Todays News 6/20 GBA DOES have a contrast option? As it turns out, the GBA does have a contrast feature...only its hidden away. You can darken or birghten the screen to your liking. However, finding that switch will void your warrenty and most likely mess up your GBA; I suggest that you dont try it.
If you would like to try it, however, click on the link to find out.
Thanks to IGNpocket (and a special thanks to my friend overkill2/antipop59 for reminding me of this news story)
UPDATE: Prior to former beliefs, new information (although unconfirmed) reports that this "feature" is not an automatic contrast adjuster. It is something factory workers use to preset the GBA to the desired level of contrast. they use a special adjustment cartridge and tool to get it that way, and there is no way to return it to normal without being a profesional. Nintendo wont even take them back without them being 'broken'.
Once again, this has not yet been confirmed.
Links are provided from people who have ideas about this. I suggest not to make any hasty actions until Nintendo speaks.
(more on this as it breaks)
-Matt DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS! Theories from CC posters Theories from IGN posters IGNpocket Enix's Dragon Warrior coming to the 'CUBE! Electronic Playground is reporting that Enix's most praised game: Dragon Warrior, will be coming to the GAMECUBE. Dragon Warrior is probably the most well-known RPG ever (moreso than SquareSoft's Final Fantasy).
Exix is also reported to be working on a "special" game for the GameBoy Advance.
Much appreciation to Tendobox for the breaking news.
-Matt Tendobox Ladies and gentlemen, the moment we have all been waiting for is almost here. NNO will be launching in a few short days. The site will include vBulletin forums, too. After the site launches, a month or so later the NNO e store will launch, including games, and alot of other fun stuff. Looking into the future, if NNO does as good as everyone expects, we will go multi platform, opening up a Sony Section, and eventually opening up Sections for Sega, and Microsoft.
-Nick Comilla (jetgrind) News 6/19 Demand for Dev.Kits! It appears that developer intrest has sky-rocketed following the days of E3. Both publishers and developers alike (both large and small) have been impressed by Nintendo's showing.
One of Nintendo's sites, WarioWorld, had this to say:
"Nintendo is unable to start up a Nintendo GameCube independent developer program at this time. The response from developers and publishers at E3 has been tremendous. As we expected, the demand for dev kits has again exceeded our supply. The dev kit situation will improve in the next couple months, however we're very reluctant to make any commitments as to a specific date."
It seems Nintendo's third party support for the GAMECUBE isnt in the jeopardy some thought.
A special thanks to N-sider for the information
-Matt N-sider Shrek, a monster seller TDK Mediactive's movie licensed fighting game Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown for GBC is selling good. It has sold 100,000 copies on GBC. The movie is doing great too, it made about $200 Million, not bad at all.
Here is what Vincent Bitteti had to say: "The shipping numbers for Shrek were within expectations and we are pleased with the sell through to date. The success of the DreamWorks film has translated to a great awareness for the interactive franchise, and we look forward to more interactive Shrek adventures, beginning in the fall with our exclusive title for the Xbox."
Thanks to CC for the news.
-Nick Comilla
Game Boy Advance does have some competition, maybe.
SNK USA is coming back. Its is unknown if they will make NGPC anymore, but they have released a new game for it. Another company is seeking the rights to distribute it themselves, but we don't know if they got permission. The Neo Geo Pocket Color (NGPC) was a short lived handheld, it sold about 300,000 units before SNK had to go out of buisness because of debt. They are now out of debt, and are going to make a comeback, but as I said, it is unkown what SNK's plans are. The best selling game for NGPC was Sonic Pocket Adventures wich sold 120,000 copies. For those of you that don't know what NGPC is, wich isn't unlikely, I have included a picture of it.
Thanks to KOF4ever from Cloudchaser forums for the information.
I would also like to add that SNK was a big supporter of Nintendo 'back in the day'. Thanks again KOF4ever.
-Nick Comilla (jetgrind) 
I put a reveiw up of one of the best GBA games avalible, Rayman Advance. Check it out in the GBA section.
-Nick Comilla (jetgrind) New Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 movie Activision O2 has just released a new movie of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 which is due out on, or near Nintendo's GAMECUBE launch (November 5th). Its a long movie, for all my fellow 56k'ers out there, but its well-worth the wait.
