Tuesday, December 27, 2011

General Updates


Playstation Vita Update
«©NCSX» Our vendors in Japan are mostly sold out of their Vita software selections but Uncharted restock might be available for export tonight. We'll restock 4GB and 8GB Memory Cards on Thursday of this week along with Vita Wi-Fi hardware for new orders. Similar to last week, if you've selected UPS Overnight or USPS Express Mail service for your shipping method, you can expect to receive your order on Friday before the New Year.

No New Japanese Releases This Week
  
Distributors and vendors are on hiatus this week but import releases and shipments will resume on January 12, 2012 with PSP
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Masou Kishin II Revelation of Evil God followed by Vita WipEout 2048 and X360 Onechanbara Z: Kagura on January 19, 2012.  
Weekly Famitsu Vol. 1203
  
The January 5-12-19, 2012 issue of Weekly Famitsu includes coverage of the following games and events in the Japanese marketplace:

» Playstation Vita launch coverage and event at the Shibuya Tsutaya shop.
» Continuing coverage on 3DS Monster Hunter 3G-tri
» Reviews for PSV BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend (9/9/8/8), PSV Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (8/8/7/8), PSV Shin Sangoku Musou NEXT (9/9/9/8), PSV F1 2011 (8/7/7/6), PSV Asphalt Injection (7/7/7/7), PSV Uncharted (9/9/8/9), PSV Minna no Golf 6 (9/9/8/8), PSV Katamari Damacy No (8/9/7/8), PSV Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru 11 Hitome no Suspect (9/9/9/8), PSV Power Smash 4 (9/9/9/8), PSV Shinobido 2 Sange (8/8/8/7), PSV Dark Quest Alliance (8/8/8/8), PSV Army Corps of Hell (8/8/8/8), PSV Lord of Apocalypse (9/9/8/8), PSV Michael Jackson: The Experience HD (7/7/6/7).
» Famitsu looks back at the year that was with a month-by-month breakdown of important events and announcements  from 2011.
» A Final Fantasy XIII-2 game guide spans from page 141 to 165.
» Ice cream treats and sweets are featured in this week's PICK UP FOOD. 


 

Friday, December 23, 2011

General Updates

Vita 4GB Memory Cards shipping today
  
All outstanding orders for the 4GB memory cards will ship this afternoon. If you've selected UPS Overnight service, we will automatically switch your shipping method to USPS Express Mail because UPS will not deliver overnight packages until Tuesday of next week due to the Christmas holiday. USPS Express Mail will deliver on Saturday as part of their normal delivery schedule. Customers who have chosen UPS Ground will be switched over to USPS Priority Mail for delivery by Monday.
Vita Wi-Fi Restock Update
 
  Most of our Japanese vendors left for their Christmas holiday last night and we don't expect to restock Wi-Fi or 3G Vita handhelds until Wednesday or Thursday of next week for new orders that are placed now. Vita games currently in stock are as follows:

» Army Corps of Hell
»
BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend
»
Dark Quest Alliance
»
Minna no Golf 6
» Monster Radar
» Ridge Racer
» Shinobido 2: Sange
» Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru 11 Hitome no Suspect

   Please select USPS Express Mail if you wish to receive your order for Vita games tomorrow. Orders must be submitted by 4PM EST to ship this afternoon.
Seasons Greetings
  
NCS wishes everyone Happy Holidays.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

PSV Playstation Vita Hardware, Software - Shipping today

Update: December 20, 2011
 
«©NCSX» Preorders for the Playstation Vita (WiFi) received prior to December 19, 2011 at 5PM EST, are shipping today. Please note that new orders placed on December 20-21, will ship on December 22 when our new shipments arrive. If you order now and select UPS Next Day Air, you can expect to receive your parcel on December 23, 2011 before the holiday.

Friday, December 16, 2011

 TOYS SR Playstation History Collection - New Import, In Stock

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX»
The Playstation was a juggernaut. Seems so long ago now but Sony's 32-bit wunderkind ruled the console gaming world for nearly six years before succumbing to the Playstation 2. The Playstation and PSOne sold over 100 million units combined. Takara Tomy celebrates the phenomenon that was the Playstation with a "History Collection" of gashapon which includes four types of toys as follows:

» SCPH-1000 with Arc the Lad game, memory card, and original joypad
» SCPH-7000 with Parappa the Rapper, memory card, green joypad
» SCPH-9000 with I.Q. game, original joypad, memory card
» SCPH-101 with LCD monitor, Pocketstation, Dual Shock, and Dokodemo

   The four toys are normally randomly sold through gashapon dispensers in Japan but we're going to gather together complete sets of four toys and sell them like that. All preorders ship today at US$29.90 per set.

