| Imports |
Dreamcast
Imports
The following DC releases are expected next Wednesday. New pre-orders
are welcome. |
| Cool Boarders Burrrn |
Konami |
$49 |
| Gundam Gaiden |
Bandai |
$55 |
| Nadesico |
Sega |
$55 |
| Note
that Cool Boarders is a Y5800 game while Gundam Gaiden and Nadesico are both Y6800. |
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Dual
Shock Fighting Stick
Hori's latest joystick
controller for the Playstation is also the first Dual Shock compatible stick for the PS.
The positioning of the buttons consist of two parallel rows of four buttons each which
makes for easy play with fighting games such as Street Fighter Zero 3. The Dual Shock
feature is localized on the joystick, which will vibrate and shake when used with DS
compatible games. All in all, a very good quality stick in a market where joysticks are
for the most part, difficult to find nowadays. NCS $65. |
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October
Playstation Additions
Four imports have been added to the PS schedule for October. They are
as follows: |
| Jikkyou J-League
1999 Perfect Striker 2 |
10/21 |
| Soccer
with 4 player mode, 26 J-League teams |
| Baroque |
10/28 |
| 3-D RPG
with keychain for pre-orders only |
| Bug's Life |
10/28 |
| 3-D action
game based on motion picture, 15 chapters of play |
| Harlem Beat |
10/28 |
| Drama
simulation based on basketball manga |
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Beatmania
Pocket Tokimeki Memorial
In a melding of popular licenses, Konami has announced a limited
edition Beatmania Pocket handheld that will feature 6 Tokimeki Memorial songs and the LCD
likenesses of popular girls such as Shiori and Saki. NCS expects to take delivery on
October 28~29 at Y2980 or US$35. |
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| Everything
else |
Yen Ache
A strong yen has begun to put premiums on all imports from Japan. NCS
remains unhedged since we don't have much exposure at this point and there is nothing in
the horizon that warrants the initiation of yen contracts to protect capital expenditures
for inventory. Re: There is no imminent threat of an early PS2 ship date. We will
however be wary if the yen breaks 110 since the trading band will have been disrupted. If
and when that happens, we will hedge for trade purposes and for speculative positioning.
In turn, shorting Japanese multi-nationals such as SNE (near all time highs) will be
opened since SNE's profits will be adversely affected by the strong yen. It is interesting
that rhetoric from Mr. Yen has been largely ignored by the market, which has focused on
the trade deficit instead. Perhaps fundamentals do finally count in this "new
era". |
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