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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 Hearts Re: Chain of Memories alone), the English version of Siren: New [...]

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 you are too you can pick up this collectable. The price easily eclipses all [...]

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 any time soon. Unlike Tomy’s many other Naruto games Naruto Shippuuden: Dairansen! Kage Bunsen [...]

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 on Battle Fantasia (PS3), Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (US PS2), Ouendan (DS), Naruto Shippuuden: [...]

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 selling them for just $44.90, way less than Gamestop’s “used” price. According to the import [...]

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, Naruto Shippuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX and the Simple Wii Series Vol. 4: [...]

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 rate has dipped below the comforting 100 yen for $1 ratio since last week.
 
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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. A bunch of less import friendly Wii software like Dragon Quest Swords, Eyeshield 21 [...]

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 on or before coming Monday, February 4th." NCSX sent out an initial batch of [...]