While the sticker machine craze invaded America just recently, it seems to have died down somewhat in Japan and is behind Jaleco's expected pretax loss of 1.75 billion yen for the fiscal year according to the Nihon Keizai Shinbun.
In related Jaleco news, the company has delayed two of its newest PlayStation games in Japan to March because of difficulties in development and has pushed back two additional titles (one, a Saturn racing title, the other, a PlayStation action game) to the next fiscal year.
In the US, Jaleco is expected to release Punky Skunk soon, with Speed Racer to follow. Both titles are for the PlayStation.