THPS3 will also be making its way to the GameBoy Advance as well as GameBoy Color later on in the year (no date has been set for those).
Thanks to cloudchaser.com for the heads-up.
-Matt Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Nintendo takes home the gold! The results are in from the E3 Critics Awards and I think you all will be plesantly surprised. Nintendo ended up taking numerous awards and proving why they are the best in the biz. Here are the awards they recieved:
-Best of Show - Nintendo GAMECUBE
-Best Console Hardware -Nintendo GAMECUBE
-Best Fighting Game Super Smash Bros. Melee
-Best Action Game - Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron 2
-Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game - Pikmin
Nintendo also recieved several runner-up awards.
Check out PlanetGameCube for more.
-Matt PlanetGameCube New Mario Kart Advance screens Head over to the Game Boy Advance section to see 10 new Mario Kart Advance screen shots!
-Nick Comilla (jetgrind) News 6/18 Amusement Vision's pres. on GCN In a Edge Magazine column, Toshihiro Nagoshi spoke about why he is choosing the GAMECUBE for his future gaming plans:
". . .I only stayed for three days at E3 but I am now exhausted. The interviewers always asked the same thing 'Why GameCube?' I would say 'Because I wanted to' and 'I don't see what would be wrong working on hardware developed by a company with such a prestigious history in the industry'
I'm really excited because as a creator, Nintendo is one of the companies I've always wanted to work with, In addition to that, Nintendo is quite a challenging partner. So the fact that it is now possible makes me very happy. . ."
Thanks to TendoBox for bringing this to our attention.
-Matt
TendoBox Name change for Mario Kart Advance? Yes sir, and alittle more info too. GameBoyAdvance.com now has Mario Kart Advance renamed to "Mario Kart Super Circuit." Whether this name will stick or not still remains to be seen. The game is now scheduled to release on August 27th in North America (ironically at the day SpaceWorld'01 will be going on).
Again, thanks to PlanetGameCube for the information.
-Matt GameBoyAdvance release list PlanetGameCube The little handheld that could Nintendo's GameBoy Advance has sold incredibly well during the week of its launch. Over 600,000 units so far. Read Nintendo's press transcript for more:
"Redmond, WA (June 18, 2001) - The best selling video game platform in history is selling better than ever. Nintendo's Game Boy® Advance sold through half a million units during its first week on the market, making it America's fastest selling game system ever.
Nintendo of America Inc. announced today that the portable Game Boy Advance is a virtual sellout across the country, with 500,000 systems sold through to consumers since its launch June 11. But shortages should be temporary, as Nintendo shipped more than 100,000 additional units over the weekend, with total shipments on track to reach more than 1 million by the end of June.
"We knew demand was going to be strong - but this is a record-setting response," says Peter Main, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Nintendo of America. "The good news is that we are able to ship approximately another 500,000 units by end of June with further product to become available through July and August."
No video game system in history has exploded so quickly at retail. Nintendo's last new hardware launch occurred in 1996 for the Nintendo® 64 and set an all-time industry record by selling through almost half a million units in four weeks. By achieving half a million sales in a single week, Game Boy Advance is clearly the fastest selling U.S. video game system ever.
Game Boy Advance decisively breaks the existing boundaries for handheld video gameplay, boosting screen size by 50 percent. Game Boy Advance actually delivers a sharper picture than current 32-bit and 64-bit consoles playing on a 27-inch television. Game Boy Advance displays more than 500 times as many on-screen colors and is several dozen times as powerful as Game Boy Color. The system is backward compatible with existing Game Boy and Game Boy Color software."
Thanks to PlanetGameCube for the scoop.
-Matt
PlanetGameCube New Column NNO newbie, Matt "the mute" Ryan has his first column. He takes a look at the GameBoy Advance's future. Is it bleak or booming? It's been up for a day or so, why dont you check it out? News 6/15 THQ announces 15 GCN games Yesterday THQ announced that it will be supporting Nintendo's GAMECUBE in full. Some of the games it will be bringing over are: Mx2003 featuring Ricky Carmichial, Scooby-Doo, Tetris World, a lineup of Nickelodian-related games (SpongeBob Sqare Pants, Rugrats, Jimmy Neutron, Rocket Power). And of course, the big game everyone was expecting, WWF Wrestlemania! All together, THQ has announced 15 games for the 'CUBE.
