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Postby **Lynx** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:33 pm

Does anyone know some good cheap places to buy import games? i've tried http://www.yesasia.com but it seems expensive. and does anyone know if any import games have english text options or are they always in japanese or chinese or korean?

Postby **Tarnish** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:40 pm

http://www.cartoonpassion.com/game.html

They're pretty expensive, but not much moreso than what games cost here in the States.

Postby **Sync** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:07 pm

Not to discourage you but very few games will have enough english for you to understand the game completely, some are self-explanatory enough if it's anime based and you've seen the show (unless they turn it into an adventure/date-sim). Full english text mode is another story though, Gyakuten Saiban/Phoenix Wright is the only one I can think of like that.
But you want places, Play-Asia is the only site i've used other than eBay to get import titles, then again I only have 12 at the moment.

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 7:54 am

Play-asia is the one I have used, and my experience with them was great.

I own uh... 6 import games!

8 If you want to count korean versions of Metal Slug 4 and Baulders Gate 2. The latter being pretty much the english version (The box was korean)

Postby **Esoteric** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:25 pm

http://www.ncsx.com sells import games as well, though, not cheaply. It is generally the nature of import games to be expensive. It's a specialty market, burdened by overseas shipping costs and import tariffs, etc....

Postby **Lynx** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:03 pm

thanks guys... i guess the moral of the story is, if i want cheap japanese games, go to japan?

Postby **MasterDias** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:41 pm

Japanese video games are hardly cheap regardless...they are generally more expensive in Japan than in America...

Postby **Lynx** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:37 pm

even used games?

Postby **MasterDias** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:59 pm

I'm not aware how Japan does used games.

But the average price for a new PS2 game in Japan seems to be somewhere in the vicinity of $60 (as opposed to the typical American price of $50).

And then there are certain companies that know they can charge whatever they want for a game in Japan, and it will still sell millions of copies.
For example, Final Fantasy XII which is going to cost nearly $80 in Japan upon release.

Postby **Lynx** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:01 pm

wow... ok now on to plan B... become filthy rich somehow, and then buy imported games :lol:

Postby **Sai** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:29 pm

how long does it take for a game to arrive on average?? ("arrive" meaning at my house from time of order)

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:31 pm

expect from 5 days up till 2 weeks. It really depends on what method you ship and if your courrier (UPS, Fedex, etc) get things working right.

Postby **Sai** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:04 pm

mk thanks so much!

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