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Thread of Independent, Limited and Region Specific Physical Game Releases
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I guess they broke their own "street date"? how bizarre. So anyway -- this is not limited at all right, just exclusive to that store?
Or is there any chance this could end up at retail? It would definitely have to be a different cover.
Great guess, it's Lode Runner
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Dispatch games doing Japanese Rail Sim for switch April 2020
Did anyone else order the Rock Man Special Box Set and/or EspRaDe Psi from Japan?
My last purchase this year and probably for a long time. Gonna work on my backlog.
My last purchase this year and probably for a long time. Gonna work on my backlog.
Me. I've got the PS4 and Switch versions on order for Rockman. They aren't released until tomorrow though. I should get them on the Monday if I'm lucky (Amazon Japan postage is amazingly quick)
I should get them around monday too but I wouldn't count on it this time because of christmas. Delivery services may take a bit longer.
They managed to get my Ryu Ga Gotoku Kiwami 2 special edition to me at the same time frame a few years back, and we had snow that year! So I'm confident it'll turn up pre Xmas!
try sending them an email, i'm sure they'll have some remaining stock left over from a set quantity to order for
Got both my Rockman boxsets today, its nice to have a physical release of the second half of the classic games at last on the Switch!
Now just to pick out a nice spot for the boxes...
Now just to pick out a nice spot for the boxes...
I would assume the PS4 version of the first collection has all the patches on disc too?
Yes, no patches were installed when I tried the game and it had turbo/rewind modes included in the game as standard (which were patches in the PS4 game originally). Aside from being the latest version of each game, if you play the games set to Japan mode you get all the intro songs that were cut for the International releases which is a neat bonus.
How does the X/O buttons work in the Japanese releases? Circle to confirm in menus, but gameplay button mapping remains the same as in the international releases? Or are the in game controls different in the Japanese versions too?
Yeah, menus is the standard Circle = confirm stuff, but I think the rest of it works as per normal with X or Square as confirm (or start, depending on the menu). Honestly I don't remember but don't recall having any issues when in game.
videogameplus have pre-orders available for Wattam for each cover for those who were after a speciic cover, price is slightly higher at $33.76 USD(i assume it's just because it's converted from $45 CAD), just don't forget to use paypal when you buy from them
I was going to say that it's still probably a better deal for Canadians but I did the math -- 51.43$ from iam8bit and 54.23$ from vgp.ca (CAD).
Of course one might get dinged by borders but for a single game, probably not.
Somehow nobody has posted about this new limited print company called 1Print Games. Their first game Kero Blaster was released on November 29. Luckily there was still stock and I was able to get one.
https://1printgames.com/product/kero-blaster-nintendo-switch/
https://1printgames.com/product/kero-blaster-nintendo-switch/
They have literally released just one game. It's Pixel's game though so it should be good.
Ya they are doing Ittle Dew and Death Squared apparently too though https://1printgames.com/category/blog/
Ittle Dew would be great as a compilation. Similar to how Guacamelee got re-released as a 2-pack.
so resident evil 5 and 6 might a separate retail release? this for the switch
What annoys me about these is how staggered the releases have been (assuming these are indeed physical releases). I've been collecting everything Capcom has been releasing over every platform and I welcome physical Switch releases of their RE stuff (because the file sizes for each game are damn big) but the fact that I grabbed RE4 digitally naively when I assumed no physical release was happening only for the three pack to happen, then redeemed the codes for 5 and 6, and now this... All I ask is for physical releases day and date with the digital ones.
Oh well, could actually be worse, I totally saw what Capcom was doing with DMC so instead of grabbing DMC2 digitally I waited for the DMC physical release that comes with 2 and 3 digitally. No reason to give them any money toward DMC2, I'm still angry about that game from the early 00's!
Woah, I just found out Anodyne 2 had a (sort of) physical release. They put a Steam key on a fake disc in a SegaCD long box with a Game Boy style manual.
Regardless of the lack of actual disc, I'm kinda bummed I missed this. It was apparently only a 100 unit print. Anyone here end up grabbing this?
Regardless of the lack of actual disc, I'm kinda bummed I missed this. It was apparently only a 100 unit print. Anyone here end up grabbing this?
I also wonder if they are going to release Munch's Odysee on PS3 still. Or any other PS3 games for that matter.
So do we know if there are any more EastAsiaSoft Vita releases coming out or are those essentially done? I haven't heard anything about something new for a while now.
There were just two new games available to preorder a week or two ago. As far as I know there is no plan to stop in the near future.
SHIT. I MISSED THEM. First ones I've missed ever. Metalgal is going to be expensive to track down in the future, I bet...
So I had a look at their site, and their first game is only friggin' Golf Story. How did they manage to scoop that?
Bonus: they've also got a (explicitly Japan only) listing for a Celeste Switch reprint, which I find interesting.
Interesting, I asked about JJ sometime ago but then I tried the demo and hated it. Does the full game do anything differently? I remember feeling that way about the Nier Automata demo but the full game became my top 3 of the generation...
It's a Swery65 game, if you're a fan of any of his earlier works then I'd say it's a blind buy. The game excels at story, characters, atmosphere and presentation. It's hard to talk about the strongest aspects of the game without spoilers though. The gameplay is only serviceable but it has some novel ideas and I thought it was better than expected (sometimes janky, but definitely more polished than Deadly Premonition). The Missing is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer, you unlock new powers but no major gameplay changes. It takes an hour or so to get a feel for the physics-based platforming, so a short demo might not leave a great first impression.
How could this possibly get a physical release?
I usually go for these kinds of things but wary of this.
Asia is still printing carts, only EU/US had their production killed
Oh I thought those were all allocated as well.
I'm surprised a game that isn't even estimated to be completed until September 2020 could still get some reserved.
Their pool must be huge.