Treasure Hunter Update: Atlus seriously doesn't want you to import Demon's Souls

It's good to see that someone is bringing over Demon's Souls, a game that Sony decided to pass on localizing despite its voice acting already being in English. But it's good that Atlus is bringing it over in their stead. Despite already announcing the game for a US release, Atlus noticed that gamers were still importing it for some strange reason. Yeah, there's the omnipresent gamer desire to have and play a great game immediately, but come on. Why pay high import prices for something with some nearly unreadable Engrish when you can wait for an Atlus translation? Atlus pondered this as well, and introduced a "Stop Importing It" edition.


However! For anyone who, god forbid, still wants to import it, Atlus has added another incentive for them: the entire soundtrack. And this is in addition to an art book, a special edition slipcover, and a 150-page strategy guide, the last two of which are included with the $69.99 special edition version of the game (the soundtrack is also included with the standard edition, by the way). And you may want to put down the $10 to get the special edition, as reviews from random gamers and professional websites so far have said that this game is incredibly difficult. With that, the "Stop Importing It" becomes the "No Really, Stop Importing It" edition.

I'm thinking about preordering it, even though I don't even own a PS3. That's says quite a bit about my concept of how to spend money (i.e. it's anything but logical). But that also says a lot about how nice of a package this thing is, especially the special edition. It looks like one of those useful special editions that I talked about when describing the contents of Blazblue's Limited Edition, though it'll undoubtedly be overshadowed by the likes of Batman: Arkham Asylum's and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's. Do you really need a Batarang replica? No! A fully functioning pair of Night Vision Goggles? Unlikely!

(Though they do look nice. I'll give them that.)

If you want to know more about Demon's Souls, be sure to check out Atlus' Official Website. There's also a plethora of information at the Demon's Soul's English Wiki. Also, you may be interested in reading 1up's blog post about it on The Grind and Eurogamer's stellar review. The game releases on October 6th.