Important Importables: Top 5 import DS games in 2009
Happy New Years! This year, Important Importables ended up landing on both Christmas and New Years! Surprise! I bet you expected Important Importables would take the holidays off. Nope! Let’s welcome in 2010 together! 2009 was a great year, with a lot of fantastic games released throughout the world. Hopefully,… Continue Reading »
Important importables Review: Princess Maker Collection for Dreamcast
As many people know, it’s very easy to play an import game on your Dreamcast. You just need to buy or make a boot disk and you’re all set. This means you’ll get access to a large number of games you normally wouldn’t get to play. Princess Maker Collection is… Continue Reading »
Square Enix announced Jump Festa 2010 playable games
Jump Festa, a good chance to get a preview of what import games will be out in 2010, is fast approaching. It’s happening December 19-20, 2009 this year, and video game developers and publishers like Capcom, Koei, Konami, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Nintendo, Hudson, Namco Bandai, Banpresto and Marvelous Entertainment… Continue Reading »
Japan Import: Strapya World stocking its 2010 lucky bags
We all know and love Strapya World for stocking those ellusive and exotic video game cell phone charms and keychains that those of us living outside of Japan would never normally be able to acquire. The shop’s little novelties often make the perfect stocking stuffers and gifts. So, it’s great… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: 2009 PSP import game gift guide
Black Friday and Cyber Monday may have passed, but there’s a good chance you haven’t found all of the perfect gifts yet. If there’s a PSP owner on your list, perhaps a 2009 Japanese PSP release would make the perfect stocking stuffer. Important Importables is here to help out, with… Continue Reading »
Phoenix Wright to set up his practice on Japanese iPhones
Capcom’s kind of lost it. I mean, the company has seriously gone overboard. It’s now porting its popular Phoenix Wright series to pretty much every possible platform. First it was a GBA game, then a DS and PC game, after that came the announcement for the WiiWare port of the… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: 2009 DS import game gift guide
Christmas and Hanukkah are fast approaching, and with them the holiday shopping season. An import video game can be a great gift, as it could be something people normally wouldn’t have the opportunity to play and enjoy. There’ve been a lot of great DS releases in Japan in 2009, and… Continue Reading »
DSi LL had a better debut in Japan than the PSPgo
It looks like Nintendo just can’t lose. Famitsu reported Enterbrain’s DSi LL sales figures for its first two days in stores today. 103,524 DSi LLs were sold between November 21-22, 2009, the systems first two days in Japan. In case you’re scratching your head, the DSi XL is billed as… Continue Reading »
Japanese Import: Cave’s Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.5 makes its debut
Good news importers, Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.5 comes out November 26, 2009. The Xbox 360 game Mushihimesama Futari Ver 1.5 is not only Cave’s latest bullet hell shoot ‘em up and sequel to Mushihime-sama, it’s also region-free. That means that you can play it, no matter what region your Xbox… Continue Reading »
Man marries Love Plus DS game
Maybe those Japanese dating simulation games are dangerous after all. Konami’s Love Plus DS dating sim has seen unprecidented popularity and creepy devotion since it launched, and it’s only getting worse. An unidentified man has married his copy of the game. On November 22, 2009, a man went to Guam.… Continue Reading »
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