A fellow colleague was able to contact Hiroshi Miyajima, General Manger of International sales at SNK in Owsaka, Japan to get the real scoop on the NGF fiasco. His phone number is 011816-6339-0100. NGF has been allowed to re-sell SNK consumer product
because they directly relate to the Neo-Geo. NGF isn't 'official' Miyajimasan claims -- we
were told that anyone can do this without a license agreement. Mr. Miyajimasan said
Apple Photo Systems is the ONLY official distributor for SNK in America, and only they
can produce 'official' versions of their cartridges. Why do you think Dion is offering to upgrade your KOF 2000 cartridge to English? He's just changing the insert, manual, and sticker to English -- SNK never printed any material for an English release! Basically, you're paying an extra $300 for a fake insert, manual, and sticker, and you're getting back the same cartridge you sent to NGF! Why do you think Dion is buying so many Japanese KOF 2K cartridges? The people who are defending Dion are telling the truth: the KOF 2000 cart Dion is selling is official (its the Japanese version), but everything else (insert, etc.) is made by NGF.
Here's something else to chew on: to avoid a lawsuit, people who re-sell SNK games in
America (and the people who make unofficial inserts, etc.) must include SNK's trademark
and the phrase "Made in Japan" where applicable.
If you'd rather contact Mr. Miyajimasan via e-mail, here is his e-mail address:
hiroshi_miyajima@gw.snk.neogeo.co.jp
Feel free to contact him! This is what we've been told, and if someone here wants to try it themselves, we'd like to see if SNK will say something different. No arguments,
guys -- just contact Mr. Miyajimasan before forming an opinion of this post. Just find out for yourselves...
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NeoLord
Neo-News and much more!
[This message has been edited by NeoLord (edited December 27, 2000).]
because they directly relate to the Neo-Geo. NGF isn't 'official' Miyajimasan claims -- we
were told that anyone can do this without a license agreement. Mr. Miyajimasan said
Apple Photo Systems is the ONLY official distributor for SNK in America, and only they
can produce 'official' versions of their cartridges. Why do you think Dion is offering to upgrade your KOF 2000 cartridge to English? He's just changing the insert, manual, and sticker to English -- SNK never printed any material for an English release! Basically, you're paying an extra $300 for a fake insert, manual, and sticker, and you're getting back the same cartridge you sent to NGF! Why do you think Dion is buying so many Japanese KOF 2K cartridges? The people who are defending Dion are telling the truth: the KOF 2000 cart Dion is selling is official (its the Japanese version), but everything else (insert, etc.) is made by NGF.
Here's something else to chew on: to avoid a lawsuit, people who re-sell SNK games in
America (and the people who make unofficial inserts, etc.) must include SNK's trademark
and the phrase "Made in Japan" where applicable.
If you'd rather contact Mr. Miyajimasan via e-mail, here is his e-mail address:
hiroshi_miyajima@gw.snk.neogeo.co.jp
Feel free to contact him! This is what we've been told, and if someone here wants to try it themselves, we'd like to see if SNK will say something different. No arguments,
guys -- just contact Mr. Miyajimasan before forming an opinion of this post. Just find out for yourselves...
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NeoLord
Neo-News and much more!
[This message has been edited by NeoLord (edited December 27, 2000).]