Alright, so let me get this straight. You want to import a STORY intensive game, for the sole reason of experiencing the gameplay mechanics rather than the story. You want to play with the combat system (which you already have tried) and explore Ivalice all the time ignoring the backbone of the game which is its astounding story. Not to mention you might have problems with swap discs unless you have a top loading Playstation 2 (i.e. they are designed to work with toploading consoles more often than not).
I understand wanting to have it (I imported Final Fantasy XI and see myself importing many Japanese/Korean games once I finally get a PSP) but your not going to be able to enjoy it to its fullest. I played Final Fantasy IX in spanish with a good understanding of Spanish (albeit on par with how well I speak it now) and many, many things flew over my head and I struggled to comprehend half of the things being said, so with a Japanese copy you are going to understand nothing.
There is only so much you can achieve through trial and error, especially when you see that the combat system may not undergo any immediatly apparent changes when you change something in the menu. If you do important you'll only be doing yourself a disservice as at most you'll be getting half of the experience. From the fact that you will most probably have to mod your console in order to play this (the reason those disc arent too popular is because they arent as reliable at playing imported games as modded consoles) and your experience will be marred by a lack of understand.
With games like Kingdom Hearts II coming out this March 28 in the US you have a short wait for the next amazing game from Square-enix. Trust me, in this case waiting for the game is well worth it... and this is coming from a European gamer, where Dragon Quest VIII still hasnt launched, and when it does next month it wont include the XII demo and we have no Kingdom Hearts II release date.
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