PLEASE READ: The NEW SHOP is separate and distinct from the OLD SHOP. If you place an order on the OLD SHOP, you will not be able to use the NEW SHOP to check on your order and vice versa. Unfortunately, we were not able to resolve the two shop databases in order to transfer customer histories and accounts. Both shops are fully operational and capable of taking orders.
 
 

PS2 Kingdom Hearts 2 JPN

All preorders shipping today
 NEWS UPS Shipment Updates
10:31 AM EST: All of our expected shipments should make it in today or tomorrow at the latest since everything's in the USA as of this morning. A bunch of packages were somehow routed to Philadelphia at 9:30AM. It's unclear why they're in Philadelphia but we're checking with UPS now to determine why they're ruining our carefully laid shipping plans and if they will make a delivery attempt this afternoon for the misrouted packages.  
10:38 AM EST: The shipments that arrived today were split up with some packages making it in and others still "in transit" on trucks as of 10:00AM EST. Please look below for the listing of what made it in so far.
11:34 AM EST: All of the remaining Kingdom Hearts 2 shipments arrived and all preorders will ship today but we're not too sure about any shipments containing Naruto Narutimett Hero 3, Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, or PSP Katamari making it in this afternoon. They're still en route from Philadelphia. As much as we plan and prepare for early arrivals, the weakest link is still UPS and botched handling. As for other couriers, Fedex isn't much better and DHL still gives us nightmares.
5:05PM EST: Brown has let us down. Based on recent tracking status, the misrouted packages will be delivered tomorrow morning. 
 
 
 

GBA Hudson Collection Vol. 1 JPN
 GBA Hudson Collection Vol. 1: Bomberman Collection - New
   ©NCSX▪ Motor through a top-down viewed maze and lay bombs to dislodge pursuers from their skeletons. In the case of Bomberman, the pursuers consist of assorted blobs and bubblegum-colored light bulbs that open their eyes wide when an explosive shard cuts through their hides. Power-ups may be revealed by blowing up walls which enable Bomberman to lay down more bombs and chain them together for wide area blasting.
   Bomberman Collection includes the original Famicom versions of Bomberman and Bomberman 2.
 

 

 

GBA Hudson Collection Vol. 2 JPN
 GBA Hudson Collection Vol. 2: Lode Runner Collection - New
   ©NCSX▪ Dash through ladder-coupled-platforms whilst evading an army of unremitting goons who use simple artificial intelligence (or maybe a GOTO subroutine) to chase our helmeted hero. Along with running up and down ladders and across platforms to escape pursuers, a brick obliterating move may be performed on platforms to temporarily halt a goon. Blast multiple bricks to create a chasm to stop a gang of goons. 
   Lode Runner Collection includes the original Famicom versions of Lode Runner and Lode Runner 2.
 
 

GBA Hudson Collection Vol. 3 JPN
 GBA Hudson Collection Vol. 3: Action Collection - New Import
   ©NCSX▪ A princess has been kidnapped and the heroes in two olden Hudson games use different tacks to reach their fair damsels. In Challenger, players guide an adventurer who uses knives and takes a train to save the princess. In Meiku Kumikyoku, a little lad ventures inside a red-bricked castle and shoots bubbles at one-eyed green slime, voracious fish heads, a pogo-hopping creature, and other beasties. Shoot the walls to uncover bonuses.
   Action Collection includes the original Famicom versions of Challenger and Meikyu Kumikyoku which is known in the USA as Milon's Secret Castle.
 
 

GBA Hudson Collection Vol. 4 JPN
 GBA Hudson Collection Vol. 4: Nazotoki Collection - New Import
   ©NCSX▪ Wee beasties are the order of the day in Hudson's Nazotoki Collection. The beasties in Binary Land are lovestruck penguins named Gurin and Malon who must concurrently navigate a maze to meet each other. In Nuts & Milk, a blob hero named Milk dodges a rival named Nuts to rescue a "Help" yelping girlfriend. Finally, in Princess Tomato, the evil Minister Pumpkin kidnaps the Princess and it's up to Sir Cucumber to save the day.
   Nazotoki Collection includes the original Famicom versions of Binary Land, Nuts & Milk, and Princess Tomato in Salad Kingdom.
 

