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| Neo-CD
Last Blade 2 (Y6800) |
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SNK has confirmed that Last Blade 2 for the Neo Geo CD will ship on
February 25. The CD version includes a number of bonuses such as a character demo viewer,
a voice demo, a quiz game filled with Last Blade questions and in-game specials such as a
new weapon that you can wield named "Kiwame" and the ability to play as the
middle boss Musashi. |
| Pre-order
either the Japanese or American version of Neo-Geo CD Last Blade 2 by simply e-mailing NCS with your
name, address, telephone number and a brief message. |
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| New
import magazines |
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New issues of Dengeki Dreamcast, Gamest and Famitsu are now available for shipping. |
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| SNK
& Playstation |
| SNK's Athena - Awakening from the Ordinary Life and
King of Fighters 98 were both announced overnight for the Playstation. Athena
is a psychic adventure that spans 3 CDs and is played in a 3-D interactive mode. The game
engine also allows for action sequences where you fight with enemy characters in the game.
This wil be SNK's first original game for the Playstation with no Neo-Geo
incarnation expected. KoF'98 needs no introduction but the PS version
will include a survival mode, a practice mode, and a KOF art gallery. Pre-orders are
welcome. |
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| More
Color Gameboy titles |
Four new Color Gameboy imports have been announced for March 19 at
Y3980 (US$45).
| Dai Kaiju
Monogatari |
Hudson |
| Card
battle game with trading card (pre-orders only) |
| Megami Tensei
Gaiden |
Atlus |
| Demon
collecting, breeding, melding RPG in 2-D world |
| Shogi 2 |
Pony |
| Japanese
Shogi game with 5 levels of play |
| Qui Qui |
Mahou |
| Monster
breeding and battle simulation |
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| Pre-order
any Color Gameboy import by simply e-mailing
NCS with your name, address, telephone number and a brief message. We'll
confirm pre-orders in March. |
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| Playstation
March 1999 import schedule |
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Due to some date changes and price revisions, NCS will post the complete Playstation
import schedule for March tomorrow morning. A number of new games were also added to the
listing overnight and NCS will incorporate those into the overall listing. Pochi
Comes Home was announced last night where you raise a puppy in a Tamgotchi style
interaction. A novelty in this game is that you can marry your puppy to a friend's puppy
via the Pocket Station. |
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| Yen
Equilibrium |
| The dollar continues to firm in the forex with the overnight
session pushing the dollar to Y113.90. The trading band appears to want to stay within the
Y110 to Y115 range until fundamentals or market coordination policies change. This trading
band will have little to no effect on prices. The levels have sunk in and prices have been
set in trading markets. |
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| Postal
Rates Increase |
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Priority Mail packages weighing up to 2 lbs and insured for US$100 now cost
$5 to ship as opposed to $4.60 before the increase. Express Mail packages up to 1/2 lb now
cost $11.75 versus $10.75. Please make a note of these rate hikes since these service
levels are the most requested when we use the postal service to ship. |
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| Dreamcast
Clothing |
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We received our first shipment of the Dreamcast t-shirts and baseball caps on Monday.
Pre-orders have shipped but a new shipment is expected next week. The cap and shirt are
available in either black or white though we lean towards the white shirt and black cap.
Unfortunately we can't mix and match as the ensemble comes packed in a mini-pizza box. New
pre-orders are welcome at US$25. |
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| Keychains |
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Our shipment of Pokemon keychains arrived this morning. Four Pokeball/Pokemon are
available including Pikachu, Koratta, and two new ones that we don't know the names of.
The first unknown is a roundish, pink monster with mini-horns and a smile. It looks like a
ball of cotton candy or perhaps a cream puff. We think it's name is Charmboy or
Charmin...or something like that. It's been a while since the last Pokemon session. The
second unknown is a blue disc-shaped monster that has a swirl in front. He looks like the
poster boy for the Dreamcast. A pair of arms extend from it's body and two flat feet
protrude from it's lower region. Let's call him DC for now. A gallery of the four morphing
monsters may be viewed here. An
additional Pikachu keychain from Tomy also arrived today that doesn't morph. It's a
standard keychain that's a faithful reproduction of the world famous beast. All five
keychains are in stock today at US$5.00 and pre-orders will ship this
morning. New orders are welcome. |
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| Capital
Markets |
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This week has turned out much more turbulent than expected. We remain neutral with
no positions in anything since last Friday. The bias is towards the sell side today
although there are pockets of strength. The only play that we may consider entering next
Monday is heavy call positions in the oil service index. Everything else looks bloated and
primed for the kill. Since EK is getting slaughtered today, we may initiate calls on that
as well since it is due for a technical bounce if it drops further. |
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