Hey everyone. Sorry for the massive Important Importable delays, as some tragic Lada family happenings this month meant I had to prioritize real life over virtual ones. Even so, today’s informational organization of Hyperdimension Neptunia will be more trunicated than usual. I’m still going to go over every Hyperdimension Neptunia game, both immediately available and more »

Usually, when you hear about a new Pokemon game, the first question is, “When will North America get it?” With the 3DS version of Pokemon Tretta Lab, you’re probably thinking, “Please tell me Nintendo isn’t considering selling this everywhere.” In Japan, there’s an arcade game called Pokemon Tretta, and Nintendo is hoping it’ll translate well more »

A sad truth about the DS generation is that a lot of fantastic, import DS games never made it outside of Japan. There were just too many good games, some of them too weird or obscure, and not enough companies to take a chance on them. Which meant people had to resort to importing if more »

Japan is known for crazy games and one of the most recent releases that made people double take is Conception: Please Have My Children. So naturally, I had to find a way to play it and report back to all of you about the experience. Now, at first I was going to review Conception: Please more »

Dragon Quest is an amazing series, but it never seemed to get the kind of respect and love it deserved outside of Japan. In Japan, it’s a legend and there are stories of people lining up to buy copies of the game or skipping work or school to play it. Here, not so much. It’s more »

Good morning everyone and welcome to Important Importables! It’s been a while since we talked about import games together, but stuff happened and you know how it is. I’m making it up to you today. We’re learning about Monolith Soft, an up-and-coming developer that’s been making a name for itself with its quality RPGs. I more »

Okay, when I look at the Shin Megami Tensei IV 3DS XL, I see a monster’s face. He has a beard, manibles and bunny ears. He’s surrounded by his buddies on either side. I think his dad, or maybe his mom, is on the right standing up. The matching ears are a dead giveaway. Also, more »

Who’s Toro Inoue? It’s a good question. Especially since Sony hasn’t made a big deal about its white spokescat Toro outside of Japan. He first appeared in Doko Demo Issho on the PlayStation in 1999, and has since gone on to appear in a PSP port of that game, Mainichi Issho, Weekly Toro Station, Toro! more »

I’m a gigantic Fire Emblem fan. Even before I really liked strategic RPGs, I was enjoying Fire Emblem games. The series fell out of my favor with the DS entries, due to the removal of the relationship elements. However, when I heard about Fire Emblem: Awakening, I got excited again and, after trying a friend’s more »

Hey everyone, welcome to 2013! The new year is upon us and happens to be filled with opportunities. After all, we aren’t even one week in yet. Who knows what fantastic games will come. Actually, scratch that. We do have some idea of what 2013 import games to expect. We’ve been hearing rumors and talk more »

Today we’re going to talk about an awesome game – Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It’s the 3DS incarnation of Nintendo’s beloved life sim starring one human (the player) in a land filled with anthropomorphic animals. Part of its magic is, even though each entry is really similar, enough is different to encourage fans to jump more »

I’m sure you’ve heard all about those Japanese body pillows. You know, the ones that look like they have a girl on the front. They’re usually the kind of thing you associate with various anime characters, which isn’t exactly accurate. Body pillow case covers with other popular characters exist too and the lastest batch are more »