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PlayStation Store Lets You Import PSP Shooters At Half The Price

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:00:13 +0000

The recent release of Rei Cho Aniki—a remake of the original homoerotic side-scrolling shooter for the PSP—wasn’t cheap. But thanks to the PlayStation Store, cash-strapped importers can have it for a song.

As Siliconera points out today, the digital download of Rei Cho Aniki, via the Hong Kong version of the PlayStation Store, is selling the PSP game for $220 HKD (less than $30 USD). That’s about half of what the retail version goes for at 6,040 yen plus import mark ups. Not a bad deal for such a niche shooter.

Setting up a new account for the Hong Kong PlayStation Store is a breeze. While I’ve personally done that portion of the process, I’ve yet to actually drop the cash. Siliconera says it can be done with any credit card—no PlayStation Store Ticket required.

This could be a good step in the right direction, bringing import-only titles that are likely never to see the light of day outside of Japan or the rest of Asia to a global audience. More digital downloads, please!

PlayStation Network Opens The Door For Downloadable PSP Imports [Siliconera]

How To Import Rock Band: An Australian Guide

Logan Booker — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Another dose of Rock Band news, though this is of the awesome type. Well, the type that doesn’t involve delays or pushed release dates.

Kyle over at Canned Geek has put together a comprehensive guide on how to import Rock Band, if you can’t be arsed waiting for September (or October, if you live in NZ). According to the article, you can pick up the Rock Band bundle, including a second guitar, for $440.

As a bonus, the article includes info on how to fix the instruments (read: the crappy guitars) and steps to set up a US credit card to buy the extra songs from overseas.

Kotaku’s Luke Plunkett scribed a mini-guide for PAL residents looking to import the game back in February. Check it out for additional reading.

Your Guide To Importing Rock Band 2.0 [Canned Geek]

Star Ocean: Second Evolution Debut Trailer

Mike Fahey — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:00:21 +0000

The PSP has been very, very good to fans of Japanese RPGs new and old. At this point if you are a JRPG fan and don’t own a PSP you are missing out on an amazing crop of games. This is the debut trailer for Star Ocean: Second Evolution, the PSP remake of Star Ocean: The Second Story for the PS1, due out April 2nd in Japan. It features tons of new voice work, artwork, and some lovely fully animated cutscenes, as you can plainly see here. I want, badly. I played enough of the original that an import might be in order. I’m sure Ashcraft won’t mind me bugging him constantly for translation help. He lives for that sort of thing.

Wii Update Breaking Freeloaders

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:20:00 +0000

The Wii Update that his overnight seemed like a good idea. And mostly is. Except for one thing. It’s broken my Freeloader. And not just mine, loads of peoples. You pop it in, you whir it up, and where you should get your Freeloader disc-swapping message you instead get this error message. What gives, Nintendo? Freeloaders have been around for years, legally, and have been of great comfort to both importers of Japanese titles and PAL users fucked over by a dawdling release schedule. If this breakage was accidental, fix it. If it was not accidental, this is not cool. Fix it.

Tingle RPG Prances To Europe September 13th

Kotaku US Edition — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:20:02 +0000

If you don’t have faith in Nintendo of America’s ability to satisfy Western demand for traditional role-playing games starring effete middle-aged men in gut-hugging unitards, then you’ll want to put your pre-order in for the Euro version of Freshly Picked: Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland now.

NCSX is currently soliciting the Nintendo DS game for $49.90 American. Obviously, this includes an English language option for easy American-style reading. In fact, it includes multiple language options, as European releases are wont to do. The game ships to our across the pond pals on September 13th, so don’t sleep on this one.

Freshly Picked: Tingle’s Rosey Rupeeland – Preorder [NCSX]