| Imports |
SATURN
Sonic 3D
Sega of Japan has confirmed Sonic 3D Flickie's Island for
October 14. The game features Sonic in a 3D isometric view action-adventure. Although this
title was originally scheduled to ship earlier this year, it makes a timely appearance on
the Saturn for the holiday season. Retail price will be Y3800 or US$39. |
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Playstation
Imports
NCS expects two new PS imports tomorrow. They are: |
| Pop 'n Music 2 |
Konami |
US$49 |
| Rockman 3 |
Capcom |
US$35 |
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Playstation
2
Sony has set the Playstation 2 ship date for March 4 in Japan. The retail
price sits at Y39800 (US$368) with an expected launch allocation of 1
million units. |
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Playstation
November
NCS will post the full Playstation November schedule tomorrow for pre-orders.
Promising titles include Chrono Trigger, Pac Man World 20th Anniversary, Tenchu Shinobi
Hyakusen, Alundra 2, Chrono Cross, Run About 2, and Neorude 3. Chrono Trigger is a
re-release of the SFC classic; customers who pre-order this item will receive a limited
edition Chrono Trigger marker. |
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Nintendo
64 Fourth Quarter
Two new N64 imports were announced late last week to ship in November and
December. |
| Puyo Puyo 4 Party |
4 player Puyo |
11/99 |
| Baku Bomberman 2 |
3-D action |
12/99 |
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| Everything
Else |
Yen
A couple of weeks ago, NCS speculated that it wouldn't be prudent
for our company to hedge our currency exposure by buying contracts on the forex to limit
the rise of the yen against import purchases of stock from Japan. We figured that the
Playstation 2 wasn't on the horizon and there wasn't much coming out in the way of imports
for the September - October period. However, we never took into account the possibility
that the yen would continue to rise against the dollar in such broad strokes. As such, we
are exposed to a crumbling dollar and hampered by a mighty yen. NCS will move to hedge our
risk this week to prevent further damage but it appears Y104 per $ may be a safe bet for
the short term as Japan moves out of recession and back into growth mode. The unthinkable
Y96 per $ would be disastrous for import/export companies in Japan and the USA but we
remain open to that possibility. |
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