Thursday, July 29, 2010

BOOK The Eyes of Bayonetta - New Import, In Stock

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» Bayonetta was/is a hot game. We're still replaying it. Whenever a new Bayonetta-related product is announced, we'll order it for ourselves even if we don't bring it in for mass consumption since there's a global recession going on and yadda yadda yadda. Even if a company is crazy enterprising enough to solicit preorders for Bayonetta hair extensions or Bayonetta soup dumplings, we're going to get them.

Enterbrain's The Eyes of Bayonetta book isn't a crazy kind of product. It'll actually sell more than 3 copies because it's a comprehensive tome packed full of designs, illustrations, and artwork of the heroine Bayonetta, the cast of characters, locations, and the weapons featured in the game. What we're most interested in perusing through are the illustrations of characters and weapons that weren't used in the game but are featured in the book. As an added bonus, a DVD is included which contains staff commentary on the design process and how Bayonetta went from pencil sketch to full-blown action heroine. As second bonus, two foldout posters are included in the book. All preorders and new orders are shipping this afternoon at JPY3500 or US$68.90 from NCS. Pricing reflects the overnight shipping costs to import a 233-page hardcover book from Japan to the USA.

CDM Piano Collections Final Fantasy XIII - New, In Stock

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» Tickling the ivories and creating beautiful music isn't something that all mortals are capable of. In other words, all men aren't created equal when it comes to playing the piano, along with a host of other things. One artist who's been tickling a storm out of the ivories is Aki Kuroda and she collaborates with composer Masashi Hamauzu once again to create Piano Collections Final Fantasy XIII. Aki's formidable skills are on display where she recreates entire FFXIII songs with only a piano at her disposal and no accompaniment from wind or percussion instruments.

Piano Collections Final Fantasy XIII contains 10 tracks including the whimsical "
FINAL FANTASY XIII - The Promise ~ The Sunleth Waterscape" and the cheery "Vanille's Theme ~ Memories of Happier Days ~ The Road Home." The full track listing may be viewed on NCS' product page for the disc along with a link to Square's official website which contains samples of the songs included in the new Piano Collection. The first printing of the CD includes a bonus slipcase which won't be present in the second printing.

NDS Kamen Rider Battle Ganbaride Card Battle Taisen - New

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» In the Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride coin-op that was released in 2008, Bandai coupled the Riders with data cards for a somewhat enjoyable arcade experience. The special cabinet that housed the Kamen Rider game featured a big-center-button along with three additional buttons per player and a card scanner. By using only buttons and cards, players made a pair of Riders battle another pair of Riders in a card-inserting, button-pressing, virtual-slot-spinning, stutter-step of a card fighting game.

Fans of Kamen Rider will enjoy the round-by-round simulated attacks but non-fans will probably scratch their heads and mumble something that sounds like "WTF." The NDS game features 700 cards and the first printing of the NDS conversion will include a pack of 11 Rider Kick Cards which is packaged inside the game case.

NDS Let's Mangaka DS Style - New Import, In Stock

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» A "mangaka" is a comic artist who usually uses pencils or pens to illustrate panels in a manga serial. Although manga sales in Japan have been dropping in the past few years, the sizable amount of comic book content created per annum ensures that legions of mangaka will continue working for the foreseeable future.

In Let's! Mangaka DS Style, players enter the world of manga by initially working as an assistant to a writer/artist in a production studio. By performing her duties well, the protagonist eventually gets to become a mangaka herself. The game features a comic toolkit which allows players to layout panels, draw line art, color, and ink pencils to create the final product. In addition to original works, preset images and stamps may also be used to create illustrations.

NDS Metal Max 3 - New Import, In Stock

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» Data East released the original Metal Max on the Famicom back in 1991 and a sequel was released on the Super Famicom in 1993. For the third canonical release in the series, fans had to wait 17 years but we think it'll be worth it. Metal Max is now under the control of Kadokawa Shoten and the third volume in the game follows in the dystopian scenario footsteps of the first two Maxes.

The hero in MM3 is a ginger-haired lad who has been brought back to life through the use of electro-shock
resuscitation in a laboratory operated by a scientist named Dr. Mince. Since humans tend to lose memories when they die, the protagonist suffers from amnesia but he wanders into the wilderness to find himself, battle enemies, and man a tank-like vehicle. Reservations will include a bonus booklet of Metal Max manga that's being given away in 1:1 ratio.

