NCS Week of August 07, 2000

	National Console
Vaus		Demonspawn, Cool Rhythms, Giant Bruisers
August 09, 2000	Update at 11:58AM	Demonspawn, Cool Rhythms, Giant Bruisers

DC Spawn US$53		Scans
Comic book characters spawned from the mind of Todd McFarlane such as Vandalizer, Vindicator, Overtkill, Soleil, and The Mafia all assault each other in this death match game. DC visuals are stunning, as usual, and the four player option splits the screen into quarters but manages to maintain crisp animation, aspect ratios, and speed. There's also a Team Battle Tournament mode where rancorous duos cooperate and deal death to the opposing team. Built-in network capability adds to the potential but this feature is only supported in Japan.		Spawn started his career as an Image comic book character in June of 1992 but has since appeared in a live action movie, a cartoon series on HBO, and now a video game from Capcom. The dark anti-hero appears to have wide appeal.

Additional DC imports		Cool
Three other Dreamcast imports arrived this morning. Giant Gram 2000 continues the tradition of wrestling excellence from the Sega camp while Cool Cool Toon marks SNK's entrance into the rhythm action genre started by Konami's Bemani. Dogu Senki caps the day's new DC wares with it's wargame theme. Use elemental force to battle a rival planet but prepare for natural disasters that can wreck any carefully laid plans. All of today's new DC releases are priced at US$53.		SNK's Cool Cool Jam for the Neo Geo Pocket is expected on Thursday along with Delta Warp. The two Cool Cool games may be linked up for data transfer via the NGP to DC cable.

Gpara DVD Magazine Vol. 4		GPara Vol. Zero
The fourth volume of Gpara DVD Magazine looks into 69 console games due in August for all of the major consoles and handhelds. The Gpara Special section of the disc checks out Dragon Quest VII with cinemas, a history of the Dragon Quest series and an interview with Yuji Jorii. NCS expects the seventh DQ chapter to arrive on August 26. A new monthly feature, Technique Theater, gives players pointers on playing Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask with some modicum of skill. Please note that Gpara DVD requires a region 2 NTSC DVD player in order to work.		NCS "discovered" a single issue of Gpara Vol. 0 in Japan that was only given away to Japanese convenience stores to build interest in the new DVD magazine. Vol. 0 ships in a regular CD sized jewel case and covered the month of April 2000.

NCS Week Recap		Mail ncs@escape.com	Tel (718) 523-5774
Day	News	New Releases
Monday	New PS2 imports confirmed for September and October, Poo-chi gets some new friends, Third Millenium collection details divulged	PS Beatmania Best Hits, Beatmania featuring Dreams Come True, Kenki Ippatsu Crane Master, Kenki Ippatsu Shovel Master, GB Dance Dance Revolution, Dear Daniel Sweet Adventure, Hello Kitty Sweet Adventure
Tuesday	Neo Geo Freak August 2K	None expected
Wednesday	New items in stock, new PS import additions to be announced tomorrow	DC Cool Cool Toon, Dogyuu Senki, Giant Gram 2000, Spawn, DVD Gpara DVD Magazine Vol. 04
Thursday	Tetris with Card Captor Sakura due on Friday	PS2 Gun Griffon Blaze, Surfroid, Velvet File, NGP Cool Cool Jam, Delta Wrap
Friday	Samba de Amigo Maracas restocked and customers contacted in order of position on our reservation list. Evolution for NGP expected next week but customers will be contacted when the stock arrives.	PS2 Reiselied Ephemeral Fantasma, Surfroid, Velvet File DC Hello Kitty Waku Waku Cookies, Let's Enjoy the Pro Baseball Team Net PS1 Baroque Syndrome, Battle Athletess Daiundokai GTO Major Wave 1500 Series, Catch Kimochi Sensation, Detecive Conan Three Person's Reasoning, and Tetris with Card Captor Sakura Eternal Heart GBC Muscle Ranking 2
Saturday	Friday's cover scans updated staff does not handle things by Friday (Edit: Mission accomplished)
Sunday	A selection of NCS' favorite and hated Japanese magazine ads from the past 2 weeks, photos of the Gundam G-Saviour model that will be used in the upcoming PS2 game