What is your most RECENT import? Post often!

[neogamer]

Here we go:

Sega Ages: Last Bronx - PS2

Sega Ages: Galaxy Force II - PS2

Sega Ages: Panzer Dragoon - PS2

Garou: Mark of the Wolves - PS2

Love the classics and Sega does a great job of bringing them back to life!

[blue lander]

I just picked up Densetsu no Stafi 2 and 3 for the GBA. Even though I hear 3 is far better than 2, I decided to start with 2 anyways. So far I'm enjoying the game, but the difficulty curve isn't nearly steep enough. It's getting a bit more challenging so hopefully that trend will keep up. I'm not too suprised, though, since it is geared towards younger children. The level designs are a little generic too, but I hear Stafi 3 addresses those issues.

[Wolfrider31]

My copy of Mother 3 just arrived from Play-Asia. Quite happy, though I think the box with the phallic like joystick and the Hong Kong sticker on the top made the guy at the post office think I had ordered something erotic.

They were all giving me weird looks.

[Tron 2.0]

Famicom
Holy Diver cib


Well i finally got this game and i tend to agree what most say about it.

The game is rather difficult and is similar to castlevania in some degree.

Still i'm glad i finally got a copy of it i like the theme it has.

[Drag0nsfyre]

Gunstar Heroes: Treasure Box (ps2)
Simple Series 2000 vol. 37 The Shooting: Shienryu (ps2)
Kid Dracula (nes/famicom)
Klonoa Volleyball (psx) $2 ebay
Puyo Puyo Da! (DC) $2 ebay same seller so $4 for both plus he was in the U.S. so good deal.

I think that's it for recent stuff.

[RadiantSvgun]

After an import drought, I placed an order today for Strikers 1945 I&II and Dodonpachi on ps2. I also plan on getting Arcana Heart next month.

[Wolf]

[tritium]

Dragonball Z Buyuuretsude Megadrive
Capcom vs SNK 2 Dreamcast

Should have 'em anyday now.

edit: in my hot little hands as of yesterday.. oh yeah....

[fahlim003]

I just wish I could find an unboxed X-Men VS. Street Fighter SS that didn't originally come with the box(ie, it has the back lining and spine, etc..). The search continues!

I've spoke too soon, thankfully I did find a complete non-boxed:
X-Men VS. Street Fighter for Saturn, so I'm looking forward to that.

Notable:
Gradius Gaiden (original release) complete

Onto the hunt for SFZ2'!

[Lord Contaminous]

PC Engine
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Tengai Makyo/Far East of Eden II: Manji Maru
Final Soldier
Sidearms Special

Ganbare Goemon: Sarewata Ebisumaru (Game Boy, loose, in the WILD)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOsoUonJvDQ
Busting up a nice score on Final Soldier.

[Fighter17]

Rolling Thunder 2 Sega Megadrive complete.

$20 shipped.

[Spartacus]

Agent Armstrong - King of the Jungle 1997 PlayStation
This is a 3D arcade/platform shooter about a British Secret Sevice agent who's attempting to thwart an American organized crime syndicate from taking over the world in 1935. Rather than simply running and gunning to the end of a level, you're tasked with completing objectives like destroying targets, rescuing hostages, or simply killing key personel. The character's and settings are humorous and cartoonish, giving it a slight Metal Slug vibe. There are 30 missions to the game with plenty of power-ups and a few secret area's to find. The only real knock I have about the game is that properly lining up for jumps seemed more difficult at times than it should be and some of the narrow areas were easy to fall off. It's a fairly nice looking game, the FMV is especially nice looking.
Here are some screenshots courtesy of Moby Games...
http://www.mobygames.com/game/agent-...ng/screenshots

GAMEPLAY: 7
GRAPHICS: 7
SOUND: 7
ENGLISH FRIENDLY: 8
OVERALL: 8


Firo & Klawd - Interactive Studios 1997 PlayStation
This is another comedic Mob shoot-em up game done in an isometric style. Klawd is a cat who was an unwitting courier for the Mob until he realizes he's delivering money and decides to steal some of it. Firo is an ape cop who busts Klawd for spending the counterfeit money and then deputizes him to help him take on the Mob. The Mob retaliates by plastering the city with wanted posters for Firo and Klawd and do their best to rub them out - including by doing drive-by shootings. All the characters in the game are animals such as dogs, cats, pigs and walruses and the game takes place in New York City in the 1930's with eight worlds, branching paths and multiple endings.
Firo and Klawd work together to basically blow everyone away and tear down as many wanted posters as they can find for extra lives. You can switch between playing as either Firo or Klawd at anytime and you can play with the game with two players as well. You find powerful weapons along the way as well as bullet proof vests, first-aid and extra lives. The game scores you by the number of kills and your accuracy.
The game tries hard to be funny with spoken one-liners and visual gags and succeeds more often than not.
I didn't run across any screenshots, but here's some game footage on YouTube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpZm9Xva5nE

