|
|
| Power
Stone |
|
There are no official delays with Power Stone, despite some reports to
the contrary floating around out there. The game will ship tonight and distribution will
take delivery on Monday. NCS expects the game's arrival in the USA on Wednesday, February
24. Additional pre-orders are welcome. |
|
|
| DC
Magazine March 19 |
|
Everyone who submitted a pre-order on February 12 (last Friday) will be guaranteed a copy
of DC Magazine with the preview GD. NCS received additional requests this week but we
cannot guarantee these new orders due to our likely inability to source additional
quantities at this point. If we have surplus copies, we'll gladly fill magazine requests
in the order that they were received. |
|
|
| DC
Asian Consoles |
|
This stock is now expected on Monday. A complete range of accessories and software will
accompany the consoles. NCS apologizes for the delay. |
|
|
| Wonder
Swan |
|
Bandai's upcoming handheld is expected to ship next month, possibly by the beginning of
March. NCS will post full details on our update next Wednesday including the full roster
of games that will ship at debut. The Wonder Swan is a black & white portable that
will do FMV which makes it TV tuner capable. A strong roster of publishers including
Capcom and Konami have announced their commitment to producing software for the WS. |
|
|
| Import
Restock Arrives |
| A
wide assortment of imports arrived this morning. We'll post a complete table in tomorrow's
update but some of the more popular requests that arrived are: SATURN Princess
Crown US$33, Deep Fear US$49, Dragon
Force II US$49, Elan Doree US$55, Six
Man Scramble US$33, Suchie Pai 5th Anniversary US$75,
Grandia Memorial US$50, My Fair Lady Virtual
Mahjong US$60, Sakura Taisen 2 US$55,
Sakura Taisen Teigeki Graph Limited Edition US$50, Phantasy
Star Collection US$49, Steam Hearts US$60.
SONYPS Atelier Elie US$55, Pocket Muu Muu US$50.
The Kyo Voice Clock from SNK has also been restocked this morning. Any
reservations and orders from the past couple of weeks will be shipped today. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yen
Equilibrium |
| The
dollar broke through Y120 and now sits comfortably at Y119.9. Momentum is still in favor
of the dollar going higher and we'll look for Y122 over the next two forex sessions. |
|
|
| Game
Shark vs Pro Action Replay |
|
Quite simply, there is no versus. The code format in the Game Shark, Pro Action Replay and
the countless variants and builds are the same. The Game Shark that is distributed in
North America by Interact is essentially a licensed, renamed Pro Action Replay from Datel.
Old school Playstation owners may remember that Datel originally sold a special memory
card for the Playstation that contained various save files such as Tekken with all the
characters and Ridge Racer with the black Diablo. This was before they adapted their PAR
for use on the Playstation. Through the years, companies in Asia have pirated Datel's
design and manufactured their own versions for global distribution. In many cases, Asian
versions of the PAR are more versatile and "user friendly" when it comes to
certain capabilities and upgradeability through a communication card. All of these devices
use the same code format that originated with the PAR. The recent Final Fantasy VIII codes
were produced in Asia on bootleg PARs and are thus compatible with recent Game Shark,
original PAR and third party bootleg revisions. Please refer to our mini page for the codes that have been verified to work with
the new protected games, including FFVIII. |
|
|
| Capital
Markets |
| The
rally came sooner than we expected in the last session but we kept all of our short
positions. It had nothing to do with sentiment or perception but rather we were caught off
guard with the buying after the dip that came at about 10AM. The only trade that we
initiated on Thursday was the addition of 2 long SPH at 1228 when the market took a
breather and the buying came back in a little after noontime. As usual, we consider 1228
to be support and a base for which we will sell positions when it is broken. The market is
difficult to read because there is no logic to the money flows and correlating it with FED
liquidity would be too easy. Options expiry usually favors a sort of equilibrium after all
the selling on Tuesday and Wednesday so there should be buying today. Our BKX short is a
thorn poking at all of our other positions but we haven't sold it off yet. We look for a
break in the banks when long bonds make a move. |
|
|
|
|
|
NCS Weekly |
Tel
(718) 523-5774 |
Fax
(718) 523-7069 |
| Monday |
Power
Stone on schedule for next week, Saturn pre-orders for Friends, Ryouko Chatting Room |
| Tuesday |
Dracula
X Card Collection, Gameboy Color imports for April 28, Playstation Best Series March |
| Wednesday |
Konami
80's Arcade Gallery announced |
| Thursday |
Final
Fantasy Collection reminder, Smash Bros in stock, Restock on the way |
| Friday |
DC
Magazine 03/19 confirmation, DC Asian Cconsole next Monday, Restock available |
| Saturday |
Restock
listing, DC Magazine payment information |
|
|
|
