I really want this game but don’t wanna pay US prices. So I’m thinking of buying the Jpn version. From a long play of the game i’m watching on YT, there’s no story in the game and just a few hud and options menu text. Are all these in Japanese? Or is it basically the exact same as the U.S. version?

Vertical Force is very import friendly for those who know English but don’t know Japanese. In the Japanese version of Vertical Force, the “Important: Read Instruction and Precaution Booklets Before Operating” screen appears in both English and Japanese. The Auto Pause Function screen also appears in both English and Japanese. From that point on, the rest of the game is fully and only in English, including the end credits when you beat it. As you said, there isn’t any story in the game, so that just leaves the menus at the start of the game and the very little score text and new level text and such that appear at the end of each level and start of each new level all in English only.

Benjamin Stevens wrote:
Vertical Force is very import friendly for those who know English but don’t know Japanese. In the Japanese version of Vertical Force, the “Important: Read Instruction and Precaution Booklets Before Operating” screen appears in both English and Japanese. The Auto Pause Function screen also appears in both English and Japanese. From that point on, the rest of the game is fully and only in English, including the end credits when you beat it. As you said, there isn’t any story in the game, so that just leaves the menus at the start of the game and the very little score text and new level text and such that appear at the end of each level and start of each new level all in English only.

Nice, good to know, and i kinda like the Jpn box art too. Dat black.