Import worthy PS3 titles

[gaz@manc]

Picked up a PS3 this week and have been looking for titles from the back catalogue to pick up cheap, I've found a few Western titles and was wondering if anyone here can recommend any Jap only titles that are worth importing? I thought of Initial D to begin with as I love racing games.

[Btang84]

Last year, I bought Winning Eleven, it's not quite what you might have in mind, but I find it is the better version, since it does have all-English menus and the Japanese commentary as well.

As for other games, the Japanese PSN has a lot of PSOne titles that aren't available in other stores. There are a few Japanese only titles, but nothing I would think of as being essential.

[teddymeow]

Time Crisis 4 so you can use a proper coloured gun!!

Initial D is a must have - brilliant fun.

Disgaea 3 from the US if you like your strategy games.

[gaz@manc]

Initial D is on ebay for less than ?20 so I'll give it a go.

I was looking at Disgaea 3, but to be honest I just haven't got the time to invest in it right now - I have LBP and GT5, plus Gears 2, Fable II, Dead Space, Fallout 3 and soon Banjo 3!

I'm just after anything thats a little bit different, had a look through the list of Jap titles at Play-Asia but wouldn't know where to start.

[Fuddle]

initial d is great.
afrika and aquanaught's holiday are both very good if youre willing to try something different.
Battle fantasia is the only other import i have, its not bad, but i think its coming out over here some time next year

[Salsa Party Animal]

aquanaught's holiday - what that ?

I got Afrika and is planning to pick up next WE game for PS3, once I see some feedback.

[Eight Rooks]

Aquanaut's Holiday is Endless Ocean for the PS3, really. Different game/team, and first rather than third person IIRC, but still - swim around pretty undersea locations, gawp at big fish, discover hidden things.

It's still rumoured - not on hundred percent confirmed yet though, as far as I know - that Afrika is receiving a second Asian localisation. If you can put up with it being called Hakuna Matata instead, this second version is supposed to be full English and I think Chinese. It's up for preorder online but no-one so far has been able to confirm beyond a doubt it really is completely import-friendly. The Japanese and existing Asian versions definitely are not, however.

[Decider-VT]

Which version of Initial D is worth getting? The English manual supplied with the Asian version would be a help considering the Japanese text in-game but apparently lacks online play, which is a bit poo. Should I go for the JAP version instead?

[m3evo]

will my uk ps3 play japanese games?

[J0e Musashi]

PS3 games of all regions yers.

[kernow]

yes, its region free on ps3 games. downloadable content is usually locked to the region of game you own though. some have region locked online play too, but not many.

[DCharlie]

if you like sports games/baseball, then i highly recommend MLB08: The Show.

It's absolutely fantastic.

[buster_broon]

go for Railfan

i find any train driving game just removes the stress of day to day work and it chills you out

[Phar]

Which version of Initial D is worth getting? The English manual supplied with the Asian version would be a help considering the Japanese text in-game but apparently lacks online play, which is a bit poo. Should I go for the JAP version instead?

Go for the JPN version, you can't download the extra cars in the Asian one. The menus aren't that hard to navigate, after you've had a few hours with it you'll know where everything is, you can find a pdf version of the english manual online if you do a google search.

[neoboy259]

Is Battle Fantasia worth importing? I know its due a release in PAL-land on the 360, but like owning Japanese versions of games.

I miss the good old days of paying over the odds for a new Japanese import. Simultaneous worldwide releases means we'll probably never see those days again