New Super Mario Bros Card Case

Yujin follows up on the Animal Crossing Card Case collection with another collection of NDS game storage cases which feature a New Super Mario Bros theme. The cases are designed to look like miniature books with three plastic sleeves inside to hold three game cards. Attractive New Super Mario Bros artwork adorns the front and back of each case.
The case opens like a book with a clasp in front which clicks to close. If you own a fairly large library of Nintendo DS games, you can arrange them in the card cases by theme. For example, we filed Jump Superstars and Jump Ultimate Stars inside the Koopa Junior case since he's scrappy and we inserted three puzzle games into the brick case. «more»

New Super Mario Bros Pouch

Epoch hasn't really matched Yujin in the amount of Mario Bros merchandise churned out per annum but they're trying. For their latest Mario Bros attempt, Epoch releases versatile Mario-themed storage pouches which measure 11x18cm and are available in six colors. Smooth and thin material is used to create the Mario Bros pouches which don't afford a lot of protection but they look attractive. Although the pouches were designed to hold a Nintendo DS Lite perfectly within its confines, they will also accommodate a Sony Playstation Portable, a Neo Geo Pocket, a Gameboy Advance (tight fit but it fits) and even a bottle of FFXII potion.
A drawstring on the top of each pouch may be lashed tightly to close the pouch. As mentioned before, the pouches are made of super thin material and won't provide any cushion against shock or drops. We caution against using it as your primary handheld pouch if you're an active player who's always on the go. NCS supplies this item as a complete set of six. «more»

Animal Crossing Bottle Strap

In the online tag mode of Animal Crossing, players may buy a message in a bottle from Tanukichi's (Tom Nook) establishment and send it to other online towns. Yujin takes the communiqué literally and presents a collection of Animal Crossing character straps + bottles which hold tiny messages and a little gift. The paper insert that is included inside each capsule contains eight written messages and an additional four stamp-size sheets upon which notes may be scribbled. Each animal and bottle measures 21mm or 0.82" tall and eight styles are available. NCS bundles the eight straps together and supply them as complete sets. «more»

Capcom Girls Statue 3: Cammy

Perky. That's the first word that comes to mind after casually glancing at Ensky's Capcom Girl Statue version of Cammy. After taking in the vision of fighting womanhood for a few more seconds, another word that comes to mind is "sassy."

The third Capcom Girls Statue from Ensky depicts the popular fighting heroine as a rigid yet curvy figure who rests her left gauntlet on her backside while the finger on her right hand appears glued to her right thigh. Two sprigs of her blonde locks sprout outwards from the top of her head while her blue uniform appears to have been spray-painted on. The Ensky Cammy figure measures 19cm or 7.48" tall and is fully assembled and painted for immediate display upon delivery. «more»

General Updates

Trigger Heart Exelica The regular and limited editions of Dreamcast Trigger Heart Exelica were shipped from Japan last night and are scheduled to arrive tomorrow. All preorders will ship on Wednesday afternoon.

WiiStock All backorders for the Japanese Nintendo Wii will ship tomorrow but we're sold out again this morning. The next batch will ship from Japan on February 22 for delivery by Monday or Tuesday of next week. Any new backorders placed today will ship on February 26-27.

Final Fantasy Preorders NDS Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings was opened up for preorders recently and PSP Final Fantasy Anniversary Edition is now available for preorder on our old shop.

Fatal Fury Battle Archives 2

The Fatal Fury series went past trilogy status about a decade ago and the story of Geese Howard continued in the Real Bout games. With his star on the rise once again, Geese moves to retake control of SouthTown and is opposed by the Bogard siblings, Joe Higashi, and a host of others.

Fatal Fury Battle Archives 2 collects the following games on one DVD:

» Real Bout Fatal Fury (original release: Dec. 1995)
» Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (original release: Jan. 1997)
» Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers (original release: Mar. 1998)

The most impressive game is Real Bout 2 with shiny visual gloss and intuitive, fluid gameplay that plays true to the Neo Geo source code. Plug in a Neo Geo joystick and you're home again. The "Newcomers" in Real Bout 2 refer to Li Xiangfei and Rick Strowd who joined the usual Fatal Fury stalwarts in the 2D, 2-plane fighting action.
New to the PS2 game is a Practice Mode and online connectivity where bouts may be fought against other players on the Multi-Matching BB service.

Kanon

After successful stints on the Japanese PC and Playstation 2, Kanon moseys on down to the portable confines of the PSP. Kanon is a beautifully executed anime romance interaction game whose protagonist is a high school student named Yuuichi Aizawa. Due to family problems, Aizawa moves in with relatives in another town and encounters a bevy of girls at school as well as his cousin Nayuki Minase whom he's living with.

Classmates at school include a girl suffering from amnesia named Makoto Sawatari, a sometimes sickly girl named Shiori Misaka, a strangely belligerent gal named Kawasumi Mai, Miss Congeniality herself - Kurata Sayuri, Ayu Tsukimiya, and many more.
At the outset of the game, a view of static snowflakes against a deep blue backdrop may be seen when a girl's voice intonates, "Yuuichi." The protagonist is seated on a bench at a train station when he glances up and sees the face of a blue-haired girl. After a brief exchange and a handing over of some hot coffee, the protagonist greets his cousin Nayuki and the two eventually go to the Minase household.

New to the PSP version of Kanon is the addition of the protagonist's voice which may be heard throughout the game. He's a gruff sounding bloke who occasionally even snarls words out like daggers. In the PC, Dreamcast, and Playstation 2 versions of Kanon, the protagonist didn't have a voice although the other characters did. «more»

Lumines II

Deviously simple in structure and yet difficult to master, Lumines II holds the qualities that make a puzzle game addictive and playable. Stretched across the widescreen of the PSP, the game stage is barren at first but 2x2 blocks begin dropping from the sky. Given time, they'll clutter the playfield unless you're quick and sharp enough to match them up. Each 2x2 block may be colored or designed in one of four ways as follows:

1) Solid color throughout
2) Top half is one color, the bottom half is another color
3) Two colors alternate on the block, as in red, white, red, white
4) 3/4 of the block is one contiguous color, and 1/4 is another color

The goal is to form a minimum of 2x2 constructions that are the same color. Once the 2x2 base is set, it may be expanded upon with color adjuncts that conform to the 2x2 rule such as 2x4 or 2x6. While the color matching action is taking place on the ground, a rocket that passes above drops a vertical line to the ground. Each time it passes, it'll wipe the screen of any 2x2 constructs and award points. Linking blocks also drop occasionally which are useful for creating chains of matches. For example, if you create a 2x2 color match with a linking block as one of the component blocks, any contiguous block of the same color will be cleared by the rocket ship when it passes overhead. The Japanese version of Lumines features some songs from the USA version of the game along with new jams. «mo»