| Friday Update (10/02/98) |
| No Dreamcast price confirmation overnight, just
some more details on the modem. Obviously, the modem will be of little worth to buyers in
the USA until the domestic release of the Dreamcast. Hopefully we'll get an update over
the weekend and have the price on Monday. |
| Beatmania controllers are in
short supply due to under-production from Konami. NCS expects the second shipment in Japan
sometime in late October. If you are interested in reserving a Beatmania controller, feel
free to pre-order with us at ncs@escape.com. |
| Two new Japanese Gameboy imports were released
recently and special orders are now being accepted for delivery within 2 weeks. Dragon
Quest Monsters (US$49) and Pocket Monsters Yellow Pikachu version (US$30)
are RPGs from Enix and Nintendo respectively. |
| Starting next Monday, UPS
will no longer accept cash for COD Cash shipments. A money order or cashier's check will
have to be secured for payment to the UPS driver. |
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| Some confusion on the Beatmania
special goods that we listed yesterday. All of the special products are separate items and
we're not sure where the confusion came in but commas separated the products. In any case,
the following Beatmania goods are now available in Japan and special orders are now being
accepted for delivery within 2 weeks. |
| Official Konami
Beatmania Goods for Beatmaniacs |
| CD Case |
Black, holds 10 CDs |
US$18 |
| DJ Bag |
Black, nylon, LP jacket size |
US$38 |
| Mouse Pad |
Record shape, 22 cm diameter |
US$15 |
| T-shirt - A |
White, 100% cotton, fits all |
US$25 |
| T-shirt - B |
Black, 100% cotton, fits all |
US$25 |
| T-shirt - C |
Black, lumnious print logo |
US$25 |
| Zippo Lighter |
Black, nickel, limited to 500 pcs |
US$58 |
Zippo
lighters will be closed for pre-order next Monday |
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| Thursday Update (10/01/98) |
| Two new SATURN
imports in stock today |
| Densha de Go! EX |
Taito |
US$49 |
| King of Fighters
Collection |
SNK |
US$55 |
| Sakura
Tsushin Remaking Memories, Beat Mania and Guardian Recall are now expected for next
Monday. Special orders for the Beatmania DJ Bag, Zippo lighter (limited to 500 pieces),
mouse pad, t-shirt and controller may be submitted to ncs@escape.com
for delivery within 2 weeks. |
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| Three new Sega Collection releases have been
announced for November 19 delivery: All Japan Pro Wrestling featuring Virtua, Side Pocket
3 and Street Fighter Zero 2 Dash. The price for each will be US$29.
Pre-orders are welcome. |
| The following Playstation
titles will receive their Best Series re-releases in November: Iwatobi Rocky Hopper X,
Rurouni Kenshin RPG, Armored Core: Project Phantasma, Monster Farm, RPG School 3, True
Love Story and Tales of Destiny. |
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| Wednesday Update (09/30/98) |
| The Private Idol
collection has now been updated for perusing. |
| Reservations for the Neo-Geo
Pocket are now closed. NCS anticipates a surplus of units since we usually order a bit
over what we have on our pre-order list. |
| The official price for the Dreamcast should be
relayed from Sega of Japan by Thursday evening. This will be the price that we will go by
when pricing the console for retail in the USA marketplace. |
| The restock link that
was initially posted on Monday has been updated with cover scans and comentary. Orders for
the restock will be shipped today. |
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| NCS has received word of a new version of the
upscan convertor from Micomsoft. Suitably named the X-RGB2, the new model is apparently a
marginal updatre of the original X-RGB1. NCS is unsure if there are any improvements to
picture quality (hard to believe) but we will post full details when we take delivery next
week. |
| Densha de Go! for the SATURN
is expected tomorrow but the special conductor controller has been delayed until next
week. |
| SATURN Pia Welcome to Carrot 2 and Cottorn
Boomerang are both expected next Monday. |
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| Tuesday Update (09/29/98) |
| Five new Color
Gameboy games were announced overnight for the upcoming Pocket Color Gameboy |
| Game Boy Wars 2 |
Hudson |
11/20 |
| Mahjong Quest (56 colors) |
J-Wing |
11/20 |
| Pocket Puyo Puyo Sun (26 colors) |
Compile |
11/27 |
| Robot Ponkottsu Star version |
Hudson |
12/04 |
| Robot Ponkottsu Sun version |
Hudson |
12/04 |
| Games that
have no color designation are expected to use a minimum of 16 colors on screen. |
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| NCS is expecting
the following new imports this week |
| SATURN |
King of Fighters Best Collection |
US$55 |
| SATURN |
Densha de Go! |
US$49 |
| SATURN |
Densha de Go! Controller |
US$50 |
| SATURN |
Sakura Tsushin Remaking Memories |
US$52 |
| SONYPS |
Beatmania |
US$50 |
| SONYPS |
Guardian Recall |
US$50 |
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| Monday Update (09/28/98) |
| New import magazines
in stock today |
| Sega Saturn import restock |
NCS
expects SATURN KOF Collection on Wednesday |
| Now would be as good a time as any to start
asking our Dreamcast pre-order customers to specify the version of the Dreamcast console
that they would prefer. A Japanese version (100V, NTSC) and an Asian version (110V, NTSC)
will ship simultaneously to the marketplace. The Asian version will include an English
user manual and is 100% compatible with Japanese software. European customers should note
that a 220V version of the Dreamcast is also expected at debut. Final prices remain
tentative although Sega should post their official retail price by the end of this week. |
| Capcom has re-shipped Super
Adventure Rockman for the Saturn. This game was recalled by Capcom a month ago due to a
disc defect. NCS is currently accepting special orders for this game, to ship next Monday. |
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Private Idol Volume 08 |
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