The third November week has been crowded with a high number of quality releases, keeping our shipping center busy around the clock. The biggest highlight from this week has without question been Tomy's anime based Gamecube™ fighting game Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen 3 (click here for shipping details).

Additional hot movers in this week include Konami's Bemani series update (beatmania IIDX 8th Style, Pop'n Music 10 and DDR Festival Dance Dance Revolution).

Further well selling have been J.League Winning Eleven 8 -Asia Championship- (PS2™), Mario Party 6 (Gamecube™) as well as Metal Slug Advance (Gameboy Advance™).

Below is a summary of all new releases shipping this week. Please note that the remainder of all Beatmania 8 and J.League Winning Eleven 8 are expected to ship within the next few days.

PlayStation2™:

beatmania IIDX 8th Style	JPN		US$ 64.90
Detective Conan: Legacy of the Great Empire	JPN		US$ 64.90
DDR Festival Dance Dance Revolution	JPN		US$ 59.90
DDR Festival Dance Dance Revolution Controller Set	JPN		US$ 89.90
Hudson Selection Vol. 3: PC Genjin (Hudson the Best)	JPN		US$ 20.90
Hudson Selection Vol. 4: Takahashi Meijin no Adventure Island (Hudson the Best)	JPN		US$ 20.90
J.League Winning Eleven 8 -Asia Championship-	JPN		US$ 64.90
Madden NFL SuperBowl 2005	JPN		US$ 64.90
Metal Slug 3 (SNK Best Collection)	JPN		US$ 32.90
Momotaro Dentetsu USA	JPN		US$ 64.90
Pop'n Music 10	JPN		US$ 59.90
Pop'n Music 10 [Limited Edition w/ controller]	JPN		US$ 95.00
The King of Fighters 2000 (SNK Best Collection)	JPN		US$ 32.90
The Rhapsody of Zephyr (Best Collection)	JPN		US$ 34.90
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm	JPN		US$ 64.90
Zoids Struggle	JPN		US$ 64.90

Gamecube™:

Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen 3	JPN		US$ 59.90
Mario Party 6	JPN		US$ 54.90
Billy Hatcher & The Giant Egg (Best Price)	JPN		US$ 28.90
Kaijuu no Shima: Amazing Island (Best Price)	JPN		US$ 28.90
Sonic Adventure DX (Best Price)	JPN		US$ 28.90

Gameboy Advance™:

Metal Slug Advance	JPN		US$ 48.90
Dragon Ball Advance Adventure	JPN		US$ 48.90
Gakuen Alice: DokiDoki Fushigi Taiken	JPN		US$ 48.90
Finding Nemo: The Continuing Adventures	JPN		US$ 48.90

Xbox™:

Blinx 2: Battle of Time and Space	JPN		US$ 48.90
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent	ASIA		US$ 44.90

Video game soundtracks:

Metal Gear Solid 3 Theme Song: Snake Eater [MAXI]	JPN		US$ 9.90
Phantom Dust - Original Soundtrack	JPN		US$ 24.90
Game Sound Legend Arrange Series: Speed & Wind	JPN		US$ 27.90
King of Fighters 2003 Arrange Tracks - Consumer Version	JPN		US$ 27.90
Hard Luck Original Soundtrack	JPN		US$ 29.90
Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia Original Soundtrack	JPN		US$ 19.90
Meshimase Roman Sabou - Original Dama & Soundtrack	JPN		US$ 27.90

Looking forward to next week, a total of more than 20 new titles is expected to be published in Japan. The biggest Japanese highlight from next week is certainly expected to be Square-Enix's Dragon Quest VIII: Sora to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi and the officially licensed Dragon Quest VIII Slime Controller from Hori.

Non Japanese titles include the Korean dancing simulation game Pump it up EXCEED (shipping with Dancing Mat controller) and the US version gamesBaten Kaitos, Viewtiful Joe 2 (both Gamecube™) as well as Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater (PlayStation2™).


Also to be noted, the US Nintendo DS™ model is going to be released in just a few days from now. We will have a full update and news on the weekend.

Not to forget, a detailed preorder list can be found here.