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Japanese Niche Games Deals & Discussion Thread 4.0


#36031 Souffrir   Eternally Training CAG CAGiversary!   6478 Posts   Joined 10.3 Years Ago  

Posted 05 October 2022 - 04:00 PM

Just saw the reveal trailer for Wild Hearts, and even after years of the Switch Axe and self-digging pitfall traps, I loled at the “inventions” they showed off.

Looks pretty, don’t think I like EA’s dub, not enough action showcased. Not sure if want. Off to watch the new gameplay trailer.

#36032 Pikagreg   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   1881 Posts   Joined 14.0 Years Ago  

Posted 05 October 2022 - 08:24 PM

Just saw the reveal trailer for Wild Hearts, and even after years of the Switch Axe and self-digging pitfall traps, I loled at the “inventions” they showed off.

Looks pretty, don’t think I like EA’s dub, not enough action showcased. Not sure if want. Off to watch the new gameplay trailer.

It having crossplay definitely makes me more interested



#36033 BoxPizzaBox   Trash Tier CAGiversary!   1558 Posts   Joined 12.4 Years Ago  

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Posted 06 October 2022 - 03:39 PM

There are some customized Target offers out for the next couple of days, some get $10 off $60+ ($59.99 games seem to work, thankfully), $15 off, or 10% or 15% off. I got the $10 off one and was poking around at my options, it says it excludes Switch games and mostly that seems to be true (Persona 5 Royal for Switch didn't work, but it does for PS5/Xbox).

There are a few exceptions though, perhaps, I noticed it works on a Switch Atelier Ryza 3 preorder for example.

 

A controller might be another okay option if you're looking for something to use the discount on and need one.



#36034 shadowysea07   Cjenvy I'm ready for you awd this time I'm wearing pants CAGiversary!   7944 Posts   Joined 9.8 Years Ago  

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Posted 06 October 2022 - 03:45 PM

Yep another ymmv target circle offer.  I got that 15$ one along with a 20$ gift card after 3 50$ purchases. 

 

Details
$15 off one in-store or online purchase of $75 or more
 
*Exclusions apply
 
Terms & conditions
Category Coupon. Valid one-time use in store or online. Limit one coupon/offer per guest. Cannot be combined with any other Category Coupon. Void if copied, scanned, altered, transferred, purchased, sold or prohibited by law. Quantities limited; no rain checks. Item(s) may not be available at all stores. Gift cards and tax not included in determining purchase total. Coupon cannot be applied to previous purchases. No cash value. Excludes items sold & shipped by Target Plus™ Partners.
Excludes alcohol, Apple products, Barbie camper and houses, Beats Fit Pro, Beats Flex, Beats Powerbeats Pro, Beats Studio Buds, Bose, Bratz Collector and Designer Dolls, Bullseye’s Playground, Cards Against Humanity, Casper, clinic & pharmacy, Cricut, dairy milk, DockATot, Dockers, Do-a-Dot, DSLR cameras & lenses, Dyson, Elf on the Shelf, face masks (Dolan, Sanctuary & Sugar Fix brands), Fisher Price Laugh n Learn, Fitbit, Funko Standard Pop, gift cards, GilletteLabs Heated Razor Starter Kit by Gillette – 3ct, Google, Hair Appliances, HALO Baby, Hasbro Games (Classic Monopoly, Connect Four, Jenga, Sorry, Trouble), Healthy Roots Dolls, Hot Wheels Ultimate Garage, Honest Baby, HP Inc., Infant Optics, JBL, LEGO, Levi’s Red Label, LG OLED and QNED TVs, limited-time designer partnerships, Luvable Friends, Mega Bloks, Meta Oculus and Portal, mobile contracts, Motrin, Ninja, Nintendo hardware and Switch games, Polder, Peg Perego, Philips Avent, Plan B, power shave, power dental, prepaid cards, Play-Doh Ice Cream Truck Playset, PlayStation consoles and accessories, Revival, Samsung TVs, Shark, simplehuman, Sonos, Sony Electronics, Take Action, Target Optical, Tempur-Sealy, Trading Cards, Tylenol pain relief, Tylenol PM, Ulta Beauty at Target Brands, Unlocked phones, Vera Bradley handbags, Weber, and What Do You Meme? game.
 
As always try to use it on switch games and preorders immediately before they fix it. 


