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The day before yesterday we finally reached Japan after about 15 hours flight and 3 hours stopover in Dubai (UAE). :) It's between 34 and 37 degrees (Celcius) here every day. Quite very hot. :D I didn't have the time yet to visit used game stores, but perhaps tomorrow I'll walk around a bit and look what they have here. I'm making a blog about my stay. If you like you can look at it. http://manuel.blog13.fc2.comFeel free to leave comments there. :)
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If you see an "BOOK-OFF" or "HARD-OFF" make sure to stop in, that's where I get a lot of my stuff. I'll try to post up some pictures of their sign so you can spot it from a distance.
I just picked up an original famicom there that just needed to be cleaned for 500 Yen (around $5 US).
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Thanks, but there's no need for photos. Of course I know Book-off and Hard-off.
I'm a member there since my first visit in 2002. (I've posted a pic of my members cards somewhere in this thread. :)) And I'm a very good customer. :wink:
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Nice to hear that you got to Japan manuel. Enjoy your stay, and have fun.
 
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Thats really cool manuel, and its good that you can keep us posted on whats happening over there!
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Enjoy your stay Manuel. Wow, ten weeks, that's a long time but Japan seems really nice.
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"manuel" wrote:Thanks, but there's no need for photos. Of course I know Book-off and Hard-off.
I'm a member there since my first visit in 2002. (I've posted a pic of my members cards somewhere in this thread. :)) And I'm a very good customer. :wink: Ack! That's what I get for skipping pages. :( How do you get a member card and what are the benefits? Do they have a website for store locations? There's some good info in this thread, I'm going to print out some of the gamer's translation guide and carry it around. Someone had asked about the AC current in Japan. Regular US current is 110V @ 60 hertz (cycles 60 times a second, like a wave) Japanese current is 100V @ 50 hertz (cycles 50 times per second). The plugs are shaped the same and 100V and 110V are only 10% off, which isn't a big deal in electronics. The cycles can be a bit of a problem though for clocks and timers, but I haven't run into any trouble with my Japanese consoles or Japanese television on American current.
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You just have to ask for a members card at the counter. I think (I'm not sure) it costs 100 Yen, but you get a 100Yen coupon, so basically it's free. :wink: You get a 50Yen discount coupon every 1000Yen you spend (5%). And if you sell something to Book-off, I think they give you 10% extra discount in form of a coupon. That's very nice. :) Quote:There's some good info in this thread, I'm going to print out some of the gamer's translation guide and carry it around.
Someone had asked about the AC current in Japan. Regular US current is 110V @ 60 hertz (cycles 60 times a second, like a wave) Japanese current is 100V @ 50 hertz (cycles 50 times per second). The plugs are shaped the same and 100V and 110V are only 10% off, which isn't a big deal in electronics. The cycles can be a bit of a problem though for clocks and timers, but I haven't run into any trouble with my Japanese consoles or Japanese television on American current. I heard in some places in Japan they have 50hz and some other place it's 60hz. Basically there shouldn't be problems with consoles and stuff. Cool, I never thought somebody would actually print out that "gamer's translation guide". 8) Tell me if it was of help. If you need other words, just ask. :)
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 This is "Bookland", the place where I often go. Today I bought a PS-game there (se "Game Finds") and outside the store they had a pile of books and CDs they gave away for free. So I came home with a big bag of free stuff. Unfortunately there was nothing game-related.
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I visited Kyoto and went to Nintendo headquarter in South Ward. Some pics.       Unfortunately I can't post the photos I took together with Mr. Miyamoto, because he didn't want to float those around on the internet. :P
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Awesoime!!!
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Thanks for the pics Manuel, I hold you in high regards now ;)
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Quote: I hold you in high regards now Same here, too. :) Thanks Roth again for making me aware of Nintendo HQ being in Kyoto. I totally forgot about that. I had my head full with ancient temples, dragon festivals, old shrines, geishas and ,and, and...
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You should have asked for a job :wink:
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Saw this on digg, thought you might be interested, manuel. http://www.jcastle.info/castle/
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Thanks for the link.
Nice page. I already saw a lot of castles, but not so many famous ones yet. :)
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I've been getting more and more into these off-the-wall Japanese games lately, and I was going to post this in the "Weird Games" thread, but I would have double-posted, and this thread seems more appropriate anyway:  It's called "Zunzunkyou No Yabou." You run around to various places in this world, and kill people that are dancing. (The difficulty resembles Robotron; the dancers just surround you), when the dancers are finished off, your character laughs with a very sinister tone. I was just wondering if anyone knows what the title words mean? I've also gotten Bishoujo Janshi Pretty Sailor 1 & 2, and have no clue as how to play them. Help, Manuel?
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looks like it says "Disco Cousin" in the screenshot, that could be the name. Manuel will probably know.
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"Commander Campkill" wrote:looks like it says "Disco Cousin" in the screenshot, Looks more like "Disco <b>Queen</b>" to me.. EDIT Well according to HERE the English name seems to be "Ambitious of ZunZun"
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I guess it's Disco Queen, like poo said.
Without seeing the Japanese characters it's kind of hard, but yabou means "ambition", "aspiration" or sometimes "treachery".
kyou could be the postfix for a religious group.　E.g. Christianity is "kirisuto-kyou" in Japanese.
Assuming that it could be "The ambition of the ZunZun(religion)”.
Let's see...
I checked on google and found out that it's written
ずんずん教の野望in Japanese.
So I guess my translation should be correct.
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