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.
 

CD Rajirugi OST JPN
 CD Rajirugi OST - New Import

«©NCSX»  Thirteen tracks of aural bliss with non-capitalized titles such as "i hate tha sun" from Stage 4 and "a day in the park" from Stage 2 draw listeners back into the latest Milestone game. The full track list is as follows:

01. radio allergy - Advertise Demo -
02. bitcrush - Character Select -
03. chatterbox - Tutorial -
04. ukiha shopping mall - Stage 01 -
05. a day in the park - Stage 02 -
06. 2 the Sky - Stage 03 -   <more>
 
 

GC Sonic Riders JPN
 GC Sonic Riders - New Import

«©NCSX» Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles are walking and tracking a signal when a few riders on boards burst out of the side of a building. Tails points and says the signal is coming from them and Sonic and Knuckles give chase. Sonic manages to knock one of the riders from its board and climbs aboard to chase a green bird. Just when it looks like the pursuit is over, the bird sails over Sonic and dislodges him with a burst of air turbulence. Recovering from his tumble, Sonic is joined by his companions when Eggman appears on a big telescreen. Eggman announces the "EX World Grand Prix" to determine who's the best and fastest with Extreme gear and stipulates an entry fee of 1 Chaos Emerald. The winner of the Grand Prix takes it all... Unable to resist, Sonic and friends join in and race against other riders. Once a race starts, the competitors jet away in rapid fashion as the boards roar to life and speed away. Handle the left and right movement of the board to accommodate the tracks as they undulate, swerve, and careen to foil racers. A speed boost may be triggered but using it drops your board's supply of air fuel quickly. To refill, pit stops dotted on the track may be used to replenish your board's air supply but precious time is used up. Additional <more>
 

 

 

PS2 Full House Kiss 2 JPN
 PS2 Full House Kiss 2 - New Import

«©NCSX» In the first Full House Kiss game from 2004, tragic circumstances took away the protagonist's parents and her old sister went missing. A little bit of sleuthing brought her to a boarding school where she became a housekeeper in order to gather clues and intelligence. All ended well however when the heroine eventually learned that her sister had gone to England with a beau.
   In the second Full House Kiss game, girls get to play housekeeper once again in a dormitory full of boys. Similar to the first game, the gist is to interact with handsome youth, learn their personalities, and pick a guy who might be the one. Along with unfettered interaction sequences, mini-games may also be played which help move the story along and perhaps even engender love between the protagonist and a lad.
   Angst filled male characters in the game include a charming youth who's father is the CEO of a large international conglomerate, another who comes from a family of renowned Kabuki performers, and still another who is being groomed to become a banker like dad.
   Since you're basically a maid, you check your work hours on a schedule and you'll be asked to perform additional tasks or run errands while <more>
 
 

PS2 Galaxy Angel JPN
 PS2 Galaxy Angel Broccoli Best - New Import

«©NCSX» Publisher Broccoli has a knack for creating sickeningly sweet anime heroines and Galaxy Angel fits the bill swimmingly. Redheaded Milfeulle Sakuraba leads the Galaxy Angel Squadron in various jobs throughout the cosmos including important assignments such as saving hapless cats and acting as couriers. An eclectic cast of characters include personalities such as cosplay queen Mint Blancmanche and the uncouth stylings of Ranpha Franboise. Vanilla H and Forte Stollen make up the rest of the squat yet mighty quintet.

   When a sovereign country suffers the indignity of a military coup d'etat, the Galaxy Angel crew come to the rescue in a bid to restore imperial power. Played in character interaction episodes and strategic battles, Galaxy Angel requires the player to increase rapport with team mates in order to increase fighting efficacy and performance. When battles commence, the game switches to the girls' respective Angel Frames (fighting ships) where you move them on a galactic grid and bark orders to your mates. Ranpha wields the Kung-Fu Fighter frame while Forte blasts away in her Trigger Happy frame.

 
 

PS2 Disgaea 2 LE JPN
 PS2 Makai Senki Disgaea 2 Limited Edition - New Import

«©NCSX» Renditions of Adel and Princess Rosalinde are joined by illustrations of the complete cast of characters in the bonus 44-page art booklet that is included in the limited edition of Disgaea 2. The book is broken up into the following sections:

Illust Gallery / Completed color scenes and themes
Main Character / Meet the heroes and supporting cast
Making Character / Check out the design process by way of sketches and view the completed artwork along with artist notations 
Monster / Beasts and creatures that populate the world and provide angst
Background / Inspect artwork of the key locations in the game

   That's not all you get with Disgaea 2. A 2-CD original soundtrack is also packaged inside the flip-top box which contains a total of 40 tracks ripped from the game. If you find yourself humming the BGM after playing Disgaea 2, this is the package for you. All preorders has shipped as of yesterday and new orders are welcome to ship today.
 