-Matt New Pokemon Limited Edition GBA Mmmm, Celebi Green. This limited editon GameBoy Advance is reportedly coming out on 7/20/01 alongside the new Pokemon movie. Thanks to PlanetGameCube for the info!
-Matt PlanetGameCube News 6/14 SEGA refuses to comment on GBA Phantasy Star GameSpot recently contacted SEGA in regards to the rumors of a possible Phantasy Star on the GameBoy Advance.
They had this to say, "Sega has not announced any Phantasy Star game for the GBA. This is only a rumor and we can not comment on rumors"
Although, SEGA also vehemently denied rumors about their multi-platform strategy when it was actually about to pass. There's still much hope.
-Matt GameSpot News 6/13 Perfect Dark to get its own TV show and movie Fireworks Entertainment has secured the rights to the film and television show based on the N64 game Perfect Dark. It is scheduled to be out in late 2002 which also fits into the date Rare is giving for the game's sequel: Perfect Dark Zero. Click the link for more info (thanks to computerandvideogames.com)
-Matt ComputerandVideogames Lets all welcome We have another addition to our staff, as you can see he as already posted a news story. His name is Matt "The Mute" Ryan, and he will be the columns editor. He is working on several columns and will have them up shortly so enjoy. GBA Reviews: Konami Krazy Racers Nick has been hard at work, or actually playing hard with his new GBA. His first review is up so head on over to the GBA section to check it out. Keep checking back for more reviews, they will be coming pretty quickly from now on. News 6/12 Mario and Sonic together on a same game? The most recent issue of N64 Magazine has some very intresting information about the supposed SEGA and Nintendo joint project:
"Despite Sega admitting that it felt a bit odd to see a Nintendo console in their own [E3] stand, they're fully committed to Gamecube. As well as future conversions of the best of the Sega Sports games - including NFL 2K2 and NBA 2K2 - rumours suggest a conversion of the excellent Daytona USA is already in the works. But the really big news is that we'll soon see a joint Nintendo-Sega title that'll bring Sonic and Mario together for the first time. Belief-Beggaring."
Nothing is for certain...but it still makes one wonder.
-Matt Tendobox News 6/7 Technical Difficulties Nintendo News Online has been having a few technical difficulties over the past few days. If you notice, some news storys have missing text. Were not sure how this happend, but were working on it. Everything should be back to normal in a few days. Thanks.
-Brian Sega keeps coming to Cube Not only is Sonic Team, Amusement vision and AM2 working on GameCube, but now the team behind Crazy Taxi and Virtua Tennis is. HitMaker is supporting GameCube. Their first game is Derby Owner's Club Online, and we can expect that game to stay in Japan. Just knowing HitMaker is on board though is a good sign. Thanks to Tendo Box
-Brian Tendo Box Merrill Lynch loves Nintendo Gaming-Age has a great report on Merill Lynch with Nintendo news. Here's some: In a new research report recently released, the Investment firm of Merrill Lynch has raised their rating on Nintendo from Accumulate to Buy. The reason for the upgrade is a more favorable outlook for the GAMECUBE as well as a positive outlook for the Game Boy Advance.
As far as the CUBE is concerned, ML believes that risks associated with software development like Nintendo experienced with the N64 have been resolved, and expects a rich software line-up from the time of the platform release. Also, they cite an extremely favorable reception of the NGC at E3 and the very reasonable price for the NGC.
Based on these favorable developments, Merrill has raised its expectations of GAMECUBE shipments. Previously, they had expected a bearish 1 million units to be sold in Nintendos fiscal year ending March 2002, with half in the US and half in Japan. However, ML says that Nintendo has indicated to them that US distributors have already requested 4 million machines, which is equal to Nintendos shipment volume forecast. For the next fiscal year, shipments are expected to reach 10.3 million units, 2.5M in Japan, 5M in the US, and 2.8M in Europe). This strong outlook is due to robust demand in the US and Japan, the start of sales in Europe, and the expansion of volumes on the production of the Flipper chip to 1M a month from 600,000 a month. Cumulative shipments are expected to reach 34.8 million by the fiscal year ending March 2005, with about 25% for Japan and the rest overseas.
