I asked this yesterday but got no answers, so I’m asking again.
OK So I was thinking about getting games imported from Japan instead of getting the localized English version for games like Final Fantasy, or other games I like that are originally from Japan. The reason is not for price, they actually usually cost more to import than if I went to the store and bought a localized version, but rather to get the original version of the game. Because a lot of the time in the US versions of games that are originally from Japan but have been remade in English, a lot is taken out to make it seem more like America, or to make the game seem more ‘Americanized’. I would like to have the original, unchanged version of the games, that were released in Japan. I was just wondering if this was legal, as authorities could easily claim I was doing this to avoid local sales taxes or something. Though this is not the reason, because as I said earlier, it costs more than going to the store (on Amazon.com) because it has to be imported across the world. For example, if I went to the store and bought a localized copy of Final Fantasy XIII-2, it would cost US$49.99. If I went to Amazon.com and got a copy imported from Japan, it would cost US$109.99. That’s a lot of money to pay for a game.
So basically I was just wondering is this legal? To import games?
Thanks!