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While it has been more than a year since ATLUS USA first released Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 to the North American region for the Nintendo DS, Ghostlight have only just gotten around to its PAL release after releasing Devil Survivor Overclocked earlier this year to a considerable hiccup. Unfortunately not all is simple and due to the evil aspect of “manufacturing costs”, without fan support the PAL region release could never come into fruition.
The company are offering two different deals for the game for which pre-orders go live:
Option 1: Standalone Release
- Devil Survivor 2 (DS)
- This factory sealed edition will be available to all PAL territories and anyone pre-ordering from us will have the option to include their name in the DS2 manual.
- Pre-Order price £24.99/€29.99
Option 2: Devil Survivor Bundle
- Devil Survivor 2 (DS) & Devil Survivor Overclocked (3DS) with £10.00 discount!
- Both games will be factory sealed and as with Option 1, anyone pre-ordering the bundle will have the option to include their name in the DS2 manual. Regrettably, we will not be able to ship this bundle to Germany due to an existing distribution agreement.
- Pre-Order price £49.98/€59.98 (usual price £59.98/€69.98)
However to break even with their manufacturing costs they require a total of 1,800 pre-orders between both versions to be worth their while. Not only that but not only must you vote with your wallets but you have only a month to do so. If they don’t meet or as they have said “come close” to meeting this quota during that time then all plans are off and then everyone who ordered Devil Survivor 2 on its own will receive a full refund while those who ordered the bundle will receive a refund of £24.99 (In this case Devil Survivor Overclocked will be sent to them at a £10 discount to say thanks for their support). Upon reaching their target they are expecting the manufacturing process to take around five weeks and the game to be released in September.
While I encourage all PAL region gamers to support this cause, if in the event this does not amount to anything then as the game is on the Nintendo DS and not the 3DS it is therefore region free. In this case importing from North America would be an option as I previously did. Back in March 2012 I reviewed Devil Survivor 2 after its initial English localized release which you can read HERE.
