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2 hours ago, Microbe999 said:

I can't help but think HG must be the reason for blocking the content in some way, with Hikaru and Minmay conspicuously absent from the US release.  Perhaps that DLC is a side mission of sorts and not part of the main storyline or integrated into it.  I don't even see Max in the game listed.  Couldn't they use the Macross 7 designs for Max?  I would think he is in the DLC though.  

 

Maybe we can hope against hope that the content DOES make it's way somehow into the western physical releases due to some deal with HG?  Whole situation is annoying.

No idea...but this is why I did not have high hopes when the HG-BW deal was first announced...imo, things have actually gotten worse...for SDFM-DYRL fans

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7 hours ago, treatment said:

fyi.

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The webform to fill out is below that message at:

 

https://form.bushiroad.com/form/macross_si-ws0314

 

You will need a browser that will auto-translate the fields to english (or any non-japanese) for you.

 

 

Thanks again for posting this...I had apparently received the amazon.jp email about this too but it was buried in my junk email...LOL

Anyways, the form was easy enough to submit...they just wanted your shipping info and a copy of your purchase receipt, in my case it was my paid invoice from AJ...

I did not read anywhere on the link about not being able to fulfill non-Japanese orders, but hoping for the best...but expecting nothing...

In either case, I went ahead and just bought one off auction...I think the card may be the same for all releases, PS5, PS4, and Switch...however, I think some of the other "extras" are specific to where you ordered your "limited" edition from....a waiting game now...the one item I am looking forward to the most is the special book and the art card with the Mikimoto "Macross the First" style character art....oh and, of course, the special box art featuring the same Mikimoto graphic....

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On 3/12/2024 at 11:14 AM, Old_Nash_II said:

So, if I buy the Amazon version, and put in my english Switch, I can't play it in english? or get the download?

Create a Japanese Nintendo account and you can download anything you want from the Japanese e-shop.  I have a second japanese account and it works fine.

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5 hours ago, jvmacross said:

No idea...but this is why I did not have high hopes when the HG-BW deal was first announced...imo, things have actually gotten worse...for SDFM-DYRL fans

How have things gotten worse exactly?

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2 hours ago, jvmacross said:

Thanks again for posting this...I had apparently received the amazon.jp email about this too but it was buried in my junk email...LOL

Anyways, the form was easy enough to submit...they just wanted your shipping info and a copy of your purchase receipt, in my case it was my paid invoice from AJ...

I did not read anywhere on the link about not being able to fulfill non-Japanese orders, but hoping for the best...but expecting nothing...

In either case, I went ahead and just bought one off auction...I think the card may be the same for all releases, PS5, PS4, and Switch...however, I think some of the other "extras" are specific to where you ordered your "limited" edition from....a waiting game now...the one item I am looking forward to the most is the special book and the art card with the Mikimoto "Macross the First" style character art....oh and, of course, the special box art featuring the same Mikimoto graphic....

 

Yeah. I hope they do fulfill it for overseas purchasers.

 

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2 hours ago, Mommar said:

How have things gotten worse exactly?

If things were truly "status quo", in terms of "SDFM/DYRL"...HG would not hesitate to issue licenses for DYRL-themed merch....as they did in the past

Now, vendors like KitzConcept and Three-Zero are locked out of producing DYRL merch using a HG license...with absolutely no hope of attaining BW licenses to produce DYRL-themed merch...

So for folks that care more about SDFM/DYRL...your options have inexplicably decreased under the new HG/BW arangement...

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7 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

If things were truly "status quo", in terms of "SDFM/DYRL"...HG would not hesitate to issue licenses for DYRL-themed merch....as they did in the past

Now, vendors like KitzConcept and Three-Zero are locked out of producing DYRL merch using a HG license...with absolutely no hope of attaining BW licenses to produce DYRL-themed merch...

So for folks that care more about SDFM/DYRL...your options have inexplicably decreased under the new HG/BW arangement...

How much DYRL merch was being produced before?  You're option is to import from Japan, like always, and the options are more plentiful than they have ever been.  I don't see your point at all.  It's as it was... except two relatively talented compa ies are making SDFM products in the US as opposed to on reslly bad one.

