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NCS will process and ship some pre-orders for the GBA today
but the bulk of pre-orders will ship on Wednesday. We have not
received all of our shipments this morning but rather than
take on the entire dispatch of units tomorrow, we'll whittle
down some of the load today. Orders will be processed in the
order they have been received but there are two issues this
week to be addressed: One - Dracula ~ Circle of the
Moon and Dodgeball Fighters were short shipped this week
drastically and most pre-orders for these games will ship next
week. However, rather than hold back pre-orders, we will ship
GBA orders with the games that are available. NCS will ship
Dracula and Dodgeball to you, separately, when the cartridges
arrive. Two - Nintendo never allows color choices to
distributors and vendors during a launch in Japan but we try
to request certain colors when pre-ordering. If we do not have
your first color choice, we will fill your order with the
available color that we have in stock. All invoices have been
completed and no changes are allowed at this point.
All
pre-orders should be shipped by Wednesday afternoon at the
latest, which is our original target date. Since we have
hundreds upon hundreds of orders to process, in the order they
were received, please refrain from asking NCS the following
questions today:
"Will my order be shipping?"
"Are you getting the Gameboy Advance today?"
"When will my Gameboy Advance arrive?"
All customers who
have GBA orders shipped today will be contacted by e-mail,
later this afternoon, with a message containing your order
details and your UPS tracking number. If you do not receive an
e-mail today, then your order will ship on Wednesday.
Thanks.
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pricing for a GBA package, which includes three GBA
cartridges, is currently US$275 + shipping.
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| PS2
Me and Satan King |
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When evil spirits decide to kidnap your sister, it can only
help when you team up with a ghost to save your sibling.
Maybe...
The apparition in question calls himself Stanley High Hat
Trinidad, the 14th. He's not putting on airs either, that's
his real name. Stan's assertion of his lineage to become the
next Satan King helps to bolster your conviction that the
kidnappers will soon taste comeuppance with the future Satan
on your side. Stanley agrees to help you but in order to do
so, he must become your shadow and you consent to help him
take over the world. With this dubious partnership, the two of
you strike out into a beautifully drawn world and tend to the
matters at hand.
Stan's rivals are made up of seven wannabe Satan
Kings and these devils lie in wait for your duo in this
adventure game. Before encounters with adversaries, Stan
occasionally appears in a window and asks a couple of
questions. Answer wisely and Stan plays along and attacks
well, but act the fool and give him something he doesn't want
to hear and he'll withhold his fury and only dally during a
critical battle. Aggravation and frustration are two emotions
that may course through your being when Stan does his diva
routine. The game features a highly stylized look and the
characters in the game all appear to be freaks of the lovable
kind. They're all flawed in some way but as a whole, they
complement each other to build an effective team.
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Me
& Satan King US$68
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| DC
Magazine GD-Rom Vol. 11 |
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The latest issue of Dreamcast Magazine reviews this week's
barrage of Dreamcast imports and salutes Bio-Hazard Code
Veronica Perfect Edition with perfect 9's across the board
and Sakura Taisen 3 bags 10, 9, 9, easily continuing
the tradition of excellence of the Sakura franchise. The
Special Report section of the magazine updates readers on
Phantasy Star Online ver.2 which updates the PSO game with new
enemies, new levels, new mini-games, and throws out the
cheaters who would ruin the fun with Gameshark enhanced
attributes or take advantage of software glitches...
Game coverage in the magazine checks out Sakura
3, Eve Zero ~ Ark of the Matter, Bio-Hazard Code Veronica, and
Culdcept II. A section on the Gameboy Advance recaps Sega's
plans on the new world beater and wonders aloud if the
original Phantasy Star game from the SMS will make it to the
GBA. A photo comparison pits the sizes of the petite GBA to a
beastly Game Gear and a rotund Dreamcast joypad.
The special GD-Rom included in this issue
previews playable World Series Baseball 2K1 and Power Jet
Racing. Cinematic interludes include Sakura 3, Eldorado Gate
4, NFL 2K1, NBA 2K1, and the Naomi 2 version of Wild
Riders.
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| Onimusha
Wallscrolls |
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Attractive and decorative, with a sense of foreboding about
them, three vibrant Onimusha wall scrolls are on offer from
toy and print suppliers in Japan. A sample of one of the
scrolls is shown to the right. The other Japanese wall scroll
depicts the game's hero against a large moon backdrop and the
third appears to be taken from the USA version of Onimusha
Warlords with cartoon style artwork and brighter colors.
NCS is unsure if we will start stocking these but
indications of interest are welcome by e-mail.
Our prior experience with the world of scrolls included puffy
Pokemon works, Dragonball Z, and a bevy of Final Fantasy VIII
scrolls when that game ruled the roost. Many video games
apparently receive the wall scroll treatment under official
sanction from the software publishers and if the Onimusha
offerings do well, we'll bring in all of the other scrolls for
other games that find their way into the Japanese marketplace.
Pricing should sit at roughly US$25 per wall scroll and we'll
throw up the other two scrolls for perusal on Wednesday's
website update.
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| Sakura
Dreamcast Console |
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Pricing for the Sakura Dreamcast console is now US$235,
following the price decline of all DC hardware. The Sakura DC
includes a pink shelled gaming machine, a pink Sakura VMU,
pink pad, Hanagumi mail software, a preview of Sakura 3, and
Dream Passport v3.0. New orders are welcome online.
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Supplies
of the blue Dear Daniel Dreamcast and pink Hello Kitty DC are
expected within 2 weeks. Pricing is expected to range between
US$235~$255.
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