Merry Christmas once again, Gaffers! It's the time of year when I go back to my family's house in the US with an otherwise empty suitcase that will instead be filled with Japanese game-related stuff (particularly JRPGs) that we Gaffers love so much.
I will fly back to New Jersey on
December 16, and will ship stuff the next day. This will be my fifth year doing this.
All prices
include US shipping and have factored in the hassle of my lugging them up and down subway stairwells and through airport terminals. I will very gladly ship abroad. Japan Post offers international media mail, unlike the US, and books generally cost between $3 and $10 additional, depending on weight, to ship overseas.
Prices are below market/eBay, though I give bigger discounts for things that are light and easy to carry and small/no discounts for stuff that I will get hernias trying to carry. ^_^; I prefer PayPal Gift, but will also take Amazon Payments. I'm looking for discounted PSN and Amazon credit (and will buy large amounts of it at 90% of face value), so let me know if you want to offer that.
Suikoden Series Fan Book - 25 (includes perforated trading cards and all kinds of info about the series; has some creases at the top right)
Dengeki Playstation - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance issue. Also contains a limited OST CD for
Ciel Nosurge (which is why I bought it, and where most of the value is). $20. If you just want the magazine with no CD, or the CD with no magazine, let me know; I can probably split them $5 and $15.
Final Fantasy VIII OST limited first printing - 25 - well used, but this is the 1999 first printing that contains a booklet with an interview with Uematsu and was sold only by making a reservation in certain convenience stores. Nowadays they print this using regular CD cases with sleeves. One of my favorite OSTs of all time. (I have another copy, in near-mint condition, but want to keep that one for myself. I'd consider selling it.)
Final Fantasy XI 4-Panel Manga Japanese-English Bilingual Intro to MMORPGs - 10 - I bought this to familiarize myself with MMORPG jargon before starting FFXIV. Each page contains the same 4-panel manga story with English on the left and Japanese on the right. A fantastic learning tool if you're studying Japanese, and as someone who needed to learn MMORPG slang in *English*, I loved this book.
FFXIV Eorzea Official Starting Guide - 10 - A nice guide to 1.0, with maps, character classes, etc.
Xenosaga I Scenario Book - 10 - Complete dialogue for the game.
Star Ocean II: The Second Story Official Guidebook & Basic Knowledge - 8
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Final Fantasy XIV Eorzea World Report 2.1 Map & Scenario - 20 (ridiculously heavy)
Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn Official Guide - 15 (also thick and heavy; explains everything about all the classes, icons, maps, etc., but no postgame; I have two of these, and I loved them)
Final Fantasy XIV Dengeki Playstation Guide - 10
Final Fantasy Type-0 World Preview - 10
Folks Soul (Folklore) Official Guide - 15 (this is really hard to find now)
Suikoden Series Fan Book - 25 (accidentally photographed this twice)
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Persona 4 Official Design Works - 15
Persona 4 Official Guide Book (shorter) - 8
Final Fantasy VI Advance V-Jump Guide - 10
Tactics Ogre PSP (Japan) 1st printing; includes
tarot cards, though there's no special box; they came bound together with a rubber band - 30
Tactics Ogre PSP Premium (Europe); includes mini-OST CD, artbook, etc. Box has some dings but the inside is perfect - 30
Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Ultimania - 15
FFXII "Trekking in the World of FFXII" - 10. Perhaps my favorite of all officially licensed Square-Enix guidebooks. A group of fanatics explored Ivlaice to an extreme and measure all kinds of things (number of steps from Balfonheim to Raithwall; racial demographics of each region; rainfall totals; "gambits" used by monsters and NPCs. Just amazing. I have three of these and bought them specifically so I could sell them to fellow FFXII devotees at a reasonable price. If you have any Japanese ability at all, you will love this book.
FFXII Ultimania Omega - 20 - Massively thick; contains every spoken line in the game, including by all ~1100 NPCs. I used this book to compare the beautiful English translation with the original, and it only made me appreciate the translation more!
FFX-2 HD Ultimania - 15 - The new one for the PS3/PS4/Vita HD port.
Lightning Returns Master Guide - 9. Includes J-PSN/Xbox redeemable Aeris/Aerith costume for Lightning that was valid until 11/20/2015; no promises if you try to redeem it now. Still sealed.
