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December 11, 1998

Ehrgeiz, SFZ3 on the way


Import Gaming
   SONYPS Ehrzgeiz and Genso Suikoden 2 will ship out of Japan on December 15. NCS can accept additional pre-orders today and over the weekend. SONYPS Street Fighter Zero 3 and Beatmania Append 3rd Mix are scheduled to ship on December 21. Additional pre-orders for these two titles may also be submitted to NCS up until December 17. Although NCS has large quantities of all four titles expected, the holiday buying season is upon us and a lot of stock goes very quickly.
Pre-order by simply e-mailing NCS with your name, address, telephone number and a brief message. We'll confirm pre-orders a few days before the item arrives.
   The SONYPS import release schedule for February 1999 remains strong with a solid group of titles expected. Saturn releases have slowed to a trickle, N64 imports were never a flood, and the Dreamcast schedule is still shallow. It's up to the Playstation to maintain the status quo of import gaming. Pre-orders may be submitted for anything on the February listing.
   Sony has delayed the debut of the Pocket Station until January. Originally slated for December 23, the Pocket Station is a memory card sized device that plugs into the Playstation memory card port and is compatible with a number of games to provide additional interaction.
   A shipment was delayed during transit and Customs (again) but it appears to be on course for Monday. New Saturn imports include Lapis Lazuli Snow Limited, Noel 3 Limited, My Fair Lady Virtual Mahjong 2, Yukyu Gensokyoku Ensemble and the Sega Collection re-releases of Princess Crown and Silhouette Mirage. Over on the Playstation camp, we are expecting Bomberman, Densha de Go! 2, Super Robot Wars F, Wonder Trek, Let's Establish a School 2, and Mahjong Plus 2.
   NCS is still waiting for a couple of cartons that have been lost in UPS' package system. Games such as Shes'n, SFZ2 Turbo, Advan Racing, etc are in those boxes so we hope to get the mess cleared up soon.
Everything Else

Candy Toy of the Day

New CTs resume next week
   Deluxe Candy Toy. Neat little mini viewcam that features a Pokemon movie that you play by pressing a button. We have very small quantities of this Candy Toy so we must limit to one per customer.

Per unit US$10

Thursday's Candy Toy

   NCS is offering three new official sound track CDs (Japanese import) from Media Factory that are shipping on January 27, 1999. We will begin adding sound tracks and other music CDs to our general product mix since there appears to be strong demand in the market. The following will be available next month.
F-Zero X

US$35

Exciting F-Zero music tracks with a fan booklet
Legend of Zelda

US$38

Re-arrange of Zelda 64 music with 28 page booklet
Ridge Racer Type 4

US$35

Courtesy of the Namco Sound Team with booklet
Pre-order by simply e-mailing NCS with your name, address, telephone number and a brief message. We'll confirm pre-orders a few days before the item arrives.
   The KOF '98 Voice Clock is expected next Monday. We received an almost equal number of pre-orders for Iori and Kyo, so it appears that both fighters are evenly matched in popularity among the KOF fan base in North America. SNK appears to have a reproduction of the clock scheduled for later this month so new pre-orders for the next shipment are welcome. Delivery for new orders should be completed before Christmas.

  Send e-mail to ncs@escape.com

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NCS by the day
Monday Topics   SNK announces Last Blade 2, DC prices sink a bit, NCS web site updates
Tuesday Topics   Partial Saturn shipments arrive, Sonic Adventure cofirmation, Beatmania Zippo
Wednesday Topics   Jogcons arrive, Dracula X cards, Pokemon keychains, PC-Engine restock
Thursday Topics   Virtua Fighter 3tb History, Dreamcast defects unusually high
Friday Topics   Ehrgeiz on PS next week, February 1999 Playstation release schedule

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