PS3 Games that can be played in Japanese.

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Reply #1 - 2013 February 03, 11:49 am
Splatted Member
From: England Registered: 2010-10-02 Posts: 776

There are already threads for listing Xbox and PC games that can be played in Japanese but there doesn't seem to be one for the PS3. I recently bought a playstation so I though I'd make one.  Here's the info I think this thread should contain. (Right now I don't know anything. tongue )

1) A list of English-version games have Japanese language options, and to what extent.
2) If the Xbox trick of setting your system language to Japanese works to make some games switch to Japanese, what games does it work for?
3) Do you need a Japanese Playstation to import Japanese games?

Thanks for any help. Hopefully this thread will be useful other people as well. smile

Games with Japanese text & audio

*Star Ocean 3
*Resonance of Fate

Last edited by Splatted (2013 February 03, 2:01 pm)

Reply #2 - 2013 February 03, 11:59 am
quincy Member
Registered: 2008-08-22 Posts: 257

there's a good topic here. As for your questions.

2) There's a few, Star Ocean 3 and Resonance of Fate have Japanese text/audio in the options, for example.

3) No, An American PS3 will play Japanese games because they are in the same Blu-Ray region. I'm not sure about European PS3s.

Reply #3 - 2013 February 03, 1:05 pm
TwoMoreCharacters Member
From: Sweden Registered: 2010-07-10 Posts: 480

All PS3 games are region free except apparently Persona 4 Arena smile

DLC and other content from the PSN store isn't though, so you'll want to have a Japanese PSN account too as that gives you the Japanese PS store. You can't use non-Japanese credit cards to purchase from there, but you can buy Japanese PSN cards digitally.
http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=11005

I don't know if buying PSN cards and digitally purchasing games from the store is cheaper than importing copies (it didn't seem to be for me when I compared with prices on yesasia.com). But I'm sure you'll need to use the Japanese store if you need DLC for Japanese games. There are also a few demos (体験版) of course.

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Reply #4 - 2013 February 03, 1:58 pm
Splatted Member
From: England Registered: 2010-10-02 Posts: 776

Thanks for the replies. Resonance of fate is a game I was considering getting anyway so that may well be my next purchase. big_smile

P.s. I'm going to turn the first post in to a list that I'll keep updated. If I miss a reply then feel free to pm me.

Last edited by Splatted (2013 February 03, 1:59 pm)

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