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Play-Asia's summer smoothie sale

Posted Jul 5th 2007 12:30PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: GBA, Imports, Sales

For the next week, online shop Play-Asia will be selling all of its in-stock items at a 20% discount, excluding weekly specials or anything released in the past 30 days -- cross Jump Ultimate Stars and Doki Doki Majo Shinpan off of your to-buy list. All of the import retailer's eligible products have been marked with the smoothie icon shown on the right, so it's easy to spot which games are on sale. We've picked out several noteworthy bargains that you might want to consider:

Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 - $39.12
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice for All - $23.92
Naruto: Saikyo Ninja Daikesshu 4 - $15.92
Gyakuten Saiban 4 Limited Edition - $103.92
bit Generations: Orbital, Soundvoyager, Dialhex, Boundish, Digidrive - all $11.92
Urban Life Style Cases, White and Light Blue - $10.32
Headsets, Nintendo - $10.32, Dragon - $5.52
Play Stand DS Lite - $11.92

Though the sale doesn't end until next Friday, a lot of these items won't stay in-stock for long. Don't be that guy who has to leave a comment about missing out on a particular deal!

[Via CAG]

A couple of interesting GameStop price drops

Posted May 21st 2007 11:00AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Sales

Scurge: Hive tortured everyone who was waiting for it with frequent delays. If you have, in turn, delayed your purchase of the isometric Metroid-esque game, you have been rewarded with a shot at a really cheap copy. GameStop has new copies for $10, which is pretty much worth it for the boxart alone.

Speaking of superficial matters, GameStop is also selling a cheap DS Lite case from Intec with smart-looking game storage compartments for $4.99. Sure, it's no $3 leather case, but it looks pretty nice and keeps scratches away. Plus, with no color, you don't have to worry about what color case you'll end up with.

Play-Asia's Crazy Week sale

Posted Mar 29th 2007 2:15PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News, GBA

Starting today, popular importer Play-Asia will be hosting another one of its bargain blowouts, selling every in-stock item at a 20% discount (excluding products released in the past 30 days). Dubbing the event "Crazy Week," the online store will be marking down thousands of its games and accessories until next Thursday.

Some of you might not think that 20% off isn't a great deal, especially when you factor in shipping and handling. We would probably be inclined to agree with you if we hadn't come across Play-Asia's reduced pricing on the bit Generations series. Coloris and Orbital have been cut down to $19.92, while all of the other titles are listed at a ridonkulous $11.92! That includes critically-acclaimed games like Dostream and Soundvoyager!

If that isn't enough to convert the 49% of you who haven't imported games yet, we don't know what will.

[Via CAG]

Pirate Battle en route

Posted Jan 18th 2007 5:00PM by Jason Wishnov
Filed under: News, Fan stuff

Advance Wars is one of our favorite franchises. But despite an excellent turn-based battle system and charming sprite skirmishes, we can't help but think what would have made it irresistible ... ~~ninjas~~ pirates. And though developer Orbital Media has been promising the turn-based strategy title Pirate Battle since like forever ago (mid-2004ish), very few droplets of hope remained.

Some recent news, however, says otherwise. Though the GBA version has been canceled (uh ... whatever), the DS version is still on the way. Also, though no other details were given, the game will also appear on "another platform". Hmm. In any case, Pirate Battle looks like an excellent strategic outing, so we'll keep an eye out for ya.

For bonus awesome, check after the break for our top three pirate pickup lines.

[Thanks, Andy!]

Continue reading Pirate Battle en route

Metareview: Scurge: Hive

Posted Nov 7th 2006 8:15AM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Reviews

When it comes to Nintendo's bounty hunters, it's all about the ladies. But the long-awaited, oft-delayed Scurge: Hive is no Metroid knockoff, despite similarites in heroines (and in weapons of choice). In Scurge: Hive, you take on the role of Jenosa Arma as she investigates a distress signal from a lab. Unfortunately for the intrepid Jenosa, the lab and everything around it is infected with the Scurge, a dangerous alien plague that spreads parasitically, infecting a host and taking it over. Before she can escape, she is infected and must go through a rigorous decontamination process while battling the alien menace and a wide array of monsters. But Jenosa is up to the task, difficult as it may sound. When you're a bounty huntress, that's just all in a day's work.

Overall, the game has seen solid reviews praising the pacing and story, but decrying the repetitive aspect of gameplay. No matter how interesting the story, in the end, it does come down to: kill enemies, get to sickbay. But then again, what game can't be boiled down to the sum of its parts?

Interestingly, the DS version has seen more negative criticism than the GBA -- the touch screen is barely used (it serves as a map screen) and the graphics seem to have suffered in the transition to the updated system (it was originally designed as a GBA title).

Continue reading Metareview: Scurge: Hive

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Play-Asia's summer smoothie sale

A couple of interesting GameStop price drops

Play-Asia's Crazy Week sale

Pirate Battle en route

Metareview: Scurge: Hive

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