The recent "news" about Nintendo buying Sega is having drastic effects on Sega's stock.

Looks like the Sega/Nintendo news isn't done just yet. Take a look at what Yahoo news has just reported:

TOKYO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - The Tokyo Stock Exchange said on Wednesday it has suspended trading of shares of video game

maker Sega Corp .

Sega shares last traded up by their 100 yen limit or 10.48 percent at 1,054.

What's this?! Nintendo is buying Sega? Well... we'll leave it to you to decide.

According to Reuters, Wednesday's New York Times is reporting that Nintendo has been in discussions for months to purchase rival Sega for reportedly $2 billion.

Regardless of Time's source, a Sega spokesman called the claims "absolutely outrageous." A Nintendo spokesman said, "In this industry there are various kinds of rumors," and laughed.

Billy one-ups Max with his own season's greetings!

Well, even though mad Max already delivered our staff Holiday message, I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! It's amazing how much has changed in the last year with PlanetN2000, and I'd like to thank you on behalf of the staff for making PlanetN2000 your home for GameCube and GBA news!

So... Read more...

Max is a mall Santa! Well.... maybe not, but he still says "Merry Christmas!"

Here it is, December 24th, 2000. Christmas Eve. It’s a special night indeed and in the spirit of the season, I’d like to extend the fondest holidays wishes to all PlanetN2000 readers around the world. The fact that you give our little piece of Nintendo fanaticism your attention makes you all very... Read more...

A new GBA developer, Formula, has popped up with info on two games plus screens! Hooray!

Watch out now, we've got a company from the Netherlands, of all places, workin' on a couple mighty fine lookin' GameBoy Advance games. They're Formula Games, "the handheld division of Lost Boys Games." Here's story excerpts I nicked from our buddies at pocket.ign :

First up is Kaisertal, a top-down... Read more...

I sure think so! Go on, vote! Make sure it's a possitive vote.... the Planet wants to stay on good relations with PETERMAINCO...

OK, we stole this idea from the guys at the Nformant. They found this site called Am I Hot or Not.com. They took a photo of Shiggy and put him up on it to see how hot the public though he was (he was a 1.2 OUCH!). So, seeing as for some reason our readers, at least the trivia going ones, are obsessed... Read more...

Oh boy! Dodgeball for Advanced players! Don't cry if you get hurt while playing, heheh...

If you ever had a NES, and I sure hope you did, you'll be overjoyed to hear that Super Dodgeball is coming to the Game Boy Advance. Although the company that created Super Dodgeball has been out of business since 1995, its former president has be at another company named Million. They are developing... Read more...

Something Awful has brought up an interesting point about our Doki-Mario character...

From Something Awful.com comes this disturbing “Awful Link of the Day.” I ask readers to keep this in mind as I share this piece from the Bizarro World… I guess somebody put up a website that asks the question “The First Transexual Video Game Character?” As freakish as the question sounds, it centers around the beloved Mario Brother icon, Birdo.

Click here for some lovely Rebirth GC audio.

Mix-Core, the folks you know and love for Rebirth, have released a couple MP3s for you to check out in the 'Works' section of their site. Cube.ign.com has them mirrored with a basic summary of the tracks, as well:

Now, after releasing the opening and ending sequences to the Rebirth, Mix Core... Read more...

RareNet Knows Rare and YOU don't. What do they know? For one thing, we shouldn't expect a Perfect Dark sequel too soon...

Contrary to a recent rumor that "half of Rare" was working their fannies off to ensure that a Perfect Dark 2 would be a launch title for GameCube, RareNet comes along with actual info... Apparently, the PD team is only 12 people in number (tho' from recent wanted ads in UK Industry Mags, is looking... Read more...

Is a Sonic game coming to a Game Boy console? Sega sez "N-0" and you know what that spells!

A spokesperson from Sega of Europe today denied all rumors of Sonic the Hedgehog coming to the Game Boy Color. He also said that Sega of Japan and Sega of America are denying it too. This is too bad, it' would've been sweet to play sonic on the GBC. We'll just have to pray that those Sega/Nintendo RPG rumors are true.

Remember Dragon Warrior? Want Dragon Warrior stuff? Check Enix's homepage w/survey & let them know what kind of DW goodies you'd like!

Enix is apparently holding a survey to see what Dragon Warrior merchandise consumers are most interested in. They’ve had requests for plush slimes to Dragon Warrior pencil sets but just aren’t sure what to produce exactly. Because the series is super popular in Japan (where it is known as “Dragon... Read more...

Rare's christmas present to you: cool Banjo-Kazooie wall paper!

One of our nice readers, Adrian gave us a head’s up about some cool Rareware holiday wallpaper. The picture is composed of some very good 3d modeling & texturing, and the characters seem to have very "luigi's mansion" cartoon-like expressions. Adrian also notes that the Green Jinjo is giving away a (tiny) GameCube as a gift. Could this be a GC teaser? Well, probably not. But it sure looks nice! Check it out for yourself!

IGNcube digs up news on dev kits - 500 to be exact.

IGNcube has posted an article proclaiming that 500 GameCube development kits have been shipped out as of now. If that's true...WHOA. It also says that Nintendo's internal EAD teams received a total of somewhere between 50 and 150 of the kits, meaning they are working on a freakload of titles for the... Read more...

Segadojo has some astonishing news about a certain blue hedgehog on Game Boy Color. Huh? Could it be true?

Our buddies at Segadojo put up a story that, erm, follows here.

According to speculation from UK's The Guardian newspaper, our beloved little blue hedgehog might be seeing a release on Nintendo's Game Boy Color. In fact, they expect Sega to make an announcement on the matter as early as next... Read more...

Check out our new Pinobee GBA preview!

Remember our nice little Previews section? No? Well, it's still around, and thanks to our new Pinobee: Quest of Heart preview, it's even alive and kicking. Read up on what could be the first great GBA platformer, and keep an eye out for more previews coming real soon... Oh yeah, and once you get to the game profile, don't forget to click on the (very prominent and easy-to-see) link to read the full preview.

Could a Nintendo/Sega jointly-developed RPG be on the way? Peter Main dodges questions and gives mysterious facial expressions...

Segadojo is reporting that in a Gameweek interview with Peter Main, there where more hints to the rumored Sega/Nintendo RPG. Main was asked the obvious questions about the Nintendo GameCube and the Game Boy Advance. He was also asked about the Sega/Nintendo deal.

When asked about Sega's shaky... Read more...

Toy HeadQuarters confirms numerous GBA titles for the year 2001 and hints at Tetris for GameCube.

THQ's release page now has a ton of info on upcoming games across several platforms. They have already confirmed a few GB Advance titles, including Championship Motocross 2002 w/ Ricky Carmichael, Rocket Power (based on a Nickelodeon show), Rugrats, Sponge Bob, and Tetris. There are also a couple... Read more...

Kemco brings its sweet, sweet-looking racer to your favorite 32-bit handheld.

With info from Weekly Famitsu, Gamers.com have posted details on a new racer for Game Boy Advance being developed by Kemco. The game is called GT 2000 Series: All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship and will feature two types of cars, numerous game play modes, six tracks and various weather conditions.... Read more...

Could MTV Music Generator be on its way to GBA? It could indeed.

FGN reported today that Rage Software has an agreement with Jester Interactive. This agreement will allow Rage Software to publish Jester's Music franchise for the Game Boy. This franchise includes the popular MTV Music Generator. The game includes pre-selected drums, vocals, guitars, baselines, and... Read more...