Check the link below for the whole story.
-Brian Gaming-Age News 6/04 Mario GCN at launch? According to FGN Online, many Nintendo sites are reporting that not only is Mario going to be showed at Space World, but will also be a launch title. Great news my friends. They also say there will be new enemies and the return of the Hammer Bros.
-Brian News 6/03 Two more impressions are up The impressions for Luigi's Mansion and Star Wars Rogue Leader are finally upgo to the GameCube section to check them out. More screenshots are on the way for Luigi's Mansion. More Impressions News 06/02 GBA Games Out Early News 5/31 Miyamoto not working on Cube Zelda? Accoring to Tendo Box, Mr. Miyamoto isn'nt in charge of the new GameCube Zelda title. The man behind Zelda: Majora's Mask for N64 will be doing it, Eiji Anouma. This isn't bad news, because Zelda: MM was fantastic.
Hit the link below for more on this story.
-Brian Tendo Box Malice on GameCube? FGN Online reports that Malice might go multi-platform. This is not set in stone for GameCube, but I would guess, if it were to go multi, it would be a shoe-in for GameCube. The reason behind Malice going multi-platform is that some publishers of the game are pushing for it.
Check the link for more info
-Brian FGN Online PSO to require pay-to-play Phantasy Star Online Version 2.0 for Dreamcast will make users pay to play the game online. No price is set yet though. PSO is coming to GameCube, so if online play is included, we should expect the same.
-Brian Source: FGN The Sims find a new home on GBA? News 05/30 Metroid Prime Impressions One more is up, go to the Gamecube section to see new pictures and a new movie Metroid Prime impressions Kameo impressions added The hands on impressions for Kameo are finally up, check them out through the link below Kameo Impression News 05/27 Eternal Darkness impressions added I finally got the first, of many to come, hands on impressions from E3 up. I will have more soon so keep checking back for more updates. Eternal Darkness Impressions Better late then never.....right? Ok I finally have a chance to get my E3 impressions up, I hope I can get it all up today. If not I will put alot more up tommorrow.
I arrived at LAX at about 7am on Thursday, May 17. I went straight to the LA convention center and waited around for a couple of hours. Finally the doors opened and of Course I went stragiht for the Nintendo booth. I was in awe of the sheer size of the booth and all the lights and sounds. And the first thing I saw were all of these floating GameCube logos. At that time I knew I was in heaven. The first game I saw was Super Smash Brothers Melee. Now keep in mind there will be individual previews and hands on impressions for each game in the Gamecube section, so I won't go into specifics about the game.
I was very impressed with nintendo's booth, they hand several playable GCN games, a big screen above the center of the booth that showed highlights of Metroid Prime, Mario Kart fo GCN, Donkey Kong Racing and several different game demos. They were also playing different theme songs from different games. Some songs I heard were the Zelda theme songs, and the one that suprised me and had me confused for a bit, was Phantasy Star Online. They also gave visitors to the Nintendo booth a chance to win a Gameboy Advance. You had to go up to the center of the booth, to an information desk and get a card, at that desk they stamped the card with "The Nintendo Difference." Then you had to go to the GBA section and play a game, then you got a stamp of a GBA. Next you had to go to the GameCube section and play a game over there. Then you got a GameCube stamp. After you had all three stamps you could go back and stand in line for a chance to sit down at a table along with 14 other perspective winners. They put a GBA in one of the slots, and put a squishy GBA, GCN and a GBA carying case in the other 15 slots. They then spun the will and whoever the GBA landed in front of won, and guess what I am a proud owner of a free GBA.
