I would've personally put it in KHII General, since this is for in-game KH2 help. But anyway, no you can't. Only a JP PS3 can play JP PS2 games. Best arrangement you can have is a PS3 for all your US PS games, and a Japanese PS2 for imports, or a modified PS2 with Swap or chip.
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Nope. That's why you need Swap Magic. JP PS2 games are Region 2 NTSC, while US PS2s can only read Region 1 NTSC discs (US PS2 games). Swap Magic allows your PS2 to become Region free (although you need to boot it up everytime you wanna play an import/backup) and play any game of any region.
But I thought he ordered around the same time we did? And I could've sworn that Limited Edition Package was *not* up until today or late last night.
Some people record directly to their DVD players, then rip them to their comps and re-encode. That's one way. Another way is to use TV Capture Cards, AVI TV Wonder is a cheap alternative that some members here use for their own personal use. The more expensive ones are the USB/Firewire transfers, although these can cost 100-300 dollars, they're more customizable and have many more functions. All methods are capable of high-quality videos.
YesAsia or Play-Asia. Both are going to be carrying them within the next few days--at least, Play-Asia will be. I heard YesAsia was still looking for suppliers.
Up to you really. I've imported because the Japanese doesn't harm me in any way, also because I actually prefer Japanese audio over English ones. Of course it'd be nice if they'd bring it over to NA (which I would still buy to support the cause), but I can understand why if they decide not to. Import if the game means that much to you. But I also don't think it's a bad idea to wait it out to get 100% confirmation from Nomura. It may pay off and save you money in the long run if you have the patience. I simply can't wait. And the fact that my Japanese is quite enough for me to understand and play the game, I can't pass it up.
They make money if it's released in Japan. They make profit there because it's local and sold locally. The moment they move to the international level, they can lose money. That's the simple truth.
You're getting it!? How?!
Yes, you can compare the two. The movies and extras will always be the same no matter how many times you play it, much how KH2 (Final Mix+ or not) will have the same boss battles, same items, same abilities, same ending, no matter how many times you play it. You may not think so, but economically, the impact of movies and games are inherently the same. They can be viably compared. You've misunderstood the point being made. The fanbase makes it an economic issue. I said "It's not a fanbase issue as much as it is an economic risk". This phrase doesn't negate a fanbase issue, but it is saying economically it is more troublesome. But I'm not going to give you an english lesson on emphatical hierarchies. As well, you choose the wrong video game genre to say "new possiblities in gameplay". This is an RPG, not Super Smash Bros. You play alone, not with others. The game is the same. And tell me, how much did Capcom pay to make Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Super Street Fighter 2, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo? Hardly a lot since you can't even compare the work went into FM+ to those particular titles. Also, none of those games outdid their predecessor, and that wasn't a problem because they spent crap to nothing to make them. No. You pay for two games that aren't original for the price of two original games. And in the gaming industry, no 'Director's Cut' version of any video game has beaten its predecessor, ESPECIALLY if it was released as early as a year later. No, Square didn't think any such thing. Don't make stuff up. They didn't release FM here because the NA version was really our 'Final Mix' because we got a lot more additions to our version than the original JP one did. They simply made a new one to please the Japanese fans, *not* us. Tell that to the screening directors who have to fly in from different parts of the world to give their input. Also tell that to the game animators who have to be called back in to remake entire scenes or open up old files to reconfigure settings--not to mention this is considered overtime pay and many times these animators have already moved on to new projects and are not readily available. Please research before you make comments like these. Games do cost 'an absurd' amount of money to make. Do you know how much the game industry costs collectively? Games can severely make or break gaming companies. Sega got manhandled into virtual bankruptcy and completely stopped making video games because of it. Games cost lots of money, know that fact, and know that this is why downloading games is the crappiest thing to do. It's also not 'deleting' scenes. They have to usually be remade, resynced and re-encoded. And developers are lucky if that's ALL that happens. Because some games get incredibly destroyed on editing once they meet the ESRB, most developers try to script and plan their scenes that they think will get them through the ESRB without a problem (if they expect to take it to the NA market). It's a pain staking process because a lot of things fit perfectly when they first come out, then you come back with all sorts of requirements and cuts that you didn't want. Imagine writing a long novel, then the editors make all sorts of adjustments and literally cause you to practically rewrite entire chapters or pages. That's money spent making, money spent to get rated, and money spent to remake. A few scenes? There are quite a bit of lines that need to be done. And hiring NA voice actors (or Euro) is quite a pretty penny. Irino Miyo (voice of JP Sora) was a FAR cheaper price than Haley Joel Osment. You're letting your love for the game get in the way of your judgment. Square-Enix is a business. Just because KH2 did well in NA, and you are excited about FM+, that doesn't mean Square-Enix's obvious choice is to bring it here. You have to consider everything. I've merely touched on a few factors with the finances. You also have to take into account the timeline. The PS3 is on the rise, with some anticipated titles arriving during Q4 2007. Square is not all about KH and they have to keep up with the competition. Fabula Nova Crystallis, as I've said before, is their main priority because they *have* to focus on the next-gen currently to stay afloat, and the new Square/Disney project is also in the works and has Nomura's hands tied. They have *no* time to work on this game for NA/Euro. And by the time they find time to want to do it, the obsolete nature of the PS2 demographic would be virtually non-existent.
