Do you import video games?

[Milla]

Now that i think about it I've imported quite a few games, manly because I'm from the UK and some games take a few months to a year to make it over here. It's only recently that most release dates are closer to the US.

Let's see; My first DS was an american import along with Mario 64 DS. I was like the "cool" kid on the block for a few months although It seemed like everyone else played it more than me. Whoa it's almost been 10 years O_o.

My PSP that I use is the original Japanese launch model and it still works great. I imported the US Animal crossing, Pokemon Colosseum, Resident Evil 4 and a Japanese Pokemon XD for the Gamecube. An US Brawl because i was sick of the delays. A Japanese Soul Sliver because i was so hyped they re made my favorite pokemon game i just couldn't wait and recently Tales of Xillia 2 and Infinity. I was gonna import KH2FM but it looks like i wont need to with the HD remasters.

Also does anyone know if Type-0 is worth importing?

[Sexy_Raine]

The only one I plan on getting is Legend of Heroes: Sen no kiseki. I know a store which sells import games and I plan to get it there. I know this will never make it to NA. If I'm wrong, I will eat my hair! I don't want to spend a lot of money and rebuy it again in english, I'll be very pissed if that happens...
Here's a trailer:

[Outrider]

I have imported only a handful of games:

Mother 3 - I saw it on sale for $15 years back and got it for my brother as a novelty birthday gift. I think he actually tried playing through it with a translation guide, but eventually put it down until the English translation was released.

Phantasy Star Zero - Yup, once again I saw the game on sale (~$15) and picked it up. I played through a chunk of the campaign with my HUmarl, but eventually put the game down due to the language barrier. I eventually picked up the game when it came out in the US and got a little bit further with a HUmar, but still have never completed the campaign. I still think this game was pretty neat.

The Last Story - This was on sale(ish) and I had heard great things about it. It hadn't yet been confirmed for release in the US, so I picked it up, figuring that I'd find one way or another to play it. It's still sitting in the shrinkwrap in my apartment, not far from the US copy I eventually bought. Yeah, I'm terrible...

Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland - I had read about this game plenty of times but never looked into it much. Still, the Zelda completionist in me wanted to give it a shot, so I eventually ordered it once I found a good deal on the UK version earlier this year. I haven't had a chance to play it yet, though.

Chrono Trigger - This is one of my favorite games and a small part of me has always wanted to pick up the Japanese version of the game just for the novelty of it. I ordered the game (with box and manual) a couple weeks back and it should be coming in August.

[Polly]

Chrono Trigger - This is one of my favorite games and a small part of me has always wanted to pick up the Japanese version of the game just for the novelty of it. I ordered the game (with box and manual) a couple weeks back and it should be coming in August.

Haha, I know the feeling. Super Metroid and Chrono Trigger are my two favorite games and I have imports of them both (fully boxed/instructions) as well simply because I just wanted to have them for the novelty.

I'm thinking of grabbing all the European releases of early Contra games pre-Shattered Soldier since the games were released there as Probotector and had all the humans replaced with robots.

[Gardios]

Big Tales fan here, the series made me start importing games. Destiny 2, Rebirth, Innocence, Hearts, Vesperia PS3, RM2+3, Innocence and Hearts R, the list goes on... Other than that, I can only think of Keroro RPG, Pokémon BW, BBCSEX and AH3.

I also import many NA games because they arrive late/not at all here in Europe. I'm still pissed at ATLUS for region-locking P4A, getting a fighting game that much later kills the community... =_=

The only one I plan on getting is Legend of Heroes: Sen no kiseki. I know a store which sells import games and I plan to get it there. I know this will never make it to NA. If I'm wrong, I will eat my hair! I don't want to spend a lot of money and rebuy it again in english, I'll be very pissed if that happens...
Here's a trailer:

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Not gonna happen... soon, at least. XSEED wants to bring the series over in the right order, so it might take a while. They're still working on TitS:SC right now...

I'm super tempted to import Sen though because NNNNNGH THE GAMES ARE SO GOOD

[darkante]

Rarely, most games i play these days is usually on the PC or the portable systems (3DS & PSP)

I did get a bit overenthuastic about getting the JP Anarchy Reigns version on the 360..which i kinda later regretted to pay full price for since it were so shallow.
But PSP2:I is the one i appreciated the most.

If i´m gonna get one title as import now, it has to be a very good one like Monster Hunter 4 or something.

[Weeaboolits]

Off the top of my head...

Phantasy Star Portable 2, Mamoru-kun wa norowarete-shimatta, Virtual-On Force, Tales of VS, Mushihime-sama futari 1.5, Dodonpachi Resurrection (from europe), Tales of Eternia (europe again), and Puyo Puyo 15th anniversary.

[Akaimizu]

My importing of games really slowed to a crawl, over the years. Years ago, I used to do it for the occasional title. Enough that NCSX practically knew me.

For the most part, localization efforts have really kicked things up a notch from the way it was 10-15 years ago.

Still, there are the odd titles that I still imported.

Practically any and every Phantasy Star online-playable title was imported first before getting the localized version. Though it has been some time since the last time we've had a Phantasy Star import that cost money. I still have yet to get PSP2 Infinity, though that is something I'm interested in getting. (UMD version) That's because I hold any Phantasy Star Online experience, for which the entire playability of the title has no dependencies on a dedicated server, in super high regard. It's the Phantasy Star Online games for which they truly are yours, along with everything needed to run it.

- Virtual-On Force was the last Console game I imported. Most of everything else, nowadays, is the localized version.

Companies like Atlus (Would be nice if they had a Europe branch for the Europeans), NIS America, XSEED, and some of the all-around First Party localization efforts have really lowered my need for importing. A lot less quality games are left overseas for being "Too Japanese" than before. Plus the amount of localized games, for where I am, are quite high and really occupy all my time until the next game comes along.

[Polly]

My Probotector collect-a-thon has hit a bit of a snag. x( Fully packaged copy of Probotector on Mega Drive with instructions is hovering around $230.

Very boo. x(

[Dhylec]

Long history of imported games; my first was JP SF2 on Snes, back in '92.