[GP23]

I gotta say, geralds is totally right there but, there are more factors than just content and franchise.

With the newer consoles doing away with region lock (PAL, NTSC-J), the interest may increase some. It will probably have a larger impact on hardware, rather than software, as the games themselves are still in Japanese.

Those are the kickers really, region lock and language. One can overlook the PAL/NTSC-US "barrier" due to the games being released in English (and several with multiple language support). Aside from that, the next biggest kicker is the price + shipping + import duties.

And like Letrico pointed out, Japanese CE's come out with ridiculous frequency.

I wouldn't expect any single person to keep updates on every CE or CE variant coming out of the Japanese market. Some major titles do deserve the attention (Final Fantasy, Zelda, etc...) but unless it is A: overwhelming popular &/or B: an over-the-top CE, I don't feel it would be worth the effort.

That isn't just this forum, but in general. From my few weeks here/lurking, I doubt there would be much interest in half of my collection... being vintage/rare and PC rather than console. I just don't feel that vibe.

Being a Final Fantasy fan since the SNES release and cemented with FFVII for the PS... I just thought I'd toss the Japanese version in this thread.