Posts with tag playasia
Posted Sep 4th 2007 5:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports
Curious about Nintendo's
Slide Adventure: Mag Kid? We
totally are. We'd love to play the game designed for that weird sliding optical-mouse-esque DS stand
doodad (the official name.) Retailer Play-Asia is making a fairly convincing argument in favor of giving it a shot: they've reduced the price to $29.90 for the week.
That may seem like regular price to US gamers, but Japanese DS games tend to retail for closer to $50. Take into account the bundled doodad and you've got yourself quite a deal. If the game's any good.
Posted Aug 30th 2007 11:30AM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Video, Imports, Sales
We've put up several posts in the past about
Nodame Cantabile, a conductor-themed
rhythm game that follows
Ouendan's tap-circles-to-the-beat formula, hoping someone would eventually pick it up and let us know how its mechanics compare against its predecessor's.
If we haven't convinced you to try it out yet, perhaps Play Asia's discounted price will; the import shop will have the
Bandai title listed at $14.90 ($2.90 US shipping) until next Monday, less than half of its original price!
Speaking of
Nodame Cantabile DS, have you ever seen the commercial that aired for it in Japan? It's pretty wacky! Jump past the break to watch the clip.
[Via CAG]
Continue reading Play Asia conducting a Nodame Cantabile sale
Posted Aug 10th 2007 10:40AM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Sales
Burabura Donkey, or
DK: King of Swing as we know it in the states, puts you on a quest to recover 24 stolen medals and prove yourself as the Jungle Hero. Swinging the gorilla from peg to peg is managed with your handheld's L and R buttons, while jumping can be accomplished by hitting the two
shoulder buttons at the same time.
Its mechanics are simple, and many feel that the graphics are a step back from the
Donkey Kong Country series, but it can still be pretty fun if you're looking for something different in an action game. Import shop Play Asia will be selling Japanese copies of the Paon-developed GBA title for $10.90 for the next three days, so if you still haven't tried out
DK: King of Swing, here's your chance!
Posted Jul 13th 2007 5:20PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports
The new DS Lites have been released in Japan and have shown up on import shopping sites. That's right, for only $179 + shipping, you can have a DS Lite in one of the two new Japan-exclusive colors! You have your choice of Like the Regular DS Phat Color but on a Lite, or Like the Pink One but Shinier.
Sure, you pay a premium, but it may be worth it to have a DS that looks somewhat different from other DS's in the immediate area. Depends on how you feel about the new colors! What do you think-- Gloss Silver or Gross Silver? Metallic Pink or Me-tacky Pink?
Posted Jul 13th 2007 9:50AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News
It is possible that some of you may be persuaded to buy
Face Training. This is assuming two things: first, that you would like to have a stand, and second, that something other than
Adults' DS Face Training, homebrew or official, will make use of the DS camera. A distant third possibility, that you feel a strong desire to stretch your face at your DS, would supercede the first two. We would
enjoy a
DS Lite stand, and we
hope we'd have a use for the camera, so it's not
inconceivable that we'd consider this a deal worth looking into.
Play Asia is taking preorders for the game at $48.90, which is their normal asking price for a Japanese DS game. That's not too bad for a camera, a stand, and (ahem) miscellaneous bonus content. We hope it's within range for a few
homebrew developers, at least.
Of course, its regular-priced-ness in Japan means that if, by some clerical error,
Adults' DS Face Training somehow came out in the US, it would be regular US price of $30-$35. Don't hold your breath on that one-- although it may be good for your face to puff out your cheeks like you're pretending to hold your breath.
Posted Jul 5th 2007 12:30PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: GBA, Imports, Sales
For the next week, online shop Play-Asia will be selling all of its in-stock items at a 20% discount, excluding weekly specials or anything released in the past 30 days -- cross
Jump Ultimate Stars and
Doki Doki Majo Shinpan off of your to-buy list. All of the import retailer's eligible products have been marked with the smoothie icon shown on the right, so it's easy to spot which games are on sale. We've picked out several noteworthy bargains that you might want to consider:
- Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 - $39.12
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All - $23.92
- Naruto: Saikyo Ninja Daikesshu 4 - $15.92
- Gyakuten Saiban 4 Limited Edition - $103.92
- bit Generations: Orbital, Soundvoyager, Dialhex, Boundish, Digidrive - all $11.92
- Urban Life Style Cases, White and Light Blue - $10.32
- Headsets, Nintendo - $10.32, Dragon - $5.52
- Play Stand DS Lite - $11.92
Though the sale doesn't end until next Friday, a lot of these items won't stay in-stock for long. Don't be that guy who has to leave a comment about missing out on a particular deal!
