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Kaena

Battle Him

  PS2 Kaena: The Propecy

   Kaena was originally released as an animated movie in France (2001) under the name of Gaïna. It'll debut in the USA this summer with vocal talent from Kirsten Dunst, Angelica Huston, and Richard Harris. Namco took the license and crafted an action-adventure game around the main character Kaena and the world of Axis. A mighty tree hosts a human village where ~200 laborers tap the sap of the tree for their sustenance and for offerings to their gods. For many years, Kaena's people have worked the sap of the tree but the spigots are beginning to run dry. Kaena receives visions that she feels are coming from Axis as a call for help. Kaena defies the tradition of her people and ventures downwards to Axis' root system to address the problem and perhaps save her world. Along her travels, Kaena encounters a race called the Selenites that is also trying to save the tree from dying...

   The Kaena game is an exploration based adventure where players take control of Kaena and travel through the world of Axis in a bid to save the tree of life. A cast of interesting characters include intelligent worms, entities made of energy (Selenites) and many others. A variety of weapons are available such as the Vecarian Knife, a Vecarian Saber which offers more reach and an Axe of the Shaman which adds a bit more heft to her close-range attacks. Projectile attacks may be launched with the Crossbow of Steel or the Blaster. Monsters in the game include Sharken, Marauders and Gordaks which attack from the air and from ground level.

 
 

Famicom Mini Set 2

Vib Ripple

  NEWS Additional Import Schedule for May-July 2004

   We're trying out some Japanese DVDs that are shipping in June and another two Dreamcast (dating) games are on the way. The Xbox conversion of Metal Slug 3 ships on the same day as the PS2 version of Metal Slug 4.
  
We also open up preorders for the next set of Famicom Mini games which are expected on May 21. Pricing is set at Y2000 per title but since there appears to be some pricing issues with distributors for these titles, we start the price at US$29 but we'll scale lower if we're afforded a price break on the new batch of Famicom Mini carts.

DC Moon to East, Sun to West Sega Jun 24
  Pizzicato Polka Pajama Jun 17
DVD Capcom Arcade Chronicle Enterbrain Jun 24
  Fighting Show (Tougeki) Vol. 1 Enterbrain Jun 24
Godanner DVD Set 2 Sega Jun 24
GBA BB Ball Konami Jun 24
  Famicom Mini Set #2: Individual carts Nintendo May 27
Famicom Mini Set #2: Full set of 10 Nintendo May 27
Puyo Puyo Fever Sega Jul 24
Wagamama Fairy Mirumo de Pon! Konami Jul 15
GC Croket! Bank no Kiki wo Sukuu Konami Jul 08
  Jikkyo Powerful Pro Baseball XI Konami Jul 15
PS2 Croket! Bank no Kiki wo Sukuu Konami Jul 08
  DearS Mediaworks Jun 24
DearS Limited Edition Mediaworks Jun 24
Gunslinger Girl Vol. 2 Bandai Jun 17

Jikkyo Powerful Pro Baseball XI Konami Jul 15
Sakurazaka Shouboutai Irem Jun 10
Vib Ripple SCE May 27

XBX Metal Slug 3 Playmore Jun 24
 
 

Hound

  NEWS Transformers Collection #14: Hound, Super Link Unicron

   The fourteenth Transformers Collection toy reissues Hound from 1985. The package includes a booklet attached to a fanfold box and character cards similar to previous versions. Weapon accoutrements are also included inside the windowed box of the Hound figure. Hound transforms from robot to Wrangler Jeep. Preorders are expected to ship in July 2004.
Takara has also announced a Transformers Super Link Unicron - Black Version which ships in July 2004. Only 3000 pieces will be produced at Y7980 per piece.


Super Link Unicron
 

 

 

VF-19 Custom Valkyrie

  SOTD VF-19 Custom Fire Valkyrie 

SOLDOUT

   For today's SOTD, we're looking to move a few cases of Bandai's VF-19 Custom Fire Valkyrie since the VF-1A Max from last week sold out like gangbustas...
   All of the VF-19 Fire Valkyries are new but the cardboard packaging has suffered the effects of warehouse storage from the past few years. Although they're still shiny and clean, many of the boxes are slightly dented in different spots as the three photos show. The sample that we've photographed is very indicative of the type of denting that we found on many of the boxes.
Price: US$25 + shipping. 

 
 

Famimaga Vol. 25
209 pages, NM condition

  MOTD Famimaga Vol. 25 (1995)

SOLDOUT
   Famimaga Vol. 25 was originally released on December 15, 1995. Upon flipping open the magazine, a couple of ads pop up including one for a Sailor Moon Super S puzzle game for the SFC and Far East of Eden Zero. A 2-page ad for Dragon Quest VI shows up on page 46-47 with lots of screenshots.

   A preview of the Nintendo 64 which debuted in April 1996 at Y25000 shows photos of the console and 13 games such as Blast Dozer, Mario Kart 64, Starfox 64 and Pilot Wings 64. A large feature on Mario 64 shows off scads of screenshots to whet appetites back in the day including a sequence where Mario swings Bowser by the tail. There's a lengthy scoop on Dragon Quest VI which lists the price at Y11400 and the rom size at 32M with 64K of ram for saving data. Crisp screenshots and very detailed maps are shown along with profiles of many monsters in the game.

   Super Mario RPG is given a small article which includes polygon graphics of all the worlds in the game. A feature on Far East of Eden Zero displays large screenshots of the exploration interludes and the fighting scenes in the game. An interesting article on the commercial for Romancing Saga shows a number of actors reenacting scenes of the game. A piece on Bahamut Lagoon spans from page 56 to 65 which gives strategy, characters, stats and a large number of screenshots. A sequence also shows the levels of a monster as it evolves into new and exciting forms. A Tales of Phantasia spread goes from page 66 to 75 and throws out world maps and monster stats. The RPG coverage continues with a Romancing Saga article. Changing genres, a large Rockman X3 article shows gameplay tips and background data on the game.

   A Question and Answer article answers readers questions for Metal Max Returns. There are great screenshots in articles for Magical Quest 3, Final Fight Tough, Ganbare Goemon, Doraemon 4, and the Sailor Moon puzzle game that was advertised at the beginning of the issue. A Virtual Boy game called Virtual Lab is shown which looks like a falling blobs puzzle game. Every copy includes a separate 28-page Shiren the Wanderer 2 play guide which gathers together game data, adventuring hints, loads of screenshots, maps, and stats of the monsters in the game.
Price:
$8.50 shipped with USPS Media Mail + Delivery Confirmation.
 
 
Summary of the Week
Monday TOYS Binaltech BT-03 and BT04, Final Fantasy Creatures Vol. 4, World's Smallest Transformers AS2 
MOTD
Gamest Vol. 194  SOTD Kanna Kirishima?
Tuesday NEWS Import outlook  SOTD Scrap Heap Scramble IV  MOTD Playstation Magazine Vol. 17
Wednesday TOYS Evangelion China Dress figures  SOTD SHS JAMMA Edition  MOTD PC-Engine Fan Vol. 9
Thursday PS2 Kaena  NEWS Import schedules for July 2004, Transformers Collection 14  MOTD Famimaga Vol. 25
Friday GBA Hoshi no Kirby: Kagami no Daimeikyu  PS2 Bomberman Kart DX, Crimson Sea 2, Koufuku Sousakan  XBOX Shikigami no Shiro 2  MOTD Saturn Fan Vol. 11
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