Metal Slug 6 PS2 pre-order tip

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:18 pm

Anyone preordering this? Anyone play the Atomiswave original, and if so, how is it? Anyway, just a warning NOT to buy this from play-asia.com. They have it listed at $64.99, which is way higher than the Japanese suggested retail price of 5,000 yen (~$45). Yesasia.com has it for a very low price of $41.99 with free worldwide shipping! You can't beat that. Here's the link:

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/c ... 004345008/

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:35 pm

Thanks, I was waiting for it to be listed at yesasia since I'm on a little personal boycott of play-asia.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:42 pm

It looks and sounds fantastic to me. First 4 levels here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... tal+slug+6

I'm definately ordering from yesasia! Prey that we get red blood option in the port.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:20 pm

Yeah, it looks pretty good. And for who was complaining, it looks like the characters have different features, and they've added a score system, a new weapon system and probably some other stuff.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:56 pm

Many thanks for that tip, twe. I've been dealing only with Play-Asia lately and I might have gotten ripped.

SuperGrafx · Post by **SuperGrafx** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:33 am

iatneH wrote:I'm on a little personal boycott of play-asia.

Why, what happened?

Klatrymadon · Post by **Klatrymadon** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:47 am

Nice one, twe. Thanks for the heads-up!

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:01 am

SuperGrafx wrote:
iatneH wrote:I'm on a little personal boycott of play-asia.
Why, what happened?

Nothing serious, they just keep on declaring my orders at full value despite repeated requests for them not to. But as it is, I end up having to pay around $10 in customs duties for a single game in a bubble mailer, which I think is a bit ridiculous.
I'd save a lot of money just doing orders from yesasia; I have not had to pay duties on my yesasia orders, even when they were over $250 in value, but as soon as my play-asia orders hit the $40 mark, I am taxed around 25%-30% of the value (think about it... for every 3 or 4 games I buy from play-asia, I could instead get 4-6 games from yesasia due to lower base prices, free shipping, and no duties)

However, I know that many members here get their stuff from play-asia without any problems... Canadian customs is known to be quite a bit on the tax-happy side...

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:15 am

Keep in mind if they don't declare it at full value and it gets lost in the mail, they will be the one getting screwed. You can't ensure packages without value declared on them, and I'm sure most customers would pursue the matter if the package didn't show up, meaning they'd have to take it in the pants.

Not that they shouldn't be able to work with you on it, but as a business, they probably can't afford to lost a lot of money on lost packages (not like there's much profit margin on video games anyway...)

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:17 am

Thanks for the heads up twe. The recent issues of Arcadia have been covering the game, and I think I'll add this to my "to buy" list.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:27 am

Yeah, admittedly I've had a package lost from yesasia once with their free shipping.

But with the money I save from ordering from yesasia, I could upgrade to DHL shipping. I've done that twice with my most expensive orders and the service was great. Again, no duties to be paid, and less chance of things getting lost, ne?

Post by **system11** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:20 am

Could be worse - in the Uk you only need to go over $30 to get slammed with 20% tax AND a $25 charge on top.

Arznei · Post by **Arznei** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:24 am

DO NOT - I repeat DO NOT buy from yes-asia. I ordered the Last Blade Collection + Gunstar Treasure Box, and I emailed them a week later asking what's up. They didn't reply, and 2 weeks from when I purchased these, they replied to say that they don't have the Treasure Box, even though their page said so.

So I proceeded to get the Last Blade Collection, it's now been 5 weeks and I'm still waiting. I'm still trying to cancel but they haven't refunded or contacted me.

I'd rather pay the higher price for play-asia service, even if it's slow, you're almost guaranteed to have the game in your hands.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:16 am

Pre-orders always work fine with Yesasia. Unlike many other online game shops, Yesasia deals mainly with pre-orders and often has little to no on hand stock after a game is released. I and many others on this site have preordered games from them and the transactions have always been smooth. All game shops run out of stock on games, it's no reason to condemn a game shop! As for waiting 5 weeks for Last Blade, that could be due to many factors--the availability time given on yesasia's site (most non pre-order games say 'available in 7-14 days' though some can take up to 30 days--this is due again to the fact they carry little on-hand stock after a game is released and they have to order a copy from distributors for you), airmail shipping (which can take 5+ weeks), etc. I've waited more than 5 weeks for a P-A package on numerous occassions.

As for P-A.com being 'guaranteed', I have had TWO packages get lost in transit from P-A (and I've only ordered about 10 games from them, so that's 20%). Never had that happen from Yesasia.

But hey, if you'd rather spend the extra $20 for the heck of it, knock yourself out!

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:28 pm

I'm trying to avoid Pay Asia as well.

