Eternal Sonata (Trusty Bell) demo for Americans too ..
As always, thanks to the mighty Destructoid. As you know, Demo’s are sometimes released in exclusivity to certain areas of the world… well.. Nick “Brutal” Chester breaks it down. He writes a great article with information that some may or may not have known, that isn’t the point, he simplified it so we all now can enjoy a Demo of a game that they don’t normally offer us U.S. city folk.
To ensure this was all accurate information, I became a lab rat, and it has paid off, I am at 31% complete of getting and enjoying the demo of a game I have wanted for so long…. now if only they had a Blue Dragon demo (oh why can’t I be satisfied). So what you all need, the instructions, click to read below:
Creating your own Japanese Xbox Live Silver Account
1) Head on over to Microsoft’s passport Web site (if you’re logged in to a current account, make sure to sign out). Sign up for a new, free Hotmail account.
2) When asked, remember to answer that you’re from Japan — don’t worry, you dirty liar, we won’t judge you.
3) The next part, which would be the “trickiest,” is entering some additional information about where you are from. You’ll have to enter bogus information. The following should work fine (the phone number is for a Domino’s Pizza near Akebonobashi Station in Tokyo):
Postal code: 150-2345
Province: Tokyo-to
Phone Number: 098-974-06044) Once you’ve activated your new Hotmai account, it’s time to head on over to your Xbox 360. Switch profiles if necessary (the X button) and create a new profile, and a new Xbox Live account.
5) You’ll next have to sign in with your new Japanese passport. Keep the number for Domino’s Pizza Akebonobashi handy, because you’re going to need to enter it again. Also, you might get hungry.
6) Create a gamertag and … that’s it!
Anything downloaded off of the Japanese marketplace can be played using accounts from other regions.
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UPDATE TO THIS STORY: I made this blog entry while it was downloading… I got off my lazy ass to come back to say download this demo NOW if you are an RPG fan. Very well done. It makes me completely forget about Blue Dragon.
May 19th, 2007 at 4:05 am
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May 21st, 2007 at 3:55 pm
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June 30th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
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