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Ra1den said:
Do you speak Japanese? I want this game so badly but it seems like there isn't even a translated script anywhere.
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Nope, but I'm working on learning Japanese and Korean (the former for now). I'd also like to have it just to say, I have it, before it becomes a rare gem too.
 
As I live in Australia, I enjoy exorbitant prices and limited or difficult-to-find releases for many games I enjoy. Fortunately, the availability of games and prices during clearance sales have gotten better this gen, which is lucky since the 3DS isn't region-free :/

I'm not going to include UK imports, because I've got a lot of them and we're both PAL anyway.

GBA
~ bit Generations: Digidrive, Boundish & Soundvoyager (Japan)
~ Famicom Mini: Famicom Tantei Club Pt.1, Legend of Zelda & Nazo no Murasame Jō (Japan)
~ Metroid Fusion (USA)
~ Mother 1+2 (Japan)
~ Rhythm Tengoku (Japan)

GCN
~ Animal Leader (Japan)
~ Baten Kaitos Origins (USA)
~ Chibi-Robo! (Germany)
~ Cubic Lode Runner (Japan)
~ Donkey Konga 1 & 2 (Japan)
~ Homeland (Japan)
~ Kururin Squash! (Japan)
~ Legend of Golfer (Japan)
~ The Mobile Suit Gundam Pilots' Locus (Japan)
~ Tengai Makyō II: Manjimaru (Japan)
~ Virtua Fighter: Cyber Generation (Japan)
~ Zoids Vs. 4 (Japan)

NDS
~ Apollo Justice (USA)
~ A.S.H. (Japan)
~ Bangai-O Spirits (USA)
~ Blood of Bahamut (Japan)
~ Daigasso! Band Brothers + Request Selection (Japan)
~ Electroplankton (Japan)
~ Elite Beat Agents (USA)
~ FFXII: Revenant Wings (USA)
~ Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (USA)
~ Game Center CX 2 (Japan)
~ Gyakuten Saiban 1, 2 & 3 (Japan - hooray for the English language option!)
~ Hotel Dusk (USA)
~ Jump! Ultimate Stars (Japan)
~ Love Plus+ (Japan)
~ Magical Starsign (USA)
~ Ouendan 1 & 2 (Japan)
~ Picross 3D (USA)
~ Planet Puzzle League (USA)
~ Pokémon Diamond (USA)
~ Professor Layton & the Curious Village (USA)
~ Puzzle Quest (USA)
~ Sakura Note (Japan)
~ Soma Bringer (Japan)
~ Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love (Japan)
~ Tomodachi Collection (Japan)
~ Trauma Center: Under the Knife (USA)
~ Zekkyō Senshi Sakeburein (Japan)

PS3
~ Demon's Souls (USA)
~ Gundam: Target in Sight (Japan - how could I pass up this classic game when I found it for so cheap?!)
~ Hakuna Matata (Asia)
~ No More Heroes (Japan)
~ Railfan: Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line (Japan - bargain of the century - paid around AUD$25 from a local seller)
~ Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail (Asia)

PSP (Yeah, Tales of Eternia was released locally here, I got it for US$26)
~ Crisis Core: FFVII (USA)
~ Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness (USA)
~ Gradius Portable (Asia)
~ Jeanne d'Arc (USA)
~ Parodius Portable (Japan)
~ Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? (USA)
~ Sakura Wars 1&2 (Japan)

Xbox 360
~ Disney's Bolt (USA)
~ Duke Nukem Forever (Asia)
~ Ghostbusters (USA)
~ Sonic '06 (USA)
~ The Orange Box (Korea)

Wii
~ Captain Rainbow (Japan)

...and, primarily as items I wished to display on my bookcase as they are games that I love:

N64
~ Animal Crossing (Japan)
~ Shigesato Itoi's No.1 Bass Fishing (Japan)

SAT
~ Sakura Wars (Japan)

SNES
~ Chrono Trigger (Japan)
~ Mother 2 (Japan)
~ Shigesato Itoi's No.1 Bass Fishing (Japan)

...and, consoles:

~ Orange GCN (Japan) <3
~ Famicom GB Micro (Japan) <3

I don't know Japanese and I am currently studying it, but most of those imports either (1) have English as an option or (2) are easily playable with or without a guide.

