Question about Japanese 360

tommyb · Post by **tommyb** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:04 am

I just ordered one, with Otomedius Gorgeous, Raiden Fighters Aces and The Last Remnant (Asian, English language version), and I was just wondering if I'm able to use my American Xbox Live account with a Japanese console?

Might be a silly question, but I'm just making sure.

zap · Post by **zap** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:30 am

Yes it would work. However the content you can download from Xbox Live (videos, demos, etc etc) will be what's available n America.

JigsawMan · Post by **JigsawMan** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:38 am

zap wrote:Yes it would work. However the content you can download from Xbox Live (videos, demos, etc etc) will be what's available n America.

Which is really annoying as I want all the extras that you can get for Raiden... Anyone know of a guide that will show you how to setup an Asian XBL account that will let you buy game extras etc?

antares · Post by **antares** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:59 am

JigsawMan wrote: Which is really annoying as I want all the extras that you can get for Raiden... Anyone know of a guide that will show you how to setup an Asian XBL account that will let you buy game extras etc?

Just create a jp account (you need a japanese address of course) and buy a jp points card on playasia. That's how I made it. You can access the downloadcontent from your all your accounts.

... but trust me: the extra ships in Raiden IV suck!

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:23 am

I have a silly question as well.

I'm not really keen on making another account unless I HAVE to- will the updates for games (i.e. RF Aces) download if all I'm using is an American account?

antares · Post by **antares** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:53 am

Updates work with every account.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:30 pm

You used to be able to add any credit card to a Japanese account, but they cut that out last year. The Japanese marketplace is sorely lacking, anyway, so I wouldn't recommend it.

antron · Post by **antron** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:40 pm

do both marketplaces have Ikaruga and Trigger Heart?

tommyb · Post by **tommyb** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:01 pm

antron wrote:do both marketplaces have Ikaruga and Trigger Heart?

I know the American one does, and I would ASSUME the Japanese one does.

Post by **nZero** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:06 am

tommyb wrote:
antron wrote:do both marketplaces have Ikaruga and Trigger Heart?
I know the American one does, and I would ASSUME the Japanese one does.

I can confirm that it does.

Dremark · Post by **Dremark** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:31 am

I'm considering picking a Japanese 360 in the next month or two, so I figured i'd ask here, rather than starting a new thread.

When you live overseas and have a 360 that red rings, what do you do in order to get it fixed? Has anyone dealt with this yet?

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:13 am

It's different all over the world. Some places refuse to repair foreign consoles, but in my case I had my Japanese 360 (now in Khoa's hands) repaired. It took almost a month and was sent to NSW from Auckland to a repair centre. The console I received was the exact same one as what I had sent.

nash87 · Post by **nash87** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:05 am

is there any reason to keep an american 360 if you get/have a jap 360? I don't even know of any region locked U.S. games

antares · Post by **antares** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:19 am

I think some us games are region locked but you can always get the asia version instead, asia versions are always completely in english.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:22 am

antares wrote:I think some us games are region locked but you can always get the asia version instead, asia versions are always completely in english.

No they aren't, there's a bunch of Asian releases which are Japanese only.

antares · Post by **antares** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:30 am

Elixir wrote: No they aren't, there's a bunch of Asian releases which are Japanese only.

Didn't know that but there are defenitly many us games which are region locked on pal machines.

Post by **nZero** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:40 pm

nash87 wrote:is there any reason to keep an american 360 if you get/have a jap 360? I don't even know of any region locked U.S. games

A lot of games which were created mainly for the Japanese and then later released in North America are region locked for their U.S. versions. The DoA games and Import Tuner Challenge (US ver of Shutokou Battle X) come to mind. Wartech is a notable exception.

RackGaki · Post by **RackGaki** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:09 pm

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-00-3-xbox ... 49-en.html

Should answer any 360 compatibility question.