I imported my first game.

SplashBeats · Guest

Hi, Pikachu.

icycalm · banned Joined: 17 Dec 2006

gooktime · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: no

Am I in the cool club because I get Japanese imports from a North American store that then send them to the UK?

That's some fuckin' air miles

kiken · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Mega CD Sonic The Hedgehog.

After seeing the scores in Gamefan drop by an average of 25% once they got the US version, I figured I should see what all the fuss was about.

It's still my favourite Sonic game.

The Ichiban Crush · Joined: 09 Feb 2007

I'm embarrassed to say this but...

Ranma 1/2 Chougi Ranbuhen (Super Battle) for the Super Fam'. I was a huge Ranma fan at the time, and while I didn't think Hard Battle was really all that great, "Anything Goes Martial Arts" looked like it would have been a lot better.

But after I got it, I realized Toho probably made a wise choice canning it.
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lolipalooza · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Curitiba, Brazil

Yeah, it's correct. It's also unimportant, gentlemen, just drop it.

Shapermc · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:06 am

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BotageL · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 1:23 am

Will both of you just fucking drop it already?
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remote · Joined: 11 Dec 2006

We should have these forums destroyed and start a new one called nerd fight.
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Hot Stott Bot · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

This is the bestest thread ever.

rye · Joined: 06 Dec 2006

option · Joined: 06 Dec 2006

I imported my Dreamcast on Japanese release day.

Later I also imported the limited edition blue Hello Kitty dreamcast to replace it (early swap tricks killed the first ones motor). It was the most awsomest system ever!

Persona-sama · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:05 am

Red_venom · Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: California

Demons Blazon(Demons Crest here) on SNES, I think. Really started with a lot of imports during the Saturn/PSX era, and my fervency for imports sorta died there too. I have a lot of Dreamcast imports but i think the last import game I bought was like the version of ST for Dreamcast. ; [

Kappuru · forum bishonen Joined: 05 Dec 2006

haha man, Pikachu, with your personality in real life i never would have connected you to such a strong internet persona.

everything is just going down in flames in this thread, isn't it? I think you should just go to the Kentucky e3 and let everyone get hits on you so everyone can brawl it out and be done with it.

Anyway, my first import was Sakura Wars, after hearing how AMAZING it was, along with Xmen vs Street Fighter and a 4mb RAM cart. Guess which one got more play?

Although.. I did have a famicom when I was a kid. But that wasn't a concious decision.
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tacotaskforce · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Logical, Practical

Pikachu you are adorable

I'm reasonably sure the first game I imported was Segata Sanshiro Shinkenyugi. It was the reason I got a Saturn too. Good thing the system turned out to offer more than just that.
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PianoMap · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: victoria, british columbia

Oh man I would love to see someone send an insult via smoke signal. I don't even care if it was aimed at me.
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Cryo · Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: Columbia, MD

I'd love to see an insult sent via flag waving.

*flap*

*flap*

*flap flap flap*

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Oh no he didn't!
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firenze · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Bonus Round

Whooo! I'm gonna talk about my import games now.

My first was something in the Neo Geo AES cart variety. I'm not sure which. Maybe Art of Fighting 2, maybe KOF '94... something like that.

My REAL entry into the import world was KOF '95 on Saturn though. My mom bought it for me as a graduation present in some store in suburban Chicago (Microplay or something like that - in Oak Lawn/Worth area). I used a ST-Key and the hot-swap method for switching the ST-Key and the KOF ROM cart. By the way, system still works fine though I did end up modding it with a physical switch ASAP.

Got my Saturn in spring of '96 and it is what really brought me back into video games "hardcore". Funny to say for someone who owned a freakin' Neo Geo, but my interest in games had waned a bit and I actually owned no systems at the time. Saturn and a steady diet of 2D fighters is what pulled me back in for good though. I imported all the Capcom stuff, the SNK games, and then I got into the many great shooters. NCS was my biggest enabler, I would order by phone - they were always super reliable and very polite (still are). I also bought stuff from some of the other major mid-90s online retailers - Tronix and therage.com got some of my money, and even the horrible place that was buyrite.com got a few buys (including a Virtual On PLUS official Saturn Twinstick controller bundle for $9.99 + reasonable shipping!).

My first import system - a Neo Geo Pocket (black and white). But I would continue my Sega console import obsession by buying a Japanese DC console shortly after launch in late '98 (for a little more than I paid for my premium 360, I might add) with Virtua Fighter 3tb and Sonic Adventure. It's the only DC I've ever had, and I own about 50-60 Japanese DC games compared to about 10-12 US ones so I was pretty heavy into importing. Oh, and my import DC sold some US ones - I worked in what is now a Gamestop store and brought my console for select customers to try out. Marvel vs. Capcom and Power Stone were big hits and the hands on time resulted in some system pre-orders.

Now I buy PS2 imports quite a bit, with the occasional PSP, DS, or DC (still!) release. I'm pretty certain I'll be buying PS3 imports - and I REALLY appreciate that my stock PS3 will play them just fine. Play-Asia is my main source now, with old reliable NCS and the occasional Ebay or random internet store buy supplementing that.

icycalm · banned Joined: 17 Dec 2006

Yeah, yeah, but what's your opinion on the drama?

edit: Just kidding. Myself I practically live on imports. The last time I bought a PAL game was when Headhunter was released for the DC (only in Europe), though I do buy US games on occasion. Technically though those are also imports for me since I live in Greece/France when I am not in Japan.

My first Japanese game was I think Super Thunder Blade, which I got together my Mega Drive shortly after the system's launch.

Right now, my import game collection spans storage rooms in three countries across two continents, though I will soon be settling down and trying to move everything to a single location. It really sucks when I want to play a game and the appropriate console/controller/light gun/steering wheel/etc. is thousands of miles away.

droog · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

My first import was Strider for the Genesis.. I just couldn't wait for the fucker to be released here, so I begged my mom to pay like a hundred bucks for it. Then the cart wouldn't fit into my Genny, so I had to crack the case open and just play the PCB.. which is a shame because that was just a lovely looking cart. (The box art just blew away the American version.)

charlie · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

oh god not this shit again

JamesE · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Goemon DS, for the art style. I stayed for the remote-control Robot fights (Ollie post). Those things could easily have constituted a sub-game of their own. The last one can have it's health reduced by talking to terrible negro stereotypes throughout the game. For shame, Konami.

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icycalm · banned Joined: 17 Dec 2006

Dudes, there was no reason to vandalize your systems nor your cartridges. The MD, SFC and N64 all had 3rd party adapters that you plugged into the cart socket, and then your games would sit on top of those.

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Brock · Joined: 04 Dec 2006

My first import game was the one not-totally-shitty DBZ game on the Playstation. I remember saving up for it (and the adaptor that went into the I/O port), and managing to get a good five or so friends in middle school all duped into buying it, too.

I like to think my taste in imports has improved over time since then.

winkerwatson · badmin Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Pokemon Silver guys

I bought it from some Walmart that had broken the street date by a week or two.
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