OK back to the subject. Nitendo's booth was constantly crowded, you could hardly walk around at all, all three days. Throughout the three days I made my way around to every booth and played as many games as possible. I wasn't impressed with xbox's showing at all. Most the games there weren't impressive and had some framrate problems. Sony had a nice showing but nothing we haven't seen already. I was most impressed with the GameCube, the different games they displayed further verified that they do intend to cover all demographics and genres. The games all looked and played great. Ok now I will get to the stuff you have been waiting for the hands on impressions and screen shots of the game. News 05/26 Sonic In SSB2? I got my new EGM today (with a killer GBA section), and in the QuaterMan (rumors) said a rumor going around was that Sonic would show up in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Now, this is kind of far out there, because Sonic is a 3rd party character. Even Rare's mascots aren't in it, and they are a 2nd party. The QMan is right about 90% of the time..so don't count it out yet, it just seems like a long shot. We sure can hope though. Sega Sports Confirmed For GameCube! In a recent interview with Gamespot, Sega Of America's Charles Bellfield confirmed that the Sega Sports series will in fact appear on the Gamecube.
To check out the full interview, click on the link below.
-David Source: Gamespot News 5/25/01 Slow News Day For Nintendo Well, today has been a VERY slow news day, not much to update you all in, but tommorrow we will be back with all the usuall updates. I guess Nintendo is still recovering from their explosive E3.
-David MarioSunShine.com and 100Marios.com Thanks to the CloudChaser forum, and user 99er, we now know that Nintendo registered the domains MarioSunShine.com and 100Marios.com
These games were on a press list Nintendo gave out, but no info about them. If you go to the URL, it takes you to Nintendo's own homepage
-Brian Source: CloudChaser Forum MarioSunShine.com 100Marios.com Namco on board for GCN development IGN reports that Namco will making GameCube games. The report states that the games wont be out until at least March 2002, and most will just be PS2 ports.
But on an interesting note, Namco has plans for a GameCube online title. Check the full report below.
-Brian IGN Cube Nintendo will lose about $41 per GameCube sold According to Tendo Box, Nintendo will lose about $41 per GameCube sold. This isn't too bad, considering Microsoft and Sony lose 2-3X that amount.
Check out the full report with the link below.
-Brian Tendo Box Welcome David, our newest NNO staff member I would just like to welcome the nexest member to the NNO staff, David Ray, he is the news editor and will be keeping everyone up to date on the latest news. Also Brian will now be a news editor. E3 impressions coming soon. First I want to say that I am sorry for not having this up already, I have been really busy. I will have a full recap of the show including hands on impressions. It should be up by Sunday. Thanks
Shawn Flanagan News 05/23/01 GameCube advertising begins! Planet GameCube reports that a new GameBoy Advance commercial hit the airwaves. But the best news is, at the end, it shows a Nintendo GameCube on the bottom of the screen with the words "coming this fall" under it.
-Brian Source: Planet GameCube Why Dino Planet turned into Star Fox RareWare updated it's web site wit this info, explaining why Dinosaur Planet was turned into Star Fox: Adventures
-Brian Q5: Why did you decide to apply the Star Fox licence to Dinosaur Planet?
It just so happened that even as Rare were in development on the original version of Dinosaur Planet, NCL were getting down to work on a Star Fox game in much the same vein. The similarities between the projects offered too great an opportunity to pass by, so the properties were merged and the project moved from N64 to GameCube to allow for the extra development time. Advantages? No conflict between two similar titles on the market; developers freed up for other projects; the promise of a first-rate franchise title within the first few months of the GameCube's launch. We're sorry if you were really looking forward to the N64 version, but at the end of the day these changes will result in a better game. Rare One on One with Mr. Miyamoto CoreMagazine has a nice article about the One on One Miyamoto interview held at E3 with Newsweek. Some info in the peice says how Mr. Miyamoto got the name Zelda, why Mario is a plumber and why it was easy going from N64 to GameCube. Check it out with the link below.
-Brian CoreMagazine Interview Canada price for GameCube When the GameCube comes to Canada, it will retail for $299.99. Thats $194 US money. Wow, it's cheaper in Canada!
-Brian Source: FGNonline Mario Kart Advance Receives A Release Date One of the best looking games for the Game Boy Advance has finally received an official release date. Mario Kart Advance is scheduled to arrive on August 27, at the price of $39.99 MSRP. While you wait for the game, check out our preview of it in the Game Boy Advance section.