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1 minute ago, Mommar said:

How much DYRL merch was being produced before?  You're option is to import from Japan, like always, and the options are more plentiful than they have ever been.  I don't see your point at all.  It's as it was... except two relatively talented compa ies are making SDFM products in the US as opposed to on reslly bad one.

There was plenty of DYRL merch being released using HG licenses....whether you thought they were good is irrelevant.....the only point you need to understand is that now that we are starting to have vendors making better products, they are now limited to SDFM only....so yeah, options for DYRL fans have decreased post HG/BW agreement...

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13 hours ago, the_foul_fowl said:

Managed to snag a limited edition over from Amazon.jp last night, I guess they had some excess orders that they could ship out of Japan!

 

Found an early video of the gameplay:

https://youtu.be/YqhhbTbPvYY?si=j9UZDLjfIs9j9jxB

Looks fun!


Looks to have sufficient variety beyond the casual shoot-em-up. The VFs really look really small, but perhaps it's just my old eyes not being able to focus & catch up now lol.

Potentially the big issue is that there doesn't seem to be enough visual distinction between objects that you can interact with and those that are just pure background stuff. For eg, in the early part of the video, there's all sorts of asteroids flying around and I really thought one have to avoid slamming into them. In later part of video, there's these stuff that you can pick up but they don't look much different from other background debris.

 

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13 hours ago, the_foul_fowl said:

Managed to snag a limited edition over from Amazon.jp last night, I guess they had some excess orders that they could ship out of Japan!

 

Found an early video of the gameplay:

https://youtu.be/YqhhbTbPvYY?si=j9UZDLjfIs9j9jxB

Looks fun!

I still trying to but from Amazon.jp, but I dont get ter.

I mean, my account from Brazil, and need to move location for JP for access the link to buy Standart version

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7 hours ago, MisaForever said:

So hold on..... not even the Steam version is going to have English subs??? According to the Steam page it only has Japanese. 🤨

 

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Maybe if HG releasing here without ALL Macross character and have only Robotech franchise XD

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2 hours ago, jvmacross said:

Hmmm, I read that but it doesn't specifically mention anything about English subs. Or am I missing it? Do I have to buy a physical copy to get them?

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5 minutes ago, MisaForever said:

Hmmm, I read that but it doesn't specifically mention anything about English subs. Or am I missing it? Do I have to buy a physical copy to get them?

It says "english localization" on the bottom right of the press release.  You would have to wait for the red art games release in the west.  I don't know how it will work digitally though, would there be two versions on steam?  The game is currently listed on steam already so will it be patched in?

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35 minutes ago, Microbe999 said:

It says "english localization" on the bottom right of the press release.  You would have to wait for the red art games release in the west.  I don't know how it will work digitally though, would there be two versions on steam?  The game is currently listed on steam already so will it be patched in?

Ohhhh I see. Interesting and frustrating. I suppose I'll just wait until after they release the Steam version and see how it turns out. 

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I watched a playthough of the game.  Not terribly impressive overall from the look of it.  This is probably going to be a "I own another Macross game" instead of something I'd want tonplay much.  I'd wager Scramble Valkyrie is still the best Macross shmup.

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7 hours ago, Mommar said:

I watched a playthough of the game.  Not terribly impressive overall from the look of it.  This is probably going to be a "I own another Macross game" instead of something I'd want tonplay much.  I'd wager Scramble Valkyrie is still the best Macross shmup.

Yup, nothing especially "Macross" about it at all. I'd take a not even remotely remastered console port if the PSP ArtDink games over this any day.

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It’s in! My package got delivered today, pretty fast. Ordered on Wednesday night too!

A shot of the whole package here, much bigger than expected 

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Acrylic poster, some metal pins to hold it, quite hefty!

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This is the “special book” that comes with the limited edition 

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Contents include story, system, mecha, works, area, and rival mecha

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Some shots of the main sections

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Was wondering where the weiss Schwartz card was when I opened up the case and there it was!