In the future, I hope to pick up the following consoles, which will make way for even more games: Japanese Wii (though maybe I should just mod mine, it's not like WiiWare/Virtual Console is getting any more worthwhile releases past what I've already played), a Japanese Xbox 360 & a Japanese 3DS. There's also a lot of games I'm after for consoles I already own, though I'm waiting for price reductions/availability.
 
Don't know if it counts as an "import", but I've bought FF XI PC and Disgaea for the PS2 both on/shortly after the EU release date in Austria, because both of them weren't released here in Poland (Disgaea at all and FFXI had some serious lag because of a terrible Polish publisher).
 
cj_iwakura said:
What's the first game, and how is the second different from Yakuza proper?
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In Boku no Natsu Yasumi 3 you basically control a Japanese kid who has gone to his uncle's farm somewhere in the Japanese countryside and plays a series of minigames one of them being collecting insects and using them to fight the insects of other kids.There's also fishing and other daily activities around the farm.I guess it kinda reminds the Harvest Moon games a bit.The environments are beautiful with a day and night circle and they give a Miyazaki feel.Overall it's a very relaxing game and it has simple Japanese which i think makes it an ideal game for those who are starting learning the language.

Yakuza Kenshan as others have said is basically a Yakuza game set in Kyoto in the Edo period.It's really a shame SEGA didn't bring it in the west because from what i have played it looks to have a really great story.
KHHsubs youtube channel has all the cutscenes translated with English subs.
http://www.youtube.com/user/KHHsubs
 
sublimit said:
In Boku no Natsu Yasumi 3 you basically control a Japanese kid who has gone to his uncle's farm somewhere in the Japanese countryside and plays a series of minigames one of them being collecting insects and using them to fight the insects of other kids.There's also fishing and other daily activities around the farm.I guess it kinda reminds the Harvest Moon games a bit.The environments are beautiful with a day and night circle and they give a Miyazaki feel.Overall it's a very relaxing game and it has simple Japanese which i think makes it an ideal game for those who are starting learning the language.

Yakuza Kenshan as others have said is basically a Yakuza game set in Kyoto in the Edo period.It's really a shame SEGA didn't bring it in the west because from what i have played it looks to have a really great story.
KHHsubs youtube channel has all the cutscenes translated with English subs.
http://www.youtube.com/user/KHHsubs
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Wow, it does look great.
 
Imbarkus said:
Huh. 47.99 on Play-Asia. It was 25.00 when I got it.

Now Siren 2 I would like to order some time, but then I need a way to region-unlock a PS2. If I did have that way, however, I could then also order and play Michigan. Yeah, survival horror is my thing.
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the worst thing is that I had it on my old ps3. I had gameshared with a friend, who bought it. Then mine broke, so I got a new one. Then after apocalyps3 my friend sold his ps3 to someone else letting them use his account. So I lost my copy and saves due to some weirdness. I can't really complain though, since I wasn't the one who paid for it.
 
Super Famicom:

Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI
Seiken Densetsu 2 (Secret of Mana)
Live A Live
Chrono Trigger
Romancing SaGa
Romancing SaGa 2
Romancing SaGa 3
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest VI
Breath of Fire
Dual Orb
Tengai Makkyou Zero

PlayStation:

Tobal No. 1
Final Fantasy VII

Game Boy Advance:

Slime Mori Mori

DS:

Egg Monster Hero
SaGa 2 GODDESS OF DESTINY
Inazuma Eleven
Ni No Kuni

I think that's all of them? There might be a few I'm forgetting. I don't import games as much as I used to simply because I don't have the time.
 
Famicom GB Micro - Believe it or not, the cheapest complete Micro I could find online at the time.

Mother 3 - I enjoyed the patch too much not to own a copy.

Jump Super/Ultimate Stars - Because it's Smash Bros on the DS with Jump characters!