 

 

GBA Ochainu no Bouken Jima JPN
 GBA Ochainu no Bouken Jima - New Import
   ©NCSX▪ Hit the islands with a leaf-eared dog and cat and engage in platform action including vine swinging, block pushing, log hopping, seesaw jumping, waterspout leaping, and other odd exercises. Upon selecting a beast, color it to your taste and set it loose on the wilds. Want an orange kitten with red ears and a tiara on top of its head? DONE. Dogs are similarly well colored and accessorized with aviator goggles, headphones, and bandanas available. The action is simple and the colors inordinately bright - Ochainu no Bouken Jima ia clearly targeted towards the younger set <more>
 
 

NDS Arashi no Yoruni JPN
 NDS Arashi no Yoruni - New Import
   ©NCSX▪ An unlikely friendship between a wolf and a goat  leads the two to self-discovery, resentment from their respective camps, tentative exploration, and an unbreakable bond when outside forces test their relationship. Based on the movie and books by Yuichi Kimura, Arashi no Yoruni (translates to "On a stormy night") is a touching story of pure friendship without qualifications or conditional modifiers.
   The Nintendo DS game takes the form of a digital novel which is played from the perspective of an audience member who travels with the wolf and goat through seven chapters which match the 7 volumes of the Arashi no Yoruni books. The interactive novel contains mini-games as well as puzzle games which diversify the action. Depending on how one plays <more>
 
 

NDS Bouken-ou Beet JPN
 NDS Bouken-ou Beet: Vandel vs Busters - New Import
   ©NCSX▪ Vandel Busters are protectors of the peace who corral evil doers known as vandels (we're guessing the second "a" in vandals was lost in translation). The hero is a lad from the Uncruz named Beet who aspires to become a Vandel Buster and sneakily follows a group of Busters known as the Zenon Warriors. Beet idolizes the Warriors but when they are tragically "retired" by their archenemy Beltorze, five powerful weapons known as Saiga are passed on to Beet. With inner drive and newfound power, Beet vows to avenge the Zenon Wariors by tackling Beltorze himself. In the NDS Vandel Busters game, Beet is joined by friends Poala and Kissu who take on an assignment on the Twin Islands where Vandels are causing all manner of subterfuge and strife. Two players may link up via Wi-Fi for cooperative play.
 

 

 

NDS Onegai My Melody JPN
 NDS Onegai My Melody: Yume no Kuni no Daibouken - New
   ©NCSX▪ Sanrio unveiled the rabbit known as My Melody to the world in 1975 and introduced her entire family and friends such as Mama, Papa, little brother Rhythm, and Flat the Mouse - Melody's best friend. My Melody lives in Marieland and her rival is a mischievous rabbit named Kuromi who looks like Melody except its eyes have an evil shape to them. Kuromi also wears a black jester cap with a pink skull embellished on the forehead portion. The jester cap has two big ears poking out of it. In the NDS game, the rascally Kuromi has kidnapped seven of My Melody's rascal friends and sealed them away in seven levels of the Dream Country. Guide the cuddly and doughy Melody through the levels and rescue her pals. Melody may wear up to 30 new outfits to help her look nice in the adventure.
 
 

PS2 Kingdom Hearts 2 JPN
 PS2 Kingdom Hearts 2 - New Import Arrival
   ©NCSX▪ Sora returns in a new Kingdom Hearts adventure along with fellow travelers Donald and Goofy. Sora is searching for Riku while the two Disney marquee heroes are on a quest to locate their lost king. Sora wakes up in Twilight Town and pushes open the windows to take a peek outside. Soon afterwards, he joins his little group of friends where they explore the eerily quiet burg and make a little coin. Returning to oversee the Disney/Square collaboration is Tetsuya Nomura who directed and designed the characters. Yuichi Kanemori designed the simple action-packed battle system and Kazushige Nojima wove together the scenarios in the game. <NCS G-Notes>
 
 

PS2 MGS3 Subsistence JPN
 PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - New Import Arrival
   ©NCSX▪ The definitive versions of Metal Gear Solid 3 reaches market a little over a year after the original Snake Eater enthralled gamers. For early buyers, the first limited edition of the game includes three DVDs, a special booklet, and a slipcase. The DVDs feature the following MGS3 love:

* DVD1: Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater game with enhancements
* DVD2: Online MGS3 combat-mode gameplay, deathmatch, capture frog
* DVD3: 3-hour movie recounts the entire story of MGS3 Snake Eater

   The following modes and features are available:
* Secret Theatre and Demo Theatre
* Nifty 3rd person-view camera
* Updated Snake vs Piposaru (Ape Escape monkeys) missions
* Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (original MSX versions)
* Stare at Eva in the Peep Show Mode and invade her privacy - gives new meaning to the term, "Solid Snake."

   The headphone bundle version has not arrived yet. Updates soon.

