PS3 Umineko no Naku Koro ni: Majo to Suiri no Rinbukyoku

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» Released for Japanese PCs last month, Umineko no Naku Koro Ni is headed to the Playstation 3 this December. In the game, players take on the role of a lad named Battler Ushiromiya who finds himself trapped on an island named Rokkenjima with his relatives. As the story goes, Battler's wealthy grandfather Kinzo Ushiromiya is on his deathbed and the division of assets is to proceed after Kinzo's passing. While on the estate, Battler hears an old legend from his youth - that of a witch named Beatrice who resides on Rokkenjima who helped Kinzo start the Ushiromiya family empire and gave him much of his fortune.

    When a typhoon hits the island, the family members and servants are trapped but that's not too bad. That is, until people start dying and Battler finds himself in a battle of wits against the witch Beatrice. The Playstation 3 conversion of the game features the first four chapters of the series as follows: Legend of the Golden Witch, Turn of the Golden Witch, Banquet of the Golden Witch, and Alliance of the Golden Witch. Early reservations will ship with a pair of bonus Witch Beatrice pens - one is filled with blue ink and the other is filled with red ink which are being given away in 50% ratio. 

TOYS Genba Kensho Suspense Mascot - Import Preorder

NCS Preorder Synopsis
«©NCSX» There's a codger in our building who's knowledgeable about the principles of feng-shui. Occasionally, we'll ask for his opinion on some of the products that we peddle. For example, the codger disapproved of the Horror Summer Vibrating Pen from a few years ago but we imported them anyway. This morning, he also frowned on the Genso Kensho Suspense Mascots because according to him, "A toy that's a representation of a chalk outline from a fatal crime scene isn't exactly auspicious."

Epoch's "suspense" toy is not properly named. There's no suspense in chalk outlines. There might've been suspense and drama prior to the sketching of the chalk outline... but none in the outline itself. In any case, six styles are on offer including one that appears to be of a person who has fallen from a building. Yet another one appears to depict someone who died while dancing. We appreciate Epoch's photos of "dead" people in their preorder solicitation sheet since they get the point of the outlines across. Preorders for the set of toys are welcome to ship in late September 2010.