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PS2 Dragon Quest VIII

Japan Edition shipping today
  PS2 Dragon Quest VIII - New Import
   All preorders for the Japanese version of DQVIII are shipping today after the Asian version from last Wednesday. New orders are welcome to ship this afternoon.

   Please note that the Dragon Quest Slime controller is expected on Wednesday of this week. We will honor all preorder prices at US$45 for the controller but due to the decline of the dollar against the yen between the time that we started preorders and when the actual shipment was sent, we are raising the price for new orders to US$53.

   Under threat of death from spoiler-phobic fans, we present a spoiler free rehash of our DQ8 write-up from many months ago.
   The eighth edition of DQ features a cel-shaded visual style which is an evolutionary leap from the Super Famicom-ish stylings of Dragon Quest VII. The adventuring portion of the game features a Toriyama-designed lead hero who spans the world in fluid motion. An omnipresent camera hovers nearby to take in the action and interaction between town folk and party members. When its time for skirmishes, the scene changes to a 3-D close-quartered battlefield where attacks and magical spells are shown with elegant flourish and accompanied by gee-whiz special effects.
 
 

PS2 Tecmo Hit Parade
  PS2 Tecmo Hit Parade - New Import
   Tecmo (well, they're actually mostly Tehkan games) revisits the past with seven arcade perfect classics from their historical library such as Bomb Jack, Pinball Action, Pleiades, Senjyo, Solomon's Key, Star Force, and Tecmo Cup. Most of the classics may be familiar to retro gamers but here's a summary:

Bomb Jack - Gather bombs by flitting from platform to platform while avoiding wee beasties intent on your destruction.
Pinball Action - Rudimentary pinball with a fiery-maned lady as center artwork. Spinners, bumpers, and the usual tricks provide foil to the ball.
Pleiads - Shooter which shamelessly borrows from Galaxian and Phoenix. Blends together static vertical shooter action with moving shooting.
Senjyo - Commandeer a cannon and shoot at tanks and UFOs in the distance. Fairly difficult at first but easier as one gets the hang of the shooting, timing.
Solomon's Key - Use magic to create/dissolve blocks in order to escape levels. A numbers of creatures try to stop your progress with deadly touch.
Star Force - Fast moving vertical shooter with grating music and sound effects. Reminds us of something created with Shoot 'em Up Construction Kit.
Tecmo World Cup - Overhead view soccer simulation. We remember playing something like this from the UK on the old Amiga computer. Very addictive.
 
 

XBX Kasumi Blue Bundle
  NEWS General Updates
   All backorders for the Kasumi Xbox are shipping today. Depending on how re-confirmations for the bundle go today, we may have a couple left over for new orders but we'll update accordingly by tomorrow morning.
   The Japanese release of the Nintendo DS is on schedule and we expect delivery of the NDS units, Super Mario 64, Daigassou! Band Bros, Zoo Keeper, and Sawaru! Made in Wario on Wednesday. Some of the other games appear to be delayed a day or two to Japanese distribution but the rest of the titles are expected on Thursday or Friday. As mentioned last week, Japanese supplies of the Nintendo DS hardware are readily available and we expect no shortages.
   All preorders and new orders for PS2 Lupin the Third: Columbus no Isan wa Akenisomar, Zoids Struggle, and GBA Gameboy Wars Advance 1+2 are shipping today. We'll throw up synopses of all three games on Tuesday's website update due to time constraints this morning. 
 
 

New, cracked Galaxy Force 2

$16.50 shipped
New N64 Pikachu

$65 shipped

New Beyond the Grave figure

$65 shipped
  SOTD Scrap Heap Scramble LXI

  

New MD A-Rank Thunder New MD Switch New MD Dennin Aleste

$16 shipped

$16 shipped

$29 shipped
New PS1 Extreme Power New Minmay Figure Six PS1 Joypads

$19 shipped

$19 shipped

$15 shipped
New MGS2 calendar New Card Captor Clock New 32X Doom

$15 shipped

$16 shipped

$8 shipped
 
 

Dreamcast Magazine Vol 2
161 pages, NM condition
$6.50 per copy shipped

  MOTD Dreamcast Magazine Vol 2 [Jan 21-28, 2000]
 Cover   Shenmue duo against a fuchsia backdrop.
p6-9 Dreamcast news - Warp presentation, general product updates. 
p21-23 Eight new games are reviewed including Ready 2 Rumble (7/8/8), Tech Romancer (7/7/7), Densha de Go! 2 (5/7/6), etc. 
p27-44 Happy New Year greetings from various game posters such as Rainbow Cotton, Super Magnetic Neo, Crazy Climber 2000 as well as greetings from a number of publishing company honchos.  
p45-60 Shenmue Disc 2 story guide which goes through the cinemas and events on the second disk. A disc 1 story map also guides gamers through the key events found on the first disc. 
p64-66 Sega GT Homologation car parts guidance. 
p67-69 Crazy Taxi preview with a look at major areas in the game.
p74-77 Aero Dancing F details and a a look at a real plane featured in the game with examples of how accurate the game mimics its dynamics, etc.
p93-100 Super Magnetic Neo manga and game background/guide as sponsored by Sega and Softbank.
p115-119 Tech Romancer art, VMU game, modes explained.
 
 
Summary of the Week
Monday GBA Gameboy Wars Advance 1+2  PS2 Dragon Quest VIII, Lupin the Third: Columbus no Isan wa Akenisomar, Tecmo Hit Parade, Zoids Struggle  NEWS  Nintendo DS [Japan] expected on Wednesday
Tuesday NEWS Import synopses updated, general updates on NDS imports, dates for NDS games
Wednesday GBA Riviera  PS2 Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 2, Mr Incredible 
Thursday NDS Japanese units, nine launch games in stock  GBA Cinnamon Yume no Daibouken  MAG Famitsu Wave January 2005  PS2 Card Captor Sakura, D>A White [Regular + Limited], Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3
Friday DVD KISEKI from BeForU  NEWS Famicom History gashapon special set, Sony PSP hypothesis
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