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Irresistible board game-RPG combination– This board game and RPG fusion will make you think strategy like never before on Nintendo DS! Customization, strategy, and depth are all yours as you squeeze battling, leveling up, conquering towns, and much more into each turn.
Playing dirty is the name of the game– This is all-out, winner-take-all competition, where the system favors those that know how to fight dirty! Jump into someone else’s fight, finish off the enemy, and snatch the experience. Mow down your competition and take a reward from their inventory. Use special items to slow down or injure those who get in your way!
Total multiplayer experience– The zany head-to-head-to-head (-to-head) competition of board games is in full force whether you play alone or in a group! Assign control of each character to a human or one of three computer play styles. Get your friends together and up to 4 can play in single or multi-card mode!

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The Kingdom of Dokapon is in peril! Desperate to do away with the monster invasion that has overrun his land, the King has offered his crown and the hand of his daughter, Princess Penny, to whoever can restore peace once again. Heroes from distant lands rise to the call, but with multiple adventurers offering to assist in the struggle, each eagerly eyeing the prizes that await the champion of Dokapon, they must now fight amongst themselves to save the kingdom and claim their reward!

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Continue your dungeon crawling explorations with Sora no Tankentai. The game follows its predecessor in the Fushigi Dungeon series, the Toki no Tankentai and Yami no Tankentai. Besides your existing array of pokemons, you also get to team up with the relatively newly discovered Shaymi.

The story starts with you, an amnesiac waking up on a shore, transformed into a pokemon. Accept the help of your partners and pokemon in the team and learn to live with them in the guild. One day, Gypt the pokemon stole the wheel of time. Follow him into the Dungeons and find out what he's up to.

As part of the Fushigi no Dungeon series, you enter a stage that changes shape every time, so be prepared to meet challenges and be aware of the traps.

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Transform into metal legends Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo as full body scans and signature moves motion capture allow players to virtually experience the high intensity of a Metallica performance
Follow the path of the metal legends in either single instrument or band career game modes playing as the band to a soundtrack of their greatest hits while also rocking with over 20 additional artists selected by the band
Immerse yourself in themed Battle Mode attacks, such as briefly blacking out your fellow rocker’s note track or modifying the amp overload to include the signature Metallica lightening
The on-screen displays give information about the song being played, and with guest artist songs, information about how the band is tied to Metallica will be displayed along with details such as band history and lyrics
Guitar Hero Metallica is loaded with tons of bonuses throughout the game, such as unlockable venues, commentary, videos and behind the scenes footage, giving all Metallica fans exclusive content to enjoy

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“Ride the Lightning” with musical icons Metallica and over 20 other rocking acts in an all new Guitar Hero® experience - Guitar Hero® Metallica®. Enter the world of Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo and experience the intensity and skill of one of the greatest bands of all time. Shred on guitar, rip on drums and wail on the mic to a set list featuring over 45 explosive hits from Metallica’s illustrious career and a wide variety of other legendary artists personally selected by the band, such as Alice In Chains, Foo Fighters and Queen. Fans will be able to rock as Metallica while performing in venues reminiscent of the band’s epic album covers, themes from their music and real world locales.

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Heres the list:

8 Mile (~Eminem, Kim Basinger, ...) US US$ 29.98
Bakuon Tetsudo JPN US$ 51.90
Bedtime Stories [Blu-Ray+DVD] (~Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, ...) HK US$ 37.90
Cranford (~Judi Dench, Simon Woods, ...) US US$ 39.98
Deep Sea (~Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet (Narrators)) US US$ 28.99
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (~Oliver Widmer, Valeriy Murga, ...) US US$ 32.97
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete (~Takahiro Sakurai, Tomoyuki Morikawa, ...) JPN US$ 53.90
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete [First Print w/ Final Fantasy XIII Trial Version] (~Takahiro Sakurai, Tomoyuki Morikawa, ...) JPN US$ 69.90
If You Are The One (~Ge You, Shu Kei, ...) HK US$ 27.90
Mean Girls (~Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, ...) US US$ 29.99
Naked Weapon (~Maggie Q, Anya, ...) HK US$ 27.90
Pride and Prejudice (~Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, ...) US US$ 49.95
Reonald Inupurio (~Denki Groove) JPN US$ 69.90
Rocknrolla (~Tom Wilkinson, Gerard Butler) HK US$ 28.90
Rounders 10th Anniversary (~Matt Damon, Edward Norton, ...) US US$ 34.99
Splinter (~Charles Baker, Jill Wagner, ...) US US$ 26.98
Strange Wilderness (~Steve Zahn, Allen Covert, ...) US US$ 29.99
The Last Kiss (~Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, ...) US US$ 29.99
The Perfect Storm (~George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg) HK US$ 28.90
The Spirit (~Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, ...) US US$ 39.99
The Thirteenth Floor (~Craig Bierko, Vincent D'Onofrio, ...) US US$ 28.95
There's Something About Mary (~Matt Dillon, Cameron Diaz, ...) HK US$ 28.90
Universal Soldier: The Return (~Daniel Von Bargen, Karis Paige Bryant, ...) US US$ 28.95
X-Men 2 [2-Discs Edition] (~Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, ...) HK US$ 38.90
X-Men 3: The Last Stand [2-Discs Edition] (~Kelsey Grammer, Halle Berry, ...) HK US$ 38.90
X-Men Trilogy [7-Discs Edition] (~Kelsey Grammer, Halle Berry, ...) HK US$ 109.90
X-Men [2-Discs Edition] (~Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, ...) HK US$ 38.90

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Cloud will settle his unfinished business with Sephiroth and defeat the new group of enemies who seeks the one winged angel for their ambitions. Although the war has ended, a great price was paid, Midgar, the prosperous city was reduced to rubbles in the struggles and the citizens are plagued by a mysterious illness, Geo-stigma, that inflicts pain on the infected.