Episode 121 is going to rock. GENTEI KAIJOU!
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That's *shipped* within 24 hours, not the time it takes to come to you. But I agree. I would've loved to have done that instead, had I known about it sooner.
No. The Collector's editions always have bonus DVDs with Deleted Scenes, extended scenes, featurettes, behind-the-scenes, production notes, director's interviews, character sketches, storyboards. I've seen some of the collector's stuff, there is a *lot* of extras. Not everyone who played the game will like it enough to buy a fully priced game with 80% the same stuff. Not everyone's opinion of KH is the same or at the same level as you or me. You just *can't* compare a new game with one that's just been 'extended'. The appeal is not the same and the fanbase is inevitably divided once you start playing that charade. Like I said with the Collector's Edition Movie thing, *not everyone* will care enough about the extra scenes, or the deleted scenes, or the featurettes. Yet I've watched all three Matrix movies and own all three DVDs. But did I flinch when I saw the Collector's Edition Matrix Trilogy DVD set? No, I didn't. I didn't even bother. The fact is that FM+ is *not* new. That is the biggest element of why it can't do better than KH2 in any respect. What we're *really* looking at here is a game that costs 2x as much to make, but has less of a chance of beating its predecessor. That's what we're looking at here. The only way I see FM+ being released to NA without the risk of losing money is if all they do is translate the subtitles and the menus. All that really requires is some changes to the subtitle track and editing of the text inputs. That, in itself, doesn't cost as much money. But that in itself, wouldn't constitute a feasible "NA" release. Let me tell you the overwhelming amount of people who *don't* like the Japanese voices. I personally love them over the NA ones, but there is an incredibly large fanbase for English voice-overs out there for the KH series. It's very unethical and somewhat unstandardized if they released FM+ over here with Re:CoM completely voiced in Japanese, with english subtitles. It's not a culture that a lot of the NA gaming community is used to, and some of them may even be turned off even more about buying the game. There are expectations that NA gamers as a whole expect, but those expectations make it all the more difficult to port the games they want to see reach NA shores. NA versions of games *always* cost more to make, and is why more often than not, Japanese developers have a habit of making their NA versions better than the original to compensate for the extra money that they *need to get back*, or they risk losing it. You can treat it like an analogy of importing games from another continent. There's customs, taxes, inspection, all which need to be paid for before you get your game (which is why imports cost more). Similarly with bring games to NA, they need to be reviewed by the ESRB board first (as Japan uses CERO, which has different rules and regulations), then it needs to be edited with the changes made by the ESRB, revoiced, the discs need to be reproduced to fit the Region 1 NTSC standard of NA. Manuals and disc covers need to re-done and re-printed, papers need to be signed, etc. Bringing a game to NA is a lot of money, and requires a lot of work. It has its own budget, which often exceeds the budget required from the original JP game.
Any KH2:FM+ you find will *not* be in English other than the audio.
Did you... even read what we wrote? There are MANY dimensions to this question that you have to consider. It's not the fanbase as much as it is the economical factor SE risks. NA voice actors cost a crap load of more money than JP ones to hire. And there's two discs this time. The price to produce one copy of Final Mix+ is dramatically more expensive than it was to produce one KH2 disc. As well, voice actors sign on to contracts years at a time. FM+ production began no later than 6-8 months after the release of KH2 in North America. This is too sudden for them to call back voice-actors for the game as many would've moved on to future projects already. Moreso, accomodations for flights, hotels, etc are all far more expensive for NA productions than JP due to sheer land mass size and the fact that NA games usually consist of voice actors from the US, Canada and some parts of Europe. JP's voice-acting is all local and thus productions costs would ALSO reflect that of a local market. And no, 99% chance that FM+ does *not* sell as well as KH2 did during its NA release. No one waited 4 years for FM+ and unlike KH2, which was a completely new game, FM+ is *not* anything inherently new. You're basically saying that a few bonuses will outsell a completely new game? No, that's illogical. I'll repeat myself when I said that game sales reflect how many people *bought* the game, and does not accurately reflect how many people actually *liked* the game. Not every person who bought KH2 will bother buying a "bonus version". FM+ purchases will reflect how many people actually liked the game enough to want more. Example, if you watched the Matrix films, did you buy the Collector's version of the Matrix trilogy? I didn't. Or the Alien series? Just because you saw a film, played a game, etc, that doesn't immediately mean you're going to chuck out more money for something that is 80% the same, with only 20% new stuff. I can almost say it's a fact that FM+ will not sell as well as KH2 did, it just won't. So what you're left with is a product that costs so much more money to produce, yet there is almost a 100% chance of getting less returns. It's *not* a very good situation. As well, Nomura stated in an interview that he didn't schedule for a NA release. He is probably *the* busiest man in Square right now as he has the Fabula Nova Crystallis that he has to prepare and this new Square/Disney game that is to be announced by the end of the year. Nomura hardly has time to concern himself with porting KH2:FM+ to NA right now.
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