General Updates

Melty Blood Actress Again The latest edition of Type Moon's Melty Blood 2D fighting game ships in September in Naomi cartridge form. Pricing is set at JPY248,000 or US$2580 from NCS which includes Express Mail shipping direct from Japan to pretty much any address in the world. Except maybe Antarctica. Don't think the Postal Service will get there this year. Express Mail is a trackable and insured service. Preorders for the Japanese Naomi cartridge Melty Blood Actress Again will ship on or around September 30, 2008. The Naomi kit includes a Naomi-compatible game cartridge, cabinet artwork, and marquee header. Please note the Naomi hardware is not included in this offer.

Soul Calibur IV USA Early... in Hong Kong A few of our vendors in Hong Kong offered us the USA version of Soul Calibur IV for Playstation 3 last night. They've been selling the game in Hong Kong shops as of yesterday. Apparently, a North American distributor was able to ship the game to Asia on Friday or Saturday of last week. We've also heard from customers about shops in the USA selling the game early. Our own USA distributors will be shipping the game out on Wednesday or Thursday of this week. If they don't sell it now, they probably won't be able to sell (as many) later. Breaking street date seems to be in season.