Comments on: This Week In Imports: Cave Takes A Chance

By: Hello_Hello

Hello_Hello — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:10:39 +0000

Oh wow, a new Spectral Force game. I hope it gets localized for North America. It looks pretty good:

http://www.ideaf.co.jp/sfl/

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:09:11 +0000

I'm getting Mushihime and the new Layton, the young Luke is adorable :)!

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:07:55 +0000

Not many are willing to shell out $70-80 for a shmup, since most people see this genre's value being at $20 or so, they got spoiled by Raiden Fighters Aces, some think even Raiden V was expensive at $40. Like Wartech Senko no Ronde launching at full $60, it bombed, and people didn't even buy it until it dropped to around $10-20. I have no problem shelling out this much since I have lots of fun by playing them over and over (I'm not even that good), but these could arguably be sold as downloadable games for a much more affordable price.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:55:22 +0000

I know, I just hope they say something about Kizuna 360 alrdy too! Since I don't want to play a shmup on the small DS (maybe on a LL wouldn't be so bad). Maybe 5pb messed up the Dodonpachi port so bad it go axed :(… I would've ordered them both to save an extra $4 if it doesn't say TBA forever… alrdy got the LE Mushihime pre-ordered, I think the soundtracks and box would be worth it :) I have the Mushihime theme on my 360 and a Reco wallpaper on my laptop right now :)

By: Hello_Hello

Hello_Hello — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:10:39 +0000

Oh wow, a new Spectral Force game. I hope it gets localized for North America. It looks pretty good:

http://www.ideaf.co.jp/sfl/

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:09:11 +0000

I'm getting Mushihime and the new Layton, the young Luke is adorable :)!

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:07:55 +0000

Not many are willing to shell out $70-80 for a shmup, since most people see this genre's value being at $20 or so, they got spoiled by Raiden Fighters Aces, some think even Raiden V was expensive at $40. Like Wartech Senko no Ronde launching at full $60, it bombed, and people didn't even buy it until it dropped to around $10-20. I have no problem shelling out this much since I have lots of fun w/ them by playing them over and over (I'm not even that good), but these could arguably be sold as downloadable games for a much affordable price.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:55:22 +0000

I know, I just hope they say something about Kizuna 360 alrdy too! Since I don't want to play a shmup on the small DS (maybe on a LL wouldn't be so bad). Maybe 5pb messed up the Dodonpachi port so bad it go axed :(… I would've ordered them both to save an extra $4 if it doesn't say TBA forever… alrdy got the LE Mushihime pre-ordered, I think the soundtracks and box would be worth it :) I have have the Mushihime theme on my 360 and a Reco wallpaper on my laptop right now :)

By: honorless

honorless — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:42:10 +0000

I don't get the comments on how omg expensive this is. Maybe current-gen non-handheld games are out of people's price range, but they typically cost $60. An import being $10 more is not that much of a premium (and it's less with P-A's coupon)

By: SeventhEvening

SeventhEvening — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:10:58 +0000

I second that. I like danmaku, but I'm rarely willing to shell out much for them.

By: SeventhEvening

SeventhEvening — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:09:35 +0000

That's how I feel. I don't see a reason to have a region lock on any game released in USA, PAL or JAP regions. If someone want's to import a game they should be able to. I think there would be less modded consoles if we went region free. But I don't know the ins and outs of the industry. Maybe there is a cost associated with the region code.

I mean, the only argument I can think of against region free is that it becomes more difficult to track each region's sales. But if you keep track of where shipments are being sent, even that's a pretty small problem.

I was just reciting what I read as part of the announcement Cave made about Mushihime Futari. I didn't think it made a lot of sense either.

By: justinslot

justinslot — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:49:17 +0000

Play Asia does have an 8 dollars off coupon right now–that'll make it a little cheaper: DP-UZZ-ERB

By: nyobzoo

nyobzoo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:51:48 +0000

Mushihimesama Futari is way too expensive and way too short for me to import.

By: nyoron

nyoron — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:51:30 +0000

Maybe if this sells well enough they'll take those sales figures and try to shop their games around for localization again… after turning the region lock back on of course. And then there's still no guarantee that anyone will pick them up – and everything is back to square one.

But who knows, maybe it will all work out.

By: Ujn Hunter

Ujn Hunter — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:34:10 +0000

Does it cost them more money to flip the Region Free flag on their disc? This isn't making sense otherwise. If they don't have any plans on releasing the games outside of Japan, then the Region lock is just limiting their sales.