 

 

PS2 Sengoku Musou 2 JPN
 PS2 Sengoku Musou 2 - New Import

«©NCSX» Warring States are raging once again as powerful heroes and their contingents mass for all out war. Upon starting a mission, the area map and objectives are laid out along with opposing heroes that are in play. Moves may be checked out and the game advises on the use of combos and special attacks which are triggered by hitting R1 + SQUARE or R1 + TRIANGLE. Old hands to the Musou games will find the format familiar: rush into battle with fellow soldiers and chop away at the opposition who stand around with their weapons drawn. Strangely, many of them don't press the attack and appear to be gawking at your slashing skills as you mow them down in quick succession. Despite the enemy onlooker mentality however, the game is more difficult than previous games. For one, enemy heroes who stand taller than the lowly infantry actively engage and attack with strong thrusts and slices. Catch a few blows from them and half of your health disappears. Cinemas also pepper each level which show bridges being blown up as well as freshly unleashed enemy soldiers joining the battle.
   On the main mode select screen, there's an option to play Sengoku Sugoroku which is a board game where a warrior rolls the dice and moves the spaces to trigger events and reach goals.
 
 

PS2 Separate Hearts JPN
 PS2 Separate Hearts - New Import

«©NCSX» Junichi is motorcycling to high school when he gets into an accident and suffers a bout of amnesia. As the game starts, Junichi is in his dorm room and remembers that he has to head for school. As he walks through the town, he passes a stream and stares at the water but his moment of contemplation is broken by a teacher. Heading on to school, Junichi meets a schoolmate who's standing in the hallway and interacts a bit. When he finally reaches class, the seats are all empty but his teacher joins him in the classroom. Junichi experiences a flashback of a blonde girls and faints to the floor. Afterwards, the intro to the game plays where the gal classmates are shown in slow and deliberate animation. Later, additional students interact with Junichi but he can't remember who they are and what their level of associations are. The goal is to converse with the various girls and perhaps regain a level of intimacy that was once shared. Five maidens with unique backgrounds and personalities provide interactive foil and perhaps romance.
   Separate Hearts features extensive customization options to tailor the screen, sights, and sounds. In the title screen, click on the SYSTEM option and then click on OPTION to position the dialogue box, set BGM volumes, change the color of the text, and much more. A HELP option may be clicked to view the Dual Shock controls. 
 
 

PS2 Separate Hearts LE JPN
 PS2 Separate Hearts Limited Edition - New Import

«©NCSX» The Limited Edition of Separate Hearts includes a laminated slip case which holds the game DVD and bonus CDs together in a compact package. The first bonus CD contains an original dramatic scenario based on the Separate Hearts game. All five of the voice actresses who supplied vocals for the game participate in the drama. The second CD contains software for use with the PC. There's a mini-game, wallpaper for your desktop, and screen savers to install in case you want the heroines of Separate Hearts to appear on your monitor whenever you're inactive for more than 5 minutes. All preorders have shipped as of yesterday.   

 

 

 

PSP Gamble Con Fight JPN
 PSP Gamble Con Fight - New Import

«©NCSX» Enter the world of illegal fighting and pound opponents into the mat with one of five possible fighting styles - Boxing, Jeet Kune Do, Kickboxing, Tae Kwon Do, and Wrestling. At the outset of the game, a custom fighter may be created with over 500 unique qualities such as build, hairstyle, facial features, clothing, and even the boot. Gotta have cool boots. Color variants for every body part and piece of clothing are also available to give gamers a wide range of appearances and combinations to choose from.

   Once born, the new fighter enters the ring and starts gaining experience as fights are won and combos are thrown out  Depending on the discipline that a fighter is trained in, a bevy of punches, kicks, throws, and combinations thereof may be thrown. Fighters may also duck and dodge oncoming attacks during a bout as well as perform reversals on a flailing opponent. The CON in the title refers to the skullduggery that one may pull off by placing bet against your own fighter and then throwing the match. Betting big against the odds and then churning out a winning fight also guarantees a big payoff. With the additional bankroll, players may purchase items, skills, and combo attacks to heighten one's level of attack. Conning the crowd however isn't always an easy proposition. If you're about to throw a fight in order to win a sum of money and aren't putting up much resistance, the crowd will get rowdy and won't buy your acting job, depriving you of any winnings. Cut scenes thread throughout the game to relay the story and lead the adventure along.
 