[Via CAG]
Posted Jul 3rd 2007 5:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Imports, Sales
As if language barriers aren't enough to dissuade would-be importers from ordering Japan-only games, the pricing on these titles often border on lunacy when compared to what new releases usually cost in the states. So while Play Asia's
Jump! Ultimate Stars sale for $29.90 might not seem like much of a bargain, keep in mind that the online fighter usually sells for a staggering $48.90.
It's a great game though; many have even compared it to the
Super Smash Bros. series, except in 2D and with twenty hojillion playable
manga characters. Since Play-Asia will be honoring the reduced price until next Monday, that gives you plenty of time to consider whether or not this discount is deep enough to warrant a purchase. We think that it is!
Posted Jun 19th 2007 12:15PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: GBA, Imports, Sales
Long hailed as one of the GBA's best
puzzle titles,
Kururin Paradise never landed on North American shores, preferring instead to limit its release to Japan.
Play-Asia has taken pity on our Kururin-less souls, listing the 8ing-developed game at a dicount price of $9.90! This deal lasts until next Tuesday, so you'll have more than enough time to collect change on the sidewalk for this purchase. Pilot your spinning craft past the post break for a video preview of this simple-but-addictive game!
Continue reading Import Kururin Paradise for only $10
Posted Jun 6th 2007 6:30PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: GBA, Imports, Sales
Online import shop Play Asia is trying to lighten its stock of
mega-robot guys, hosting a week-long sale on
RockMan 3 Zero.
Capcom's GBA action-platformer has been discounted to $9.90, almost a fifth of its original price!
RockMan 2 Zero boasts a similar discount as a limited time offer, but you get an additional dollar off if you bundle the two games together for your order, bringing the total cost to $18.80.
And
in case you've already forgotten, Renchi has also marked a number of its DS import titles down to $9.99, one of them being
RockMan ZX! Geologists, rejoice!
[Via CAG]
Posted Apr 19th 2007 5:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News, Imports, Sales
We've been excited about
Front Mission: The First since we saw the remake's
trailer last month. While
Square Enix's mecha-based SRPG has a cult following in the states, none of the original game's various versions have ever made it to the US. If you've been thinking about importing this introduction to the Front Mission series, you're in luck! Play Asia has the game on sale for $19.90 (while stocks last), less than half the price of what
eBay stores are asking for!
Political-drama-based plots are usually awash with text, but since the game's menus are already translated into English,
Front Mission: The First should still be playable even if you don't know any Japanese. It's not like there are any good
SRPGs released in the west yet, anyway.
[Via CAG]
Posted Apr 17th 2007 3:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News, Imports, Sales
Amazon must have a warehouse teeming with
Childen of Mana shipments, as the online shop seems to have a sale on the game every other week.
Square Enix's dungeon crawler has sold for less in the past, but today's $17.99 pricing is still a significant discount from it's regular $29.99 tag. This offer disappears tomorrow -- likely reappearing in a fortnight -- so don't wait too long to drop the game into your cart.
Play-Asia's
Heroes of Mana sale will stick around until the end of the week, but there's no guarantee that the title will stay in stock. The Japanese text might be too much for first-time importers, but according to what we've heard, this RTS/RPG is a quality purchase. You can grab
Heroes of Mana for $19.90, paying an extra $2.60 for shipping to the US.
[Via CAG]
Posted Mar 29th 2007 2:15PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News, GBA
Starting today, popular importer Play-Asia will be hosting another one of its bargain blowouts, selling every in-stock item at a 20% discount (excluding products released in the past 30 days). Dubbing the event "Crazy Week," the online store will be marking down thousands of its games and accessories until next Thursday.
Some of you might not think that 20% off isn't a great
deal, especially when you factor in shipping and handling. We would probably be inclined to agree with you if we hadn't come across Play-Asia's reduced pricing on the
bit Generations series.
Coloris and
Orbital have been cut down to $19.92, while all of the other titles are listed at a ridonkulous $11.92! That includes critically-acclaimed games like
Dostream and
Soundvoyager!
If that isn't enough to convert the
49% of you who haven't imported games yet, we don't know what will.
[Via CAG]
Posted Sep 13th 2006 2:45PM by Nikki Inderlied
We have shown you all the stylus options and let you ponder which one fits you best as a gamer. Now, we have to tell you that you were wrong in your choice and you have to go with these! Not really, but they are fun to look at plus you get a pair with Mario and his trusty sidekick and brother, Luigi.
These are only 9 bucks and would come in handy if you lost your current stylus like the bad gamer you are.
Thinking about it, we would bet dollars to donuts that this guy already has an entire case.
[Via Siliconera]
