Japanese Version PS2 Help - Final Fantasy XI :: Dreams in Vana'diel :: Community

i300e · 09-28-2006, 02:15 PM

I recently found in a Japanese PS2 with a Japanese BB-unit(Hardrive and Network Adapter) and the Japanese version of Final Fantasy XI with no expantions in a pawn shop for an unbelievable price. I am learning japanese but don't know much right now. I would like to play the japanese version to possibly help me learn more japanese. I have no idea how to start sign up, get through the menus or what address i should use. I have been reading up a little on this forum but i can't seem to find any definate guides. Could some one possibly tell my what information and address i should use so that I will not get suspended by SE and where to use this information when going through the sign up process considering that i cant really read japanese.
Thanks

Oh yeah and I forgot to say that I do have a valid debit card and US address but i do not know anyone who lives in Japan

Yuanlung · 09-28-2006, 02:29 PM

FYI, FFXI isn't exactly the best game for learning the language... most of the terms used in the games are just English terms, spelt out in katakana.

But anyways, if I remember correctly, the menu in the JP version has the same layout as the US version. It's just using the standard controller scheme (O = confirm and X = cancel, etc) that's also on NA PC version of the game instead of the NA PS2 scheme.

i300e · 09-28-2006, 02:39 PM

hmmm ok that helps a lot because i do have an english version that has the book but the keys on it have been used... Can anyone tell my what address i need to use. Is it just any valid Japanese address or is there some trick to getting a US address in. And to keep my account from being suspended I just need to make sure to update my credit card before it is expired. Are there any other things i need to know to prevend SE from suspending my account?
Thanks

Yuanlung · 09-28-2006, 02:43 PM

You can just use your NA account and log in on the JP PS2. There is no need to re-register. The accounts are useable universally.

i300e · 09-28-2006, 02:47 PM

I dont have an NA account it belongs to someone else.

Yuanlung · 09-28-2006, 02:56 PM

You would need to buy a copy of NA version of FFXI then. A fresh CD key is required for creating a new account. You can either do it with a PS2 or a PC version.

You can do it with a fresh JP version too, but that just makes things more complicated. =)

i300e · 09-28-2006, 03:08 PM

I would rather not buy another copy of the game. But if anyone could explain how to do it with the fresh Japanese keys.
Thanks

Yuanlung · 09-28-2006, 03:13 PM

Err... unless the CD key you got is fresh, as in, noone ever used it to register, you will have to get a new copy anyways.

If it's from a pawn shop, chances are, it's been used.

i300e · 09-28-2006, 03:17 PM

The copy of Final Fantasy XI was sealed so im sure the keys are fresh.

Yuanlung · 09-28-2006, 03:41 PM

Try the steps from this thread then.

Skip the installation part since it's for PC, and go straight to the registration.

i300e · 09-28-2006, 05:04 PM

hmmm ok im trying to register and i seem to be stuck on a part where you enter your name after i enter my japanese name it asks for my birthday i think and i cant seem to get past this point ive entered i think all the combinations possible but it keeps taking me back to the same screens