Final Fantasy IX Ultimania - 18 - Have multiple copies.
FFXII Ultimania Omega - 18 - Lots of really nice pre-release artwork in here.
FF Type-0 Ultimania - 20 - Another massive fat one.
Persona Club P4 Fan Book - 15
Persona 3 FES Official Fan Book "S.E.E.S." - 15
Persona 4 Official Design Works - 15
Persona 4 Perfect Guide - 10
Persona 3 & 4 World Analysis - 15
Persona 4 Golden Master Guide - 15
Persona Magazine September 2014 and June 2014 - 10 each - book-sized magazines filled with info about Persona, including an ongoing manga series. June has the "Miss Contest" part of the P4 story.
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More stuff!
Complete set of four
Valkyria Chronicles Japanese art/design books. The fourth one is from the anime (and supposedly contained a DVD, which is not included). I'd love to put these in the hands of a fellow VC fan. Total
$70 including US shipping; these things are heavy.
Xenoblade Official Guide (rare) - 15
The World Ends With You Complete Guide - 10
Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania - SOLD
Sigma Harmonics official strategy guide - 7
Final Fantasy Type-0 OST 1st Printing with bonus DVD full of Type-0/Versus/FFXV trailers - 40
Big stuff:
Ar Nosurge Collector's Edition: Unused with game sealed. Contains a stunning metal music box that plays music from the game. I ended up leaving this sealed and buying a used copy of the game, which I will also happily sell ($10). This collector's box goes for well over $100 on places like eBay; make me an offer. $80?
A lightly used
Dragon Quest Metal Slime matte silver PS4, available only in Japan. (I had listed it on eBay but would be happy to sell it on GAF for a much lower price.)
Includes a microphone (for use with DQX?) which I have not tested, and the outer sleeve for the PS4, but there is no USB port cover.
$550 within the US, and I will take offers if neither this nor the following PS4 sells. (I might just use one myself.)
Also, an unused
Final Fantasy Type-0 burgundy PS4, also available only in Japan.
Everything brand new: FF Type-0 game, with FFXV demo version downloadable on Japanese PSN, still sealed. This one also has a cardboard sleeve around the outer box.
$500 within the US.
Also have more stuff not pictured; will take photos if anyone wants:
Xenogears Perfect Works: The Real Thing - 65 - This is the 2014 reissue, which is itself now out of print.
Final Fantasy VII (hardcover), VIII "Wish You Were Here" (soft), and X "A Tale For You" (soft) complete scenario/dialog books: now out of print; these consist of a transcript of a full playthrough with all dialogue and screenshots. A great way to re-experience a game, or to refer to the Japanese original if you're playing in English and want a bilingual experience. 25 each.
Official V-Jump guides for Chrono Cross, FF7, and FF Tactics - 12 each - large-size official guidebooks from the turn of the millennium, before Ultimania became a thing. Full
furigana next to/over all the kanji for you Japanese learners!
Valkyria Chronicles official guidebook - 12
FFX Ultimania Omega - 15
Chaos;Head & Steins;Gate Science Adventure Series Maniacs - 20 - Great guidebook with tons of promotional art. Two games in one book.
Steins;Gate official guidebook - 15 - A4 size but not too thick. The official guidebook that came out when the game was new. Covers all scenarios, has artwork, etc.
"Huke" (the artist's)
official Steins;Gate artbook - 30 - big and heavy; A4 size, full of the artwork he created for the game
Gravity Daze (Rush) official guidebook - 25
CGWORLD Game Graphic Design 2012 book - 25 - A semi-annual book/magazine for game CG developers. Contains pre-alpha renderings of various games' graphics, including Gravity Rush. Cover is that famous green image of Kat looking out at Hekseville from a 90° angle. The only other source of Gravity Rush art I know of besides the official book. Softcover but very heavy; coffee table style.
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I can also pre-order games, such as Steins;Gate 0 and the PS4 Gravity Daze port, and carry them to the US for a small premium. Let's say halfway between the list price and that of importers like Play Asia as a starting point. Anything I buy will be carried back to the US on 12/16 and go out in the following days. And if you buy a lot of stuff, I will very happily give discounts!