Here's why: About a year ago I bought Zanac X Zanac from them. Even though I asked them to they didn't mark it as "gift" or "sample" and I had to claim it at the customs office and pay $25 import tax.
The front cover (not a standard crystal case but a special Japanese PS1 case) was cracked. It had a huge cleft from one side to the other; since the parcel itself was fine the damage had to have been there prior to shipping. I asked them to exchange it for another copy but they claimed to be sold out and offered me a $10 coupon, which I declined.
I then sent them a link pointing to another copy they were offering for sale in their online store at the same time and then they finally agreed to do the exchange, but they made me pay for the postage back. I marked the game as sample when I sent it back and asked them to please do the same when shipping the replacement.
Guess what happened next: 2 weeks later I got a note telling me to pick up a parcel at the customs office. I had to drive there and pay another $25 because Play-Asia had marked the replacement as merchandise and stated the full value, yet again.

Result: $65 wasted.

ptoing · Post by **ptoing** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:41 pm

The prerendered hires backgrounds looks aweful and are totally out of style with the sprites! YUCK!

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:18 pm

twe wrote:Pre-orders always work fine with Yesasia. Unlike many other online game shops, Yesasia deals mainly with pre-orders and often has little to no on hand stock after a game is released. I and many others on this site have preordered games from them and the transactions have always been smooth. All game shops run out of stock on games, it's no reason to condemn a game shop!

The problem is that YesAsia sometimes does this with pre-orders too when they can't obtain copies until like a week or a few days after release. Now, thankfully, YesAsia has an American branch that makes up for the time by shipping domestically, but the waiting time for pre-orders can be pretty annoying sometimes (even though other times there's no delay at all).

Of course, that by itself doesn't matter much for me; I don't mind the wait (and hell, I've waited 2 months for some of their older items before since I couldn't obtain it anywhere else at the same price and wasn't upset at all when they did eventually manage to source the item). However, the fact that YesAsia sometimes steal your pre-order bonuses and sell them separately is what pisses me off. And that's why I'd only use Play-Asia for a game I know has pre-order bonuses but YesAsia for other games due to the almost always cheaper price.

Arznei · Post by **Arznei** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:24 pm

twe wrote:Yesasia deals mainly with pre-orders and often has little to no on hand stock after a game is released.

That's no reason for them not to update their site immediately so others know that said product is no longer in stock.

I and many others on this site have preordered games from them and the transactions have always been smooth. All game shops run out of stock on games, it's no reason to condemn a game shop!

I think you missed the spot where I mentioned that I 1) emailed them multiple times 2) didn't get a response until late 3) ended up being told one of their games isn't in stock and 4) I'M STILL FUCKING WAITING FOR THE GAME. If that's not a reason to condemn an online shop, I don't know what is.

As for waiting 5 weeks for Last Blade, that could be due to many factors--the availability time given on yesasia's site (most non pre-order games say 'available in 7-14 days' though some can take up to 30 days--this is due again to the fact they carry little on-hand stock after a game is released and they have to order a copy from distributors for you)

Is that why they have no telling of this on their website, and they don't inform others? Again, not the buyers problem. All the buyer needs to worry about is payment, and shipping. The rest should be up to them. If their information is incorrect on the website, they should have changed it. I was told that Gunstar Treasure Box is out of stock, yet they managed to take 2 weeks before telling me this. And I'm someone who has never dealt with yes-asia before. Not a good image, if you ask me.

As for P-A.com being 'guaranteed', I have had TWO packages get lost in transit from P-A (and I've only ordered about 10 games from them, so that's 20%). Never had that happen from Yesasia.

Although play-asia is more expensive, I've never had a problem with them. Perhaps it's where you live and what area of the world you're currently in, but I've managed to get quite a few games from play-asia without hassle. They're still slow, since they do need to come from hong kong to australia, but at least everything was good.

But hey, if you'd rather spend the extra $20 for the heck of it, knock yourself out!

You can stop being a tard any time now.

It doesn't matter if they are good with preorders or not. The fact is, they listed a game as "in stock" and it wasn't, and they didn't tell me until two weeks after I ordered it. Then they offered Last Blade Collection in the same email (remember, Last Blade Collection should have been sent TWO WEEKS PRIOR to this email) asking if I still wanted it.

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:31 pm

I'm a Playasia man..After the 3 month battle of the "missing package" with the piss poor customer service that is Yesasia, its safe to say that dealing with PA was blessing. I'd look at it like yeah, PA are expensive but you pay for great customer service and the guarantee that you're gonna get what you paid for promptly. So far so good.

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:40 pm

Finally, the playable characters have different strengths! I don't like the new sounds for the enemy soliders though. I loved that scream they make when you blow them up with a grenade or torch them with the flame shot.

