twintee
Member
Hi,
I made this thread to post opinions of me and other Japanese gamers living in Japan.
I have heard about the Agarest War NLE release that comes in a perfect package meant for the game! But I am also sad to hear that it will not be region free… orz
Japanese gamers are interested importing this title, and they would definitely buy it if it’s region free. So please, make this game region free!
At last I declare "Furia is my wife!!"
twintee
Member
>canadane
it's truth.
i can play agarest war 360jp.
but agarest war NLE is good package.
i want to use oppai mouse pad and pillow case.
i don't own western xbox360...
playing game is an additional reason.
i will buy agarest war NLE even if it is region locked.
but if i can play it, i will gladly play it.
orka
Member
magusgs - Microsoft advocates publishers to region lock their games, but it's not for them to make those calls. In the end, it's up to the publishers to decide what they want to do in regards to region compatibility.
InfiniteNine - Yes, it's true that there are many games that work for both U.S. and Japanese 360s, but many of those games share a universal build, including BlazBlue. To put it short: Both the Japanese and the Americans got the exact same game; they were just packaged differently.
If you play around with your machine's and the game's region and language settings, you can see that they are exactly the same game. I can vouche this for BB because I imported the Japanese release for PS3 and I was able to switch even the credits to Aksys just by changing the language settings to English.
This American release of Agarest Wars, however, is intended specifically for the U.S. market and I was informed that there is no Japanese text. So it's a different build for sure.
In the end, it's pretty much up to Aksys what they do with the game. But if there is demand for the game in Japan, I don't see any reason not to make it region free. There aren't too many cases where Japanese gamers want to reverse-import titles.
twintee said:
thanks to all response.
and my concern may be unnecessary.
i want to tell aksys staffs that some japanese gamers want to play it.i hope aksys staffs works to agarest war will be region free.
We have heard you. I am looking into this matter. I'm not sure when I'll get a response, but know that your cries have not fallen on deaf ears.
WARBEAR
Member
I am from the UK and would appreciate a region free release for Agarest on the 360. I found my way to this site while searching (in vain) for an answer to the question of regionalisation for this upcoming release. Region locking is a nightmare for PAL using RPG lovers.
telepathy
Member
IMO, everything should be region free, so people can just enjoy the games instead of having to jump through hoops to play region protected games. It's also the reason why I want a number of PS2 games to get PS3 ports so I can just import & play (provided it isn't released in my region).
From what I understand, publishers profit by outsourcing their games in different regions to different publishers, like Aksys. The game has already been released in Japan, so Aksys couldn't profit from outsourcing this to a publisher there anyway. They could profit from having a European publisher publish it in PAL, though.
So I don't see any reason why it would be region locked to US-only. I would definitely buy this if it were compatible with JP 360s. At least, that's what I'm hoping, as I have a JP 360 and live in a PAL area. IIRC, Spectral Force 3 was also like this--compatible with US and JP, not PAL--which was also made by Idea Factory.
Ultimately I think the majority of sales would rise if it were region free, like Mushihimesama Futari was.
I'm from the UK and I'd gladly support Aksys and import the Agarest LE if it was region free. I also know a handful of friends who would also do the same. Nothing annoys me more than seeing games that you want to play but can't without purchasing a new console from that specific region. Thankfully this doesn't apply to the PS3 but it's still mildly annoying for the Xbox 360.
matty said:
Not to go off on a tangent, but how did so many Europeans find their way here? It's just interesting and kind of cool.
I heard the news of Deathsmiles finally getting a release outside of Japan and was checking up on whether it was region free or not and noticed that Agarest was getting released too. It'd be great if both were region free.
twintee
Member
i'm glad that aksys staff checked and comment here.
i hope aksys-games will be a Savior of customers those have few fans likes region rocked games.
in addition, if still in time to shipment, i suggest to add Agarest War Furia's hip mouse pad like it.lol
http://node3.img3.akibablog.net/09/sep/21/jyun/104.jpg
Comandante
Member
twintee said:
i'm glad that aksys staff checked and comment here.
i hope aksys-games will be a Savior of customers those have few fans likes region rocked games.in addition, if still in time to shipment, i suggest to add Agarest War Furia's hip mouse pad like it.lol
http://node3.img3.akibablog.net/09/sep/21/jyun/104.jpg
Fyuria would need to grow some hips first. From the images I've seen she would need to seriously gain some weight.
sonofmarx
Member
I would like to through in my support behind making the game region free.
I live in Japan and could have bought the Japanese version a long time ago. I have been waiting for the english release because english is my native language and its a lot easier to play RPGs in english.
I know its a selfish reason but I want to play this game and I want to understand it 100%.
I look forward to playing... if I can on my Japanese 360...
Thanks.
Tyris
Member
Aussie gamer here with a Japanese 360.
Since pre-orders can be hard to get a hold of sometimes (such as the Idol M@ster SE from play-asia which sold out in under 10 minutes), it would be fantastic if we could get a response as soon as possible Belisarius, so we can choose an appropriate course of action.
Of course I (we) understand that getting this sort of information isn't always easy; but I implore you to do your best to find out for us.
Thanks.
Any information on whether an NE may be released outside NA would be lovely to know as well.
Tyris said:
Any information on whether an NE may be released outside NA would be lovely to know as well.
I think a full fledged release outside of NA might be asking a bit to much... maybe?
Though, it's not really needed if the NA version ends up being region free.
Anyhow, any news on what's happening Belisarius?
I know it's only been a week and that good things come to those who wait, and I'm fully willing to wait some more. I'm just curious.
No news yet.
Tyris
Member
Emphy said:
I think a full fledged release outside of NA might be asking a bit to much... maybe?
Though, it's not really needed if the NA version ends up being region free.
I suspect you are right; but if they do choose to region lock it (a decision which I suspect has already been made, even if we don't know the details yet), it would be nice to know if I'm going to have to import a game I can't play just for the goods =\
Thanks for the response Belisarius. No news is at least news that you won't forget us ;)
Shaneh87
Member
Hishoku said:
An extra £10 for international shipping is pretty good considering Play-Asia charge ridiculous prices most of the time. Just waiting for the news if it's region free or not then I'll pre-order my NLE copy, assuming there's some left.
Why not just pre order anyway? You can always cancel if the news is bad.
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