 
 

PS2 Sega Memorial Selection JPN
 PS2 SA2500 Vol. 23: Sega Memorial Selection - New Import
   ©NCSX▪  Subtitled Sega Memorial Selection, remakes of Head On, Tranquilizer Gun, Congo Bongo, Borderline and Doki Doki Penguin Land are collected together for some old school retro action.

Borderline - Drive a jeep and blast enemy installations, tanks, and drones
through four intense stages.

Congo Bongo - Invade an isometric jungle and jump/climb to reach a big ape while avoiding monkeys, snakes, scorpions, and rampaging coconuts.

Doki Doki Penguin Land - Egg pushing penguin waddles on icy platforms while being chased by paw swishing polar bears.

Head On - Race within a track and collect dots while avoiding a chaser that
attempts to hit player head-on. Aka Dodge 'Em from the Atari 2600.

Tranquilizer Gun - Hit the safari trail and bag big game with darts. Once an
animal is sedated, haul the catch onto your waiting truck. <NCS G-Notes>
 

 

 

PSP Devil Summoner JPN
 PSP Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - New Import
   ©NCSX▪ For the 10th anniversary of Devil Summoner, Atlus reissues a remake of a Saturn game which features new modes and features to refresh the game for new generation of portable gamers. As the story goes, the protagonist is an average high school student who helps his girlfriend Kumiko borrow a book from the library. Kumiko shares the same interests with a devil summoner named Sid Davis who also wants to read about Japan's ancient history at any cost. When demons are about to kill the high school student, the nattily dressed Kyouji Kuzunoha of the Kuzonoha Detective Agency saves him. However Sid Davis is a persistent man and manages to kill both the high school student and Kyouji. By divine or perhaps demonic intervention, the spirit of the student enters Kyouji's lifeless body and re-animates him once again. As a reborn private detective <more>
 
 

Famitsu Vol. 492
195 pages, N/M condition
$7.50/copy shipped
 MOTD Famitsu Vol. 492 [May 22, 1998] allGone
Cover: Mascot mugs with Consoles
p8-14 Famitsu news on promotional events, portable radios, interview with Hiroshi Yamaguchi, dev-Playstation console with the black shell, etc.
p22-24 Introductory cinema caps for Deep Fear and character profiles.
p29-30 The Review Crew rank 5 new releases including Cowboy Bebop (7/4/5/6), Guilty Gear (7/7/7/7), and FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (7/8/7/8).
p61 Biohazard 2 Biological Files which catalog points of interest in the game.
p65 Hudson hosts a promotional train trip to push Momotaro Densetsu.
p82-87 Yu Suzuki, Miyamoto, and other notables in Japanese game development sit down with Famitsu for a chat.
p97-101 Star Ocean the Second Story character profiles, world information.
p102-105 Mars Story world information and NPCs in action.
p144-147 New product roundup which checks out Parappa cushions, a dolphin shaped stress reliever, candy (Kiss Mints, Trident, Xylets, etc), and a potato chip bag opener that's shaped like a pen and has a dog's head on one end. Slice open the bag of Doritos like an expert.
   Every issue of the magazine includes a 20-page Yukyu Gensokyokyu 2nd Album data file which includes full-page character profiles.  
 

1:01PM Santa Clown a day late for the XMAS rally but better late than never? Sniping shorts today.

Summary of the Week
Monday GC Konjiki no Gashbell, Shadow the Hedgehog  NEWS Import and domestic outlook for the week - PS2 Kingdom Hearts II leads preorders followed by PS2 Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, PS2 Naruto: Narutimate Hero 3, and PSP Boku no Watashi no Katamari Damacy. Preorders opened for PS2 Ibara which ships on Feb 23.
Tuesday TOYS Mon-sieur Bome Vol. 8: KOS-MOS  NEWS Preorders for Guitar Freaks V & DrumMania V, Guitar Controller, DrumMania controller, and Pop 'n Music 2 controller. Preorders also open for Caltoy UJ Possums, Capcom Figure Collections, and Namco & Taito retro TV games.
Wednesday
 		 GBA Hudson Collection Vol. 1-4, Ochainu no Bouken Jima  NDS Arashi no Yoruni, Bouken-ou Beet: Vandel vs Busters, Onegai My Melody  PS2 Kingdom Hearts 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 23: Sega Memorial Selection  PSP Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Thursday PS2 Naruto Narutimett Hero 3, Neo Geo Battle Coliseum  PSP Boku no Watashi no Katamari Damacy.
Friday PS2 Tennis no Oji-sama: Gakuensai no Oji-sama  PSP Byte Hell 2000 X360 Sangoku Musou 4 Special
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