Mysty Eyed Classic: Ganbare Goemon 1.2

Genki Guru's will be well aware of our love of Goemon which seems to capture all we love about Japanese gaming in a well rounded and extremely polished platformers. And what Genki would have given for a handheld, colour version of Goemon back in the SFC day, let alone both the initial titles in the Super Famicom roster crammed onto one cart. Being Konami very enjoyable mini games with Gradius and fellow blaster Xexes featuring alongside a mole bashing game and wipe the floor with a cloth race are included. Bliss!

Bandai Playdia - Early CD Rom Console -

Bandai went it alone to release its own baby rather than make third party releases for other manufacturers. This console is quite a curio rather than a gamers machine and vies for space on the Genki coffee table with a Casio Loopy to entertain visitors. Though the console has a sleek design with the control pad removable from the console base.
At the minute though a bit of drawing with Hello Kitty sounds as therapeutic as listening to Test Match Special to counter these pummelings on Dodonpachi Saidaioujou.... And I always believed I had been to the hard knocks school of gaming. I guess that school has been taken over and the door barricaded...

CLUB NINTENDO FAMICOM COLLECTION BOX DISK SYSTEM

Not assisting many gamers allusion that all the best pre-order gifts come from Japan comes a very smart cardboard box for collectors to store their roster of Famicom Mini titles. These GameBoy Advance titles were released to celebrate the fine Famicom's 20th anniversary. Lovely design and looks a real treat, especially if it can be filled with the full allocation of games. Or perhaps gamers would be happier not knowing what can be obtained in Japan...?!

Cave Shooting Collection - going like hot Eccles Cakes!

Yoiks and double jinkies. This bumper pack seems to have created a perfect storm of frenzied demand and limited supply. The unseasonally chilly weather and the generous inclusions in this pack have brought a very festive feel to Genki Towers. Thanks to Cave for releasing it and good to know gamers appreciate the extras rather than complaining about the titles already owned. Never in the history of Genki have sales of a game been rationed in a USSR style. Anyway hope our blog subscribers get this heads up in time to make them feel Christmas (and we do, at present, have enough in stock for both of you....)

All Star Power League Gold Hu Card

Genki was recently proud to add Darius Alpha to our stock. Well that makes it sound like we have a few copies knocking around. Alas the supply of this game is strictly limited and its hard to find in collectors condition. Or any condition. But it blew our socks off to learn of the All Star Power League Gold Hu Card we recently clocked on sale in Japon at the tasty sum of 189,000 Yen. That's presently around £1300 or $2000 for our cross-Atlantic cousins. Yoiks! Still it is also pictured here for a mere 178,000. Jinkies!

The supplier mentions the dwindling stock in Japan due to them being sent abroad ad speculates from around 200 (or 100 according to the 178,000 dealer) there will only be one left in the whole country one day. I thought it was only us Brits who had such a depressing world outlook. Anyway next time you stumble across a copy in the bargain bins, try not to panic...
Game on! (Just probably not this particular one....)

Oh My Car!

Genki is always intrigued by the differences between Western and Eastern versions of the same game. The box art issue with gruff Conan types replacing sleekly stylised anime artwork is no longer such an issue thanks to the cross pollination of Akiba influence. Yet why Final Fight has fish net legged Roxy and Poison in Japan removed in the West? And are we too nervous for the full glory of Biohazard (yes in Genki's case...!) ? Those of sharp eye at the Rage Quitter site have also noticed a slight change in this expletive...
Though perhaps we can see the reason's for this name change and why eyeballs are more desirable here.... 
Keep them peeled!

Club Nintendo Goodies

 Genki always struggles to resist the charm of Club Nintendo items. And these two have plenty of charm as well as historical significance as Nintendo dusts off the old printing press having started life as a playing card company. And few glasses wearers would decline a pair of cleaning cloths for their glasses with the friendly Yoshi discretely adorning them.

Nintendo gets back to its roots as a playing card producing company and it shows it has gathered no dust with these colourful, collectable, commemorative cards. Bowser fits the bill well as the joker and Princess Peach makes a smooth transition to queen.

 A set of two micro-fibre cleaning cloths suitable for cleaning the screen of your favourite handheld or perhaps even a pair of glasses. Each cloth is cut is a sixteen centimetre square and the set is made up of one green and one pink cloth with a nice representation of our Yoshi adorning them.