Comments on: GungHo Bringing Six More PSone Imports to North America

By: Antonio Cara

Antonio Cara — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:19:56 +0000

Thanks for the kind words my new ally and friend!

The RPGs will be difficult, for sure, but my advice when you start learning the language is to look for books/games/manga designed for children. Once you have mastered Hiragana and Katakana, you will certainly appreciate the Furigana (small Hiragana characters) that float atop the more difficult Kanji.

Perhaps Oz no Mahoutsukai ~Another World~ RungRung would be a good start! – Less Kanji, more simple stuff!

By: Lightwarrior1111

Lightwarrior1111 — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:47:46 +0000

It will be years yet before I have time to learn Japanese. All the same, thank you immensely for doing this, as these games (Favorite Dear especially) are powerful motivation to make fast progress when that happy day finally arrives and I can turn my mind to the internalization of this vibrant living language.

Best Regards,
A Friend & Ally

By: Antonio Cara

Antonio Cara — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:36:47 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, and I definitely understand your concern. I’m glad you were able to confirm it here.

I sort of miss the old dedicated imports section. We definitely don’t use stock images for our releases, so if a screen shot is in Japanese, it’s safe to assume the game is too.

By: Antonio Cara

Antonio Cara — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:34:53 +0000

Love the enthusiastic response ^_^

We will continue to release great import titles and we appreciate your feedback.

By: darkalphar

darkalphar — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 02:01:41 +0000

I just saw the game Sentimental Graffiti on PlayStation Store, and was actually tempted to buy it but I’d never heard of it being translated into English. There was no mention of it being a foreign language game, so it was implied that it was in English (because nearly every game available are in English). Checked the screenshots, which showed it was in Japanese, but I was still skeptical because it’s always possible that they could’ve been stock image from the original version that was re-used for English release.

Thankfully, this blog confirmed my suspicions of the game being Japanese. So I think it’d be good idea to have a disclaimer stating that it’s a Japanese-only language game. Especially since import games are now merged into PS1 Classics.

By: DojoMojoMofo

DojoMojoMofo — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:21:36 +0000

Right on! Wipe out regional lockouts! I can’t guarantee I’ll spend much here (though I’ve always wanted to try SentiGraf, that was mostly a decade ago…) I love to see this kind of choice being offered. I’m one of those guys who took Japanese lessons and have imported games, both when it was possible and *cough* before as well.

I’d also look forward to more riichi mahjong titles, as I’m already a fan of series like アイドル雀士スーチーパイ、ちゅ～かな雀士てんほー牌娘、and lately the great PSP game, ひぐらしの哭く頃に: 雀 (against AI, it’s always a bit more fun with cheating special abilities, right?)

By: Antonio Cara

Antonio Cara — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:21:54 +0000

Thanks!

I can’t wait to see more imports too!

By: highill12

highill12 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:21:29 +0000

You know, I’m really glad that you guys are doing your best to bring over these imports. Its a little upsetting that so few lower profile games see a release overseas. It would be awesome to see newer games come out on the psn as imports like the project diva f game on the vita or the sword art online game on the psp.

Still, keep up the good work, i’m rooting for you!

By: Antonio Cara

Antonio Cara — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:15:46 +0000

You’re totally welcome! We hope you find out who sent that mysterious letter ^_^

By: Tesserae

Tesserae — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:59:31 +0000

Sentimental Graffiti was one of my all time favourites! I’m really glad to see it available :) Thank you!