Bleach: The Blade of Fate (J) - Before it got a US release. I never replaced it with a US copy.

...and I'd like to buy Rhythm Heaven for the GBA at some point. I almost bought Xenoblade prior to the US announcement, but I procrastinated JUST long enough.
 
ilikeme said:
anyone know if Panel de Pon is worth getting good at? Fun versus friends?
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Absolutely. Especially if you can find a friend to play it with.
Absolutely incredible puzzle game once you start getting good at linking stuff up. It just takes some time.

On topic:
I quickly started importing when I got a Sega Saturn early in 1997 and never looked back.
At this point in time I'd say more than half my game collection are Japanese import games.
During this generation I've slowed down considerably though.
The system I've imported most for this gen would be the DS. I think I have over 40 import games for it alone. Actually, my first DS was a Japanese launch model.

Just got a 360 and have been getting a couple of region free Japanese releases as well now that I think about it.
Haven't bought a JP system yet, but it has crossed my mind more than a few times.

Since most games for the PS3 and Wii came out over here as well, I haven't felt the need to import much for them.
Besides Excitebots and Midway Pinball Hall of Fame.
 
XENOBLADE. <3 THANK YOU EUROPE.

Aquanaut Holiday, Hotel Dusk's sequel which name escapes me right now, and uhhh... picross 3D and uh... another game I can't remember.
 
I've only imported 2 games in my life.

The first was White Knight Chronicles. Not my best idea, but I still enjoyed the game for the most part. Enjoyed the English version much better. lol.

The second was Demon's Souls. It was the Chinese version, and it had full English support. One of my better ideas.

I eventually got rid of it for money reasons, but I bought the US version Greatest Hits when it was on sale at Amazon for $14.
 
PS2
Kenran Butosai

PSP
Mojipittan / Dissidia / Tactics Ogre / Tokimeki Memorial 4 / Tales of Eternia / Valkyrie Profile / Juusei to Diamond / Idolmaster PSP*3

X360
Idolmaster / Idolmaster Live 4 U! / Idolmaster 2 / Cross Channel / Clannad / Tomoyo After / Time Leap / Tales of Vesperia / Resonance of Fate / Every Party / Jong Line

Wii
Xenoblade / Zangeki no Leginleiv / The Last Story

DS
Love Plus
 
Dissidia JPN, DJ Max PSP games KOR, Initial D Street Stage, Gundam Extreme VS JPN, MHP3rd JPN, DBZ Legends JPN, Gundam Chronicles JPN.

Chrono Cross from the US (so good).
 
Plenty, ranging from Famicom to 360, I've been importing since 93-94. These days, not so much for recent stuff, mostly I've been filling in the games I want in my FC and PCE collections.
 
Mostly PS3 games because console games are a massive rip off here. Importing saves me 40 to 70% off local prices. I expect this thread to be filled with Aussies.

Valkyria Chronicles
GTA4
GTA: Episodes from Liberty City
LittleBigPlanet
Demons Souls (Asian version before it was even available in the west)
Rock Band 2 (not available here)
Yakuza 3
Yakuza 4
Street Fighter 4
Super Street Fighter 4
Marvel Vs Capcom 3
Ulitmate Marvel Vs Capcom 3
Assassins Creed 2
Fallout 3 GOTY
Final Fantasy 13
Call of Duty 4

Good thing about importing from the UK is that GAME Australia accepts PAL trade ins. I have traded 7 games from that list in.
 
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+

SOO GOOD. Before they brought Re:COM over I felt like I'd imported the gold mine of KH games. It still kinda is...the extra content is ridiculous and makes KH2 look like garbage content-wise in comparison.
 
Too lazy to list all the games I've imported. I do it pretty often, though! Most recently, I got Gundam Extreme Versus. I've been following all of Cave's 360 releases, too, and I have a copy of Assault Suits Leynos being sent to me soon.

A lot of recent Japanese games that get US releases tend to get released around the same time in both regions, so I'll generally just buy US in these cases. Obviously, if a game is Japan-only and I want it, I'll pick up the Japanese version immediately. So glad I got my Japanese 360.

