SegaShiro: Pure SEGA HARDCORE!

If you are a regular reader of SEGASHIRO, you might remember that I said I was contacting Hori USA to see if I could somehow get a set of Virtual On Twin Sticks pre-ordered and shipped over.

Why? Because it is hard to play Virtual On any other way and because well, I thought it would be fun to try. The team at Hori USA (who are all based out of Japan it seems) went above and beyond to help me out.

No, they didn’t get me a unit nor did they make ordering one any easier but they sent me a hilarious yet informative email:

_{“Thank you for contacting us.}

_{In regards, the product in question was a Japan only product.
Although the initial product has since been discontinued, it appears that Japan side will be re-releasing the stick along with the release of the new Virtual-On game (scheduled for some time this winter).}

_{The product can be found here:}

_{http://www.horistore.com/shop/item_detail.php?id=915}

_{The only way we can suggest a purchase is to have some one in Japan purchase one fow you or to use a forwarding services such as tenso.com:}

_{http://www.tenso.com/en/}

_{This is a service that specializes in forwarding Japanese shipments to the
US.}

_{Please note that HORI is not affiliated and/or support this service and, as such, HORI is not responsible for any damages and/or claims relating to this service.}

_{We are sorry that we cannot be of more assistance but this is the best advice we can survive.}

_{If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us.}

_{Thank You Very Much,}

_{HORI USA”}

They worked so hard to help me out that they barely survived. This email does prove one thing…that I need to go to Japan and I need to know people from Japan.

But to be honest, they could of said that they couldn’t help me and shuffled along but I’ve checked out Tenso and currently sent their support staff an email. The adventure continues.

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