Hello. I know of a few games that even though they are sold in North America (NTSC)
if you change your 360 language to Japanese, the actual game changes to Japanese too

I don't have a Japanese xbox 360 so I am looking for games that can be bought in NTSC format but played in Japanese or even bought in the Games-On-Demand or the Xbox Game Marketplace in the North American store.
If you know of any please leave a post.

I know of:
Resident Evil 5
Battlefield 1943 (Arcade)
Perfect Dark (Arcade)
Left 4 Dead 1 and 2
Arkadian Warrios (Arcade)


A few games that to my disappoint did not have Japanese language:
Fable 2 (has Korean, Chinese etc, but no Japanese)
Dragon Age (However, there is a mod for the PC version where you can change the game to Japanese http://sites.google.com/site/jpmoddragon...ranslation)

Street Fighter IV
Super Street Fighter IV
Blazblue: Calamity Trigger
Blazblue: Continuum Shift

Lots of Live Arcade games already have the Japanese script inside of them in this manner. Just grab the demo to check. There is also a handful of region free 360 titles you could import from Japan. I know a couple of the earlier Cave shmups are like this. Also there are some of Indie games you can check out, I saw several Japanese Visual Novels and such on the Indie Marketplace.

Crackdown 2

I just wanted to add, although it's not an xbox game, Guild Wars for PC can be changed into Japanese, and if you hold down Control it automatically changes it back to English, and if you release control, it changes back to Japanese.

It's an RPG so there is lots of dialogue to read, and it is really nice to have a feature like this. I have been wondering if there is any other game with a feature like this!

I turned my 360's language to Japanese again last night and found out Dead Rising 2 switches.

Unfortunately the voice acting and item names stay in English. But at least you get subtitles and most menus in Japanese.

Lost odissey, a ff-like rpg by the creator of final fantasy with an epic soundtrack (from the guy who made the music of ff7), voices can be japanese with english subtitles or not

lastchance Wrote:Lost odissey, a ff-like rpg by the creator of final fantasy with an epic soundtrack (from the guy who made the music of ff7), voices can be japanese with english subtitles or not

When I tried lost odyssey(albeit it was quite some time ago) the text changed to Japanese, but the voices stayed in english.

Anyone try Blue Dragon? I might have to try that when I get home.

arch9443 Wrote:

lastchance Wrote:Lost odissey, a ff-like rpg by the creator of final fantasy with an epic soundtrack (from the guy who made the music of ff7), voices can be japanese with english subtitles or not

When I tried lost odyssey(albeit it was quite some time ago) the text changed to Japanese, but the voices stayed in english.

Strange, i have the japanese voice, maybe you missed something in the config? You can change the voices and the subtitles independently if i remember well..

Add Soul Caliber 4 and Lost Planet to the list.

Soul Caliber 4 is completely Japanese when you set the voices and Lost Planet's text and subtitles are all Japanese, but not the voices. Probably because pretty much all Capcom games use English voice acting now. :/

Add Beautiful Katamari to the list too.

too human
jp voice and text
even menus
all changed through the menus

also there is a live 360 indie game called lets learn japanese basic
it has the 1945 joyou atm +Kana
but its going to be updated to the new list soon (+150ish)
only cost 80 points to unlock
its an English keyword to Kanji flashcard thing (some keywords are different to RTK)
but its good to play before and after every disc i put in

i got it by signing up to xbox rewards scheme (instant 100 points)
so in effect got it free : )

also
Bayonetta
JP menus and subs

Vanquish has both Japanese voice and text, including all menus and subtitles.

lastchance Wrote:

arch9443 Wrote:

lastchance Wrote:Lost odissey, a ff-like rpg by the creator of final fantasy with an epic soundtrack (from the guy who made the music of ff7), voices can be japanese with english subtitles or not

When I tried lost odyssey(albeit it was quite some time ago) the text changed to Japanese, but the voices stayed in english.

Strange, i have the japanese voice, maybe you missed something in the config? You can change the voices and the subtitles independently if i remember well..

I(read: my brother) also have this game, and it only has Jp voice and Eng sub as far as I can tell.

Edit: I am an idiot and hadn't changed my Xbox language. Lost odyssey does have both Japanese voice and text. The only things that stay in English are the loading screens. Orz

Halo Reach (if anybody even likes it) multiplayer will be all Japanese.

cool two more games to bur...buy : )

"Fable 2 (has Korean, Chinese etc, but no Japanese)"

ビックリッ！ You would think it would. T__T

Im looking to buy a few 360 games in Japan that I can take back to Canada with me and play on my Japanese xbox. Im not a hardcore gamer and 9 times out of 10 I play sports games but Id like to get into some other genres, something more dialogue/story driven. I know I dont like RPGs or anything sci-fi. Im looking more so for period pieces, say a samurai type game or life in Edo. Something yakuza related would be cool too. Any suggestions?

TwoMoreCharacters Wrote:Halo Reach (if anybody even likes it) multiplayer will be all Japanese.

はは

I really have to thank this particular thread for informing me of this awesome feature for these games. I've been trying to let my grandma experience what I consider to be the incredible experience of Lost Odyssey for years now, but a big part of that was the Dream Sequences that were still in English despite changing the voice language. However, once I changed the Xbox language, the text for those sequences were changed also!

As such I am ecstatic as I contribute to this thread:
Alan Wake
- Most all of the text, subtitles, menus, and even the voice of the characters all change to Japanese. Incredibly comprehensive changes to the game.
Devil May Cry 4
- Menus and (automatic) Subtitles switch to Japanese, voice still in English.

I think you're gonna find that any Capcom games that switch over to Japanese subs will have English voices. I think it's because they just don't bother doing any Japanese voices, even for the Japanese versions.

gyuujuice Wrote:"Fable 2 (has Korean, Chinese etc, but no Japanese)"

ビックリッ！ You would think it would. T__T

Yeah =(
and the NTSC version of lost odyssey DOES change to japanese text and audio when you change your system language to Japanese. any other games do this? How about Sacred 2?