GAMEPLAY: 7
GRAPHICS: 7
SOUND: 7
ENGLISH FRIENDLY: 9
OVERALL: 8


Chou Kousoku Grandoll - KID 1997 PlayStation
This is based on the Hyper Speed GranDoll anime about a school girl who discovers she's really an alien with super powers. The games an old school style platform shooter, but her armored suit gives her some powers like a grappling hook that was fun to play with and she earns other suits with different abilities as well. For being a platform game though, the controls for jumping accurately from point to point were really loose. The between stage anime looked good, but the in game graphics were only fair considering it's only 2D. It's worth a play even though it really doesn't do anything you haven't done before.
Here's some pics courtesy of C-Games....
http://www.c-games.info/games,002,1514.html
And some info on the anime it's based on here...
http://www.absoluteanime.com/hyper_s...doll/index.htm

GAMEPLAY: 7
GRAPHICS: 7
SOUND: 7
ENGLISH FRIENDLY: 8
OVERALL: 7


Cosmo Warrior Zero - Taito 2000 PlayStation
This is a 3rd person combat shooter based on the Cosmo Warrior Zero anime. I wasn't familiar with Leiji Matsumoto's work, notably Galaxy Express 999, Star Blazers or the "Leijiverse" , but I found the story, characters and locales in the game to be pretty interesting. You travel from planet to planet, exploring small bits of worlds and fighting enemies that range from mechanical droids and tanks to specters. Ultimately you'll find yourself in a one on one boss battle in an area with plenty of stuff to duck and hide behind. The combat aspect of the game isn't superb by any description. You can strafe and roll, you can shoot regular and charged shots, toss grenades and if you're close enough - launch a powerfull melee attack. You don't even have a target reticule to aim with, but the game does help a little with a small amount of auto aiming. It was the people and places that made it interesting to play. Just seeing a long train being pulled by a steam locamotive chugging thru space was cool, but getting to fight in and on it was cooler yet! The between stage anime was a mix of moving and slide show type, but the voice acting (entirely in Japanese) was good and there's little reading involved. The game starts you out as Warrior Zero, but you can unlock other characters to play as and they all handle and fight differently. The stages and enemies remain the same, but all the story anime changes for each character, which was pretty cool. Damn shame you can't seem to save your progress though. There's also a VS fighting game that two players can battle it out with all the different characters. Just an interesting game, with lots of the original artwork to unlock and it's well worth a look.
You can see some screenshots of the game here...
http://www.c-games.info/games,002,3042.html
You can see the games intro, as well as many clips of the actual anime here......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzMAtSQBbfo
And finally, you can read an in depth description about Cosmo Warrior Zero anime series here......
http://enokifilmsusa.com/library/cwzero_np.htm

GAMEPLAY: 7
GRAPHICS: 7
SOUND: 7
ENGLISH FRIENDLY: 7
OVERALL: 8

[importaku]

Finally after years of trying i have the full set.

[bust3dstr8]

Super Star Soldier
AeroBlasters - (NM+,EX+,EX+)
PC Denjin (Air Zonk) - (NM+,EX+,EX)
Avenger - (EX,NM,EX)
Gunhed
Twin Bee
Daisenpu (NAPH-1014)
Dungeon Explorer - (NM,EX,EX)
Vigilante - (NM+, NM, EX)
Bikkuriman World - (EX,EX,EX)
Majin Eiyu Wataru (Keith Courage) - (NM,EX,VG)
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu - (EX,EX,EX)
Bomberman '93
Bomberman '94
Splatterhouse - (EX,EX,EX) slight smokey smell
Genpei Toramaden
Bloody Wolf - (NM,EX,EX)
Shinobi - new/sealed
Kato & Ken
New Adventure Island
Shubibinman 2
Jim Power - (M,NM,NM,spine,reg card, insert)
The Kung Fu (China Warrior)
Space Battleship Yamato (HMCD2004)


Dean at multimods hooked me up, $104 shipped for this stuff.

My useless thoughts on some of the games.

Space Battleship Yamato: Great animated intro, but can't play this stategy game without knowing Japanese.

Jim Power: Crappy enemy pathing and tankish contols make this game too frustrating to play.

Avenger: Raiden style shooter with multiple weapon configs before each stage. Your ship pivots while turning and can shoot at up to a 45* angle. You can lock in any angle by holding the second button. I was surprised how much I enjoy this game. The music is great and the controls are very tight. The grafix are a bit bland for a CD game though.

Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu: Solid platform game with some nice catchy toons. You start off with normal attacks and then can power up with special kicks and even a Jackie Hadouken. This is a pretty big game, I've played far into it and I don't know if the end is even close.

[Aussie2B]

I really should pay closer attention to this topic, considering all the loads of great info and pictures here.

I got a small lot of imports for various systems recently, but it's nothing too notable in value or quality. I actually spent more on shipping than the total for all the games, and I even went with relatively cheap Airmail.

So far the only one I've played is Galaxy Fraulien Yuna for PC Engine Duo. This was somewhat of a significant game in Japan and spawned a series that stretched to Saturn and PlayStation as well as an anime. The production value is pretty good, especially with its really long intro and multiple j-pop songs. The art is pretty nice too. I have a weak spot for cheesy, cutesy late 80s/early 90s style anime. The only problem is that gameplay is kind of nonexistent. Its got a window view of where you are, but as opposed to adventures like Shadowgate and Deja Vu where you can point and prod at things, the player's interaction with Yuna is limited to selecting whatever options the game is currently giving you like "look", "talk", etc. If it was in English, that would be fine and dandy and make for a great digital comic if the story was engaging, but as an import, it doesn't offer much unless you know FLUENT Japanese or are in the mood to let your brain go numb and just enjoy some pretty pictures. My knowledge of Japanese is extremely limited, but I've still played RPGs, dating sims, you name it in Japanese but this is a bit much even for me. I'll probably be in the mood to slog through it some day, though, just to appreciate the graphics and see how much of the story I can figure out. I just wish Yuna's voice wasn't so darn irritating, especially since there's A LOT of voice acting.

I'll get to the other games later, but I've also been buying a lot of other stuff from Japan related to video games. I got the second volume of the Star Ocean: Blue Sphere 4-koma manga series (now I have 1-4, but still missing 5), and I picked up two hentai doujinshi, one with Star Ocean 2 and King of Fighters and the other is entirely about Valkyrie Profile. I usually just buy hentai as a joke since I'm not the type to get my jollies from it. The Star Ocean 2 doujinshi caught my interest because it was drawn by Minato Koio, the OFFICIAL artist for the Star Ocean 2 designs. That's comedy gold to me. That's basically official hentai, in my book. :P What really took me by surprise was the rough sketch section it has (which is non-porngraphic, I should clarify). Not only does it have Koio sketches of the Star Ocean 2 cast, which I believed were used in the designing process, but he also did renditions of some of the Star Ocean 1 cast, which is beyond awesome to me and an amazing find. The official art for the first Star Ocean wasn't that great to begin with, and with the Star Ocean remakes coming out on PSP, it makes me sad that their art is largely disappointing. To top it all off, the sketch section also has drawings of Picard, Riker, and the Enterprise from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Forget the porn, now THAT is nerd-gasm worthy. :P

[Bloodreign]

Got a gaming jewel I've been waiting to get ahold of for awhile, Bubble Symphony for Saturn, now alls I need is a Saturn to play it on (got the hookup on the Saturn, just need to set up for the guy to send it to me). This hookup also was the one who snagged Bubble Symphony for me off Yahoo Japan. Right now stuck playing it in an emulator, still loads of fun to play even this way.

[chang2]

its an wonder ful gamez love its graphics n characters

[DragonBomber]

Sega Saturn Digital Pinball: Necronomicon
$31 shipped (high but I REALLY wanted it)
Two loose Famiclones with one multicart [one seems broken]
$6.50 with option to have returned the likely dead one
Bomberman pencil board cardboard game unopened
$27 shipped (REALLY wanted this also)

Nothing super fancy but I was happy. As soon as I find my NES power supplies in the garage tubs I intend to grab some various PAL and Famicom carts now that I finally have a toploader. Friend in town gave me a working deck sans PS. I will always need more Bomberman naturally.

Drache

[namzep]

A couple of things from Play Asia:

Sega Saturn Action Replay
Puzzle Bobble 3 (SAT)

What can I say, I love me some puzzle games. Got both for a little under $50/shipped, total.

[Nightram]

64DD Auction goodness!!



Shown there:
A Japanese 64
The 64DD
Mario Artist: Polygon studio
Mario Artist: Talent Studio
SimCity 64
F-Zero X Expansion 9with track editor and car editor!)
Doshin the Giant
Microphone
1 Controller
Capture Card
Other supplies, including the RandNet Modem.

Can't wait to try this stuff out. I also snagged the Mario Artist: Paint Studio off of Play-Asia.
Now all I need for pure 64DD goodness is a N64 mouse.
I also grabbed an F-Zero X Japanese Cart so I could play around with the expansion.

I also recently got Dream Mix TV World Fighters for PS2 and a slim kit for my silver slim.



Also, Congrats Importaku!