#36035 BoxPizzaBox   Trash Tier CAGiversary!   1558 Posts   Joined 12.4 Years Ago  

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Posted 06 October 2022 - 04:06 PM

I sorted pre-orders by 'newest'. These Switch games seem to work:

 

Monster Menu

https://www.target.c...sa/-/A-87650543

GrimGrimoire

https://www.target.c...sa/-/A-87650550

Fire Emblem Engage

https://www.target.c...sa/-/A-87650535

Octopath Traveler II

https://www.target.c...sa/-/A-87657530

Master Detective Archives: Rain Code

https://www.target.c...sa/-/A-87650542

Atelier Ryza 3

https://www.target.c...856#lnk=sametab

 

I was hoping to use it on Harvestella, but that one isn't eligible unfortunately.

 

There are a few others in the same timeframe that probably work, I didn't check every game. But the other recently announced NIS games, Tales of Symphonia, and Theatrhythm may also work



#36036 shadowysea07   Cjenvy I'm ready for you awd this time I'm wearing pants CAGiversary!   7944 Posts   Joined 9.8 Years Ago  

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Posted 06 October 2022 - 04:06 PM

anywho target is giving me a 5$ credit due to their error from the promo running back in august where there were technically 2 promos but it was actually one and they just sent out the other email for that promo mistakenly. as they had the 10$ off a 50$ video game purchase promo and the get a 10$ target gift card after a 50$+ video game purchase promo. I got emails for both so I assumed that the latter was legit when it wasn't despite having its own get the offer button and taking me to the games applicable page. I was using it on valkyrie elysium and stacking it with the other 10$ promo so that likely didn't help things.  Still better than nothing. 



#36037 62t   Zune Duck! CAGiversary!   20529 Posts   Joined 18.5 Years Ago  

Posted 07 October 2022 - 01:27 AM

 

Chaos;Head Noah is unbanned from Steam



#36038 FlawlesslyFatal  

FlawlesslyFatal

Posted 07 October 2022 - 03:02 AM

Yep another ymmv target circle offer. I got that 15$ one along with a 20$ gift card after 3 50$ purchases.

Details
$15 off one in-store or online purchase of $75 or more

*Exclusions apply

Terms & conditions
Category Coupon. Valid one-time use in store or online. Limit one coupon/offer per guest. Cannot be combined with any other Category Coupon. Void if copied, scanned, altered, transferred, purchased, sold or prohibited by law. Quantities limited; no rain checks. Item(s) may not be available at all stores. Gift cards and tax not included in determining purchase total. Coupon cannot be applied to previous purchases. No cash value. Excludes items sold & shipped by Target Plus Partners.
Excludes alcohol, Apple products, Barbie camper and houses, Beats Fit Pro, Beats Flex, Beats Powerbeats Pro, Beats Studio Buds, Bose, Bratz Collector and Designer Dolls, Bullseye’s Playground, Cards Against Humanity, Casper, clinic & pharmacy, Cricut, dairy milk, DockATot, Dockers, Do-a-Dot, DSLR cameras & lenses, Dyson, Elf on the Shelf, face masks (Dolan, Sanctuary & Sugar Fix brands), Fisher Price Laugh n Learn, Fitbit, Funko Standard Pop, gift cards, GilletteLabs Heated Razor Starter Kit by Gillette – 3ct, Google, Hair Appliances, HALO Baby, Hasbro Games (Classic Monopoly, Connect Four, Jenga, Sorry, Trouble), Healthy Roots Dolls, Hot Wheels Ultimate Garage, Honest Baby, HP Inc., Infant Optics, JBL, LEGO, Levi’s Red Label, LG OLED and QNED TVs, limited-time designer partnerships, Luvable Friends, Mega Bloks, Meta Oculus and Portal, mobile contracts, Motrin, Ninja, Nintendo hardware and Switch games, Polder, Peg Perego, Philips Avent, Plan B, power shave, power dental, prepaid cards, Play-Doh Ice Cream Truck Playset, PlayStation consoles and accessories, Revival, Samsung TVs, Shark, simplehuman, Sonos, Sony Electronics, Take Action, Target Optical, Tempur-Sealy, Trading Cards, Tylenol pain relief, Tylenol PM, Ulta Beauty at Target Brands, Unlocked phones, Vera Bradley handbags, Weber, and What Do You Meme? game.

