Newly released today



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Official Final Fantasy Trading Figure
5 different characters: Aerith Gainsborough, Tidus, Rikku, Balthier & Fran
Shipped randomly
Please order a box of 9 pieces to receive factory sealed container
Limited availability

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Final Fantasy Trading Arts features the cute side of the top RPG series' characters, a side of them commonly hidden from the audience, but generously displayed in this set.

Adorably super deformed, the volume includes Aerith, Tidus, Riku, Fran and Balthlier. You are now another step closer to completing your collection of Trading Arts.

While Riku and Aerith looks as candid and sweetly pretty as ever, Tidus displayed his boyish charm. Fran tries to retain some sort of calm coolness while Balthier is as dandy as always.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-2xif.html ...

Newly released today



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A variety of special maneuvers help you move quickly through tricky situations. "Quick Step" allows you to dodge obstacles by instantly moving left or right without losing speed; "Speed Drift" will maintain top speeds through turns, while "Sonic Boost" will accelerate you to super speeds!
Sonic Unleashed delivers a revolutionary gameplay experience, combining picturesque graphics with seamless transitions between 3D and classic 2D perspectives
Many unique and fascinating continents let you explore a variety of environments - sprint across cobbled streets, race through lush jungles and much more
Choose from multiple pathways in Sonic's massive new playground. Each unique route offers different encounters with varying rewards and obstacles

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Sonic is in a Race against Time to Save the World... and Himself!

Sonic the Hedgehog is on an adventure unlike any other! When Dr. Eggman unleashed a slumbering beast from the center of the Earth, there is a devastating tremor that splinters the world into many continents. Sonic must race to restore the planet in chaos, but an unusual situation challenges him in never-before-seen ways. Both day and night play different, yet important, roles in Sonic's newest quest... as the sun sets, an intriguing adventure awakens!

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-2z8p.html ...

Newly released today



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Official Star Wars Figure
Licensed Collectible
Superior Construction
Length: approx. 130mm
Limited availability

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Hold the force in the palm of your hand with a Star Wars Scaled Replica. Crafted from durable machines and die-cast metals, the Darth Vader Lightsaber Scaled Replica is officially authorized by Lucasfilm Ltd.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-36hm.html ...

Newly released today



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Official Star Wars Figure
Licensed Collectible
Superior Construction
Length: approx. 130mm
Limited availability

description
Hold the force in the palm of your hand with a Star Wars Scaled Replica. Crafted from durable machines and die-cast metals, the Darth Vader Lightsaber Scaled Replica is officially authorized by Lucasfilm Ltd.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-36hm.html ...

Newly out this week:

007: Die Another Day (~Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, ...) HK US$ 32.90
007: Live And Let Die (~Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, ...) HK US$ 32.90
007: Thunderball (~Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, ...) HK US$ 32.90
Batman: The Dark Knight (~Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, ...) US US$ 35.99
Batman: The Dark Knight JPN US$ 47.90
Batman: The Dark Knight [2-Discs Special Edition] (~Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, ...) HK US$ 42.90
Batman: The Dark Knight [Limited Edition] JPN US$ 75.90
Butterfly Lovers (~Charlene Choi, Wu Chun, ...) HK US$ 32.90
Diebuster the Movie US US$ 42.90
Dodgeball (~Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller) HK US$ 32.90
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (~Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, ...) US US$ 39.98
Dr. Strangelove (~Peter Bull, Sterling Hayden, ...) US US$ 29.49
Dumb & Dumber (~Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, ...) US US$ 28.99
Fred Clause JPN US$ 47.90
Gunbuster the Movie US US$ 42.90
Gunbuster vs. Diebuster Blu-ray Box Set US US$ 84.90
Home Alone (~Macaulay Culkin) HK US$ 32.90
Horton Hears a Who! (~Jim Carrey, Steve Carrell, ...) US US$ 39.99
I Am Legend: Ultimate Collector's Edition (~Will Smith, Alice Braga, ...) US US$ 59.98
Jet Li's Fearless (~Jet Li, Nakamura Shidou, ...) US US$ 29.98
Jingle All The Way (~Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, ...) HK US$ 32.90
Kou Shibasaki Live Tour 2008 1st (~Kou Shibasaki) JPN US$ 47.90
Live at Montreux 1991 & 1992 (~Tori Amos) US US$ 24.98
Live at Montreux 1997 (~Ray Charles) US US$ 24.98
Look Alive (~Incubus) US US$ 29.98
Lost: The Complete Fourth Season (~Matthew Fox, Naveen Andrews, ...) US US$ 96.99
Mamma Mia! The Movie (~Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, ...) HK US$ 34.90
Meet Dave (~Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union, ...) HK US$ 32.90
Nihon Retto Ressha Dai Koshin 2009 JPN US$ 46.90
Stanley Kubrick Collection [Limited Edition] JPN US$ 236.90
Super Troopers (~Steve Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, ...) US US$ 39.98
Super Troopers (~Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, ...) HK US$ 32.90
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [2-Disc Collector's Edition] (~Peter Dinklage, Anna Popplewell, ...) HK US$ 39.90
The Day The Earth Stood Still (~Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, ...) JPN US$ 46.90
The Mask (~Jim Carrey, Peter Riegert, ...) US US$ 28.99
The Promise (~Cecilia Cheung, Jang Dong Gun, ...) HK US$ 33.90
The X-Files Double Feature Pack [Extended Edition] (~Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny) HK US$ 59.90
The X-Files: Fight For The Future [Extended Version] (~Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny) HK US$ 32.90
The X-Files: I Want To Believe [Extended Edition] (~Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny) HK US$ 32.90
Tokyo Night Flight - Tokyo Yakei Hikou JPN US$ 46.90
Transporter 2 (~Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, ...) HK US$ 28.90
Wall E [2-Discs Special Edition] HK US$ 39.90
Wanted (~Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, ...) HK US$ 33.90

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Welcome to this week's Movie/Music news roundup, containing new Japanese and Hong Kong Video and Music releases from this week listed at Play-Asia.com. Around 380 new items are covered in this week, including new J-Pop, Anime as well as Japanese, Hong Kong and Western movie releases and much more.

Hot games that came out, or are coming in the autumn/winter season are releasing their original soundtracks this week. As part of the promotional campaign for Tale of Hearts, the developing team published their soundtrack this week.

The theme of the game, Eien no Ashita is sung by Deen, the veteran band that performs "Yume de Aru Youni", theme song for Tales of Destiny. Listen to the full version here and be prepared for the impact the game brings.

The Last Remnant and Super Robot Taisen Z also released their soundtracks, let the fantasy and the excitement charge you up before a hectic day.

Movie marathons and sleepover parties are wonderful holiday activities. To fill up the night with exciting moments, watch Batman: The Dark Knight on your HD TV. Consider giving the 2 Disc Bat-Pod edition as a gift to your loved ones. Not only is it in a beautiful window box, but it comes with the model of the dark hero's beloved vehicle.

Besides special effects, The Dark Knight is one of the last films Heath Ledger (A Knight's Tale, Brokeback Mountain) has made and his Joker proves to be one of the most villainously chilling in the history of Batman films.

Besides movies, a re-edited classic anime OVA series has arrived this week. Gunbuster and Diebuster comprised of all the elements such as friendship, big dreams and space battles.

The stories of Gunbuster and Diebuster are highly interlocked, watch both titles at once through the Gattai! Movie Set to figure out the relationship between the girls.

Here's a summary of all new releases that were published between Saturday, December 6th and Friday, December 12th. If some specific item that you are looking for is missing, please don't hesitate to contact our customer service with your request.


J-Pop Music releases (132)
ENKA Music releases (9)
Anime Soundtracks & Drama CDs (11)
Video Game Soundtracks (7)
Blu-ray Disc Movies (43)
Anime & Animation (65)
Hong Kong Version Movie releases (44)
Japanese Movies (9)
Non-Japanese Movies / Japanese Version (37)
J-Pop DVD releases (21)
Misc Japanese Movie releases (1)
Idol DVD (12)
UMD™ Video & Music (1)

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The PlayStation Home Open Beta is out, and it's simply the best way to taste what Sony has in store for the PS3 over the coming years. Here are the ten things you should know.

1) PlayStation Home is out, but in Open Beta status. If the world of Home feels sparse or buggy, Sony wants you to remember that it's not really out yet, even though it's actually been released to the public. The final version of PlayStation Home with all of the features Sony has teased is promised for next year.

