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PlayStation business card case by Banpresto. These super nerdy card cases aren’t available domestically yet, but Japanese retailer Nigishow appears to be connected to Strapya. (Plus there’s a Strapya business card in one of the pictures!)

That gives some hope that you’ll be able to import a case (in matte or shiny aluminum) soon, and pretend your business cards are printed on copies of 2Xtreme.

See also: Mega Drive business card case

[Via technabob]

tags / business card / card case / banpresto / jc / imports / gaming

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Super Robot Wars J translation released

Did you know that every time a Super Robot Wars translation patch is completed, a Gundam gets its Wing? It’s true, just like all the other lies that grace this page.

Romhacking Aerie, which also helped translate Tales of Innocence in June, has released an English patch for Super Robot Wars J, which was never going to come out in the States for a number of reasons:

It released in Japan way back in 2005, which seems like a century ago in internet/gaming years
It’s a GBA title — you might have noticed that publishers haven’t localized many of these lately
All the licenses would be a nightmare to negotiate for anyone who’d try to release it in the States

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tags / super robot wars / super robot wars j / romhacking aerie / imports / gba / banpresto / ec

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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure figures and collectibles from AOU2010

The faces of Iggy (click for a larger version), the small but fierce coffee-flavored chewing gum addict dog who has become one of the most cherished characters from the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series - you may know it from the several video game adaptations presented by Capcom and Namco Bandai [Editor: And the Japan-only Jump Super/Ultimate Stars fighting series on DS!].

During the latest edition of the AOU Amusement Expo, Banpresto has unveiled a series of top quality figures based on the protagonists from Hirohiko Araki’s twisted manga, whose outlandish plot is filled with references to North American and European rock music from the last four decades. In addition, the company is also taking the chance to release different items especially designed for collectors, from key chains to t-shirts and toys.

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tags / jojos bizarre adventure / toys / bruno / guest / aou2010 / banpresto

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Mega Drive business card holder for $11 →

The Mega Drive business card holder by Banpresto is now on sale at Strapya for $11, with shipments due to go out “towards the end of March.” That’s less than half the last price we saw for the thing, and puts it well into “reasonable” territory.

Which means that it’s also in “selling out quickly” territory.

tags / genesis / mega drive / jc / business card / banpresto

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Mr. Saturn plush! Banpresto is releasing these delightful little Mother mascots as arcade prizes in Japan next month. They’ll be available from UFO catchers and similar machines, of course, as well as through random giveaways to survey respondents.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the world, 2006’s Mother 3 has yet to be officially released and arcades are a rare and dying breed.

[Via Inside-Games]

See also: More Mother 3 posts

tags / earthbound / mother 3 / mr. saturn / banpresto / jc

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Mega Drive and Space Invaders card cases from Banpresto. GeekStuff4U is selling them for ¥2,250 ($24.70) each, which is kind of steep for a business card holder, unless you happen to be in a position to trade cards with nerdy dudes all the time. Like if you’re a game developer or a Pokemon CCG champion. They’re due to ship at the end of March.

The Mega Drive one is obviously great, because it looks like a tiny, flatter Mega Drive, but how cool is that red Space Invaders one?

See also: My Spelunker card case that I’m totally not bragging about at all

[Via technabob]

tags / business card, / banpresto / card case / mega drive / space invaders / jc

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Monster Hunter calendar. What looks like an innocuous, small, red or blue treasure chest with a Monster Hunter logo on it is actually a calendar, with moving numbers to allow it to display any month. Which is quite a bit more innocuous than a treasure chest, but still cute. I know if I saw it in a UFO catcher or something (it’s produced for arcades by Banpresto) I’d throw a futile 100 yen at it.

See also: More Monster Hunter items

[Via Siliconera]

tags / capcom / banpresto / monster hunter / jc / calendar

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Lupin the 3rd: Greatest Battle of Wits (approximate translation) screenshot. It takes a lot to get me to pay attention to a licensed anime game that won’t ever come out here, but this one screenshot did the trick.

I can’t think of many side-scrolling stealth games — and I don’t really dig on stealth games anyway unless they’re called Metal Gear — but the art and the easily understandable stealth mechanics on display here make this one look like a winner.

Apparently it also contains other missions, targeted at testing your intelligence. Dengeki says there will be some kind of demo tomorrow — hopefully it’s a web demo and not a downloadable DS one.

tags / lupin the 3rd / banpresto / jc

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Pac-Man Zippo lighters from Banpresto. We’re approaching the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man, so we can expect a ton of commemorative items like we’ve seen for Space Invaders. If they’re all as awesome-looking as these lighters, I fully approve.

[Via GSW]

tags / pac-man / zippo / banpresto / jc

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