Welcome to this week's Games & Toys update, our weekly summary in which we are sumarizing all new products listed at Play-Asia.com from the last 7 days.

The week has been filled with more than 30 new Japanese releases. PlayStation2™ highlights have been Bandai's anime fighter Super Dragon Ball Z, SNK Playmore's 3D action game Metal Slug, the Sega Ages remake Last Bronx -Tokyo Bangaichi-, D3's bloddy action game Simple 2000 Series Vol. 101: The Oane-Chapara 2 and Atelier Isis: Grand Phantasm.

Top Xbox360™ sellers have been From Software/Sega's Chrome Hounds, followed by Idea Factory's simulation game Spectral Force 3: Innocent Rage.

The most popular handheld game releases have been Falcom's RPG Gurumin (Japanese / Asia), Capcom's idol adventure game Finder Love: Fumina Hara (also available in assorted other versions) for PSP™ and a number of Konami the Best Nintendo DS™ budget releases (including Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Ganbare Goemon: Toukai Douchuu and Prince of Tennis 2005: Crystal Drive).

As usually, here's a summary of all new releases from this week. Make sure to read down further for a preview of coming week's hits.

PlayStation2™:

Atelier Iris: Grand Phantasm	JPN		N/A
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One	JPN		US$ 64.90
Def Jam Fight for NY (EA Best Hits)	JPN		N/A
Festa!! Hyper Girls Party	JPN		US$ 64.90
Festa!! Hyper Girls Party [Limited Edition]	JPN		N/A
Fifa Street 2	JPN		US$ 59.90
Full Spectrum Warrior	JPN		US$ 64.90
MVP Baseball 2005 (EA Best Hits)	JPN		N/A
Mercenaries (EA Best Hits)	JPN		N/A
Metal Slug	JPN		N/A
Parufu: Chocolat Second Brew	JPN		US$ 64.90
Parufu: Chocolat Second Brew [Limited Edition]	JPN		US$ 109.90
Rally Shox + Freestyle Motocross (EA Best Hits)	JPN		US$ 34.90
RoydsStick.EX			US$ 89.90
Sega Ages Vol. 24: Last Bronx -Tokyo Bangaichi-	JPN		US$ 28.90
Simple 2000 Series Vol. 100: The Man's Machine Gun Platform	JPN		US$ 25.90
Simple 2000 Series Vol. 101: The Oane-Chapara 2	JPN		US$ 25.90
Soul Link Extension	JPN		US$ 64.90
Soul Link Extension [Limited Edition]	JPN		US$ 89.90
Special Forces: Fire for Effect	JPN		N/A
Super Dragon Ball Z	JPN		US$ 18.90
Tamashii Kyou	JPN		US$ 64.90
Tamashii Kyou [Limited Edition]	JPN		US$ 84.90
WinBack 2: Project Poseidon	JPN		US$ 64.90

Xbox360™:

Chrome Hounds	JPN		N/A
Spectral Force 3: Innocent Rage	JPN		US$ 64.90
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	JPN		N/A

Xbox™:

And 1 Streetball

ASIA

N/A

GameCube™:

Ultimate Spider-Man

JPN

US$ 64.90

Nintendo DS™:

Atama o Kitaeru Asobu Taisen Yajirushi Puzzle: Papi-Inu Vector One	JPN		US$ 39.90
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (Konami the Best)	JPN		US$ 29.90
Comfortable Touch Pen DS Lite			N/A
Finding Nemo: Escape to the Big Blue	JPN		US$ 48.90
Ganbare Goemon: Toukai Douchuu (Konami the Best)	JPN		US$ 29.90
Lost in Blue: Futari no Survival Life (Konami the Best)	JPN		US$ 29.90
Nintendo DS Lite (Black) - 220V	Euro		N/A
Nintendo DS Lite Stylus (Black/3pcs)			N/A
Prince of Tennis 2005: Crystal Drive (Konami the Best)	JPN		US$ 29.90
Touch de Manzai! Megami no Etsubo DS	JPN		US$ 48.90
Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour (Konami the Best)	JPN		US$ 29.90

Sony PSP™:

About Me - Shirley Kwan Concert Live 2006	ASIA		US$ 16.90
Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable	JPN		N/A
Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable	ASIA		N/A
Finder Love: Aki Hoshino	JPN		N/A
Finder Love: Aki Hoshino [Limited Edition]	JPN		N/A
Finder Love: Fumina Hara	JPN		N/A
Finder Love: Fumina Hara	ASIA		N/A
Finder Love: Fumina Hara [Limited Edition]	JPN		N/A
Finder Love: Risa Kudo	JPN		N/A
Finder Love: Risa Kudo [Limited Edition]	JPN		N/A
Gitaroo-Man Lives!	KOR		US$ 48.90
Gurumin	ASIA		N/A
Gurumin	JPN		US$ 48.90
Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch	US		US$ 34.90
Super Robot Taisen Original Generation	JPN		N/A

GP2X:

GP2X Interface Board [Developer's Version]

N/A

Windows™ PC:

Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition (Sourcenext Selection) (DVD-ROM)	JPN		US$ 49.90
Titan Quest (DVD-ROM)	ASIA		N/A

Toys/Magazines:

Arcadia Magazine [August 2006]	JPN		N/A
Excellent Model Series Blood+ Otonashi Saya			N/A
Famitsu Wave DVD [August 2006]	JPN		N/A
Gainax Heroine Collection Gashapon Part 3			N/A
Neverland Heroine Collection			N/A
Sergeant Keroro Character Cell 3			N/A

Video Game related Soundtracks:

Disgaea: Hour of Darkness 2 Arrange Soundtrack	JPN		US$ 28.90
Spart! / Watashi, Makenai Haruka no Theme (Pocket Monster AG New Intro & Outro Theme)	JPN		US$ 12.90

A separate Video/Music update containing Japanese releases from this week, including new Anime, J-Pop and Movie releases will follow prior end of the week.

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Looking forward to next week, we are expecting a total of around 30 new game releases. The biggest highlights have been pre-summarized below:

PlayStation2™:

Brave Story: The Wataru's Adventure	JPN		US$ 64.90
Brave Story: The Wataru's Adventure	ASIA		N/A
R-Type Final (PlayStation2 the Best)	JPN		US$ 34.90
Silent Hill Complete Set	JPN		N/A
Taiko no Tatsujin 5 (PlayStation2 the Best)	JPN		US$ 34.90
Taito Memories Joukan (Taito Best)	JPN		N/A
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra	ASIA		N/A
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra	JPN		N/A

Xbox360™:

Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II	ASIA		N/A
Xbox 360 Faceplate (Carbon)	JPN		US$ 24.90
Xbox 360 Faceplate (Wood)	JPN		US$ 24.90

Sony PSP™:

Brave Story: The Wataru's Adventure	JPN		US$ 48.90
Brave Story: The Wataru's Adventure	ASIA		N/A
LocoRoco (English / Chinese)	ASIA		N/A
Tekken Dark Resurrection	JPN		N/A
Tekken Dark Resurrection (Japanese language Version)	ASIA		N/A

Nintendo DS™:

Brave Story	JPN		US$ 48.90
Rockman ZX	JPN		US$ 48.90

Access our preorder lists for further upcoming video game, movie and music releases.