PSP Bleach: Heat the Soul (Partial Shipment) - New Import

  Ichigo Kurosaki sees dead people. After a confrontation with five youths over an offering to a ghost girl who had died at a spot, he attracts the interest of an observant visitor. After the incident, Ichigo returns home only to enter another confrontation with his father over his curfew. Since poppy doesn't know about his special sight, Ichigo's sisters have to explain that he's been under a lot of stress lately because of the preponderance of spirits who are visiting him for voluntary exorcisms.

   The next day, Ichigo returns to the spot of the ghost girl with another offering when he notices a massive insect chasing her down. Leaping into action, he runs alongside her in a helpless maneuver but lends some emotional support of sorts. Just as the insect is about to turn Ichigo into one of the dead, a quick and deadly lady warrior jumps between Ichigo and the savage beast and destroys it. Later that night, Ichigo meets the warrior lady formally and she introduces herself as
Kuchiki Rukia, a shinigami or soul reaper. She teaches Ichigo about the two types of spirits in the world - the pluses and the hollows. Her job is to lead the pluses into a place called the Soul Society and to destroy the hollows such as the insect that she banished earlier in the day. As the two are talking, a blood curdling screech sounds through Ichigo's house and his little sister Yuzu informs the two that something weird is happening. Running downstairs, Ichigo and the shinigami meet a hollow who wounds the shinigami. Making a pact with Ichigo to save themselves, she transfers her power to Ichigo which makes him a shinigami. When he emerges, Ichigo uses his newly burnished soul cutter to split the hollow in two... 

   Bleach for the PSP follows the storyline of the animation and six characters from the series are playable including Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki, Uryu Ishida, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado, and Abarai Renji. The animation quality in the game is impressive and we've been pausing the game every now and then to admire the beautiful artwork. Game modes include a Story Mode for every character, Survival Mode, and a Time Attack Mode for some variety offset the small roster of playable fighters.  

   SHIPPING NOTE: Half of our shipments of PSP Bleach arrived today and the other half will arrive tomorrow. This means half of our preorders will ship today but the remainder will ship tomorrow.

 
Summary of the Week
Monday NEWS Import outlook for the week - Beatmania IIDX 9th Style leading preorders, Doraemon plushes
Tuesday NEWS Some more PS2 preorders for May  PSP-USA Darkstalkers Chronicle, Dynasty Warriors
Wednesday NDS-JPN Space Invaders DS, Touch! Kirby Magic Paintbrush  PS2-JPN Beatmania IIDX 9th Style, Phantasy Star Generation 2, Saturn Pad, Shining Force Neo, Virtua Stick, Wild Arms 4th Detonator, Winning Eleven 8 Liveware Evolution, Yokushin: Gigawing Generations  PSP-JPN Bleach: Heat the Soul  XBX-JPN Spikeout Battle Street
Thursday NEWS PSP Value Pack launches in the United States and NCS appraises the situation
Friday NDS Color variants - Graphite-Black and Pure-White  PS2 Beatmania IIDX Complete Edition, Get Ride! AM Driver, Gold Gashbell Friendship Tag Battle 2, Ys III Wanderers from Ys [Regular and Limited Edition]  PC  Tokimeki Factory
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