When it comes to older games, I greatly prefer having Japanese versions. I'll generally only get domestic versions of games if I absolutely need to read the game's text. Since I'm way more into action games than anything else, that doesn't happen too often.
 
SFC
Front Mission: Gun Hazard
Kunio-kun Dodgeball
Seiken Densetsu 3
Yoshi's Island

GBA
Densetsu no Stafi 2

DS
Ouendan
Densetsu no Stafi 4
Last Window

PS2
Dragon Quest V

PSP
Tales of Eternia
Suikoden I & II

Wii
Another Code R
Xenoblade
 
Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy XIII
Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
Kingdom Hearts Final Mix +
Advent Chilrdren
Advent Children Complete
Super Robot Wars A2
Super Robot Wars A3
Super Robot Wars Z
Super Robot Wars Z2
Super Robot Wars MX
Super Robot Wars A Portable
Super Robot Wars W
Transformers Tataki
Sousei No Aquarion
Gundam Vs Gundam Next Plus
Gundam Extreme VS

And a bunch more probably that I can't think of.
 
A few here and there - but it's not really my scene.

That said, when I was in 4th grade my father was stationed in Japan for about six months (Marines), and he just happened to be there during the release of Gold/Silver. Needless to say, I was the f***ing coolest kid in school for the rest of the year ;-)

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The only game I've imported was Naruto: Gekito Ninja Taisen 4 for the GameCube back in junior high. Me and my friends put hundreds of hours into that game.
 
I haven't imported anything since the PS2 and Gamecube but I first started back in the PS1 days when back home in England I walked in to a local Forbidden Planet store and they had the US import for Resident Evil 2. I promptly went home and grabbed my copies of FFVII, Time Crisis and a few other titles and traded them for the game....I then had to figure out a way to play it and spent an additional $100 (and a month) in the store getting my system chipped.

Still got my RE2 copy and taking a look at what I still have left..
PS1
  • Resident Evil 2 - US
  • Biohazard 3: The Last Escape-JPN
  • Final Fantasy VIII - US & JPN
  • Final Fantasy IX - US & JPN
  • Brave Fencer Musashiden - JPN...Just for the FFVIII demo.
  • Metal Gear Solid Premium Package
  • Vagrant Story - US

I won't bother listing all the Dreamcast, Gamecube and PS2 imports save for some of my favorites including Soul Calibur, Biohazard: Code Veronica, Anubis: ZOE 2 Premium Package, Biohazard remake along with Zero and the demo, Final Fantasy X and Shenmue.
 
Just Jump Ultimate Stars and the two Ouendan games for me, though there are definitely a few DS games that never came out over here that I'm looking into. The fact that my Japanese is actually becoming pretty decent certainly helps, as well.
 
First game I ever imported I'm quite proud of:
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I was so young and out of my mind with excitement!!


Besides that I've imported...
-Pokemon Stadium
-Dragonball Ultimate Battle 22
-Dragonball Final Bout
-Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Probably more but this is all I can think of for now
 
These are games that I bought either new or used on international websites....

Hakuna Matata (Afrika) - Korean Version
Aquanaut's Holliday - Korean Version
Policenauts - PSX - JAP
Last Window - DS - PAL
Xenoblade Bundle - Wii - PAL
Disaster - Wii - PAL
Another Code R - Wii - PAL
DoDonPachi Resurrection Deluxe - 360 - PAL
Tingle's Rupeeland - DS -PAL

I also found the DBZ PSX games at a local store used probably 10 years ago.
 
I've only imported two games, both region-free from the UK:

Lips: I (Heart) 80's - Xbox 360
Arcana Heart 3 - PS3
 
No way I can list it all, let's just say I started importing with the PSone, and since then have owned, or currently own imports for: Super Famicom, Gameboy,N64, NDS, PSP, PS2, Dreamcast, and wonderswan. Finally, last summer grabbed a white Saturn, and amassed a JP only collection of twenty-something games. I should note that as far as console gaming goes I mostly play JP imports , outside of Xbox 360 stuff, and have as of October mainly switched to being a PC gamer, with some bouts of retro import gaming.