The DVD version that came out a few years ago left questions unanswered and fans thirsting for more action, excitement and time together with their favourite characters.

With the Blu-ray Disc version, more answers will be provided along with visual treats.

See the PS3 living up to it full potential, to commemorate the release, a limited edition of the PlayStation3 console is manufactured, test it out with both the blu-ray disc movie and the trial version of Final Fantasy XIII:

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete [Cloud Black Edition] JPN US$ 649.00
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete [First Print w/ Final Fantasy XIII Trial Version] JPN US$ 69.90

Although the current shipment has been presold, more items will be arriving in our warehouses in the following few days, please check back regularly to see when it will get back in stock, but at the mean time, have a look at the new, elegantly designed console and the special jacket on the First Print Limited Edition:




The Cloud Black version and the First Time release edition both carry a very special bonus item, Final Fantasy XIII, the most anticipated release of the year is available as a trial version, get some hands on experience on the game before your peers does:





Besides these limited editions, a standard edition which contains the movie, but not the game trial is also available:

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete JPN US$ 53.90

The crystalization of the Advent Children memories are all printed onto high quality cards in this Post Card book:

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete Post Card Book JPN US$ 21.90

Scheduled to come out in Winter in 2009, you can preorder your copy of Final Fantasy XIII at Play-Asia.com:

Xbox360™
Final Fantasy XIII US US$ 64.90

PlayStation3
Final Fantasy Versus XIII US US$ 64.90
Final Fantasy XIII US US$ 64.90

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In the recent issue of Famitsu, From Software announced a PSP port of the PlayStation 2 game Armored Core 3. The game will have some new parts and various other obligatory trinkets but none of this is all that noteworthy. What is interesting is the fact that this is an obvious means to keep the series ticking over until the next real game surfaces.

Don't get me wrong, Armored Core 3 was probably one of the best entries into the series and having that portable is brilliant but it's a cheaper cost than creating another current gen (PS3/360) release. Bear in mind that an Armored Core game has pretty much been released yearly since 1997, so whilst this fits the same release window it belies the obvious fact that another game is being made in the wings (as this is just a port).

After the Layzner-esque shift of Armored Core 4 and For Answer, the release of a more traditional game also indicates a possible return to the slower and less twitchy ground pounder gameplay that made the original series such a success.

That said, in the current economic climate, this could be a last desperate act to drum up cash before the company goes under. Though this outcome is rather unlikely as the sales of their games whilst not huge are hardly crap either, plus they've done something like this before with the series (with Formula Front, as that was a port of sorts for Nexus).

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[Ozan] sent in this build log from when he made a Wiitar. As you can probably guess from the title, it’s a guitar combined with a wiimote. He has completely gutted the Wiimote and installed the internals in the guitar. Some toggle switches were mounted to control the button states on the Wiimote. This is a pretty useful setup as you can use the Wiimote data to control effects on the guitar. We’ve actually seen a very similar setup before. [Ozan] has included the build log, as well as a simple glovepie script and a sample effect patch.

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EZ Action Replay DS uses real cheat codes to get to the heart of your Nintendo DS games, giving you enhancements such as Infinite Lives, Infinite Health, All Vehicles, All Levels and other exciting cheats.
It’s really easy to use. You simply insert the supplied EZ Action Replay cartridge into your DS or DS Lite, and switch on. When prompted, remove the EZ Action Replay card and replace it with your game card. EZ Action Replay recognises the title in question and offers you the title's code list. It's that easy! They're great codes too. For example, codes for the ever-popular Pokemon Diamond and Pearl include Max Cash, All TMs and HMs, Pokedex 100 percent Complete, Walk Through Walls, Infinite Health, One-Hit Kill and more.

Like previous versions of Action Replay, EZ Action Replay DS is fully updateable, so you don't need to buy a new one when new games are released; just update your EZ Action Replay over the internet using the PC USB cable app supplied. You can also enter codes manually using EZ Action Replay's virtual keyboard. Our code creators are always hard at work on the latest DS titles, so even the very latest games will be trained and tamed within hours of hitting the shelves. ...

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Worried about damage to your new DSi console then fear not as the DSi Safety Pack from Venom offers everything you need to keep your new handheld safe, secure and free from scratches whilst also providing valuable back up for when your current accessories do their disappearing act! This great value accessory bundle includes a durable EVA carry case to transport and store your console plus 3 game cases, screen protectors and a stylus saver to keep your accessories safe. The included neck and wrist straps also ensure that your console can be securely attached to your person when on the move whilst the earphones offer discreet sociable gaming at a volume that suits you. ...