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3* Regarding the [=PS3=] port, why is everyone rejoicing? Sure, you don't have to get a Japanese console to play it, but [[FridgeLogic all of the text is still gonna be in Japanese,]] so unless you're fluent in the language, or the [=PS3=] automatically translates the text, why bother with the game?
4** There ARE a few things to rejoice. Even if the text is still in Japanese, the way the game is structured, you can, with a [[GuideDangIt little help]], still play it well enough to get the True Ends. You don't need to have a fluent Japanese to be able to play. For another, since the [=PS3=] version isn't region locked the cost-benefit isn't as steep as it would be with an Japanese Platform/XBox360.
5*** Still doesn't make much sense to me. How would you know how to respond the correct way to whatever someone is saying if you can't understand Japanese. I just can't imagine that working no matter how the game is structured, unless it points at the correct response or you have a Game [=FAQs=] translation on your computer the whole time, which sounds more like work than anything.
6*** Think of it this way. To play Im@s before you needed an investment of around U$1200 (A Japanese Platform/XBox360 plus the game), which, unless you intended to keep buying Japanese Xbox games seems a little steep for the general fan. With an unlocked [=PS3=] port, you can play it on the [=PS3=] you already had. Alternatively, if you need to buy one, it isn't going to be only for Japanese games, like the Xbox one (like this troper has done and since hearding of the [=PS3=] port been cursing Bandai-Namco).
7*** Well, when you pit it like that, I can see it working from an economical standpoint, but my point is, if you're not versed in Japanese and you buy the game, you're pretty boned unless you're willing to either learn Japanese (in which case, more power to you) or look back at your computer screen every 20 or so seconds to read a translation someone posted online.

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