| PS
Beatmania Best Hits | Dreams Come True |
Bemani |
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The beat goes on with Konami's two new Bemani games. Beatmania Best Hits collects the most popular
songs from all five volumes of Beatmania and Beatmania
featuring Dreams Come True regales players with eight songs from the popular
J-Pop band. Best Hits is priced at US$49 and the Dreams Come True
Collection comes in at US$55. |
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Beatmania DJ Decks of the standard Konami issue have been restocked today at US$68. DJ
Station Pro decks are due later this month. |
| PS
Kenki Ippatsu Masters (Crane or Shovel) |
Real
Life |
|
Vehicle simulators have been popular in virtual space since the beginning of this
industry. Driving simulations, flight simulators, et al. Get gritty with this pair of
simulations from Fab that asks gamers to learn and master the art of operating either a crane or a shovel.
Maneuver the machinery through various jobs and tasks of dexterity to earn your driver's
license. Fun, unusual, unique. US$39. |
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Each copy of Kenki Ippatsu includes either a crane or a shovel license, for an authentic
touch should you master the art of heavy machinery. |
| GBC
Dance Dance Revolution |
Bemani |
|
Catchy, dancing music is only part of the bargain. You also have to move like a pro in
order to beat this game. Dance Dance Revolution
invades the Gameboy with it's brand of disco attitude and dancing. Well, sort of. Since it
is Gameboy, the dancing has been adapted to a special finger controller that snaps on top
of the GBC. That way, magic fingers can simulate all of the moves. US$55. |
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Two other GBC imports arrived this morning in Dear Daniel Sweet Adventure and Hello Kitty
Sweet Adventure. Pricing is set at US$45 per. |
| Playstation
2 Software Update |
Schedule |
A
new set of PS2 software was confirmed overnight. Square's Pro Baseball ~At the end
of the Century~ is now slated for Sept. 07 and Gundam G-Saviour
is due on Sept. 14. The complete listing follows:
| Sept. 07 |
Pro Baseball Gekkikuran |
Square |
| Sept.
14 |
Wild Wild Racing |
Imagineer |
| Gundam G-Saviour |
Sunrise |
| Sept.
21 |
Game Select 5 |
Yuki |
| Magical Sports Go Go Golf |
Mahou |
| Sept
28 |
Grappler Baki Tournament |
Tomy |
| Shanghai Four Elements |
Sunsoft |
| Oct. TBA |
Extreme Racing SSX |
Square |
| Oct. TBA |
Moto GP |
Namco |
| Oct. TBA |
Moto GP Controller |
Hori |
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Gundam G Saviour continues the acclaimed tradition started by Gundam Z on the original
Playstation - a full action mech shooting sim that plays well and looks polished. Players
control a full sized, fully armed Gundam mech that fills the height of the screen.
Namco's Moto GP is based on the arcade coin-op motorbike racing
game 500 GP. |
| New
Millenium Collection Details |
3rd
Millenium |
Details of the inclusions in the third set of Square's Millenium Collection have been
divined. Pricing for each Millenium re-release sits at Y3800 or US$55 from
NCS. Note higher pricing due to import shipping rates. The new collection is due on
October 26, 2000.
| Millenium
Collection |
Special
package item inclusions |
| Chrono Cross |
Daily desktop calendar, mini
figurine |
| Parasite Eve 2 |
Aya Brea embodied perfume
bottle |
| Xenogears Elehayym |
Elehayym figure, mini Chuchu
figure |
| Xenogears Wong Fei |
Bartolomei figure, mini Wong
figure |
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The second Millenium Collection of games is due on September 28 with Ehrgeiz, Front
Mission 3, and Legend of Mana. Each game is limited to only 35,000 copies. Click for the
original update. |
|
| Peer
Ahead |
| Blank |
NCS have located a small quantity of Neo Geo home cartridges in Japan but these appear to
be mostly older stock. All are new however and we'll post an offer when we receive this
particular shipment later this week. |
On
the heels of Poo-chi, Sega of Japan will offer two new robo-pets on September 30. Meow-chi
and Chirpy-chi represent Sega's vision of robotic cats and birds. Meow-chi will seek it's
owner's affection while Chirpy-chi is tasked with the tweet of birdsong. Pricing is set at
Y2980 per pet. |
Dee Dee Planet, the seemingly simple artillery game has been delayed again until a date in
the future. Dee was originally slated for the first quarter of this year but has suffered
two delays thus far. It was scheduled for this week. |
| Opinion? |
|
It's been busy enough these past couple of months but an employee has asked us for
permission to sell some of the older, rarer items that we can import on an auction site.
Previously, we have simply sold these items to customers but we occasionally receive
offers for single units of older titles that we don't deem worthwhile to import. These
single pieces would be the only items put up for auction. We are uncertain of how this
would be handled but our employee, or agent, would probably list the items on a site such
as Ebay and we would dispatch any shipments from our primary location on behalf of the
seller. Any feedback would be appreciated and if the general consensus is positive, we'll
proceed accordingly. All standard NCS policies would apply to the transaction but
questions should be directed to the agent when and if this arrangement is agreed upon.
Thanks. |
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