Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Bundle - In Stock

Square Enix announced the FFVII Crisis Core 10th Anniversary PSP bundle at the Playstation Premiere event earlier this year and the news spread around the world in a twinkling. NCS opened up preorders about a month afterwards and garnered a fair share of reservations. By our count, we scored ~1% of the production of the FFVII PSP Bundle today. The following items are included in each limited edition box:

» Silver PSP-2000 - The new redesigned version that's sleeker and sexier
» Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII game
» Stubby silver Buster Sword cell phone stray that's pudgy but sexy
» Regulation issue battery charger with zero sex appeal

The limited edition PSPs are serially numbered from 00000 to 77777 and we're guessing someone important at Square Enix is going to keep 00000 for himself but one of the unwashed has probably got a shot at 00001 and 77777.

All preorders and new orders for the bundles are shipping today. If you received an email about a transaction being declined yesterday or this morning, please feel free to submit new billing details before 4PM EST and we'll be able to get your order out today as well.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - In Stock

Spoilers Ahead
The spiky-haired Zack Fair is a Soldier Second Class in the employ of the Shinra Electric Power Company. Young, strong, and impressionable, Zack is a member of a private army known as SOLDIER that works for Shinra Power. Zack aspires to become a Soldier First Class which is an elite branch of SOLDIER where the best of the best are assigned. At the outset of the game, Zack engages in a thrilling virtual reality sequence where he races across the top of a train, battles soldiers, and flies through the air to disconnect some train cars from the main caboose group. The sequence is entirely CG with some beautiful visuals to appreciate.

Soon after the VRS sequence, Zack is summoned to a briefing room where his supervisor named Lazard gives him an assignment. A Soldier First Class named Genesis has gone missing along with a number of other elite soldiers. Zack is to investigate their disappearance and determine what has happened. He is allowed to bring a Turk with him and their first area of exploration is a mountainous region in Wutai...

Crisis Core: FFVII takes place before the events of the original Final Fantasy VII game and features a recognizable cast of characters which include Cloud Strife, Sephiroth, Aerith Gainsborough, Tifa Lockhart, Reno, Rude, and Yuffie Kisaragi. The whole gang's back...

Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon Toki no Tankentai - In Stock

Amidst hazy colors and a little touch-pen interaction, a lad is transformed and transported to the world of Pokemon where action and adventure awaits. At the outset of the game, players are asked to choose a Pokemon friend from seven types including Torchic, Mudkip, Naetoru, and Pochama. After a short naming ceremony, the game opens up with the protagonist lying on a beach. The Pokemon that you chose at the outset of the game eventually finds you on the beach and a new friendship is soon forged. Together, the two Pokemon venture deep into dungeons where treasure is plundered and monsters are vanquished by way of simple touch screen tapping action. By accepting different missions handed out by a guild, the ultimate goal is to return to the human world.

Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon Yami no Tankentai - In Stock

Amidst hazy colors and a little touch-pen interaction, a lad is transformed and transported to the world of Pokemon where action and adventure awaits. At the outset of the game, players are asked to choose a Pokemon friend from seven types including Pikachu, Torchic, Hikozaru, Naetoru, and Fushigidane. After a short naming ceremony, the game opens up with the protagonist lying on a beach. The Pokemon that you chose at the outset of the game eventually finds you on the beach and a new friendship is soon forged. Together, the two Pokemon venture deep into dungeons where treasure is plundered and monsters are vanquished by way of simple touch screen tapping action. By accepting different missions handed out by a guild, the ultimate goal is to return to the human world.

Theta (Θ) - In Stock

Theta is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet and looks like a gear. The kind that connects to other gears and spins to transfer rotational exertion. That's pretty much the basic theme of the Nintendo DS Theta game which collects two puzzlers as follows:

» Kaiten Puzzle: Rotate a gear to transfer two spheres located in each gear to another gear. The stylus is used in a circular motion to rotate the gears. It's a simple idea but the proper execution requires thought.
» Aquarium Puzzle: Colored bubbles waft lazily in the lower screen. The stylus is used to swish the bubbles in and out of three circles located on the touch screen. The goal is to arrange the bubbles inside the circles to match the patterns shown on three circles located on the top screen.

Yamasa Digi World SP Pachislot Sengoku Musou - In Stock

Sheath your sword and doff the armor from your breast. There'll be no bloodshed nor dismemberment today. Koei relinquishes control of the Sengoku Musou franchise this one time and gives Yamasa (the pachinko gaming company) free rein over the Warring States, legendary generals, and all that other good stuff.

