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.
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