Sarugechu Hand Puppets

Sony has chronicled many stories of the Peak-Point-helmeted Apes but there are many more that have not been told. That's where you come in. Pop the two Taito Sarugechu (aka Ape Escape) puppets on both hands and make up some outlandish dialogue or script a story. Capture it all for the Youtube generation and you're an instant laughing stock celebrity.

The Sarugechu puppets measure 35cm (13.77") tall and two types are on offer: (A) An Ape who hefts blue maracas and stares off into space and (B) another Ape who lifts two bananas. By twiddling the arms of the puppets with your fingers, they'll make gestures and gesticulate while you perform some squeaky-voiced ventriloquism to breath life into the Apes. Preorders are welcome to ship in mid-late July at US$15 per puppet.

Winnie the Pooh Honey Popcorn Kit

Pooh loves the honey but little did we know that the golden bear also enjoys the popcorn. Sega has started preorders for a Pooh Popcorn kit which contains the following items:

» Foil bag which contains 4 oz of ready to eat honey popcorn
» A 4 oz bag of unpopped corn
» A 1 oz serving of honey to drizzle over the popcorn
» A Winnie the Pooh kitchen mitt

Preorders are welcome to ship in mid-late July 2007 at $15 per kit.

Shipment Tomorrow

The shipment containing the second portion of PS2 Hokuto no Ken and the full allocation of PS2 Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+ was exported out of Japan last night. We haven't received a satisfactory explanation of why it was on "export gateway hold" for an entire day but we'll look into it to avoid future occurrences. The shipment is scheduled to arrive tomorrow and all remaining orders will ship on Friday.

Digimon Story: Moonlight

The Digital World beckons once more with a new adventure where the player takes on the role of an agent who works at an organization known as Night Claw. The crew's adversaries across town are called Light Fang. When an attack by a skull-like apparition wrecks their respective headquarters, both Night Claw and Light Fang groups are devastated. The protagonist and Digimon cadre must venture forth and ferret out the motives behind the attack. The new Digimon games feature over 400 Digimon and the Moonlight version stars an exclusive Digimon known as Lunamon which is the floppy-eared creature seen on the left side of the game cover. Gamers may link up to Digimon Story Sunburst players and trade Digimon between the two versions. «more»

Digimon Story: Sunburst

The Digital World beckons once more with a new adventure where the player takes on the role of an agent who works at an organization known as Light Fang. The crew's adversaries across town are called Night Claw. When an attack by a skull-like apparition wrecks their respective headquarters, both Night Claw and Light Fang groups are devastated. The protagonist and Digimon cadre must venture forth and ferret out the motives behind the attack. The new Digimon games feature over 400 Digimon and the Moonlight version stars an exclusive Digimon known as Lunamon which is the floppy-eared creature seen on the left side of the game cover. Gamers may link up to Digimon Story Sunburst players and trade Digimon between the two versions. «more»

Hokuto no Ken

Originally released for the Atomiswave arcade hardware in 2005, Sega by way of Arc System Works finally unleashes Hokuto no Ken for the home console market. The coin-op version of the game was originally priced at JPY188,000 but this week's conversion clocks in at a humble and manageable US$65.
Set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia, the fighters in Hokuto no Ken live and die by the fist. Kenshiro Kasumi is one such fighter who struts around in leather duds with chest bared and pectorals rippling. Sharing the doomed world with him are gangs of roaming biker gangs and bandits who prey upon an unprotected populace. To get a little law and order back into the mix, Kenshiro battles thugs with his mighty Hokuto Shinken martial arts skills. Ken's encounters in the wastelands of the future invariably end in tears and gore. Lots of chunky red gore as in exploding bodies, projectile blood ejection, and organs literally leaping out of their crannies and cavities. Despite the fighting nature of the Hokuto no Ken manga and animation, there's been more video games based on the purely Japanese phenomenon of pachi-slot than fighting. To balance the scales a little bit, Arc System Works of Guilty Gear fame creates a fast-paced 2D fighting game which features 10 brusque and bulging bruisers from Hokuto no Ken.

Taito Memories II Vol. 2 + Book

Taito's historical archive is peppered with important games such as Space Invaders in 1978 and hundreds of releases hence which have ably gobbled tons of credits, quarters, and yen. Taito Memories II vol. 2 collects another 25 games from the company's vault as follows:
01) Field Goal 1979 02) Phoenix 1980 03) Polaris 1980 04) Great Swordsman 1984 05) Sea Fighter Poseidon 1984 06) Gyrodine 1984 07) Buggy Challenge 1984 08) Onna Sanshirou 1985 09) Metal Soldier Isaac 1985 10) Halley's Comet 1986 11) Land Sea Air Squad 1986 12) Operation Wolf 1987 13) Full Throttle 1988	14) Chase H.Q. 1988 15) Plump Pop 1988 16) Rainbow Islands Extra 1988 17) Volfied 1989 18) Night Striker 1989 19) Battle Shark 1989 20) Final Blow 1989 21) Master of Weapon 1989 22) Megablast 1989 23) ThunderFox 1990 24) Warrior Blade: Rastan III 1992 25) Bubble Symphony 1994

Imports Rescheduled for Friday

Due to an exception with the remainder of our shipments last night, please note that the rest of our PS2 Hokuto no Ken shipments are now scheduled to arrive on Friday of this week instead of tomorrow. The PS2 Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+ game is also inside the delayed shipments.
We've never seen an "Export Gateway Hold" before but our shipper should be able to clear it tonight.