Hey, so i was looking around the web for information about the dragon quest monsters series when i stumbled upon the existence of an enhanced ps1 port of dragon quest monsters 1 + 2 that was released in 2002 with better graphics and new content, but never made it to us shores. Man, i would have played the crap out of that game. I have an import japanese ps2, but without the requisite language skills I would get stuck pretty quick.
Then i was looking into the international versions of the Final fantasy games. For those who don't know, these are versions of final fantasy rpgs that are released in Japan at the same time or a little bit after the release of the north american version of a game. These versions contain all the bugfixes and spoken dialog of the english version as well as bonus content, like new characters, scenes, dungeons, etc. Ironically, square's international versions are only ever released in japan, and do not contain english text options. International versions exist for games like FF10, 10-2, and FF12. Man, i wish i could play those.
So what game bugs you like this? What game do you really wish you could get a chance to play in your native language or region?
Games that make you wish you knew Japanese.
Definitely Soma Bringer, Seiken Densetsu 3(sequel to Secret of Mana) Sigma Harmonics, and everything else on this list.
The "Please Translate to English" List
I know its hopeless, but I want to see these games in the United States someday
 | 1. Seiken Densetsu 3 |
 | 2. Soma Bringer |
 | 3. Sigma Harmonics |
 | 4. Jump Ultimate Stars |
 | 6. Tales of Hearts |
 | 7. Tales of VS. |
 | 9. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX |
 | 10. Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan |
This, after blazing through EBA in just one afternoon I wanted more asap. I actually thought about importing it for the longest time but realized half the reason I loved EBA was because of how insane some of the scenarios themselves were, which I would not be able to understand at all if I bought this. Pretty sure there are others but I can't remember atm, this just came to mind because I was actually considering buying it despite knowing 0 Japanese."
10. Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
Oh hey, remembered another one. Captain Rainbow, the game looked hilarious but it is one of those games that would probably never come out over in the States, or be completely butchered if it did. Oh well :(
"@AgentJ said:This, after blazing through EBA in just one afternoon I wanted more asap. I actually thought about importing it for the longest time but realized half the reason I loved EBA was because of how insane some of the scenarios themselves were, which I would not be able to understand at all if I bought this. Pretty sure there are others but I can't remember atm, this just came to mind because I was actually considering buying it despite knowing 0 Japanese."
10. Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
Oh hey, remembered another one. Captain Rainbow, the game looked hilarious but it is one of those games that would probably never come out over in the States, or be completely butchered if it did. Oh well :( "
There's also an Ouendan 2, which i thought added some interesting stuff.
However, translating that would be a bit weird, cause you'd only be translating the text, all the songs and everything else would still be in Jap.
And i'm pretty sure you could play the international versions/final mix of the Square Enix games, because they have some english menues and use english voice acting? Or something like that, they're like a hybrid of the original jap versions and the english, with extra content.
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