yeah, that was the same for most of the EU too, its something SE really needs to change, as i would've liked a spinet, i would've liked a tailsman back in the day, but i couldnt because the item was only obtainable through a rl purchase that was availiable in just NA and JP regions, and iirc, they made it so it was wasnt region free either. I mean, making the in game items purchasable online would be nice for those countries that cant get the actual disc, or w/e item, but its being made pretty much exclusive items to jp and NA players only, (unless you get lucky in the EU and win a fan art contest), unless theirs methods to get these items being an EU player idk, but if not, then it sucks pretty much =(