 

PSP Initial D Street Stage JPN
 PSP Initial D Street Stage - New Import

«©NCSX» Sega engineers a portable version of their popular Initial D racing game for the PSP which mimics its big hardware brethren in both visual gloss and speedy action. Whereas the PS2 version of Initial D (Special Stage) was based on the version 2 of the arcade game, PSP owners get one better with version 3. Players roll through the usual courses from the coin-op original such as Myogi (Beginner), Usui (Normal), Akagi (Hard), Akina (Hard), Iroha Slope (Expert), Happogahara (Expert), Shomaru Pass (Expert), and Tsuchisaka Pass (Expert). In the Myogi stage, players get to race three competitors in succession - Iggy and Kenji of the Akina Speed Stars and Shingo of the Myougi Night Kids. After enduring their trash talking, feed them dust by smoking them with expert handling. The next three rivals and the Usui course offers more of a challenge but they're relatively breezy compared to the Hard and Expert courses that await.

   A card system is used in Street Stage where a racer wins a card after certain conditions or targets are fulfilled during the course of the game. A card may be a battle card, a rival card, or a tuning card - the former two offer hints on driving and profiles of the racers in the game. A tuning card allows a rocket racer to kick up the specs of his vehicle to boost performance and handling. New to the PSP version of the game are additional Euro-beat music tracks and wireless link-up where 2 players may compete against each other in ad-hoc mode. 
 
 

PSP Mai-Hime Bakuretsu! JPN
 PS2 Mai-Hime Bakuretsu + Bonus Booklet - New Import

«©NCSX» Mai Tokiha and her brother Takumi are being ferried to Fuuka Academy with other students when Tak spies a floater in the water. Hefting the bulk onto the boat, they find that it's a young girl named Mikoto Minagi who happens to be holding a prodigious ebon sword. Before Takumi can make a move to remove the sword from the girl's hand, it jumps out of the Mikoto's hand and plunges back into the depths. Mai resuscitates the stranger and they bring her to the ship's sick room. Later that evening while the girl is resting, another girl named Natsuki Kuga attacks Mikoto and warns Mai to stay away from Fuuka Academy. The battle ends up sinking the ship and Mai learns that the girls are HiMEs and that she herself is a HiME - Highly-advanced Materializing Equipment. All HiMEs have special powers which grant them superhuman abilities.
   The cast of Mai-Hime battle each other in a 3D fighting game where the combatants grapple, slap, and tickle in rough 'n tumble matches. Along with weapon attacks, conventional punches and flying kicks may also be triggered with simple button presses to best the competition. In addition to the fighting, there's also an interaction game with the cast of Mai-Hime and a music based rhythm game where face buttons and triggers are pushed to the cues on screen. 
   All preorders include a 22-page "Art Works in Mai-HiME" booklet which contains gorgeous renditions of the girls and Takumi on thick and glossy paper. Although Mai, Mikoto, and Natsuki make up a bulk of the illustrations, supporting cast members also appear in a few of the selections. 
 
 

PSP Monster Kingdom JPN
 PSP Monster Kingdom Jewel Summoner - New Import

«©NCSX» Producer Kouji Okada eschews the Shin Megami Tensei demons in his latest project and turns to the themes and routines of traditional RPGs. Kouji heads the development studio dubbed Gaia which developed the game for Sony. In the world of Monster Kingdom, jewels are a source of power which allow civilization to grow and expand. A special class of trained magic users known as Jewel Summoners are capable of rousing monsters who have been crystallized and stored within a gem. The protagonist of Monster Kingdom is a young Summoner named Vice (or Vyse) who gained the ability to call monsters from mama.  With the good that the jewels bring however, monsters also appear in the world and cause all manner of havoc.
   Over 100+ monsters are usable in the game which may be collected, crystallized, and leveled up into more powerful creatures. Monsters may also be trained to perform various attacks to increase their abilities.
   Battles are fought in attractive side-view sequences where special attacks and effects are shown in billowing fashion with illuminations and crystal graphics. On the lower portion of the screen, there are portraits of the five main characters with their life bars. During interaction sequences, the portraits of the characters are laid over the main action as conversations take place. The graphics are beautifully drawn and as creatures attack, their animations are rendered in fluid motion and captured by the camera. During world exploration, the camera takes in a wide area of the world as hero runs across the world and dungeons.
 
 

PSP Ooedo Senryoubako JPN
 PS2 Ooedo Senryoubako - New Import

«©NCSX» Travel back to old Edo, Japan and engage in rowdy mini-games as follows:

* Defend a temple that's located in outer space from enemies who attack from all quarters. Use guided missiles, spread shots, and laser cannons to defend the bastion against all insurgents. Remember, these weapons were all available in feudal Japan and the warlords back then had space age technology.

* Shuffle panels to create a proper picture

* Pedal a personal helicopter and pick up targeted objects

* Adopt the guise of a ninja and battle through five stages of slashing action. Rambunctious bosses guard the end of each level.

* Engage in dog races which feature a Saint Bernard, a Dachsund, Shiba, and others. Dogs may be trained and then sent to the races to win competitions. New racers start in the Beginner league but eventually graduate to higher level competitions.

... and many more. Ad hoc mode is supported for up to 2 players.
 

