was wondering if these games will ever get an audience from asian gamers? or only importers-enthusiasts get it and make gamefaqs translations on their own? issit to soon to hope for a pricedrop or budget rerelease at p-a?




/NamcoBandai
THE IDOLM@STER (released)

http://namco-ch.net/idolmaster_xbox360/index.php

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=119511

http://www.bob.com.sg/forum/showthread.php?t=31017

^ u can grab some trailers & free theme from jpn marketplace.




/NamcoBandai
Zegapain XOR & Zegapain NOT (released)
http://www.zegapain-game.net/
^on discount at p-a, but reviews say their very mediocre



/D3
Chikyuu Boueigun 3 / Earth Defense Force 2017 (released/US version coming soon)
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=354215



/D3
Oneechanbara Vortex (released/US version coming soon?)
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/381288




/From Software | MS publishing the US version
Tenchu Senran (released/US version coming soon)
http://www.tenchu.net/senran/
^ did anyone here manage to grab the "bringing it home tgs" demo?



/SquareEnix | MS publishing the US version
Project Sylpheed (released/US version coming soon)
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/sylph/



/Sega
Sonic the Hedgehog (released in JPN & US)
http://sonic.sega.jp/sonic/
^not sure if the JPN version has English support and the US version was said to be region-locked



/Banpresto
Super Robot Taisen XO (released)
http://suparobo.jp/srw_lineup/srw_xo/index.html
^during the p-a sales, it was available for USD29.90 (i think) briefly



/AQ Interactive | MS publishing the US version
Vampire's Rain (released/US version coming soon)
http://www.aqi.co.jp/product/vampirerain/enter.html
^ supports English. reviews so-so only.



/Genki | Ubisoft published the US version
Shutokou Battle X | Import Tuner Challenge (released in JPN & US)
http://www.genki.co.jp/games/shuto10/index.html
^ US version is region-locked



/Genki
Kengo Zero (released)
http://www.genki.co.jp/games/kengo_zero/index.html



/G.Rev
Senko no Ronde Rev.X (released)
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=320856



/
other games;
- some SRPGs from Idea Factory (one even have as Asian/Chinese release)
- Hudson games like Bomberman: Act Zero, Tengai Makyou: Ziria
- ....... lots more obscure/niche games



/
erm, most of them are quirky jpn games, not appealing to everybody. even if they release asian versions, they wont sell well. but sometimes, p-a offer discounts on them or they reprint cheaper platinum versions
NTSC/J Jpn platinum budget rerelease goes at ~￥ 3,000

do note a US/EU version doesn't guarantee NTSC/J Asian 360s can play them. still have to wait for region-lock confirmation.


/
also would like to give credit to MS SEAsia game publishing arm. they co-published oblivion, table tennis, [eM] (and more?) for the SEAsian markets

This post has been edited by acougan: Mar 11 2007, 02:03 PM

haha, actually i wanted to start a games thread abt trusty bell/eternal sonata since its coming soon.

then i realized it'll be most probably be too expensive for my budget asian game prices really spoilt me

also i was reminded of a little discussion abt region-lock, jpn games, english support and asian gamers the other day, so i thought might as well start a topic on JPN imports.

do keep this thread alive with discussion, if interests/demand are too big, open an individual/seperate games thread. maybe we can even send requests to Djinn to rent out certain JPN imports?

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=e...%3De5M%26sa%3DG

chinese readers, care to confirm this HK post? is this rumor true?

asian (cheapo ) versions of Culdcept Saga, AC4, BD (Chinese), trusty bell coming soon?

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Added on March 6, 2007, 9:08 amon another note;

THE IDOLM@STER seems 2b doing well in jpn, game is selling well, DLC also selling well

http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/rumor-japans-...orld-241420.php

/



This post has been edited by acougan: Mar 6 2007, 09:08 AM

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=ht...Flanguage_tools
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=ht...Flanguage_tools

a small MS event celebrating the anniversary of HK launch. alot of asian version games will be published. (sounds like a good prospect for Msia launch also) keep up the good work, MS Asia.


/From Software | Sega publishing the US version
Armored Core 4 (ETA Mar22nd/asian version coming soon ETA apr30)
http://www.armoredcore.net/ac4/
^ good news! asian version confirmed, cheaper than JPN/US version





This post has been edited by acougan: Mar 17 2007, 02:51 PM