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Is Bleach DS import friendly?




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RezSav



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:51 pm Reply with quote
Was on ign.com and found this little article about Bleach DS. http://ds.ign.com/articles/719/719319p1.html The author asks if the game is worth your money to import and goes into the basics of what Bleach DS is all about (modes, fighting system, online play). He gave it an "Absolutely"

With Bleach set to air in September on AS I think I'll wait a little longer to see if they bring it state-side. Any'ol'ways, good article.
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Exaar



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:15 pm Reply with quote
Yes, it is import-friendly. All DS games are region-less, and thus can be played in any DS. I have a friend who actually imported this very game. Smile It's pretty fun. The only thing is, of course, all the writing is in Japanese. But will it work in your American DS? You bet it will.
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Nerv



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:30 pm Reply with quote
If there is a Frys near you, they probably most definitly have Bleach DS. I dont know where you are located, but I do hope you are near one. They supply import games, in fact, I had just recently bought Jump Superstars from there and it is an amazing game.
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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:33 pm Reply with quote
Exaar wrote:
Yes, it is import-friendly. All DS games are region-less, and thus can be played in any DS. I have a friend who actually imported this very game. Smile It's pretty fun. The only thing is, of course, all the writing is in Japanese. But will it work in your American DS? You bet it will.

Yes, but if you were to connect two games together, would they work? Not that I know of at this point unless somebody's tried it out for us.....
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Webki



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:35 am Reply with quote
If you can't find it at a local store, I recommend www.play-asia.com. Their prices may be a little high at times, though I haven't really shopped around, but I have ordered a few things from them and they are reliable.
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SharinganEyes92



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:57 am Reply with quote
Webki wrote:
If you can't find it at a local store, I recommend www.play-asia.com. Their prices may be a little high at times, though I haven't really shopped around, but I have ordered a few things from them and they are reliable.


I was just about to reccomend Play-Asia. They are by far one of the greatest, most legit sites out there that sell the original Japanese merchandise. Hell, you can even by Japanese candy and Ramen off of that site. They sell the original Japanese DVDs, but one problem is that I don't think they sell manga. For Japanese manga, I suggest Animaxis.com. Unfortunately, I don't see the DS game, but I do see Bleach mugs, action figures, posters, etc. It's a good site to complement Play-Asia.
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Ataru



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:51 am Reply with quote
fighterholic wrote:
Yes, but if you were to connect two games together, would they work? Not that I know of at this point unless somebody's tried it out for us.....
As long as they are both Japanese, it will work. However if Person A has the Japanese verison, and Person B has the American verison, it won't.

No, there is no release dates for any of the many Bleach games for the States.
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joel_s95387



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:26 am Reply with quote
I got to play the game today at my local comic book store. My friend who works there had it in his DS and let me play it while he worked. Pretty cool game.

The Wi-Fi thing sealed the deal for me. If you ever get bored of facing the computer with their constant predictable moves, playing someone else can sometimes be a real challenge, specially fast little shrimp Yashiro(sp?) and other ¨broken¨ characters.

If you can´t read Japanese, story mode will suck, but the menu screen is accessible to us English speaking people because an English voice, of obvious Japanese origin, reads the mode when highlighted.

I´m thinking about importing this myself... but I think for now I´ll just play my friends copy and hope for a state-side release if Bleach becomes popular when it begins airing on Adult Swim.
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RezSav



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:51 am Reply with quote
I've emailed my question to IGN (wait to see if they bring it to America now that the show will be on AS in Sept.) and the author of that article had this to say:

Bozon wrote:
They very well might do this. Just remember though that the 2nd game is already on the way for DS, and if you plan on staying current with the anime you'll have to get into importing.

If you don't mind waiting to see though, feel free to. In general I'll recommend an import ONLY if there's no confirmation of a US release. If we knew Bleach was on the way to America, I would tell you to told off. Right now though, you'd be missing an awesome game while taking a bet that the series does well in America and that a game gets brought over.

Taking into account the amount of time needed for localization (3 months if they rush, up to a year if the really take their time and milk the marketing) you'd be looking at a very old game by the time you'd get an English release.

Naruto: Ninja Council 2 is one such case. The GBA game was being shown off at Comic-Con a few days ago, but it released four years ago in Japan. Not exactly breaking news...

-Bozon-
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Ataru



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:51 am Reply with quote
Since Sony (for the Playstation systems) and Sega (Nintendo systems) developed them, they can either give a company like D3 or Bandai Namco the nod to publish them or publish themselfs. But since neither one of the published game based on anime State side in recent history, it looks like import only or have another company publish it. It might be weeks or months before we hear anything about the game.
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