New Arrivals - Games & Hardware
All the latest games, hardware, figures, merchandise, gaming magazines etc that have recently arrived in store are here. Use the filter below to select your console and narrow your search
All new arrivals. Use the menu to narrow your search.
Nintendo Hardware
Handheld
Mini PocketStation style Pocket Sakura to add to the in game experience when used in conjunction with the Sakura Wars GB GameBoy Color title, displaying mini graphics of Asakusa, the Sakura characters and rickshaws.
Miscellaneous Hardware
Controller
Designed to be used on one on one fighters such as a certain Capcom title whose name escapes me. The unusual ergonomic design looks a bit bizarre, but it works a treat fitting snuggly and improving even Genki’s fight prowess and special move success rate.
GameBoy Original
Simulation
The ancient Japanese game of shougi comes to the GameBoy. Capture your opponents pieces by jumping over them. But be sure to think ahead to become a true master.
GameBoy Original
Sports
A fun adaptation of the manga and anime series that featured a mule that ran hard to get the better of thoroughbred rivals in order to try and buy back his mother who was sold. The galloping sequences are well made with Makibao running diagonally across teh screen, avoiding hazards as you sprint along.
Nintendo 64
Sports
Dynamite Soccer plays a quick fire, arcade style game with the ball pinging around in the midfield area. The sprightly mechanics make for a fine football engine with excitement generated from the quick fire action.
GameBoy Color
RPG
Wander the Sanrio world and build up your skills to fight the likes of hot jacket potato man. Imaginative characters, really well drawn to add to the charm of the game.
Nintendo 64
RPG
A very safe environment as players look after and build up their inventory of monsters whilst enjoying the simpler life in the village. Strangely compelling as the slogan of Nintendo’s own version of the genre tells us as you try and catch them all.
Famicom Cart
Platform
A superb platform game in the Castlevania mould resurrected by Retro Bit to bring it to the West as it was only a Japan exclusive, until now. A true labour of love, but well-worth the effort and the dedication shines through like sunlight through a stained glass window.
GameBoy Original
Simulation
The dog wanders around the house and the owner gets to select from different icons to keep it stimulated and avoid it chewing the Famicom in the background. Simple games of catch in the garden are strangely compelling.
Nintendo Hardware
Handheld
Very slick, very stylish DSi with snappy white finish to the console in line with its slick design.
GameBoy Color
Simulation
A Jurassic Park style simulation where players breed their own animals to populate the lands. The animals are very cute and the presentation very slick.
Sega Saturn
A Bit Special
Lets Saturn owners set up their own aquarium and sit back and relax as the fish manoeuvre swimmingly well around the tank, slowly transfixing the viewer; all set to relaxing music.
Nintendo 64
Simulation
Nintendo 64 version of Shougi – a board game with roots in ancient China. The commentator describes every move. Capture your opponents pieces by jumping over them. But be sure to think ahead to become a true master.
GameBoy Original
Sports
Very popular and classy basketball based anime series which captures the raw emotion of the game and gives the GameBoy a good work out with very slickly animated characters from the much-cherished anime series.
GameBoy Original
Puzzle
Matching up the blocks of the jumbled up pictures with the superb styling of ninja family Nintama. The characterisation adds much to the melee and plenty of colour to the black and white proceedings.
GameBoy Original
Simulation
Explore the peaceful town and build up a repertoire of rapid monsters to race against each other.
Nintendo 64
Simulation
Hanafuda is a Japanese card game translating as flower cards due to the illustrations. The game is set on what looks like the main shopping street and there are some nicely animated cut scenes, especially considering its cart-based source. The title translates as Angel’s Promise.
Nintendo 64
Sports
Nice tennis game with a N64 feel to the graphics as players slug it out complete with plenty of adverts for Hudson and Mizuno, plus some nice umpire speech and replays. Known as Centre Court Tennis in the West.
Dreamcast
Simulation
A bumper Love Hina package from back in the Dreamcast heyday coming with lushly animated isometric adventure complete with roulette system for tricky to make decisions. It also included a beautiful mailing system to send emails via the Dreamcast to friends.
It is hard to convey the sheer size of this limited edition and might go a way to explaining, whilst Sega fans could feel their love of the Dreamcast being reciprocated by Sega, somewhat why it was a commercial struggle with such huge boxes and generous gifts.
Famicom Cart
Sports
Known as Batter Up in the West, but in Genki’s humble opinion looks far better with the Homepride Flour, Fred style Japanese graphics. Bases loaded and this representation of the sport covers all bases.
Famicom Cart
Sports
Overhead Formula One racer that uses the Namcot flair for cartoony graphics to add plenty of colour and the all important emotion to the package. The attention to detail makes this feel far much more fun than the sum of the parts may suggest.