Though I don’t collect the cards, must say the foil card looks good!IMG_7253.jpeg.2f93f4da11db76310748148d98fc71a6.jpeg

I don’t usually get limited editions of games, but I’m really happy with my choice to go with it this time, largely for the special book 😬 

 

 

 

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53 minutes ago, the_foul_fowl said:

It’s in! My package got delivered today, pretty fast. Ordered on Wednesday night too!

A shot of the whole package here, much bigger than expected 

IMG_7244.jpeg.4e2fded32597b78ff9eff4ba19c8ba54.jpeg
 

Acrylic poster, some metal pins to hold it, quite hefty!

IMG_7246.jpeg.6691b7032346f7e53a5397a62fc8a129.jpeg

This is the “special book” that comes with the limited edition 

IMG_7247.jpeg.1a0d5076017f796a19f58952066d5f23.jpeg

Contents include story, system, mecha, works, area, and rival mecha

IMG_7248.jpeg.dd19660373aa9297dd820a99d4e3f4e6.jpeg

Some shots of the main sections

IMG_7249.jpeg.833da63b923b46fc763e8f0ce8417883.jpeg
IMG_7250.jpeg.85d24341e5b40b943b217924a8afbf6c.jpegIMG_7251.jpeg.618aef146c3cfd2a2c0cbb2c5037d3f2.jpegIMG_7252.jpeg.a96e8393ad02c805e0dddcc520d34593.jpeg
 

Was wondering where the weiss Schwartz card was when I opened up the case and there it was!

Though I don’t collect the cards, must say the foil card looks good!IMG_7253.jpeg.2f93f4da11db76310748148d98fc71a6.jpeg

I don’t usually get limited editions of games, but I’m really happy with my choice to go with it this time, largely for the special book 😬 

 

 

 

Amazon Standard?

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1 hour ago, the_foul_fowl said:

It’s in! My package got delivered today, pretty fast. Ordered on Wednesday night too!

A shot of the whole package here, much bigger than expected 

IMG_7244.jpeg.4e2fded32597b78ff9eff4ba19c8ba54.jpeg
 

Acrylic poster, some metal pins to hold it, quite hefty!

IMG_7246.jpeg.6691b7032346f7e53a5397a62fc8a129.jpeg

This is the “special book” that comes with the limited edition 

IMG_7247.jpeg.1a0d5076017f796a19f58952066d5f23.jpeg

Contents include story, system, mecha, works, area, and rival mecha

IMG_7248.jpeg.dd19660373aa9297dd820a99d4e3f4e6.jpeg

Some shots of the main sections

IMG_7249.jpeg.833da63b923b46fc763e8f0ce8417883.jpeg
IMG_7250.jpeg.85d24341e5b40b943b217924a8afbf6c.jpegIMG_7251.jpeg.618aef146c3cfd2a2c0cbb2c5037d3f2.jpegIMG_7252.jpeg.a96e8393ad02c805e0dddcc520d34593.jpeg
 

Was wondering where the weiss Schwartz card was when I opened up the case and there it was!

Though I don’t collect the cards, must say the foil card looks good!IMG_7253.jpeg.2f93f4da11db76310748148d98fc71a6.jpeg

I don’t usually get limited editions of games, but I’m really happy with my choice to go with it this time, largely for the special book 😬 

 

 

 


Nice purchase! :good:

Somehow, the illustrations of the valks in the special book caught my eye. Going by the 3D renderings of the YF-19 & Fz-109 for all 3 forms, there doesn't appear to be much (if at all) anime magic going on between modes. Love to see the full interpretations of other valks with reputation of heavy anime magic lol

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Got mine in yesterday....didn't realize it was sitting on my porch until this morning...lol

Leaving it misb for now.....

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Think I'll keep the PS5 sealed and open up the Switch at some point...

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9 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

Did it not come with a clear file?

Nope, I ordered the non-exclusive limited edition from Amazon.jp, no clear file and I didn’t get the Amazon.jp exclusive version which I thought to be some downloadable material. Did you get a clear file with your order?

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59 minutes ago, the_foul_fowl said:

Nope, I ordered the non-exclusive limited edition from Amazon.jp, no clear file and I didn’t get the Amazon.jp exclusive version which I thought to be some downloadable material. Did you get a clear file with your order?

Not sure...I guess I will need to open up my PS5 version afterall...

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