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Originally Posted by -karu-  If i use the swap magic with the slim, do i have to keep on using the disk over and over everytime i want to play a japanese game? or only once? |
Yeah, you have to use the swap magic each time for every game you play, i.e. if you want to switch games from say Popn 9 to Popn 10 or whatever, you would have to load swap magic again before switching to Popn 10. A bit of a pain but it works fine.
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Originally Posted by -karu- I would rather not get a controller that is around 200 dollars if i havent even ever played the game yet.. there is a 60 dollar one made by konami, that a lot of people are telling me is bad. so im not sure what i should do about that.
what would you say is the best controller for someone that is just starting, never played before, and is a price that wont kill me if i dont like the game? |
Your best bet imo is to start with the mini controller made by Konami. It's not bad if you're just starting out and want to determine if you like the game enough to put out the big money for an ASC (Arcade Style Controller). The minicon will give you a good feeling of the gameplay and whether you like it or not and also give you the chance to learn how to read the note charts and start getting better at reading and playing hte game in general. If you like it enough and think you'll stick with it and have the money then you can go for an ASC. It will take a couple of weeks or so to acclimate yourself to the bigger controller and some techniques that you may have developed on the minicon won't work on the ASC. It's not that big of a deal.
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Originally Posted by -karu- I dont really know that much japanese but i can read some. Are you saying i cant change the speed of the how fast the buttons fall, or i cant make it go into really high speed? because in rhythm games i always change the speed of how fast the buttons(?) fall. |
I think the earlier Popn games went up to at least 4x, so I would say you'll be fine unless you want to read at really high speeds. I have trouble at anything close to or over 600 BPM.
Good luck!