PS3 Sengoku Basara 3 - New Import, Restock Soon

From the Publisher
The next evolution in producer of Devil May Cry 4, Hiroyuki Kobayashi’s BASARA series is coming to PLAYSTATION®3 and Wii with Sengoku BASARA 3. Set during a tumultuous period of Japanese history, Sengoku BASARA 3 follows players as they fight their way to the dramatic battle of Sekigahara. Players will take up the swords and spears of more than a dozen fierce samurai warriors in huge battles against hundreds of opponents in many exciting stages that lead up to the main event.

Featuring unique playable characters, as well as supporting generals who will make it easier to command and lead armies, players will see the battle from the perspective of each military commander with the ultimate goal of re-writing history to rule all of 16th century Japan. In the dynamic new “Hero’s Story” mode, the player’s decisions impact history with a redesigned story mode. Based on choices made by the player, new drama unfolds as friends become enemies, enemies become friends, and a new Sengoku story unfolds. Adding a new strategic element to the game, forces can fight for control/taking over of camps and ultimately entire battlefields.

PSP Neo Geo Heroes Ultimate Shooting - New, In Stock

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» Originally released for the Japanese coin-op market on Taito Type X hardware, King of Fighters Sky Stage was a vertical shooter where the cast of SNK's KOF series took to the heavens and shot bullets at waves of enemies. It was a new venue for normally ground-based strikers such as Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami.
SNK is expanding on the Sky Stage premise with a new PSP title dubbed Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting. By changing KOF in the title to Neo Geo Heroes, the game is more inclusive and characters are recruited from other SNK properties so they can also take to the heavens and shoot. The cast of characters in the game is as follows:

KOF Sky Stage Returnees:
Athena Asamiya | Iori Yagami | Kula Diamond
| Kyo Kusanagi | Mai Shiranui | Terry Bogard

New SNK Shmup Inductees: Akari Ichijou (Last Blade) | A.S.O. SYDIII female pilot | Iroha (Samurai Spirits) | Marco Rossi (Metal Slug)


A number of game modes may be enjoyed by players as listed below:

» Story Mode | Challenge | Multi Play | Sky Stage | Museum

The "Sky Stage" mode refers to the inclusion of the coin-op version of KOF Sky Stage on the UMD as a bonus. The two games on the UMD may be played in default horizontal (Yoko) or vertical (Tate) viewing aspect by the simple act of setting the screen aspect and rotating the PSP.

PSP Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki Alternative Saga - New, In Stock

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» Ever bolt up in the dead of night and wonder who'd win if Adol Christin of Ys fame and Joshua Bright of Sora no Kiseki ever came to blows? We neither but this week in Japan, that query and many other ponderous questions will be answered... to the satisfaction of fans who've been bolting up in the dead of night for the past decade.

Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga is a clash between the camps of the Ys series and the Sora no Kiseki games. On the side of Ys is the aforementioned Adol, his friend Dogi, Aisha, and five others while Sora no Kiseki's crew includes Joshua Bright, Estelle Bright, Krose, and five more. Lloyd Burnings from the upcoming Eiyuu Densetsu: Zero no Kiseki also makes an appearance along with Lloyd's partner Elie MacDowell is a striker or supporting character in the game. A motley assortment of supporters also make their way into the fighting theatrics to provide backup power. Emceeing the whole affair are the creatures named Rappy and Mona who provide a modicum and mirth and frivolity to the fighting antics. Unlike standard 2D or 3D fighting games where combatants go one-on-one, Ys vs Sora is a more open-ended fighting game for up to 4 fighters who ramble around and attack each other on a 3D battlefield.

All preorders will include a bonus 2-disc Ys vs Sora no Kiseki Collective Music Files original soundtrack and an illustrations booklet which are being given away by the publisher in 1:1 ratio. The soundtrack contains music as well as new arrangements from the Ys vs Sora game.

