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It’s been way too long since I posted an update of the game-related and generally interesting items being offered at Japanese import site J-List and under-18 site J-Box. To help bring everyone back up to speed, here’s a big bullet-point list of notable items currently offered on the site. Most… Continue Reading »

Time to keep you up on some of the bishoujo games from Japan (see what I did there?) J-List recently stocked its supply of dating-sim game Snow Sakura released by G-Collections in December 2007. Snow Sakura stars student Tachibana Yuuji who is left to live with an uncle when his… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Snow Sakura screen shots

Welcome to the first installment of Important Importables, a new column that will appear exclusively on Gamertell. Each weekend, Jenni Lada will point and stare like a giddy tourist at some the best, weirdest or simply her favorite videogame goodies not sold in the US. So get your PayPal password… Continue Reading »

J-List has just stocked up on the adorable Final Fantasy Trading Arts Mini Vol. 1 figures, giving RPG fans something fun to be thankful for. Unlike the standard Final Fantasy Trading Arts figures, the Mini series are chibi versions of famous Square-Enix heroes. While most sites that have stocked the… Continue Reading »

Say, tell me if this has ever happened to you? You’re hard at work in your office cubicle when suddenly you notice a thin layer of dust and debris covering your otherwise immaculate work surface. What to do!? Obviously you can’t interrupt your busy work schedule to lug the shop-vac… Continue Reading »

Our favorite Japanese import site, J-List (J-Box), recently listed a pretty cool set of headphones. Called “Frenzy & Rumble,” these Transformers-themed headphones will set you back $45 but, boy, do they look cool. From the pictures on the site it appears the arms and legs fold in, creating solid white… Continue Reading »

Our favorite Japanese import site, J-List (J-Box), recently posted one of the coolest ninja weapons ever. I mean that quite literally. The site is now offering a rubbery ice cube tray that features ninja shuriken, aka throwing stars. Each tray sells for only $3.80 and makes nine stars. At that… Continue Reading »

Our favorite Japanese import site, J-List (J-Box), is offering another silly stuffed creation to adorn your bed: The Chocobo plush. This little yellow guy - or gal? - is approximately 7x7 in. and is being offered as a preorder for $20 on the site. In its hands is a book,… Continue Reading »

Yet another amazing figure/statue in the Master Creatures 2 series is being released by Kotobukiya. This figure is of of Odin from Final Fantasy IX and has been created by master sculptor Takayuki Takeya. There are only two of these available from this site and each costs $32. Here’s a… Continue Reading »

This is not as much a figure of a character as a glorious, physical recreation of a videogame attack. As weird as it sounds, many of the uber powerful Final Fantasy attacks summon creatures from other realms, resulting in glorious, colorful and often weird visuals. Part of the Master Creatures… Continue Reading »