do you need a special region player or something for it? i wouldn't want to buy it for 80 canadian + shipping, only to find out, my american ps2 won't play jp games. i also want the gundam seed game! holy sweet snot masters!

also, does anyone know how many characters you can play as in this narutimett hero? cause if you only fight rock lee and gaara in story mode, and can only choose to be naruto or sasuke, then i'm wasting my time. i would love to play as shikamaru against gaara, or as rock lee against sasuke.