| Imports |
Playstation December
Addition
SNK has announced Samurai Shodown New Chapter for the Playstation
to ship on December 09. NCS has added this title to the December
schedule that we originally posted to our website last week. The new Samurai
game features the usual sword fighting that we've come to know and love along with special
data such as a card collection and Samurai cinemas. Two Pocket Station programs are
included on the disc: a dungeon RPG and a Samurai digital clock. Pre-orders are welcome. |
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Dreamcast Twinstick
Sega will ship Virtua On Oratorio Tangram in December with an optional Twin Stick
controller for an authentic arcade experience. Twin Sticks were notorious on the Saturn
for carrying hefty shipping charges due to the bulky size of the container and overall
weight of each box. NCS will import a minimal amount of the Twin Stick so pre-orders are
appreciated to help our company gauge demand. Each Twin Stick is expected to price in the
US$70 range. |
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Neo-Geo Pocket Import
Update 2
An official SNK battery charger with two size AA nickel hydrogen rechargable
batteries will be available on November 25. This set will price at US$39. Additional pairs
of batteries will price at US$15. The nickel hydrogen cells will deliver eight hours of
Neo Geo Pocket gameplay per full charge. |
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| Everything
Else |
Capital
Markets are in turmoil. When every piece of inflation data whether it be PPI, CPI,
etc is scrutinized and dissected so tediously, NCS heads for the hills. One TA tool that
we use to determine price direction and sentiment is the Japanese candlestick. In
candlestick charting there is something called a doji. Doji lines mark indecision between
the bulls and the bears, meaning neither knows what the trend is. Many doji lines last
week and early this week but with the market moving solely on news, candlesticks have not
done a very good job of anticipating the gloom and euophoria in a schizophrenic market.
The uptrend from Monday's lows to Wednesday highs provided relief for the bulls and filled
the gap from last week but then IBM lopped off the legs of the bull with their earnings
report and Y2K guidance last night. We had hoped that the SPOOS would revisit the 1302
area and possibly 1310 before heading down again but with selling pressure mounting after
the IBM conference, we won't get it on an opening gap today. There is a chance that the
market will reverse itself and spike to the 1300+ level by noon but we won't be
comfortable playing that game so we'll watch and wait. Our bias is to go short but the
pits will likely go on a seek and destroy stop run today to clean out positions before we
retest last week's lows. The pits may also seek to resolve this morning's downgap in the
same session before heading down. We would like to see a massive flush to Dow 9300 and SP
1160 but Dow 10,000 has proved very resilient. |
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