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With the histeria that is going around NGF would like to clarify for everyone what the current situation is with us, our relationship with SNK, and upcoming events.
First of all, a few notes for the needless posts that just clutter up these forums:
We have a policy NOT to answer to hateful messages that do nothing but taint the goodwill we attempt to promote. We cannot/will not reply to flames, it is a needless battle against childish behavior.
We prefer to use one screen name, a name the represents our collective thoughts. This is not to mask who is posting, ALL NGF posts are universally approved of by all NGF staff.
This should clear up any confusion as to why we dont just post "for stars". When NGF makes a post, we realize it has a tremendous impact, so we try to keep our posts to a minimum and very worthwhile to the neo fan.
The current situation with NGF is we now, after SNKUSA has been completely absolved, have officially ON the record, taken over all consumer distribution of SNK products for the US market. As unbelieveable as it seems to some people, this is fact.
Our relationship with SNK Japan is as follows: We have worked for many years closely with SNK Japan and SNK USA in a "off the record", but acknowledged capacity. The official on the record relationship is now fully complete. It is a new era for the lucky neo owner. You now have a distributer that cares and knows what the consumer market wants.
As for upcoming events, they are many. First and foremost is KOF2000 limited edition English package release. As crazy as it may sound, NGF is completely responsible for SNK Japan relenting to an English package release of KOF2000. We were in heavy negotiation with SNK for months regarding this issue. There have been many websites that have posted misinformation about KOF2000 English, due to the fact that their normal distributors could not supply this cartridge. SNK Japan agreed to grant exclusive rights to the English package release to NGF. The English package release is being handled by NGF exclusively. The cartridge, sticker, manual, insert, box, etc. are 100% completely authorized, printed, and delivered to us by SNK Japan. We are just distributing this cart, for the English package fan. These are the type of things that NGF is bringing to the neo fan. Do you really think SNKUSA would have bothered? I dont. Look at Metal Slug 3. There are many other new developments that will be marketed in the coming months. These are all going to be exciting, they are to us, and I know they will be to any NeoGeoFreak out there.
As far as the old stock goes, we did in fact get this from SNK Japan. WE requested the list of old stock titles, which inadvertently got faxed to ALL the distributors, creating a flood of "new neo geo stock advertisements" on various retail web sites. This stock was all meant for NGF from the beginning. We secured the stock as agreed with SNK Japan, and are now distributing it to all the US retailers that advertised the availability of new stock.
To clarify the AES inserts, they are all being corrected, WITH COMPLETE understanding of SNK Japan. We discussed this with them, and, at our expense, we agreed to correct any of the mislabeled stock. As stated before, NGF is not going to continue to propagate the errors created by SNKUSA. We have been striving to standardize all the inserts with proper genre striping for years, knowing this day would come. Our stance has always been that SNK Japan understands that the US market needs consistant standards, and NGF was authorized to make this happen. These AES carts,with corrected inserts are officially recognized and original aes carts, delivered as new old stock to consumers. It would be the same as if nintendo made a typo on a box, and reprinted it, correcting the mistake before shipment. Does this change the fact that it is official? Not to SNK Japan, NGF, or open minded collectors.
We realize that some people may be skeptical about our stock purchase, KOF2000, etc. But now is the time to open your mind and accept the fact that NGF wants to HELP the NeoGeo Fan. NGF is ready to put all the negativity behind us, giving everyone a fresh start. We dont want any NeoGeoFreak to be soured by a few vocal detractors. NGF even invites these people to contact us for AES cart, buy from our retailers, or just relax and enjoy what AES carts you already have.
NGF will be available for your Neo needs, to answer your questions, or even just to chat about anything.
Lets make this the day, and this the post, that starts the unification of all Neo fans.
Thank You,
NGF Staff
First of all, a few notes for the needless posts that just clutter up these forums:
We have a policy NOT to answer to hateful messages that do nothing but taint the goodwill we attempt to promote. We cannot/will not reply to flames, it is a needless battle against childish behavior.
We prefer to use one screen name, a name the represents our collective thoughts. This is not to mask who is posting, ALL NGF posts are universally approved of by all NGF staff.
This should clear up any confusion as to why we dont just post "for stars". When NGF makes a post, we realize it has a tremendous impact, so we try to keep our posts to a minimum and very worthwhile to the neo fan.
The current situation with NGF is we now, after SNKUSA has been completely absolved, have officially ON the record, taken over all consumer distribution of SNK products for the US market. As unbelieveable as it seems to some people, this is fact.
Our relationship with SNK Japan is as follows: We have worked for many years closely with SNK Japan and SNK USA in a "off the record", but acknowledged capacity. The official on the record relationship is now fully complete. It is a new era for the lucky neo owner. You now have a distributer that cares and knows what the consumer market wants.
As for upcoming events, they are many. First and foremost is KOF2000 limited edition English package release. As crazy as it may sound, NGF is completely responsible for SNK Japan relenting to an English package release of KOF2000. We were in heavy negotiation with SNK for months regarding this issue. There have been many websites that have posted misinformation about KOF2000 English, due to the fact that their normal distributors could not supply this cartridge. SNK Japan agreed to grant exclusive rights to the English package release to NGF. The English package release is being handled by NGF exclusively. The cartridge, sticker, manual, insert, box, etc. are 100% completely authorized, printed, and delivered to us by SNK Japan. We are just distributing this cart, for the English package fan. These are the type of things that NGF is bringing to the neo fan. Do you really think SNKUSA would have bothered? I dont. Look at Metal Slug 3. There are many other new developments that will be marketed in the coming months. These are all going to be exciting, they are to us, and I know they will be to any NeoGeoFreak out there.
As far as the old stock goes, we did in fact get this from SNK Japan. WE requested the list of old stock titles, which inadvertently got faxed to ALL the distributors, creating a flood of "new neo geo stock advertisements" on various retail web sites. This stock was all meant for NGF from the beginning. We secured the stock as agreed with SNK Japan, and are now distributing it to all the US retailers that advertised the availability of new stock.
To clarify the AES inserts, they are all being corrected, WITH COMPLETE understanding of SNK Japan. We discussed this with them, and, at our expense, we agreed to correct any of the mislabeled stock. As stated before, NGF is not going to continue to propagate the errors created by SNKUSA. We have been striving to standardize all the inserts with proper genre striping for years, knowing this day would come. Our stance has always been that SNK Japan understands that the US market needs consistant standards, and NGF was authorized to make this happen. These AES carts,with corrected inserts are officially recognized and original aes carts, delivered as new old stock to consumers. It would be the same as if nintendo made a typo on a box, and reprinted it, correcting the mistake before shipment. Does this change the fact that it is official? Not to SNK Japan, NGF, or open minded collectors.
We realize that some people may be skeptical about our stock purchase, KOF2000, etc. But now is the time to open your mind and accept the fact that NGF wants to HELP the NeoGeo Fan. NGF is ready to put all the negativity behind us, giving everyone a fresh start. We dont want any NeoGeoFreak to be soured by a few vocal detractors. NGF even invites these people to contact us for AES cart, buy from our retailers, or just relax and enjoy what AES carts you already have.
NGF will be available for your Neo needs, to answer your questions, or even just to chat about anything.
Lets make this the day, and this the post, that starts the unification of all Neo fans.
Thank You,
NGF Staff