Make a Japanese PSN account. Now. If you haven't, you're going to continue missing out on all the free demos the Japanese gamer crowd get. It's not tough -- sign up for one in your own language, make notes about what information goes on each page, then make a Japanese one. Why are we insisting you do this? So you can test drive FolksSoul along with us this Friday when a demo hits the Japanese PS Store.Also known as Folklore in the US, the game had kept a very low key until Gamer's Day, when a new trailer and multiple screens made an entrance and blew a lot of people away. Sure, it's absolutely a Japanese game -- lacking muscular men with big shiny guns, but it does look incredibly fun to play. So that's why we're telling you about the demo. It's rumored to be over an entire gigabyte, so make sure you've got something else to do. Try it out, then decide if it's for you or not!













Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
5-29-2007 @ 3:21PM
Reesimo said...
I am sooo ready to try this game out. I've got 4 different international accounts--one of which is Japanese. I hope it's in English, most of their demos are.
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5-29-2007 @ 3:25PM
fetcher.nwah said...
I started up a Hong Kong account, hearing early rumors that it was the same content as Japan (with the exception being that you can set the HK store to English).
I guess I'll know this week the content issue, if/when Folkssoul/Folklore shows up in the HK store.
In fact, I hear rumblings that there is a trailer up in the J-store, so maybe when I get home I can see if the content is the same in the HK-store.
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5-29-2007 @ 3:30PM
mccomber said...
This wasn't even on my radar for some reason. I'll have to check it out later this week, a demo is always welcome... hopefully in enough english that I can figure out what's going on. Time to continue the quest to learn japanese.
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5-29-2007 @ 3:38PM
WhackMushroom said...
i got 10 bucks on that the demo will be in the US store as well. anyone game.
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5-29-2007 @ 3:41PM
thatpspkid said...
@ 4
If I am not mistaken, thus far this is a japan only game. no us release info has been announced. so you best take back your bet.
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5-29-2007 @ 3:49PM
pherstothelee said...
Why else would they assign a different name in the US if it weren't going to release there?
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5-29-2007 @ 3:52PM
seedaripper1973 said...
@ nick....shhhsssshhhh man (we dont want sony to cotton on to this mate)
;)
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5-29-2007 @ 4:33PM
OrganicShadow said...
@5: Might want to actually look on the net first. US release has already been announced for October, as there was a lot of coverage for this game at Gamers Day, which is a US event.
There was plenty in the demonstration that was in English, so im sure they are capable of putting together an English demo. The only thing missing might be voice-overs if they aren't finished with them yet.
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5-29-2007 @ 4:34PM
James said...
I´ll bet €20 we won´t see it in the Europe store for 2 weeks.!
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5-29-2007 @ 5:23PM
ToXicDecree said...
If it comes out this Friday in Japan isn't that this Thursday in the US since they are one day ahead.
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5-29-2007 @ 6:54PM
bootsielon said...
Uh, FolksSoul is a role playing strategy game... being a role playing strategy game, you can do some new awesome things like real-time magic change. It's also based on real history that took... actually took place in the medieval times.
So here's this GIANT, ENEMY DRAGON, and you... attack its weak point, for MASSIVE damage.
;) I kid, I kid XD
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5-29-2007 @ 7:12PM
Tim Parsons said...
huh,.(dumbfounded) how do I create an account outside of my area??
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5-29-2007 @ 7:14PM
Tim Parsons said...
was'nt SONY banning this and or the master account?? Just wondering not that I have a clue how to do this ,. but will it affect my master account if I got busted,. just wondering
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5-29-2007 @ 8:14PM
massive_98 said...
You have to create a new user (the offline acount;its on the far left)
Then make a new user (Andy2) and create a new Hong Kong account. Does anyone know if HotShots Golf 5 has an English mode?
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5-29-2007 @ 8:26PM
Tim Parsons said...
14. You have to create a new user (the offline acount;its on the far left)
,. I knew that much lol,. But I didn't realize there was an option to choose a region or anything
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5-29-2007 @ 10:41PM
andyscout said...
Figures, after my PS3 was stolen from my dorm room is when something like this comes.
Yeah, making a new account is pretty easy. I had a japanese one for Hot Shots Golf 5.
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5-29-2007 @ 10:45PM
Tim Parsons said...
anyone wanan help me here trying to make a Japan PSN account but i'm stuck on the screen wanting a valid address ,..
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6-01-2007 @ 1:00AM
EvoAnubis said...
Okay. Here we are, and the demo ain't there. What gives?
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6-01-2007 @ 2:52AM
djSyndrome said...
It's there, downloading it now.
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6-01-2007 @ 3:48AM
Mark McLaughlin said...
Yep, it's definitely on the Japan store now. (And it's downloading a reasonable speed too, here in the UK.)
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