Games worth importing?

[fred]

Are there any games you have wanted to import, but have just held off for some reason? Personally, I've been wanting to get Ryu ga Gotoku (aka Yakuza) 5 and Kenzan. The language barrier and price have kept me from it though.

There are also plenty of wrestling games that are Japanese exclusive that I wanted. I have imported some of the Fire Pro games. The Dreamcast one is pretty sweet.

So what are some other games people have wanted to import?

[Dylan]

Although its been confirmed that its coming to the US at some point this year, I am dying to play Phantasy Star Online 2. This is a series that I fell in love with when it emerged on the Dreamcast over a decade ago.

I just became addicted to replaying the same instances over and over again on hard difficulties in order to find those little red cubes. I remember playing this game with a controller in hand and a keyboard on the coffee table... back in the days before wide-spread voice chat.

Phantasy Star has had at least 4 games since the original PSO but none of them have captured the magic found in the original. Why the hell have MAGs been taken out!?!

I'm so hopeful that PSO2 lives up to the greatness of the original that I even tried to download the japanese beta, but to no avail .

[nick]

Elite Beat Agents 2 was a Japan only release. I was absolutely addicted to the first one and couldn't wait for a sequel, but crappy sales numbers in the states for the first game means Nintendo of America usually forgoes the sequel.

I've never imported a game before but I would pay a premium for Elite Beat Agents 2.