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«©NCSX» If NCS was savvy enough to convince investors to pony up for the publication of a print magazine, we'd probably do something like Shooting Gameside. In our magazine, there'd be a feature on Soukyugurentai, a pictorial for Muchi-Muchi Pork!, and a 8-page spread on developer Treasure which looks back at their games and enthralls readers with information on the development of Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga. The centerfold of the magazine would be a three-pager featuring the entire cast of Death Smiles, EspGaluda, Sol Divide, and Mushihimesama. We might even throw Samus in there just for the hell of it. Alas, we're not savvy enough.
The publishers of Shooting Gameside Vol. 01 are savvy and they're producing a new magazine that's being released in Japan this weekend. The shoot' em ups covered in the magazine include Battle Garegga, Darius Burst Another Chronicle, Do Don Pachi Daifukkatsu, Senko no Ronde DUO, and Space Invaders Infinity Gene. Articles in the magazine include a 10-page feature on developer Eighting/Raizing and an interview with composer Hitoshi Sakimoto who has worked on games such as Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII. Preorders are welcome to ship on or around October 17, 2010 at JPY1260 or US$25.90 from NCS. Depending on how sales for the first issue goes, a second volume of Shooting Gameside may be published.
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«©NCSX» Mimi Kitagawa is the sparkly-eyed Student Council President in her high school and she's prim, proper, and perfect. This makes her an agreeable girl to hang out with and Mimi's fellow female students all want to be her friend. Mimi's got girlfriends in spades but she's bothered by a trio of mischievous boys who ramble around school - one of whom she has puppy love for.
In Konami's upcoming Gokujou! Mecha Mote Iinchou: MM My Best Friend!, players create a girl from scratch and then attend high school with Mimi Kitagawa and friends. Once in attendance, form friendships with classmates, participate in school events, and help the teachers to become a class pet. Preorders are welcome to ship on November 25, 2010 at JPY4800 or US$55.90 from NCS.
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«©NCSX» Year after year, Konami can be relied upon to release games in their popular Powerful Pro Yakyu series of baseball games on the big consoles as well as the handhelds of the day. For the 2010 season, Power Pro Kun Pocket 13 is headed to market on November 25, 2010 and the game includes standard modes such as "Success Mode," "High School Mode," and "Pennant Mode." A new "Easy Mode" and updated player data from the 2010 baseball season up until August 2010 is included in the game. Wi-Fi functionality allows gamers to download player data for 2010 after the season and post-season is over. Preorders are welcome to ship on November 25, 2010 at JPY5000 or US$55.90 from NCS.
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«©NCSX» Yuji Nagai created the Penguin no Mondai manga a few years ago and the property has expanded into movies, cards, merchandising, and games. The protagonist is Kinoshita Beckham who's a round-shaped penguin with big eyes, yellow feet, and goes to Kirikabu Elementary School with humans who don't find Kinoshita to be out of place.
The upcoming Penguin no Mondai game places Kinoshita in a penguin society where he interacts with his own kind, goes fishing (with a rod and reel instead of doing it naturally), helps to build the penguin bastion in which he resides, battles interlopers, and lives the life of a penguin.
Preorders for the Japanese NDS import Penguin no Mondai are welcome to ship on December 02, 2010 at JPY5000 or US$55.90 from NCS.
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«©NCSX» The third Taiko no Tatsujin game for the Wii brings back the drum banging action that has addicted players in the arcades, on the PS2, PSP, and even the Nintendo DS. The subtitle of the upcoming game is "Minnade Party 3daimei" and the word "party" refers to the simultaneous 4-player option where up to four people holding a Remote can participate. The new Taiko game features a 70-song tracklist which includes songs from previous games as well as new additions to the series. Similar to previous Taiko no Tatsujin games, simple colored cues roll down a conveyer belt which are meant to elicit a Pavlovian response from the player. For example, when a Red Smiley Taiko rolls into the rubicon, hit the surface of the TataCon but a Blue Smiley Taiko requires a smack the edge of the drum controller.
Preorders are welcome for a regular edition of the game at JPY4800 and a limited edition which is bundled with a Taiko controller which plugs into the Remote for wireless drumming action. Reservations for both versions of the game will ship from NCS on December 2, 2010.
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«©NCSX» Weekly Famitsu and Dengeki G's are two long-running magazines in the Japanese publishing industry. Print might almost be dead stateside but in Japan, it's still thriving thanks to manga, magazines, and dailies like the Asahi Shimbun. The latest issue of Dengeki G's will probably boast a circulation boost thanks to three special bonuses that are included with every copy:
» Love Plus plastic placard which is located between pages 178-179.
» Toaru Majutsu Mikoto Misaka in swimsuit bathroom poster
» Angel Beats! Yuri "Yurippe" in swimsuit bathroom poster
The two posters are packaged separately from the magazine in a cardboard box. Why are they called "bathroom posters," you ask? Because they are water-resistant and may be taken into the shower with you (for whatever reason). The magazine itself contains 442 pages filled with manga, information on manga, games, animation, and information on new toys and assorted products in the Japanese marketplace. All preorders have shipped on Friday and new orders are welcome to ship today.
From the Manufacturer
Let your AIR GUNS to work as gaming lightguns. Simply mount Target Box onto your AIR GUN, and it could work on game consoles.
» Supports PS3™ / PS2™ / XBox™ / PC.
*In PS2™/PS3™, only GunCon2™ compatible games are supported.
» Supports windows 7™ / Vista™ / XP™.
» Compatible with MAME™ and more than 100 Flash games.
» Supports All Screens includes LED, LCD, Plasma, Projector, CRT.
» Recommend screen size : 14 - 120 inches.
» With Auto Fire function.
» Wireless. 2 channels.
Preorders are welcome to ship within 1-2 weeks. Pricing is set at US$48.90 per Target Box unit.
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«©NCSX» The Kingdom (キングダム) manga by Yasuhisa Hara follows the bloody adventures of a young orphan named Shin who aspires to become a general in wartime China. Shin's plans take place against the backdrop of the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history when the empires of Shu, Wei, and Wu were in conflict.
The armies of the Three Kingdoms are on the march and fearsome bloodshed is about to erupt . Players take on the role of Shin and cohorts where they battle enemies by themselves but on some stages, the active hero also leads a small gang of warriors who mimic his every move and slash at enemies in concert. In one special attack, they'll all leap up into the air and then hammer downwards to damage any enemy in the local area who's within the radius of their ground impact. Additional special attacks including a whirling attack, a rushing dash move which mows down anyone in the team's path, and angry berserker attacks.
While the protagonist's team has a bunch of tricks in their offensive repertoire, the enemy isn't without their tactics either. Multiple enemy soldiers can link up together by holding each other's limbs to create a weird "human" giant who swings and attacks as one cohesive attack unit.
Preorders are welcome to ship on November 25, 2010 at JPY5000 or US$55.90 from NCS.