2) It's not a firmware update. So to download PlayStation Home, don't go searching around System Update for the software. The option to download Home is built right in to the XMB under Network. And while the initial download is just 77MB, each area takes another 10-20MB. The system requires that you reserve 3077MB of storage for all of Home.

3) Chatting has mixed results. Talking to others is fairly mediocre in quality but is interestingly proximity-based, just like in real life. So if someone is speaking near you, you hear it, whether you want to or not. (Luckily, I was able to mute the idiot shouting "I'm a venereal disease" over and over.) Also of note, if you have friends in a different territory than you live, they won't be seen in public spaces, but you can invite them to your apartment to "chat."

4) There will be microtransactions, lots of 'em. Diesel is the partner Sony has been most vocal about for the time being, with pieces of their branded clothing available for $1-$2. And if you want to expand beyond your base apartment, a Summer House will be available for $5.

5) There are lots of dudes. Lots of them.

6) Free Games! PS Home features free bowling and billiards along with a few choices in arcade games. Your avatar actually walks up to a particular arcade cabinet before playing games like a Breakout clone or a gimped version of Ecochrome. Interesting in theory, so-so in execution. And only one guy on a machine at a time.

7) Game Spaces will be limited for now, but available in the Open Beta. These are the themed areas for your group to meet before loading a game. The only two spaces accessible at launch will be ‘Far Cry 2‘ and ‘Uncharted.‘ Each also features puzzle-like objects to interact with and strategic objects like maps for strategic pre-planning.

8) Video sharing is not yet available. The Open Beta will be missing one of Home's potentially coolest features, the option to share your media with others to enjoy virtually. Whether it's technical or licensing issues that are holding Sony back on this feature is unknown.

9) The theater works great...for an ad. You can sit down to watch a movie...if there were a movie. For now, you can watch a loop of a preview for Twilight and an accompanying music video. The quality is that of typical flash video, though the video screen does render smoothly into the 3D background.

10) PlayStation Home is not Second Life. You cannot create anything in PlayStation Home. You can only buy it. Sure, you have your apartment to decorate as you see fit and you can choose the clothes your avatar wears, but these options are based upon preselections—preselections that Sony has complete control over. There are five shirts available to men in Home and you can't change the color. If Home were Second Life, not only would there be more shirts, but those shirts would be covered in animated dildos dancing to the beat of a live vocalist.

Home could be a great platform one day, but Sony needs to provide the content to back it up. And right now, anything short of more advertising is lacking. In Home, I feel like a prisoner—my uniform matches all the other inmates as I walk around beside the other inmates endlessly with nothing to do.

http://gizmodo.com/5107634/10-things...aystation-home ...

Nintendo's fended off class-action lawsuits over "defective" Wiimote straps in the past, and if you remember, they also replaced about 3.2 million of the straps (a/k/a "all of them") around the same time too -- way back in December of 2006. Well, the same lawyer's back for round two with a new, nearly identical suit, but this one also alleges that Nintendo knew that the defect existed and was negligent in their failure to report the problem to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Nintendo's probably not stoked about the news -- but we've got a feeling that the company's record-breaking sales will balm the wounds a little. According to NPD data just released, the company sold 2 million Wiis and 1.56 million DS units in November, an all-time hardware sales record for a month other than December. Yeah, who cares about a few busted up TVs and black eyes in the face of those numbers?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/n...ver-sales-for/ ...

We heard about a United Keys OLED gaming keyboard quite a awhile back, and we were a little skeptical of its chances of coming to fruition, but here it is, in reality, ready to simplify your life. Well... it's ready to try, anyway. The keyboard features 103 regular old, everyday keys, and boasts nine monochromatic OLED display keys on the left side which can be custom mapped and identified by text or images -- really giving the Optimus Maximus a run for its money, huh? This bad boy is 20.5-inches long and 7.25-inches wide, but the good news is that if you don't want the full keyboard (and who can blame you?), you can order just the keypad of nine OLEDs. They're taking orders now, and apparently shipping within two weeks. The full keyboard is going to run you $259.99, while the OLED keypad is $199.99.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/11/u...ing-keyboards/ ...