News From 07/08/02


Square's Top Stockholder Sells shares Overseas (Bloomberg Japan)
[ Bloomberg Japan | Article ]
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(Bloomberg Japan)
July 8th: Tokyo, Japan -- Square has announced on the 8th that their top stockholder Masashi Miyamoto will be selling 5 million of his shares to overseas, centered in Europe. Prices will be decided between July 9-12, the selling will begin as soon as this week.

Miyamoto currently holds 23.68 million stocks, a 39.35% hold of the company. His share will drop to 31% after his release. Nikko Salomon Smith Barney will be taking the shares.

Square's public relations has not commented details on the regard, only stating that the agreement was made between Miyamoto and Nikko Salomon, and that the exchange will assist in the improvement of Square's flow of stocks.

Special thanks to Namae No Nai Heya for the News.


Namco Opens Official Site for Tales OF Destiny 2
[ Namco | Tales Of Destiny 2 ]
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Namco has opened the official site to their upcoming RPG release for the PlayStation2, Tales Of Destiny 2. Additional images of the field and fighting screen are available, with the explanation of the new "Spirits Point" system, which effects damages by weapons in the battle scenes.

Tales Of Destiny 2 is currently 30% complete, scheduled for release in December. For the official subsite, check Namco's site. For more detail coverage on the game, check MMCafe's news from 07/07/02.


Evolution 2002 - Capcom based US Tournament, Trailer Released
[ Shoryuken.com | Trailer(Mpeg) / Trailer(wmv) ]
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Capcom based fighting game themed side Shoryuken.com has released a trailer for their upcoming national US tournament, Evolution 2002. Formerly named as the "B" series tournament, Evolution 2002 is scheduled to feature many of the well known players within the US as well as overseas.

Evolution 2002 will take place in Los Angeles CA, August 8-11th. For the trailer and additional information on the tournament, check the site's section.


Short Comment- NinjaBurger.com, "Guaranteed delivery in 30 minutes or less, or we commit Seppuku!"

Oh yum. Now, if only Dominos were the same...

"We wish all the time to be able to provide you hot fresh delivery and to propose to you a joy of eating burger life. Let's enjoy the burger with a smooth fries of our ancestors. You will be sure you will be satisfied. Ninja burger bring happy life, healthy life. Guaranteed, or we commit seppuku.

Ninja Burger was founded in 1999 by the honorable Kenshiro Aette-san and Miyoko Aenomi-san in the traditions of their honorable ancestors. Their solemn mission: to defend the downtrodden, fight for the honor of Ninja Burger, and to deliver hot and fresh food to Ninja Burger's customers. Somewhere along the line it all went horribly wrong."

For the full exeprience of NinjaBurger and some really odd-end goods, check out their official site at [ NinjaBurger.com ]

Special thanks to JusticeKyo for the Lard.

- Henry A. Moriarty



Short Comment- If you thought Anime conventions were bad... check the streets of Tokyo.

Check out this crazy photo from Tokyo's electric town "Akihabara" this past weekend! You can see a vicious hoard of Otakus gathering from the end of the horizon to the one location in the shop near the place the photo was being taken. It's due to a sudden live event concerning a radio talk show that started gaining fame from the Internet.

The following site covers the horrendous pic. [ Holy Multi Kingdom / Photo ]
(Btw, if you check out the site, there's a sample video file of PC doujin maker Watanabe Seisakujo's next fighter game release, beta ver'.)

To hear a sample of what all those men were listening to, check the official site of the radio show- they have an mp3 there. And no, there's no hentai voices! [ Triumphal Records / Mirror Site ]

Special thanks to Mossari News for the News.

- Henry A. Moriarty