DVD Packaging: Difference between Japan and Asian releases

[Shelcoof]

Hey guys

I just made a purchase for Blazblue on Ebay and unfortunately I think the copy I will be receiving is an Asian version. Anyways to cut the story short, I'm wondering what the differences are between Japanese Packaging and Asian packaging of the games. Differences between box art, manual and language written on the game.

I know all Blazblue games are region free but I'm a collector as well and I only want Japanese or North American releases of games.

If anyone can actually answer with information on Blazblue that would be even better.

Thanks in advance
Jimmy

[Elixir]

I know all Blazblue games are region free but I'm a collector as well and I only want Japanese or North American releases of games.

No, they aren't, this is wrong.

It's up to the developer of the game. For example, usually Asian English games have Chinese on the backs of them, with a bilingual manual. Sometimes they'll have English with a bilingual manual, sometimes they'll have a bilingual back. Eternal Sonata's Asian English release has this, but the Demon's Souls back is in full Chinese, but the game itself is in English.

[Shelcoof]

I know all Blazblue games are region free but I'm a collector as well and I only want Japanese or North American releases of games.

No, they aren't, this is wrong.

It's up to the developer of the game. For example, usually Asian English games have Chinese on the backs of them, with a bilingual manual. Sometimes they'll have English with a bilingual manual, sometimes they'll have a bilingual back. Eternal Sonata's Asian English release has this, but the Demon's Souls back is in full Chinese, but the game itself is in English.

Sorry your right I just realized that it's NTSC format only for Asia, Japan and North America. Pal guys aren't so lucky.

So I'm guessing for sure that my copy in the mail is going to have Chinese characters on them.

I'm pretty upset actually, I hate ebay listing that have limited information. It was very deceiving too because on the listing where it says format it said "NTSC (USA, Canada)". I assumed it was the North American release.

Can I actually do anything about it considering that the format isn't originally from USA or Canada? This is an asian copy I'm sure of it and it was listed as "NTSC (USA, Canada)". Would you consider this decieving and can I do anything about it?

[Elixir]

The amount of irony in wanting Japanese-only games because Asian ones have Chinese characters on them is absurd.

But yes, if the auction said NTSC/UC, and you receive an Asian English release, the auction is falsely advertising stuff.

[Shelcoof]

The amount of irony in wanting Japanese-only games because Asian ones have Chinese characters on them is absurd.

But yes, if the auction said NTSC/UC, and you receive an Asian English release, the auction is falsely advertising stuff.

I actually want the North American release but I'd take a Japanese release if I must. I know people would find it silly to want certain games but this is how I am as a collector. As a gamer I know the games gonna play the same anyways.

My rule has always bean North American 1st, 2nd Japanese and 3rd European. I think the history behind my rule of not getting anything Asian was because back then there were many pirated goods from Hong Kong that looked pretty legit, like those Hong Kong Silvers that were available.

Anyways it's just me though.

[Ganelon]

It's really easy to tell a real from a fake so that reason sounds sort of weak. Real Asian releases are identical in material to other releases. If anything seems off (case, disc, manual), it's a fake. At least you'll have some English in your manual. I normally get the Japanese version just because I prefer the game from the source but sometimes if the price difference is enough, no point in paying an extra $20 just for that.

Anyway, a lot of eBay auctions are designed this way. That cheaper price comes from somewhere, you know? In fact, did you actually order from a Hong Kong vendor? I've never seen US sellers sell Asian copies. All you can do is hope that you're extremely lucky and that you actually do get a JP version with an "official product designated for Hong Kong" sticker attached, which you can find sometimes (maybe only for games without Asian versions though?).

[Shelcoof]

It's really easy to tell a real from a fake so that reason sounds sort of weak. Real Asian releases are identical in material to other releases. If anything seems off (case, disc, manual), it's a fake. At least you'll have some English in your manual. I normally get the Japanese version just because I prefer the game from the source but sometimes if the price difference is enough, no point in paying an extra $20 just for that.

Anyway, a lot of eBay auctions are designed this way. That cheaper price comes from somewhere, you know? In fact, did you actually order from a Hong Kong vendor? I've never seen US sellers sell Asian copies. All you can do is hope that you're extremely lucky and that you actually do get a JP version with an "official product designated for Hong Kong" sticker attached, which you can find sometimes (maybe only for games without Asian versions though?).

I've gotten use to collected from North America, Japan and European region. It's been like that for a number of years and I'm gonna stick with it. I have no interest at all for games coming from any other region, even if it is an original game.

The reason why I purchased from ebay is not because of the price difference. It's because over here in Canada apparently the shipment for Blazblue at major retail chains are held up at customs. I've read that it's not going to be abailable until the end of this month. I believe one of the reasons maybe due to our Canadian laws regarding the french language. Products have to be bilingual both english and french. North American versions are mostly shipped from the states here to Canada and those may not have french on them. Some products like DVDs or Video Games don't have french on them.

The seller is listed in Canada and format was listed as NTSC (USA, Canada) making me believe that I was getting myself a North American release.