 

 

PSP Mobile Train Simulator JPN
 PSP Mobile Train Simulator: Keisei - Toei Asakusa - Keikyuusen

«©NCSX» Ferry harried commuters from station to station so they can meet their appointed rounds and reach their places of employment. Falter in your stewardship of a train and ruin the day for thousands of riders. Perform up to snuff and receive... no gratitude or appreciation. You were, after all, just doing your job. 
   The development crew used actual footage taken during a train trip for the sequences in the game for a photo-realistic interpretation of what you'd see if you were a conductor. Superimposed on the right side of the screen are the time, your speed in km/h, your Max speed, distance to next stop, and your percentage performance meter. A meter on lower left corner of the screen keeps track of your speed in graphical form in case the action becomes too hot for you to sneak a peek at the numbers on the side. If you've never been to Japan, the train ride as seen through conductor's eyes is an excellent introduction to the neighborhoods and sights in Japan that you'd otherwise never see.
   Train conducting takes discipline and attention to detail. If you botch too much of the train ride, a somber end game screen appears which features a shadowy railroad crossing accompanied by tragic music. 
   For those who can't conduct, there's a SCHOOL MODE where the player may enter a Training session for reading signals and ATS, ATS B-points, and braking. The game calls it "Breaking" but sic that. When braking into a station, the train will slowly creep to a crawl. Keep an eye on <more>
 
 

Conference
 ETC General Updates
Wonder Showcase Plus: Cammy
   Kaiyodo's version of Cammy as sculpted by 3D artists Mitsumasa Yoshizawa and Yoshinori Yatake as well as original character designer Akiman ships to preorders today. Please note that all preorders for the Fascination Black version are shipping today but we didn't receive enough of the Authentic White variant to fill some recent orders that were submitted. We'll check for additional stock and contact customers on backorder today.
Late Arrivals
   GC Baten Kaitos II is scheduled to arrive on Monday along with the remaining shipments of PS2 Gunstar Heroes Treasure Box.
 
 

TV Gamer July 18, 1997
165 pages, N/M condition
$7.50/copy shipped
 MOTD TV Gamer [July 18, 1997] allGone
Cover: Ranran Suzuki
 p7-14 Me, Japanese Girl feature on actress Ranran Suzuki where she hams it up, wears a pink hair braid with pink lipstick, stares at the camera like a doe, stares at the camera like a deer, and dresses in a red china dress.
p19-78 Weekly News updates on Princess Mononoke movie, Rei Ayanami cosplay, Warp's Kenji Eno shoots a commercial with a grandmotherly actress, Sakura Taisen 2 promotional event, and general coin-op update.
p28-31 A look back at the past week's games including Quest for Fame, Saga Frontier, Bulk Slash, Thunderforce V, Tactics Ogre, and Doom.
p36-37 Previews of Arkanoid Returns and Notam of Wind.
p46-55 Special feature titled "The World of Yuji Horii" where the creator of Dragon Quest (along with Koichi Nakamura) talks of his influences, ideas and inspirations. Commentary from various people in the industry are included as sidebars. A really old black & white photograph is also included.
p96-101 Viva Sega Ages article which checks out classic games such as Space Harrier, Outrun, Power Drift, Phantasy Star, and Columns.
p109-116 Licca Generation article on the famous doll.
   Every issue of the magazine includes a 4-page Ranran Suzuki poster.
 

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Summary of the Week
Monday PSP DJ Max Portable Prestige Box  NEWS Japan and USA Release outlook for the week, PS3 delay
Tuesday NEWS NDS Lite Screen Filter preorders, Caltoy UJ Orca Plushes for preorder
Wednesday NEWS Rajirugi OST on the way, Cammy Authentic PVC figures also incoming, Kinu Nishimura Capcom delay
Thursday GBA Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters Expert 2006  GC Sonic Riders  NDS Sangokushi DS  PS2 Clannad, Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition, Full House Kiss 2, Galaxy Angel - Broccoli Best Quality, Genso Suikoden V, Genso Suikoden V 8M Memory Card, Giga Wing Generations - The Best, Ibara, Makai Senki Disgaea 2, Makai Senki Disgaea 2 Limited Edition, Metal Wolf REV, Metal Wolf REV Limited Edition, Samurai Champloo, Sega Ages Vol. 22: Advanced Daisenryaku, Sega Ages Vol. 25: Gunstar Heroes Treasure Box, Sengoku Musou 2,
Separate Hearts, Separate Hearts Limited Edition, Zero Shikikan Josentoki Ni, Zero Shikikan Josentoki Ni Limited Edition  PSP Gamble Con Fight, Initial D: Street Stage, Initial D: PlayGear Pocket, Mai-Hime Bakuretsu!, Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner, Ooedo Senryoubako
Friday CD Rajirugi OST  NEWS Updates for the other half of yesterday's arrivals
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