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
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Soundtracks
Soundtrack
Known as Zombie Nation in the West, this is a true Japan-centric classic made with its Nihon audience in mind and it revels in its cultural delight, much like this soundtrack that captures the devious nature of the classic Famicom game. Subtitled: ROM Cassette Disk In Meldac.
🥇Game of the Week
Brilliant Mega Drive
Shoot Em Up
Going back to the halcyon era of the crack MD developer Wolf Team and re-releasing this 1992 space-based, side scrolling shoot em up. Genki thought we had mis-spelled its Mega CD sister title Sol Feace all these years, but Sol Deace only made it to North America on cart form apparently. The chip tunes alone are something to behold and the waves of enemy swarms judged perfectly by the developers before the boss rush.
🥇Game of the Week
Brilliant Switch
Shooter
Gamers of a certain vintage will be purring having lapped up the Cybernator action which sees the weighty mech feel every tonnage as it lands on the platforms and then utilises booster to jets to glide through the side scrolling shooter sections. Such a work of love with incredible attention to detail and another must-have Superdeluxe delivery for gamers who know their claret from their Beaujolais.
Switch
Conversion and handing over the torch from the Dreamcast to keep the world of shooters illuminated. Jaw dropping, smoothly animated visuals and attention to detail in smoke plumages and tumbling shrapnel, not forgetting the immense explosions. Arming your copter with a second weapon option as well as targeting adds a tactical aspect to the military themed, vertically scrolling shmup action.
Figures
Figure
Incredible appearance to this fine figure that came with the PS5 version of Tekken 8. The attachable wing lights up to create a mean, moody representation of the series’ star Jin Kazama.
Switch
One on One Beat Em Up
A veritable dojo of martial artists and super heroes with the full roster being made of: X-Men, Marvel Super Heroes, X-Men vs Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter, Marvel vs Capcom, Marvel vs Capcom 2 and The Punisher. Only The Punisher hasn’t featured on Genki in previous format releases being a coin-op, but the Final Fight format will feel very much at home to Capcom connoisseurs and cognoscenti.
🏆Brilliant!
Brilliant Soundtracks
Soundtrack
Three vinyl record disks in a fitting tribute to the side scrolling beat ’em up’s fabulous score. Thirty five tracks to savour – the ultimate getting ready for a night out album, hopefully without recreating the fight scenes!
Bandai Hardware
Accessory
Very handy piece of kit to enjoy the wealth of multiplayer games on the system. Not too easily come by these days, but not as sort after as the holy grail of WS accessories: the headphone adaptor.
Super Famicom
RPG
The final SFC Saga instalment develops Final Fantasy influenced sublime visuals with the series’ freedom to roam and select quests to deliver a highly accomplished example of the depth to Square’s RPG repertoire. The developer demonstrates a firm grasp of the Super Famicom’s architecture in realising a detailed gaming world with an aurally pleasing soundtrack to stir the emotions. Plenty of imagination has gone into the game world too with characters ranging from snowman to pirate via elephant and lobster.
PS4
Shoot Em Up
A mouth watering compilation of Flying Shark, Sky Shark, Fire Shark and Wardner no Mori in various Famicom, Mega Drive and Arcade incarnations to savour. Fire Shark shows Toaplan in fine fettle with the player taking the controls of a fighter plane with some stupendously powerful weapons to pick up and power up including the gratifying flamethrower in this WWII airborne shooter. Brash, big sprites and nice attention to detail at ground level with soldiers running around and vehicles getting stuck and no hint of slowdown. Just watch the reverse, gunner. Wardner no Mori is no stranger to Mega Drive fans and adds nice variation in this solid platform game set in a spooky forest where the lead man shoots fire from his fingers to scythe through to a cinder the evil ghouls and demons lying in wait. Strangely compelling in spite of the coin op based, money grabbing difficulty requiring pixel perfect jumps.
PS4
Shoot Em Up
Another superb shmup release in the series with the human character used, as opposed to mechanical ship, adding much to the connection between player and intriguing character. It also seems to help create a greater sense of vertical depth. A real labour of love.
PS4
Shoot Em Up
Despite some tidy 3D trickery, Psyvariar is a strictly 2D shooter with old school play mechanics. The array of options spoils shmup fans with tate vertical mode and two player option, besides dangerous play seemingly rewarded. Hard for an old school gamer like Genki to get our lengthening teeth into encouraging risk taking, but many modern minded gamers will be fine and flourish with the concept.
🏆Sizzler
Nintendo DS
RPG
Anything that the hand of Studio Ghibli touches screams animated gold and this emotive RPG is no exception. Right from the start Oliver sheds a tear wishing his mother would return and its the emotional investment in this exquisitely animated adventure that makes it so worthwhile. The accompanying Magic Book contains simple drawings that can be copied onscreen to unleash powerful attacks in the Final Fantasy style battle sequences. Miyazaki’s characters seem to almost transcend language and speak from the heart. Unless of course we are just trying to gloss over this being Japanese language… Yet should this fail to make a translation, to miss out on it would surely be the more heinous crime…
Dreamcast
Quiz
Large box limited edition with beautifully illustrated card sleeve with character cushion and four kawaii character stamps done in the style of a figurine plus inks. Also comes with Omake GD-ROM disk and full sticker sheet, plus Web Money card.
Merchandise
Merchandise
Pokemon cards and cards, coins and maps all included in this trading card starter kit. Collecting Pokemon cards can be a slippery slope.
Merchandise
Merchandise
Ceruledge and Armarouge adorn these protective plastic sleeves that keep your Pokemon cards in pristine condition.
Merchandise
Merchandise
A colourful collection of stickers in tribute to the third installment of the Pikmin series.
Merchandise
Merchandise
A useful, colourful draw string bag in honour of the loveable and fun Pikmin series by Nintendo.
Merchandise
Merchandise
A useful, colourful hand towel tribute to the loveable and fun Pikmin series by Nintendo.
PS2
A Bit Special
Super gal Haruhi once again stars with a voice to melt the Cadbury’s Caramel bunny in this love adventure where players also get to make their own game. Superb high standards to the figure that comes as part of the package too matching the voice acting.
PS2
Simulation
Plenty of gents with high cheek bones to chat to in this dating simulation. A great language tool as the written and spoken language appear in sync.