As always try to use it on switch games and preorders immediately before they fix it.

I got the 15% coupon, works on Xbox One Series S in cart. I won't get one though

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#36039 Vigilante   poyo CAGiversary!   38937 Posts   Joined 17.6 Years Ago  

Posted 07 October 2022 - 02:46 PM

Loop8: Summer of Gods 'Celestial Edition' announced for North America ($69.99)

 

Spoiler

 

Trinity Trigger 'Day 1 Edition' announced for North America ($59.99)

 

Spoiler



#36040 nitrosmob   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   11439 Posts   Joined 16.7 Years Ago  

Posted 07 October 2022 - 04:19 PM

I think I'm all for Loop8 however it turns out. The setting is nice and maybe it might have a cool story. The other looks like a wait for digital version or even physical edition price drop. Just doesn't look that good to me.



#36041 elessar123  

Posted 07 October 2022 - 08:17 PM

I think I'm all for Loop8 however it turns out. The setting is nice and maybe it might have a cool story. The other looks like a wait for digital version or even physical edition price drop. Just doesn't look that good to me.

Ditto. It sounds interesting, and the scenery is great.



#36042 shadowysea07   Cjenvy I'm ready for you awd this time I'm wearing pants CAGiversary!   7944 Posts   Joined 9.8 Years Ago  

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Posted 07 October 2022 - 11:15 PM

Picked up nier ps3 and atelier shallie ps3 from the vgpca sale. Those were the only reasonably priced titles I saw.

#36043 TheKbob   FakeyBro™, Esq. CAGiversary!   2254 Posts   Joined 14.1 Years Ago  

Posted 07 October 2022 - 11:59 PM

There appears to be some news in "ye olde game" front.

Similar to how VGP is reprinting certain titles for sale, there are some less scrupulous sellers out there selling off sealed games (of the rarer variety) without saying whether or not they are from a reprint lot.  This appears to be happening on the auction streaming site "whatnot."

So for certain PS3 games and specifically AOT2FB for Switch, there are folks out there charging interesting pricing for what are now less rare games.

Likely not to impact folks here, but know that others have caught on to what VGP and few other retail sites are doing.  Sticking with trusted seller who state whether a game is a reprint versus first edition would be wise.



#36044 BoxPizzaBox   Trash Tier CAGiversary!   1558 Posts   Joined 12.4 Years Ago  

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Posted 09 October 2022 - 03:09 PM

 

Target Circle has a 10% off one electronics or video game offer



#36045 BoxPizzaBox   Trash Tier CAGiversary!   1558 Posts   Joined 12.4 Years Ago  

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Posted 09 October 2022 - 03:14 PM

Seems finnicky though, I can't get it to apply to hardly anything.



#36046 Dgaart   CAG Veteran CAGiversary!   75 Posts   Joined 11.3 Years Ago  

Posted 09 October 2022 - 06:15 PM

Got Fire Emblem Awakening 3DS for $32 at my local comic book store. Seems price has dropped for it online too...was like $70 for quite a while

#36047 Souffrir   Eternally Training CAG CAGiversary!   6478 Posts   Joined 10.3 Years Ago  

Posted 09 October 2022 - 11:26 PM

The first generation of .hack// media had amazing music.

That’s all.

#36048 gospelman   Irreducibly Complex CAGiversary!   4159 Posts   Joined 13.6 Years Ago  

Posted 10 October 2022 - 05:48 AM

Atelier Sophie 2 is down to $25.99 now on bby clearance.  

Down to $21.99 now.  I guess I can cancel/rebuy since my bby store pickup order is still on hold.

Also recently picked up :ps4: Monark for $20.  Instore clearance price at GS.



#36049 Vigilante   poyo CAGiversary!   38937 Posts   Joined 17.6 Years Ago  

Posted 10 October 2022 - 01:17 PM

Down to $21.99 now.  I guess I can cancel/rebuy since my bby store pickup order is still on hold.

Also recently picked up :ps4: Monark for $20.  Instore clearance price at GS.

I couldn't find enough to get to free shipping at BBY, so I hope Amazon matches, even more so now that BBY seems to be OOS.



