I played Boktai

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Originally Posted by Dyne

It wouldn't be a beta. It would be an early translation version, because the japanese version has been out for a while.

It's well past beta-testing.

It can still be an American beta version... just like there was an American FFXI Beta Version, even though the game was already out in Japan. But it doesn't matter anyway... the point is that he received an early version of the game, whether or not it is technically a beta version.