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Best Japanese DS games? (non-Ouendan)
Hazz
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Okay, so I`m in Akihabara on Friday and I plan on blowing a lot of Yen on DS games. Any recommendations? Preferably games with a minimum of kanji. Go!
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If you're looking to pick up one of the Jump games, go for Jump! Ultimate Stars. Red cover with a circle broken up into slices with characters on it. I picked up mine there about a month and a half ago at Yodobashi which is right next to the station for 4000 yen.
Also, if does have a lot of japanese, so you will need a guide to unlock all the characters and supports. There are some excellent ones on gamefaqs that will cover everything you need to know. Check with your mates to see if they'd be interested in a copy, four player is a lot of fun.
Okie dokie, one down
Also, if you're going into Yodobashi, check the sixth or seventh floor, you can get some amazing good headphone sets there for about $15. Also, I found this out the hard way, but the bigger shopping district area is a couple of blocks away from the station itself. At least the station I came out of, there may be a couple of other exits I missed.
Tashten - maths game with multiples of 10 as the key
Mag Kid - uses special slide controller.
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Doki Doki Majou Shinpan is, as far as I could tell, pretty much impenetrable if you can't read what's going on. I tried it briefly, and after about 3 minutes of things happening that I didn't understand, I was presented with a room containing a wineglass and a teddy bear. Nothing I did seemed to effect the game, and after a half hour stuck in that room, I gave up, having never reached the above mentioned hilarity.
I also picked up Tingle's Balloon Fight which was a bonus item you could trade in points for. If you like Tingle or Balloon Fight then it's awesome. I plan on picking up the Game and Watch Collection as well, which was another bonus item.
If you liked the Mystical Ninja, my friend picked up the Goemon game for DS and he's not having any kanji-related problems with it. He says it's very fun, and it was at a bargain price (1900 yens or so).
Also, while it's a GBA game, Mother 3 is over there, waiting for you, also at bargain price.
If you like Picross DS, there's Illust Logic DS + Colorful Logic.
When you get out of Akihabara's station, take the Electric Town exit, turn left when you get out, and you'll see this. One or two stores to the right of this Sega arcade (right from our point-of-view), there's a shop with the best prices we've seen for video games, especially discounted games such as Goemon or Mother 3.
I think you mean Taiko no Tatsujin; and yes, it's great. Band Brothers is also loads of fun.
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I second this. It's great.
Also, it's a gba game but, Rhythm Tengoku is probably my favourite portable game every made.
It's by the folks who made Wario Ware, and it's all about Rhythm, but vastly different (and better) than Ouedan.
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I still hate HM's, because of that.
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Legend of Stafi 1-3 are all on the GBA, so you're partially right.
Doki Doki Majou Shinpan looks, um... yeah.
100% agreed.
Rhythm Tengoku is pure joy.
I don't know if the fourth game has an english translation, though (Apollo).
I'm leaving Japan soon and just want to get some opinions.
I already picked up Ganbare Goemon, Taiko no Tatsujin and Ouendan 2. Phoenix Wright 4 is out, but I'm not sure if it has an english mode. I'm going to pass on Doki Doki, the last thing I need is to be rubbing young girls.
I saw some new releases, something like Dungeon Explorer, and Dragon Trainer?
I'm not that big on fighting games, but I might get either Ultimate or Bleach 2nd, just so I don't have to pay $$$ to import it later. Are they still popular games online?
On a semi-related note, if I were to get a Japanese Wii, could I use a swap disc to play US Wii games or would it require some hardware rewiring? And is the Japanese Wii able to config to english? would I have problems with the arcade point stuff?
The software fixes seem to prevent swap discs from working with the Wii, as the updates make them useless. I wouldn't worry about picking one up there, you're better off just waiting through till they get released here.
Points only work for certain countries, so you couldn't use Point Cards from your country on a Japanese Wii, you'd have to get them from Play Asia.
All in all, I'd say not to worry about buying one while you're on holidays, just stick with what you've got or import a US one if you live in a PAL region.
As for which fighter to grab, Ultimate Stars has random matches that do not require friend codes, so you can usually find a game within a few minutes.
EDIT: You're in Hawaii? Hm, it might be a wash either way, then. I dunno.
Basically it is Guitar Hero only you can play any of the instrumental parts on any of the songs (MIDI). You can also create your own songs and play it locally with other DSs with only one copy of the game. So much fun.
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3DS: 0860-3240-2604
I'd say getting it in English is worth the cost of importing it from Europeland instead of picking it up in Japan.
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3DS: 0860-3240-2604