#36050 scorponok   CAG Veteran CAGiversary!   80 Posts   Joined 15.3 Years Ago  

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Posted 11 October 2022 - 03:48 PM

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & The Secret Hideout PS4 $27.99 Amazon

Sakuna: of Rice and Ruin - Divine Edition PS4 $29.99 Amazon

DNF Duel PS5 $29.99 Amazon



#36051 utos  

Posted 11 October 2022 - 06:40 PM

granblue fantasy versus premium edition is $39.99 for ps4 on amazon.

 

the standard is $48.23.



#36052 gospelman   Irreducibly Complex CAGiversary!   4159 Posts   Joined 13.6 Years Ago  

Posted 11 October 2022 - 08:13 PM

Fire Emblem Engage: Divine Edition preorder is up currently



#36053 Vinny   Bang, bang... pew... CAGiversary!   25167 Posts   Joined 18.6 Years Ago  

Posted 13 October 2022 - 12:03 AM

Mary Skelter 2 NS is down to $42 on Amazon. 

https://www.amazon.c...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 

 

This is one I've been eyeing for a while and wasn't really sure if it would drop. But of course, once my return window is over, it'll prob hit $20. 



#36054 shadowysea07   Cjenvy I'm ready for you awd this time I'm wearing pants CAGiversary!   7944 Posts   Joined 9.8 Years Ago  

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Posted 13 October 2022 - 03:11 AM

Thank you for your sacrifice.

#36055 motaku96   CAG in Training CAGiversary!   2007 Posts   Joined 10.1 Years Ago  

Posted 14 October 2022 - 02:28 AM

Fire Emblem Engage: Divine Edition preorder is up currently

This is gonna be a hard limited edition to get ahold of.



#36056 Nothing-   Tomorrow King - Interloper Kai CAGiversary!   10257 Posts   Joined 11.5 Years Ago  

Posted 14 October 2022 - 03:39 AM

This is gonna be a hard limited edition to get ahold of.

You know, it's the new tax laws that completely suck.  Because otherwise I could help you (or someone else) out with ease. 



#36057 Vinny   Bang, bang... pew... CAGiversary!   25167 Posts   Joined 18.6 Years Ago  

Posted 14 October 2022 - 01:40 PM

This is gonna be a hard limited edition to get ahold of.

You think so? It was up on Amazon for a quite a while... and I got my preorder in at GS where it was also up for a while. I mean, a while is more than like 4-5 hours, which still isn't a lot but it's better than seconds that many items seem to last these days. 

 

You know, it's the new tax laws that completely suck.  Because otherwise I could help you (or someone else) out with ease. 

I feel like I should know what you mean but could you elaborate? 



#36058 motaku96   CAG in Training CAGiversary!   2007 Posts   Joined 10.1 Years Ago  

Posted 14 October 2022 - 01:51 PM

You think so? It was up on Amazon for a quite a while... and I got my preorder in at GS where it was also up for a while. I mean, a while is more than like 4-5 hours, which still isn't a lot but it's better than seconds that many items seem to last these days. 

 

I feel like I should know what you mean but could you elaborate? 

Well it's all relative. It's not as impossible as Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

But a few hours is still a small time frame. I remember older FE titles being up longer than that. I think I got the FE Echoes LE a week after the listing went up. And stuff like NISA LE's stay up for months before they sell out.



#36059 BoxPizzaBox   Trash Tier CAGiversary!   1558 Posts   Joined 12.4 Years Ago  

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Posted 14 October 2022 - 02:07 PM

You think so? It was up on Amazon for a quite a while... and I got my preorder in at GS where it was also up for a while. I mean, a while is more than like 4-5 hours, which still isn't a lot but it's better than seconds that many items seem to last these days. 

 

I feel like I should know what you mean but could you elaborate? 

I think they're referring to the increased reporting from payment services for smaller dollar amounts. eBay, Mercari, PayPal, Zelle, etc all have to report charges to the IRS if you had more than $600 in sales for the whole year, which is really easy to hit:

https://www.mercari....er/article/163/

 

The IRS says they don't intend to go after everyone, people repaying each other for meals etc and just want to get businesses that are avoiding paying. But this is the first year it's been like this so no one wants to open themselves to the possibility.



#36060 Pikagreg   CAGiversary! CAGiversary!   1881 Posts   Joined 14.0 Years Ago  

Posted 14 October 2022 - 07:23 PM

My tax person said not to worry about the new $600 stuff you can just say you are selling at a loss and it's mostly intended for storefronts.