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:43 pm

ive used both with no problem, always prompt shipping. worth mentioning that when i pre-ordered Ibara from Yesasia, i got the free booklet. when i preordered Under Defeat from Playasia, i DIDNT get the free sticker. Ive also waited a couple of days following release of a game before confirmation of shipment from Yesasia, but this isnt really a problem for me.

Stormowl · Post by **Stormowl** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:54 pm

Dave_K. wrote:It looks and sounds fantastic to me. First 4 levels here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... tal+slug+6

I'm definately ordering from yesasia! Prey that we get red blood option in the port.

they got rid of the mispronunciation of rocket launcher!!! NOOOoooooo....!

sethsez · Post by **sethsez** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:00 pm

I've used YesAsia plenty of times for music with no problems at all.

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:02 pm

twe wrote:Pre-orders always work fine with Yesasia. Unlike many other online game shops, Yesasia deals mainly with pre-orders and often has little to no on hand stock after a game is released. I and many others on this site have preordered games from them and the transactions have always been smooth.

That's not true, I pre-ordered both Castlevania and Contra Oretachi a full 3 weeks in advance of release and they waited until the June 1st to tell me they didn't have the games in stock and wouldn't be getting them in stock. Obviously the refunded my money, but it was an incovenience and I will think twice before I use them again.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:05 pm

Nemo wrote:
twe wrote:Pre-orders always work fine with Yesasia. Unlike many other online game shops, Yesasia deals mainly with pre-orders and often has little to no on hand stock after a game is released. I and many others on this site have preordered games from them and the transactions have always been smooth.
That's not true, I pre-ordered both Castlevania and Contra Oretachi a full 3 weeks in advance of release and they waited until the June 1st to tell me they didn't have the games in stock and wouldn't be getting them in stock. Obviously the refunded my money, but it was an incovenience and I will think twice before I use them again.

Good to know that, I hadn't heard of problems with pre-orders from them before. I still preordered the game from yesasia though.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:10 pm

Ganelon wrote: However, the fact that YesAsia sometimes steal your pre-order bonuses and sell them separately is what pisses me off. And that's why I'd only use Play-Asia for a game I know has pre-order bonuses but YesAsia for other games due to the almost always cheaper price.

Really? Well, I preordered Ibara from Yesasia and they gave me the Arcadia booklet, while I also preordered the game from P-A and they did NOT include the booklet. So it looks like in this case P-A were the ones to 'steal' the pre-order bonus.

For the record I do order from both companies and overall have had mainly good experiences with both. That's why when I see a significantly lower price on an item I go with that shop. P-A is just selfishly overcharging on the game, and that's why I think they should be avoided in this case, if only to force them to drop the price to the proper level.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:24 pm

NCSX.com has the game on pre-order for $49.

http://hh141.hiphip.com/templates/frmTe ... olderID=97

A good alternative for those in the USA (be sure to ask for their priority mail shipping service, which is only $5). Yesasia is still cheaper, but NCSX generally ships faster.

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:29 pm

What about the white blood? It's 2006 and there's still this humunguous, outdated hypocrisy show?
How sad.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:40 am

Fenrir wrote:What about the white blood? It's 2006 and there's still this humunguous, outdated hypocrisy show?
How sad.

I'm hoping that shit gets fixed for the home port. *crosses fingers* Frankly, it'd be better to have the blood totally taken out than be turned into jizz. White blood simply looks retarded. This reeks of 1992 Nintendo.

Look at Oswald's Joker SDM in KOF XI. What do you see? There's blood as every one of the 52 cards hits the opponent. So what the hell is wrong with it being in MS6?

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:03 am

Nemo wrote: That's not true, I pre-ordered both Castlevania and Contra Oretachi a full 3 weeks in advance of release and they waited until the June 1st to tell me they didn't have the games in stock and wouldn't be getting them in stock. Obviously the refunded my money, but it was an incovenience and I will think twice before I use them again.

Very strange. I ordered Oretachi CV like 2 months before release and they shipped it May 27/28 (already received it).

twe wrote: Really? Well, I preordered Ibara from Yesasia and they gave me the Arcadia booklet, while I also preordered the game from P-A and they did NOT include the booklet. So it looks like in this case P-A were the ones to 'steal' the pre-order bonus.

Yeah, Ibara was a freak case. Of course, Play-Asia didn't steal the pre-order bonus; Taito just decided to idiotically not give HK distributed JP copies the pre-order bonus whereas YesAsia somehow won the initial bid for all the bonus copies and very strangely didn't keep the bonus as they've done for many other pre-orders, such as all the PS2 SNK games.