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Reply #1 - 2009 March 31, 5:35 pm
cjswanson1355 Member
Registered: 2008-07-29 Posts: 54

I am a total sucker for online games. I admit it. Before I was a Japanese addict I was a WoW addict. So naturally, not that I have a decent amount of Japanese under my belt, I was looking for some Japanese online games/MMORPGS which can be played from the states. And are there ways to bypass the regional filters which have been put into place?

Reply #2 - 2009 March 31, 6:01 pm
Omnistegan Member
From: Alberta Canada Registered: 2009-01-10 Posts: 31

http://tinyurl.com/6op55v

Here's a list from Japanese Wikipedia of MMORPG's. I would assume most, if not all, of these ones are available in Japanese.

The most popular ones that I'm aware of are Ragnarok and FFXI

Edit: From what I can tell, WoW is available in Japan but they play on the Korean servers. I'm not 100% on this, the information was spotty at best.

Last edited by Omnistegan (2009 March 31, 6:02 pm)

Reply #3 - 2009 March 31, 7:02 pm
chully Member
Registered: 2008-10-14 Posts: 29

吾 碁o to the cybex/cybac internet cafes 中n kyuushuu occasionally. They try to draw the online gaming crowd for obvious reasons. Here is a list 之f online games they 為o their best to accommodate.

http://www.cybex.jp/game.html

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Reply #4 - 2009 March 31, 8:07 pm
Evil_Dragon Member
From: Germany Registered: 2008-08-21 Posts: 683

If I remember correctly the Japanese version of Ragnarok Online has had a free2play server for some time now. Lots of Japanese for free, but set up some Japanese music/movies or the grinding will bore you to death. wink

Reply #5 - 2009 March 31, 8:11 pm
Smackle Member
Registered: 2008-01-16 Posts: 463

He stated that he wants one he can play in the States. Gungho, the company that operates Japanese Ragnarok Online, blocks foreign IPs.

Last edited by Smackle (2009 March 31, 8:11 pm)

Reply #6 - 2009 April 01, 1:38 am
zer0range Member
From: US Registered: 2009-03-18 Posts: 158

Ultima Online has Japanese servers, I believe. You have to pay to play though.

Reply #7 - 2009 April 01, 1:47 am
bombpersons Member
From: UK Registered: 2008-10-08 Posts: 907 Website

I used to play FlyFF (in english), But when I tried to sign up to the Japanese version, my IP was blocked sad Does anyone know a way around this?

Reply #8 - 2009 April 01, 4:38 am
liosama Member
From: sydney Registered: 2008-03-02 Posts: 896

hangame

Reply #9 - 2009 April 01, 5:10 am
Tobberoth Member
From: Sweden Registered: 2008-08-25 Posts: 3364

liosama wrote:

hangame

Omg, they have an online pachinko game XD XD XD

Reply #10 - 2009 April 01, 6:28 am
wccrawford Member
From: FL US Registered: 2008-03-28 Posts: 1551

Tobberoth wrote:

liosama wrote:

hangame

Omg, they have an online pachinko game XD XD XD

Oooh ;D

Hmm... Link!?

Last edited by wccrawford (2009 April 01, 6:29 am)

Reply #11 - 2009 April 01, 7:01 am
Tobberoth Member
From: Sweden Registered: 2008-08-25 Posts: 3364

Odd, I can't get heroes in the sky to work. I've registered and I've installed the activeX control.. but when I press Gamestart, I get the following error:

該当の接続情報ではでゲームを行えません

So I can't even install the game sad

Reply #12 - 2009 April 01, 8:54 am
Codexus Member
From: Switzerland Registered: 2007-11-27 Posts: 721

Unfortunately a lot of online games only accept players from a specific region. I hate IP address geolocation based discrimination hmm

Reply #13 - 2009 April 01, 9:21 am
rich_f Member
From: north carolina Registered: 2007-07-12 Posts: 1708

I haven't installed it yet, but the software here:
http://www.onrpg.com/boards/62115-26/#post1215872

installed with the instructions here:
http://www.onrpg.com/boards/62115.html

will allow you to set up a JP proxy that will allow you to play some (not all) games and use some (not all) websites that block non-JP users. Supposedly. I haven't actually tried it yet. Some will block known proxies, some won't. So much for the freedom of the internet.

Reply #14 - 2009 April 01, 9:56 am
Tobberoth Member
From: Sweden Registered: 2008-08-25 Posts: 3364

Tried the software and got it working. Unfortunately, it didn't help with the hangame problem sad

Reply #15 - 2009 April 01, 11:01 am
bombpersons Member
From: UK Registered: 2008-10-08 Posts: 907 Website

0.o It's worked so far, it let me sign up for flyff, which didn't work before, and now I'm downloading the client. Hopefully it works big_smile

Reply #16 - 2009 April 01, 11:20 am
Codexus Member
From: Switzerland Registered: 2007-11-27 Posts: 721

Be careful when experimenting with proxies. Since they basically redirect your internet connection through a third party server that can make you vulnerable to a lot of attacks if that proxy is controlled by an ill-intentioned person.

Reply #17 - 2009 April 01, 7:31 pm
cracky Member
From: Las Vegas Registered: 2007-06-25 Posts: 260

The main reason I wouldn't want to use a proxy to play a game is because of the horrible lag you're gonna get.  Sure you're playing on a Japanese server so it's gonna be bad anyways but making it a longer route on a congested proxy server sounds really unfun.

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