-David GameCube= No Territorial Lockout? All Signs Point To Yes! Planet Gamecube is reporting that the GameCube may not have a territorial lockout when it arrives in Japan later this year. A PGC source, who talked to Ken Lobb on the subject, said that Lobb has noticed many people importing systems from Japan, and that Nintendo is keeping this in mind.
The Game Boy Advance does NOT have a territorial lockout, which might indicate that the GC will not either, considering that the systems are going to interact with eachother, in one way or another.
Although Nintendo's last console, the N64, did have a territorial lockout, all signs are pointing towards no lockout for the cube. Look for an announcment soon from Nintendo on the subject, but untill then, keep your fingers crossed. Keep checking back here for new information as we get it.
-David Source: PlanetGameCube Don't count Square out yet.. At a shareholder meeting this morning in Tokyo, Square president Hisashi Suzuki delivered disappointing financial news to investors. Largely blamed on the delay of Final Fantasy X for the PlayStation 2 and the PlayOnline Network, Square profits tumbled for the fiscal year. More importantly however, president Suzuki-san briefly addressed developmental concerns. Specifically, in light of expected competition from Nintendo's GameCube and Microsoft's Xbox, Suzuki-san said Square is interested in moving away from creating standalone console titles to delivering their games to a worldwide audience in the future.
Now all we need is Mr. Yamauchi (president of Nintendo Co. LTD) to lighten up a little.
-Brian Source: CoreMagazine News 5/22 GameCube Sequel To 1080 Snowboarding Confirmed Cloudchaser Media is reporting that the sequel to the hit N64 game, 1080 Snowboarding, is in fact being developed for the Gamecube. Although not many facts are known about the game yet, it is supposedly being developed by either Left Field or NST, who happen to be the same people working on Wave Race Blue Storm.
Keep checking back here for new information on the game.
-David Source: www.cloudchaser.com GameCube Launch Titles Confirmed The Gamecube launch games have been announced! Please take note, that these are not the only launch games, but these are the ones have have been confirmed for launch so far:
Nintendo Games:
Luigi's Mansion
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Star Fox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet
NBA Courtside 2002
Wave Race Blue Storm
Eternal Darkness
3rd Party Games:
Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron 2
NFL Blitz 2002
Madden NFL 2002
Monkey Ball
This list is going to grow bigger as we get closer to the GameCube launch. But so far, this list is not looking to shabby, better start saving your lawn mowing money!
-David
Source: www.planetgamecube F-Zero GBA Review Up I added my F-Zero: Maximum Velocity GBA Import review to the GameBoy Advance section. Check it out.
-Brian GameBoy Advance section News 5/21 GAMECUBE Pricing Revealed! Thanks to planetgamecube.com for the info.
GAMECUBE's pricing has been revealed! Earlier today, it was announced that GAMECUBE will be launched with an MSRP of $199.95, and Nintendo will launch 6 (!!) first party games with the system, at an MSRP of $49.95. Check out the full story below. Gamecube News 5/20 3rd Party Games On GameCube While at the E3 confrence, I wanted to find out what some of the larger 3rd parties felt about GAMECUBE and what there plans are for the future. I devoted the entire third day to going around to all the different developers booths. Here is what I found out:
Koei- Not at this point in time, but will in the future; very impressed with GameCube showing.
Natsume- Will support GameCube with all major franchises by 2002
Crave- Will support GameCube with major franchises
Konami- Cannot announce anything at this time
Eidos- Cannot announce anything at this time
Square- No plans thus far, but they were very impressed with GameCube.
Capcom- We already know they have games coming to GameCube. I asked about the rumor floating around the Internet Capcom supporting GameCube with a lot of exclusive titles and was told that they cannot announce anything yet.
Namco- Another one that we already know about. I talked to one of the lead artists for Namco of America, he said that they have development kits for GameCube, although he hasn't worked on it, but he also confirmed that the PS2 is a (in his own words) a b*tch to develop for.
Activision- Supporting the GameCube
Midway- Supporting the GameCube
Infrogrames- Couldn't get much, but it sounded like to me that they will be supporting GameCube
The general feeling across the board was that the GCN was very impressive, and that the developers were excited about what they saw. Now that the NDA's have been lifted from developers you can expect to see alot more developers announcing support for the GCN, and bringing over some of their heavy hitting titles. More as it comes available.