PSP Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki Alternative Saga LE - New, In Stock

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga is a clash between the camps of the Ys series and the Sora no Kiseki games. On the side of Ys is the aforementioned Adol, his friend Dogi, Aisha, and five others while Sora no Kiseki's crew includes Joshua Bright, Estelle Bright, Krose, and five more. Lloyd Burnings from the upcoming Eiyuu Densetsu: Zero no Kiseki also makes an appearance along with Lloyd's partner Elie MacDowell is a striker or supporting character in the game. A motley assortment of supporters also make their way into the fighting theatrics to provide backup power. Emceeing the whole affair are the creatures named Rappy and Mona. Unlike standard 2D or 3D fighting games where combatants go one-on-one, Ys vs Sora is a more open-ended fighting game for up to 4 fighters who ramble around and attack each other on a 3D battlefield.

The Limited Edition of the game includes a Drama CD which is packaged with the game in a special slipcase.
All preorders will include a bonus 2-disc Ys vs Sora no Kiseki Collective Music Files original soundtrack and an illustrations booklet which are being given away by the publisher in 1:1 ratio. The soundtrack contains music as well as new arrangements from the Ys vs Sora game.

Wii Sengoku Basara 3 - New Import, In Stock

From the Publisher
The next evolution in producer of Devil May Cry 4, Hiroyuki Kobayashi’s BASARA series is coming to PLAYSTATION®3 and Wii with Sengoku BASARA 3. Set during a tumultuous period of Japanese history, Sengoku BASARA 3 follows players as they fight their way to the dramatic battle of Sekigahara. Players will take up the swords and spears of more than a dozen fierce samurai warriors in huge battles against hundreds of opponents in many exciting stages that lead up to the main event.

Featuring unique playable characters, as well as supporting generals who will make it easier to command and lead armies, players will see the battle from the perspective of each military commander with the ultimate goal of re-writing history to rule all of 16th century Japan.

In the dynamic new “Hero’s Story” mode, the player’s decisions impact history with a redesigned story mode. Based on choices made by the player, new drama unfolds as friends become enemies, enemies become friends, and a new Sengoku story unfolds. Adding a new strategic element to the game, forces can fight for control/taking over of camps and ultimately entire battlefields.

360 Strike Witches Shirogane no Tsubasa - New, In Stock

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» In an alternate reality, the Earth and particularly Europe has been ravaged by the effects of an invasive force known as the Neuroi. To counter their assaults, humanity develops the "Striker Unit" which is an all-in-one device which grants wearers the power of flight, defensive measures, and enhances one's propensity for magic. In the world of Strike Witches, cat-eared girls serve as the warriors who don the Striker Units and thrust through the heavens to battle the insidious Neuroi.

Originally a manga/anime, Strike Witches expands its reach with a horizontal shooter on the Xbox 360. The game features a cast of 11 cat-eared girls who are grouped into cadres of three whom take to the skies and shoot down waves upon waves of Neuroi attackers. The girls are:
Yoshika Miyafuji, Mio Sakamoto, Lynette Bishop, Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke, Erica Hartmann, Gertrud Barkhorn, Perrine-H. Clostermann, and others.

Strike Witches uses a control scheme that's reminiscent of
Robotron where the left thumbstick on the Xbox 360 controller is used for movement and the right thumbstick shoots. This control mechanism allows for flighty movements and rapid-fire 360˚ directional shots as Neuroi enter the screen from all quarters. Furthermore, the trio of girls that the player selects may be arranged in various flight formations to counter threats and overcome obstacles during the course of the game.

360 Strike Witches Shirogane no Tsubasa LE - New, In Stock

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» Originally a manga/anime, Strike Witches expands its reach with a horizontal shooter on the Xbox 360. The game features a cast of 11 cat-eared girls who are grouped into cadres of three whom take to the skies and shoot down waves upon waves of Neuroi attackers. The girls are:
Yoshika Miyafuji, Mio Sakamoto, Lynette Bishop, Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke, Erica Hartmann, Gertrud Barkhorn, Perrine-H. Clostermann, and others.

Strike Witches uses a control scheme that's reminiscent of
Robotron
where the left thumbstick on the Xbox 360 controller is used for movement and the right thumbstick shoots. This control mechanism allows for flighty movements and rapid-fire 360˚ directional shots as Neuroi enter the screen from all quarters. The Limited Edition of Strike Witches is packaged with an exclusive Yoshika Miyafuji Nendoroid toy which is includes a gun prop, an inner tube prop, a backpack prop, and an extra face to change her expression. All preorders are shipping today and new orders are welcome.