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Mobile Professional Baseball |
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| Eschewing baseball players hefting cylindrical polygonal bodies and spherical heads, Konami's latest besuboro game grants it's players normal bodies with standard proportions. All twelve Japanese professional baseball teams are represented including the Hanshin Tigers, Yokohama Bay Stars, and the Seibu Lions. Similar to previous Konami endeavors in the national pastime, the
game mimics point and click routines where you manage your team and choose the attitude, stance, and predisposition
of your players. The game animates beautifully and shows off the potential for real action
should Konami ever take that tack. Players may engage in an exhibition game or take on an entire season and battle through the ranks of Japanese professionals. In stock US$49. |
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Mugen Kikou Zero Tours ~ Unlimited Mysteries |
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It's summertime and natural for members of the human populace
to take vacations. Borrow some time to get away from the
madness of the grind. In Zero Tours, gamers join galaxy
spanning tours on hunting trips for creatures called
Nuigurumin - creatures which look suspiciously similar to
Earth based pigs, rabbits, elephants, and cougars. Tour guides
take you by the hand and bring you to exotic locales and help
in your quest for animal catching sport. The variety of
planets and different adventures to engage in make for an
interesting exploratory exercise, melding RPG and Pokemon
elements together. In stock US$49. |
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| GBA
Star Communicator |
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Zooming across the cosmos, the Star Communicator animals
search for sentient beings to chitchat with. Hopping from
planet to planet, they chance upon Earth and you're given the
ambassador's role of verbal intercourse with these strange but
highly intelligent star voyagers. Plug into their little world
and relay details of planet Earth while reading their
feedback. Interlocution, virtual or otherwise, don't get much
better than this. Advocates of cosmic conversations may link
up to other supporters by Mobile GB Adapter in order to send
messages and have their fuzzy alien animals meet each other.
In stock US$49. |
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| The
Best PS |
Bishi Bashi |
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Konami slaps "The Best" label on five oldies
and re-releases them in September for the Playstation
faithful. All are due on September 27 and priced at Y2800 or
NCS US$33. Pre-orders are welcome. |
| Bishi Bashi Special
1 |
Board games both
with mini diversions to engage
therein. |
| Bishi Bashi Special
2 |
| Beatmania Best Hits |
Hot stepping action |
| Hunter X Hunter |
Be a mighty otaku |
| Mr Dokoro Dai Fu Gou |
Magnetic puzzler |
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Each Bishi Bashi Special
game boggles the mind with about 100 mini-games in each
volume. A mix of puzzle, button mashing, arithmetic,
dexterity, and many other styles keep gamers busy with
something for everyone. In the first volume, a memorable
mini-game consisted of throwing pies in a wedding party,
creating havoc for the festivities. |
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| DC
Outtrigger USA vs Japan |
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Yes, we're aware the USA
version of Outtrigger shipped last week but we can't stop the
import Outtrigger tide. The Japanese version arrives tomorrow
and includes a Sega Dreamcast mouse in addition to the game.
The USA version retails at US$39 and the imports goes for the
jugular at US$53. |
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| Restock |
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Some "impossible" restock didn't turn out so
impossible after all. A number of imports were restocked last
week as follows. Orders
welcome. |
| Dreamcast |
JPN |
| Fire
Pro Wrestling D |
Spike |
US$63 |
| Frame
Gride |
Fromsoft |
US$58 |
| Giant
Gram 2000 |
Sega |
US$58 |
| Guilty
Gear X |
Sammy |
US$53 |
| Hundred
Swords |
Sega |
US$58 |
| Moero!
Justice Schools |
Capcom |
US$58 |
| Phantasy
Star Online v2.0 |
Sega |
US$49 |
| Sakura
Taisen 1 Remake |
Sega |
US$49 |
| Samba
de Amigo 2000 |
Sega |
US$53 |
| Playstation |
JPN |
| Cosmo
Warrior Zero |
Bandai |
US$65 |
| DDR
Disney's Rave |
Konami |
US$58 |
| Genso
Suikogaiden Vol. 1 |
Konami |
US$65 |
| Internal
Section |
Squaresoft |
US$58 |
| Slayers
Royal |
ESP |
US$58 |
| Playstation
2 |
JPN |
| Battle
Gear 2 |
Taito |
US$68 |
| Winning
Eleven 5 |
Konami |
US$68 |
| XRGB-2
Upscan |
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The Micomsoft XRGB-2 upscan will be restocked on
Thursday of this week. Online orders placed before that
date will ship once the units arrive. Pricing remains at
US$225 per. |
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| Weekly
Import Outlook |
One Piece |
The aforementioned
Outtrigger rises as the only Dreamcast product
scheduled for this week. One additional Gameboy Advance title
dubbed Golden Sun arrives on Thursday while Playstation fiends
find One Piece: Tobidase Kaizokudan! Regular and Pocket
Station editions. Summon Night 2 also ships this week for the
PS, slated to join One Piece on Thursday. The Playstation 2
holds steady with Maestro Music II, Generation of Chaos, and
New Century Evangelion Typing Project-E. Maestro Music and
Generation of Chaos will both ship in regular and limited
editions. Updates for all PS/PS2 products will be made on
Thursday.
NCS expects to finalize pricing on the Nintendo
Gamecube this week, pending news from Big N and attendant
distribution. The singularity of the color scheme for the
console (Purple) makes our pre-ordering process much, much
simpler. Thank you, Nintendo. |
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| C-Bot
Daily Journal... Day Twenty One |
July
31, 2001
Nary a month passed and my sole charge, a little
C-Bot, has been dashed away to a loving home (I think) in
London, England. It's new owner will probably give it more
love than I ever could. The weather never seems to get too
torrid across the pond although the winters may bite similarly
to the frost in New England. Fare thee well, C-Bot, I hardly
knew ye.
The End. Finis. Consummatum est.
Order your own, online
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