Edit: Remembered some stuff.
 
Started to make up a list, had 47 games before I even got to Famicom... gave up. I have lots of games for earlier Japanese computer systems, especially MSX, PC88, PC98 and X68000. I have a ton of Japanese games, though I was in and out of Japan so much as a kid that a lot of it was actually bought there, so I'm not sure if that counts as importing.
 
Aeana said:
Started to make up a list, had 47 games before I even got to Famicom... gave up. I have lots of games for earlier Japanese computer systems, especially MSX, PC88, PC98 and X68000. I have a ton of Japanese games, though I was in and out of Japan so much as a kid that a lot of it was actually bought there, so I'm not sure if that counts as importing.
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I would so do this if my fiance' would let me, she's a big gamer herself but draws the line at the N64,SNES,DC,Saturn,Wii, and 360 cluttering up the living room. If I started amassing a collection of JP computer systems (which I've messed with a lot in emulated form) she'd murder me.
 
Not much really...

Xenoblade Chronicles (PAL)
Soma Bringer
Monster Hunter 2 (Dos)
Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut
Phantasy Star 0

Most other JP games I've played, I didn't import.
 
Prophane33 said:
I would so do this if my fiance' would let me, she's a big gamer herself but draws the line at the N64,SNES,DC,Saturn,Wii, and 360 cluttering up the living room. If I started amassing a collection of JP computer systems (which I've messed with a lot in emulated form) she'd murder me.
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A lot of my stuff is in storage simply because I don't have room for it. Sadly, I can't seem to get rid of it either. If I were less organized, I'd probably be a prime candidate for that Hoarders show or something.

I have a lot of fond memories of games from that era. As I was listing, I suddenly remembered the title/map theme from Xak 3 for PC98 and almost started crying. You can hear some of it if you seek to 5:20 in this video.
 
Jealous of the Japanese PC stuff. That's a field that has always sounded super-interesting to me, but not quite enough to go through the work of gathering the real hardware. Candy cab + PCBs gotta come first!
 
Out of curiosity has anyone actually imported a JP Windows PC game? I just remembered that I own a few. Nobunaga's Ambition 9 (-ish), Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII, and PTO IV. completely forgot until now.
 
Prophane33 said:
Out of curiosity has anyone actually imported a JP Windows PC game? I just remembered that I own a few. Nobunaga's Ambition 9 (-ish), Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII, and PTO IV. completely forgot until now.
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I've got most of Falcom's PC releases, though I'm missing a few like New Legend of Heroes (really, really want this). I've recently been buying Korean and Chinese PC/DOS games, with my most recent purchases being the Windows 95 version of Legend of Swordsman and Fairy, Legend of the Ancient Sword, and the Chinese PC port of Zero no Kiseki.
 
Aeana said:
Started to make up a list, had 47 games before I even got to Famicom... gave up. I have lots of games for earlier Japanese computer systems, especially MSX, PC88, PC98 and X68000. I have a ton of Japanese games, though I was in and out of Japan so much as a kid that a lot of it was actually bought there, so I'm not sure if that counts as importing.
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I felt the same. Does it count as importing if you lived there when you bought it? If so, 2/3rds my collection (Er, physical collection. I've got way too many Steam games.) would be considered imported.

I have three games imported from Europe though, Gray Matter, Machinarium, and Xenoblade Chronicles.
 
95% of my collection from this generation are imports because they cost a fraction of the prices overseas. Just got RAGE from the UK for $18AUD.
 
Lissar said:
I felt the same. Does it count as importing if you lived there when you bought it? If so, 2/3rds my collection (Er, physical collection. I've got way too many Steam games.) would be considered imported.

I have three games imported from Europe though, Gray Matter, Machinarium, and Xenoblade Chronicles.
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Yeah, I posted the same earlier. I kinda want to list the NA games I bought when I was living in Japan.
 
Way too many to fucking count, I have more imports than I do domestic games for most consoles.

I don't import current gen stuff that often, the last thing I got was Gundam Extreme Versus.
 
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