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Play-Asia Clearing Stock Offering 15% Off All In Stock Until Halloween

By Spencer . October 24, 2008 . 8:28am

Play-Asia is temporarily marking all of their inventory down 15% from now until October 31. There are some great deals to pick up like the Ultimate Hits re-release of Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ for $30 (that’s the same price as Kingdom…

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Judge Magister Gabranth’s helmet costs over a grand

By Spencer . September 15, 2008 . 2:59pm

True to life size Final Fantasy XII armor is expensive. The average rat hunter in Rabanastre can’t plunk down $1099 plus shipping and handling for a 1:1 scale Judge Magister Gabranth helmet. The Archadian empire is obviously loaded and if…

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Naruto and his shadow clones get a price break

By Spencer . September 9, 2008 . 8:48pm

For one week Play-Asia is dropping the price of Naruto Shippuuden: Dairansen! Kage Bunsen Emaki down to $19.90. Tomy released the game this past February and since it has Shippuuden characters I wouldn’t expect it to appear in North America…

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Save with Play-Asia’s summer sale

By Spencer . July 11, 2008 . 9:36pm

From now until July 20th, most instock items will be discounted 25%. Unfortunately, that means imports coming later this month like Persona 4 and Rhythm Tengoku Gold won't be part of the promotion. However, you can get a good deal…

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Soundtrack-less Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne now shipping

By Spencer . April 21, 2008 . 12:16pm

Persona 3 initiates now if your chance to chance to get pick it up Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne without breaking the bank. New copies are on the market and they are cheaper than the original manufacturer retail price. Play-Asia is…

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Play-Asia knocks 20% off all in stock items

By Spencer . March 27, 2008 . 7:54am

To celebrate Easter Play-Asia is dropping 20% off everything as long as it is on their shelves. This deal comes at an opportune time for eager Nintendo Wii owners who just got a Freeloader. Many Japan-only Wii games like Eyeshield 21,…

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Declining dollar makes importing (relatively) cheaper

By Spencer . March 21, 2008 . 8:13am

Strange, but true fact: If you live in the USA importing games from Play-Asia is actually cheaper than buying them in Japan, if you include currency exchange. It’s been a long time coming, but the Yen to US dollar exchange…

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Ouendan 2 for $30 and other Lunar New Year deals from Play-Asia

By Spencer . February 13, 2008 . 12:28pm

Play-Asia just started their annual Chinese New Year sale and there are over 5,000 items to sort through. (Note: This number includes movies, CDs, toys and such.) The big seller may be the import friendly Ouendan 2, which is only $30.…

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Smash Brothers shortage mitigated, restock planned for next week

By Spencer . January 30, 2008 . 10:53pm

Despite initial speculation that pre-orders of Dairantou Smash Brothers X, better known as the Japanese Super Smash Brothers Brawl, would be severely bottlenecked two import retailers have a new tone. Play-Asia notes a restock "covering all currently outstanding preorders will arrive…

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Post holiday import deals: Ouendan 2 and Final Fantasy XII International

By Spencer . December 26, 2007 . 6:55am

In light of having a little extra holiday cash I glanced around the internet to find a place to spend it. Conveniently, Play-Asia has some cheap imports including temporary price drop on Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2, which reduces it to…