Preorders are welcome for a premium edition of MGS Portable Ops which includes a camouflage-themed PSP with beige colored buttons, analog nub, and d-pad. The trigger buttons remain transparent.
Priced at JPY27,800 and limited in number, the bundle also includes a trio of metal pins mounted on a display card, a copy of MGS Portable Ops, and a sand-colored carrying case with an emblem of Solid Snake on the front. Preorders are welcome to ship on December 21, 2006.
Please note that we have not confirmed availability of the Konamistyle Limited Edition of the MGS Portable Ops bundle which adds snakeskin accessories and a certificate of authenticity to the mix but we'll update if we're able to import the item for our customers.
The thunder and fury of Raiden III is revisited in the Insanity DVD capture of the game. Three items are included in the DVD pack as follows:
» Gameplay Capture DVD - Watch a master player dominate the entire game from start to finish without losing a single life. Once that's over, watch two masters play the game with godlike skill. The third major chapter in the DVD features game footage coupled with developer commentary. The DVD runs for approximately 120 minutes.
» Raiden III Perfect Sound Track - Go Sato composed 34 tracks for Raiden III and all of them are spooled onto an official CD which also include tracks from the PS2 version of the game. Yuji Takemitsu does the arrangements. The full track listing may be viewed here. The CD spans approximately 60 melodious minutes.
» Raiden III Official Data Collection - Flip through the 50+ pages of the B6-size Raiden booklet which includes illustrations, game system info, assorted data, and developer commentary.
Famitsu Wave closes out 2006 with a summery image of Kasumi in a floral print bikini. Games featured in the magazine and the two included DVDs are as follows:
Tokyo Game Show Coverage
PS2 Bumpytrot 2, PS3 Devil May Cry 4, X360 Lost Planet, PS3 Fatal Inertia, PS3 Blade Storm, Wii Elebits, PS3 Coded Arms, PS3 Metal Gear Solid 4, PS2 Elvandia, PS3 Virtua Fighter 5, PS3 Genji, PS3 Shirokishi Monogatari, PS3 Lair, X360 Viva Pinata, X360 Mistwalker, and more.
General Game Coverage
PS2 Dragon Shadow Spell, PS3 Armored Core 4, PS2 Summon Night 4, NDS Castlevania Gallery of Labyrinth, and others.
Chinami Ishizaka appears in the Wave Idol Photo Studio feature.
Mouse pads are generally flat and exceedingly boring. However, when the bodacious body of Rio is transformed into a mouse pad, her ample attributes must be rendered properly or justice wouldn't be served. In addition to providing a smooth surface for mouse manipulation, the Rio mouse pad also prevents carpal tunnel syndrome with its generous pillow-like appendages which are covered by a cloth bikini. Retail pricing is set at a lofty Y8800 or US$85 from NCS. All preorders ship today.
The Front Mission Project continues with a collection of detailed Front Mission Wanzers from the popular Playstation games in the series. In addition to normal full color paint versions of the mechs, metallic paint variants and green-colored variants are also randomly packaged in the blind boxes for a total of 15 different possibilities for collectors to ferret out. The mechs measure approximately 3" tall and have rotating arms and movable legs for restricted posing purposes. The five Wanzers in the Front Mission Trading Arts+ Stage 2 are as follows:
08) Kyojun
09) Grapple
10) Husky
11) Schakal
12) Crustacia
Pricing is set at US$55 per factory sealed case of 12. All preorders ship today and new orders are welcome. Please note that USA versions of some of the mechs from Stage 2 are scheduled to ship in December and pricing will be set at US$7.95 per blister-packed mech (full color variant). NCS plans on stocking the USA versions as well upon release.
Way back in the day when proverbial dinosaurs roamed the land and life moved at a slower pace than today, Nintendo gave birth to the Gameboy Camera. Primitive and yet strangely popular, the camera gave gamers the ability to snap grainy 128x112 resolution photos and print them on the aptly named Gameboy Printer. Other than the Sega DreamEye camera which was released for the Dreamcast a few years ago, no other game-hardware-related cameras have made it to market. Until now.
Translated as "a little shot," Chotto Shot is the name of Sony's 1.3 megapixel digital camera accessory for the PSP which plugs into the USB port on top of the unit. The camera takes photos at a resolution of 480×272 and 640×480 with quality that's acceptable for everyday shots of squirrels, blue skies, stormy clouds, or donut eaters. For movie makers, the camera spools in video with a resolution of 480 x 272 at 30 fps. The camera can take macro photos at a distance of 7cm or standard photos at a range of 40cm to infinity focus. A built-in mic also picks up audio when taking home movies. Sony bundles Chotto Edit software with the camera which may be used to create photo albums and slide shows. Chotto Edit also allows users to add 47 effects and filters as well as text to photos. Prospective consumers may check out some videos made with the Chotto Shot on the software developer's website, including this unfortunate video of a Japanese bloke and a helpless banana. «Chotto Shot Specs»
One day, Kirby is sitting in a field about to gobble up a slice of strawberry shortcake when it disappears. Looking around in bewilderment, Kirby soon realizes there's been a robbery and the pink puff of a beast rushes off to retrieve his good eats.
Kirby appears in another side scrolling platform action game which doesn't use the stylus in the platform hopping action although the mini-games do require it. The pink hero uses trademark moves such as inhaling air to capture enemies and then spitting them out like projectiles. Kirby may also jump up to gain lift and loft higher by pressing the jump button again where he turns into a pink balloon capable of flight... «NCS Game Notes»
Japanese cook Nahomi Edamoto has few contemporaries in America with whom NCS can compare her too. She's not as bubbly and wacky as Rachel Ray nor is she a mogul like Martha Stewart. We'd best describe her as a matronly dame who makes the rounds at Japanese television programs, writes cooking articles, and occasionally sits in on panels of general interest. In Nahomi's latest venture, the cook lends her name to a collection of Japanese recipes where NDS users may learn the proper preparation, cooking, and presentation techniques for over 50 dishes. To practice the creation of the meals, players may engage in mini-games which teach cutting, frying, and other kitchen procedures. «more»
Preorders are welcome for a premium edition of MGS Portable Ops which includes a camouflage-themed PSP with beige colored buttons, analog nub, and d-pad. The trigger buttons remain transparent.
