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That was my thinking at well. IO thought, HOTD game? How have I not heard about this? Oh no, more I have to buy! Then... I read slotmania above the title.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
That one looks cool.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
If I were 10 and Japanese, I would be losing it over these.
Sorry for the late reply, and thanks for the info. I've never played any of these titles before, but I have to agree that Densha de Go method is definitely better as a game. Still, Railfan is really pretty to look at. It's unfortunate that Taito were acquired by Square Enix... all their franchises are pretty much dead now. :/Yes Railfan is a similar kind of game.
The main difference between Railfan and Densha de Go series is that while the former records a real video of the train course, the latter plays in a full virtual environment.
Both approaches have its advantages and disadvantages.
With the first method you get a perfect image quality and environment, but since the video is pre-recorded it sometimes can go "out-of-sync" if you do not follow the time perfectly.
The Densha de Go method instead has a fully 3D modeled world, so the image fidelity is lower but the interaction-immersion level is much higher.
That 3DS game should be made with the Densha de Go method.
I remember trying Densha de Go Final a few years ago and really liking it.
I was trying to find a copy for myself here in Japan but even second hand they're pretty expensive, $50+. Controllers can reach $200 easily!
Unfortunately the whole "de Go!" series was dropped by Taito with the advent of HD consoles because it became too costly to build HD towns
Law Abiding Stranger
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I believe this is new.
Looks really nice!
The swagger of the man in the center is off the charts. I want to dress like this lad.
Haha
ThePeoplesBureau
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Lovely stuff, reminds me of the glory days of Super Famicom boxart.
Midnight Moon
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I remember Natsume said they had no plans to bring over the last game, Medarot 7, but they said maybe the next game.
Viola of the Abyss
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Incidentally Taito dropped the series before the S-E acquisition and when they were bought S-E actually tried to revive the genre a little bit by publishing new games/ports on DS, PSP and iOS but they didn't attract much of an audience.
Which is too bad as Train Simulators are almost like a timed puzzle game.
Here's hoping that the SonicPowered game manages to revive interest a bit.
Hot Coldman
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Ah yes, Cube and Sphere. My favourite video game characters.
I see, that's really too bad then. I didn't know that they were released on PSP as well, so I Googled and then checked out Amazon Japan. Holy crap @ the prices! :O Densha de Go! Final is 7,000yen though. Would you recommend it to a newbie? Watching the gameplay videos have piqued my interest in this series.
Fuck Sphere, that series was way better before they added Sphere and it was just Cube by himself.
GNNNNN
Japanese logos are serious.
sixteen-bit
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It looks like a new DOAX
Team Ninja lost
Sammy Samusu
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Wii U got the superior boxart, sorry.
Now available on 4 platforms, time to bring it to the west, Capcom.
Now available on 4 platforms, time to bring it to the west, Capcom.
Viola of the Abyss
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Yeah, Densha de Go games are crazy expensive!
I'm searching for a used copy around here as my budget for final is about 3000 Yen.
No way I can find a new copy that cheap.
I saw Densha de Go 3 for 2000 the other day in Akihabara so I should find it for that price.
I can't say if I would recommend it to someone new in the series as I'm not really an expert, as I said before I just tried Final for a brief period and it seemed a really nice game.
A big part of Medarot DUAL is the ability to play with characters from earlier games in the series. You know, the ones only released in Japan.
Infernal Monkey
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That Batman box isn't final. Also, oddly, it doesn't look like the 3DS version is getting a Japanese release.
Hmm... OK I guess I'll just pick up Densha de Go! Final when I have some cash to spare. Good luck in your hunt! Hopefully you'll be able to find a copy within your budget. Sorry for going way off-topic, and thanks for replying.
Infernal Monkey
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Visual Novelsall these covers just make me jelly thinking about all the games we're missing out on
I have to assume it's yet to be listed on Amazon Japan or something, because why the hell would you skip releasing it on the most popular platform there? Unless Sony paid for an exclusive, but that seems relatively useless for Batman.
ShinoguTakeruKoeru
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I really really hope that picture of Arkham Origins on Vita means that Vita games are finally getting transparent game cases, but I'm just kidding myself.
And I looked up Amazon Japan to try to find the 3DS version of the game, no dice.
What I DID find out was that the Japanese title for the game is "Batman: Arkham Begins," which I can't help but feel is a way better title.
And I looked up Amazon Japan to try to find the 3DS version of the game, no dice.
What I DID find out was that the Japanese title for the game is "Batman: Arkham Begins," which I can't help but feel is a way better title.
Yeah, I'd like to see more fully transparent cases, especially in case they ever decide to print more reversible/double sided covers in the future... that aren't just used to display warranty/warning garbage (so less Xbox 360/Tales of Xillia USA, more first party Sony/Tales of Xillia JPN.)
AdawgDaFAB
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Musou Orochi Maou Sairin = Warriors Orochi 2. So when Musou Orochi 2 came out, it became Warriors Orochi 3 elsewhere.
Similarly, the PSX fighter Dynasty Warriors = Sangoku Musou. When it turned into the hack and slash we know the series as today, the first one was called Shin Sangoku Musou, whereas elsewhere it was called Dynasty Warriors 2. Thus every modern game has a DW title with one higher number than it's SSM counterpart title. We will run into a similar problem if they ever make another Hokuto Musou game too.
I'm pretty sure Warner Japan only released the Vita version of Spy Hunter in Japan too.
Acrylic7
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fuck, whatever happened to Medabots? The cover is fucking sick.
Although I would only import Japanese versions of games that I like if I had no other choice in which they don't come to America or even Europe, I like Japanese covers of games more so than American covers of certain games, because the American covers look kind of bland compared to the Japanese ones.
The franchise got heavily milked in Japan, and eventually sales went down to nothing. After a five year hiatus the franchise was revived wih Medarot DS in 2010.
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