 TOYS Danball Senki Custom-Up LBX-002 - New Import

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» In the Danball Senki action-adventure for the Playstation Portable, the protagonist of the game is a lad who takes ownership of a little combat robot known as an LBX. By upgrading the robot and honing its battlefield prowess, the LBX goes on competitions and (hopefully) wins them in order to scale ever more powerful in scope.

   The first production of the Danball Senki game included a bonus LBX-AX-00 model kit and Bandai is following up with a set of gashapon toys that feature snazzy LBX robot designs that should stoke the passions of Danball fans.
The new set of toy robots aren't fully assembled but they're easily snapped together with a few pushes, tucks, and tugs. Five standard LBXs are packaged into the plastic capsules but a sixth secret figure may be created with parts that are included in each of the five LBX figures. NCS is gathering together all five toys and selling them in a complete set.

 TOYS Transformers Encore 20 Devastar - New Import

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» Takara Tomy reissues Devastar for Transformers Encore 20 where the garish-green-colored robot is packaged in the form of six separate robots known as Constructicons as follows: Scrapper (Devastar's right leg), Mixmaster (left leg), Long Haul (lower body), Hook (upper body), Bonecrusher (left arm), and Scavenger (right arm). The robots ship in construction vehicle form but may be transformed into robots which stand upright and look boxy and similar to each other.

   In addition to the six robots, extra parts and accessories are included in the plastic tray that holds the toys securely inside the retail box. Decals to decorate the six robots and instructions to construct Devastar are also included inside the packaging. Due to the carton size of the Devastar toy, NCS recommends only shipping by UPS Ground within the United States. 

PSP Puyo Puyo 20th Anniversary - New Import, In Stock

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» Sega celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Puyo Puyo franchise with a new puzzle game which features a cast of 24 characters who have appeared in earlier Puyo games. Amitie, Klug, Draco, Witch, Raffine, and Ringo are only some of the characters making an appearance.
 

   The game's the same as previous Puyo Puyo puzzlers where globs of jelly fall from the top of the screen and must be arranged into groups of four. Once a Puyo quartet is formed, they pop and disappear from the screen. The new rendition features 7 old game modes that have been transplanted from Puyo Puyo Fever, Puyo Sun, Puyo Puyo Tsu, Deka Puyo Rush, and Chibi Puyo Fever as well as 8 new modes (4 Next Puyo, Active, Block, Cross Spinner, Chibi Puyo Excavation, Gust, Slot, and Quartet).

 MAG Weekly Famitsu Vol. 1202 - New Import

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» The December 29, 2011 issue of Weekly Famitsu includes coverage of the following games and events in the Japanese marketplace:
» Famitsu covers the launch of Monster Hunter 3G-tri and take snapshots of the sales queues, the actual sales, and the happy consumers with their copies of the latest Monster Hunter game. A game guide for MH3G-tri follows on page 25 all the way to page 61.
» Reviews for 3DS Inazuma Eleven Go: Dark/Shine (9/9/8/9), 3DS SD Gundam G Generation 3D (8/8/8/8), PSP Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2011 Ketteiban (9/9/8/9), PSP Mahou Shoujo Nanoha A's Portable: The Gears of Destiny (8/7/7/7), PSP Frontier Gate (8/8/8/8), PSP Sengoku Hime 3 ~Tenka o Kirisaku Hikari to Kage~ (6/6/5/5), PS3/X360 Musou Orochi 2 (9/8/8/9), PS3 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2011 Ketteiban (9/9/8/8), and X360 Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga (7/7/7/7).
» Continuing coverage on Final Fantasy XIII-2 from pages 139-161.
» A 40-page Playstation Vita introductory booket is stapled to the centerfold of the magazine which checks out the hardware and launch software.
» Candy and crunchy snacks such as the Quattro strawberry-flavored cream cracker are featured in this week's PICK UP FOOD.