It looks like the days of import sites may be over as Amazon.co.jp has begun offering international shipping for games and consoles, including those by Nintendo. There are still listings that say otherwise, but NeoGAF users have reported that they don’t seem to be accurate anymore.
However, the process isn’t that simple. You will need a new account and it must be from Amazon.co.jp. Your American or European accounts will not work. A credit card is also required and the product you are ordering must be sold by Amazon itself. There is even some disagreement on whether it is possible to pre-order a gaming product.
Wow it looks like Amazon japan allows international sale for games/consoles now
I tried with a ps4 game just now and it works— Hadler (@HadlerER) March 8, 2016
I’m such a fanboy.
wow. did you honestly copy me just to make a fake account? XD can someone ban this guy?
Though in hindsight, not like I need to point out it’s a fake. :P
Why would you ban yourself?
this is good no longer need to buy crap localization games from the Big N
Finally. This bothered me for ages.
So how much is shipping usually
For one game the cheapest shipping might be 7 bucks. But I dunno what Amazon are shipping with. If you want trackable probably more expensive.
I buy a ton of Japanese CDS from Amazon Japan, and have shipped stuff from Japan to US when I lived there, soo In my experience, the cheapest price for shipping from Japan on Amazon is around $4. Though, that’s the bare bones minimum with not tracking and it can take up to a month and a half -_- Decent hopping services with tracking are usually about $15-$25 depending on package size and weight, but most singles games have been around $20 most of the time. If you get a console, it can be up to $50-$60 usually. Most I payed was probably $80 and that was to ship a 30 pound Yamaha Keyboard :p
Thanks for this. Was thinking about buying Dark Souls 3 from Japan just to play it early. But if it takes over a month to get here that’d be pointless.
Depends. I’ve had things arrive in a week.
My friend got a Smash Bros. exclusive, Japan only white Gamecube controller from there. It only cost him about 20 bucks including shipping.
I’ll live without all that noise. Roll me over if Zelda U footage is released…
I have a feeling we aren’t gonna see anything until E3 ;_;
There’s that cute face.
Yeah I know, but I can dream and kick and scream for it! Wind Waker will have to feed my craving till it arrives, I never got to finish it anyway.
I never finished WW either lol. Right now I’m playing a bunch of Tales games while waiting for Zelda U >_<
Oh nice! GameCube had the very enjoyable Tales of Symphonia. I’m playing (trying to at least) Tales of Zestiria, it’s pretty good so far.
I’m about to start really playing Wind Waker myself. And yes, hella excited for Zelda Wii U. =]
Oh my god, thank youuu<3 This could make importing games so much easier XD I was gonna but the Japanese release of the PS4 Attack on Titan game because I'm impatient… Good thing I haven't got it yet XD
I never bother with Amazon anyway. I only order from eBay.
Signed up and tried to get Devil’s Third Japanese version a couple of weeks ago. I needed a Japanese address lol