instead gong by the french title in the logo. Though someone actually versed in French would know better than I would.

 
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vic_x51 said:
On one hand I would like remote play on all Androids or to get a Xperia but, in the other hand my battery and work progress will suffer greatly
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Didn't realize you still needed to root it to get remote play to work on all androids, lame. I buy Sony phones. The big reason I started to was roughly around the time the ps4 came out for the remote play feature. I even got the phone clip thing. I was so excited to do something like play my ps4 on a roof like in a commercial I saw. I never use remote play on my phone. I think I did once, and it wasn't on a roof. It was 3 feet away from my ps4.

 
Weekly free PSN junk:

God of War

PS4

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Golden Week Sale

Not seeing anything else and since I will be busy until this evening, I opted to post this now rather than an hour or two later. The Golden Week Sale should have plenty of thread related stuff once it populates. Probably shows up on console just fine, but like usual the web is slow to update.

 
The headliners on the Golden Week Sale are (PS+ Price)

Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Hackers Memory: $35.99

Persona 5 PS3 $22.49

Persona 5 Ultimate PS3 (Game+DLC) $80.49

Persona 5 PS4 $26.99

Persona 5 Ultimate PS4 (Game+DLC) 87.49

Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition (FFXV+Season Pass+More new stuff) $33.49

Gravity Rush (PS4) $8.99

 
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