E3 News Forthcoming Sorry I wasn't able to update during the show, I wasn't able to get access to the computers and I will have a full recap and impression of the show ASAP. News 5/17 Nintendo Press Confrence Recap! Well, this is your hard working buddy John, trying to match Nick in all that stuff he has been putting up. :p Anyway, I was able to watch most of the Nintendo Press Confrence on TechTV. Not all of it, but most of it. So I decided to write up a nice little recap. It is under the Gamecube section; hit the link to go there!
--The hardworking (:p) John Sharkey Gamecube Sega announces 10 Gamecube games.
Sega announced 10 games for Gamecube at E3, they also announced PSO version 2,a new Sonic Adventure Game, and Sega sports games for Gamecube. Thye also showed Monkey Ball for Cube:).
Nintendo showed off Donker Kong Racing, Luigis Mansion pics, Metroid Prime pics, wave race pics, and MANY others. So far things are looking nice, and the best has yet to come from Nintendo.
Thye have a good list of Mature titles for Gamecube, such as Dark Blade, After Dark (yet to be shown), EA announced 10 games for Gamecube, and Sega announced Sports games for Gameucbe too. Watch out EA.
A very disspointing announcement from square concerning all consoles took place, Square said they are going to stay PlayStation2 exclusive...Personally, I think this announcement sucks. But as I think of it more, im starting to belive Nintendo doesn't need them...they have got Zelda, Mario RPG's, and Sega RPG's.
Oh, by the way, GO NINTENDO!!! GO NNO!! :).
-Nick Comilla, Gamecube and GBC reveiw writer. (No one else reported on this so i might as well).
Mail bag needs food Have any questions that you need answered? Do you like the new GCN logo and want to let us know, or do you hate it and want to vent? Well click on the link below and ask us, or let us know. Mailbag Luigi's Mansion Official Game! But Where's Mario?? It seems that Luigi is on his own. According to many web sites, and Time.com, Luigi's Mansion is a real game. Not just one level from a new Mario game. Luigi is on his own, using a vacuum sucking up ghosts in a hunted mansion. Word has it that the game looks amazing, and has some breathtaking lighting effects. Look for more news once E3 is here! Sources: Time Magazine IGNCube PlanetGameCube
Wave Race gets a new name
According to Time Magazine, the official name of Wave Race for the Nintendo GameCube is Wave Race: Blue Storm Who called the Cube a kiddie machine? Not Duke! Take Two has confirmed today that Duke Nukem Forever will be coming to the Nintendo GameCube. Thats a big-name, mature title coming to the GameCube. Kiddie machine? I think not! Source: FGNonline
News 05/13/01
Some minor changes to the GCN controller!!! IGN has uncoverd some minor alterations to the GCN controller. Click here to find out more. Gamecube Gamecube Logo Confirmed! Thanks to Planet Gamecube's sneaking into the convention center during set-up, they have revealed the official GCN logo! Click below for pics! Gamecube
News 05/11/01
Worms for Gameboy Advance!
IGN Pocket reports that the new game from the highly successful Worms series is coming to Gameboy Advance! Full details at the link below! Gameboy Advance Gamecube logo??? German news site Gamefront.com has 2 possible GCN logos. Hit the link below to go to the GCN section and check them out! Gamecube
News 05/11/01
More Rogue Squadron News, plus GCN controller secret! HUGE news on RS2, as well as the GCN controller itself, has been 'leaked' by Steve Kent of MSNBC. Some MSNBC people were invited over to Factor 5's offices for a test play of Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron 2. Hit the link below for the full scoop! Gamecube Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron 2 in game pics. Next-Gen Magazine had the opportunity to play Rogue leader recently and have included a 10 page impression in this months magazine. The pics that were shown are about a month old and do not include any bump mapping, full screen anti-alliasing, and there is still alot more texturing and lighting to be added. 
Note these pics were scanned out of the magazine and have lost some quality due to this. Also there will be three playable levels at this years E3. I suggest you go out and by this issue of Next-Gen it will definitely be worth your while. For more ingame pics click this link. Gamecube | 
