I don't believe so. I don't do must importing so I don't know how the whole thing would work out. But my guess would be that you'd be only able to play on the US servers. Though I'd want to ask someone that actually imported the Japanese game and see if they're able to play on the US servers with their game.
Now that sucks. I don't have many friends over here who like these sorts of games - playing my friends in the US is really my only shot at enjoying the game online. ¬¬
I'll wait and see. If I've not heard anything about a European release date which is before Christmas, I'll get it imported. Would I still be able to play the imported version on European servers? I'm guessing so, but I need to ask before assuming lol. xD
I'm not too sure how Atlus will set it up. I could imagine that Atlus may set up European only servers for you guys so that you guys aren't disadvantaged by playing with people that have been playing for months or even possibly no longer playing.
Don't worry about the questions. ^^ I'll answer anything I can.
And what happens if I just wait for it to be released here? Yeah, I'll probably wait longer to play it, but will I still be able to play people in the US?
Haha, and I'm sorry if these are really noobie questions. xD
I think if you import the Japanese version you'll only able to play with those using Japanese discs and thus the Japanese server. I think that Atlus set up special servers for the US since from what I'm seeing all of the in game hints and messages are pretty low recommended so it doesn't feel like people have been playing for months. So I'm guessing we're on different unavailable servers. So if you want to play with the people in the US I'd suggest importing the US version, which is probably going to be cheaper than the JP version. At least I think JP games cost more than US, for whatever strange economic reason there is for that.