Since Yamasa's specialty is pachinko, the company wraps a Sengoku Musou skin and theme over a regulation issue pachinko game and lets gamers have at it. Three game modes are featured - Encounter Mode, Simulation Mode, and Challenge Mode. A Museum Mode allows gamers to view the pachinko machines and the apparatus that makes them tick. For the uninitiated, pachislot refers slot machines which can be found in any casino. Players insert a credit, pull a virtual handle, and then watch the spinners roll. If lady luck smiles upon you, three of a kind will line up horizontally or diagonally and you'll win credits and collect medals.

Megazone 23 Blue Garland

Fans of the animation series Megazone 23 seeking closure won't find it in the new PS3 adventure. Shogo Yahagi from the original series is gone and replaced by a new hero named Hiroto Takanaka. Returning characters include Yui Takanaka, Eve Tokimatsuri, and B.D. Yui sports a pair of red eyes in the PS3 game and is back in her green hair which was seen in Megazone 23 Part 1. In Part 2 of the animation, she was brunette with hazel eyes. Eve looks like a stewardess in a tan/brown uniform and B.D. is an older version of his incarnation from Megazone 23 Part 2.

The game takes players to an alternate reality version of Megazone 23 Part I which is set 20 years after the conclusion of the first animated series. The bulk of the game is made up of interactive scenarios but there's a point and click traveling sequence dubbed Cockpit and a battle mode where fighting actions are selected from a menu. Once an action is chosen, the Garland throws out a slash attack or fires off a round of artillery.

Megazone 23 Blue Garland Limited Ed - In Stock

The limited edition of Megazone 23 includes two bonus items as follows:

Megazone 23 Art Book
The Blue Garland mech is featured on the cover and the pages inside contain artwork and sketches of the characters, mecha, and machines.

Megazone 23 Part 2 Int'l DVD
The international or overseas edition of the Megazone 23 Part 2 OVA which features a different ending from the original Japanese release.

Fate Tiger Colosseum - In Stock

The boys and girls of Fate Stay Night are reduced to cel-shaded chibi renditions of themselves and battle each other on expansive arenas. Four gameplay modes may be enjoyed as follows:

Story Mode
Select a character from a roster of 7 familiar faces such as Shiro Emiya, Saber, Lancer, Rider, and Caster and play through their unique storylines. An additional 14 characters may be unlocked on the roster list.

Free Battle
Enter the Colosseum and bout it out with user-selectable conditions of battle that are toggled at the outset of the game.

Network Battle
Link up with three other players and engage in chibi warrior fisticuffs.

Tiger Dojo
Learn how to smack and attack opponents by watching a non-interactive video sequence which shows Saber running around and beating up hapless opponents. Insets are shown on the right side of the screen to teach gamers which buttons do what as demonstrated by an obedient Saber and an excitable announcer who narrates the tutorial.

Fate Tiger Colosseum Limited Edition - In Stock

Four nifty bonus items are included in the limited edition of Fate Tiger Colosseum as follows:

» Original Drama CD - Listen to 30 minutes of voice acting within the context of a secret episode of Fate Stay Night featuring Taiga Fujimura.
» Material Collection - A hardcover booklet which contains character illustrations and sketches of the Fate Stay Night gang.
» PSP Carrying Pouch - Store your PSP or PSP-2000 inside the exclusive Fate Tiger pouch which
» Fate Tiger Colosseum Poster - Beautify one of your walls.

All preorders will ship today and new orders are welcome.

Rugby 08 - In Stock

From the Publisher
Experience all of the passion and excitement of the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France as you challenge the best teams and players ever assembled for global supremacy. A nation’s destiny is in your hands when you take control of one of the officially licensed national teams in EA SPORTS Rugby 08 and power your way through a grueling World Cup campaign for the sports’ ultimate prize – the glorious Webb Ellis Cup.

This is the season you take complete control of managing your favorite squad as EA SPORTS Rugby 08 enables you to emulate the style of your favorite team on offense and now on defense. Using new, authentic defensive formations, adjust your defense on-the-fly to keep momentum on your side or counter your opponent’s attacking style by changing your defensive strategy based on score, field position and more. Also featured is a layered pick-up-and-play control system for set pieces and drop kicks. Now you take full command over every scrum and maul with enhanced push and rotation controls. Make lineout throw-ins look easy with a simplified control scheme for the novice player and advanced mechanics...