Zelda and Pokemon come up big in the US.

The TRST market data for March (actually March 2nd through April 5th) is in, and Nintendo features prominently. The company took the top three software slots, with The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker in first and Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire in second and third.

GameCube's market share grew from... Read more...

Thanks to the GBA SP and the Wind Waker, THQ is set to meet its goals.

Reuters recently had an interview with Brian Farrell, THQ's CEO, discussing the company's current financial state. He said that business was going well, especially since Nintendo had released the Game Boy Advance SP, as THQ is the biggest third-party GBA publisher in the industry.

THQ's situation... Read more...

On top of that, they've already been licensed by Nintendo to make GBA games!

When SNK closed up its American divison three years ago, everyone in the videogame community was saddened. SNK's home division bit the dust, while the entire Japanese company was to be eaten up by Playmore, who now owns all SNK properties.

Three years later, Game Daily runs an interview with... Read more...

Tired of The Joker, Penguin, and the rest? Holy new villian, Batman!

Ubi Soft Entertainment to Publish Batman(tm): Rise of Sin Tzu

History will be made in Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu - the first video game to introduce a brand new character to the Batman universe

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April 28, 2003 - Criminals of Gotham City Beware! Ubi Soft Entertainment,... Read more...

Get ready to hit the insane slopes of the SSX Circuit once again.

CHALLENGE THE OPEN MOUNTAIN WITH SSX 3

GO ANYWHERE GRAVITY

Chertsey, UK. - April 28, 2003 - Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS), the world's leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced that players can discover the open mountain in the newest version of the smash-hit SSX snowboarding franchise.

It includes a new multi-platform Sonic game and...a new online GameCube title! That's right, Phantasy Star Online Episode III is on the way.

SEGA ANNOUNCES STELLAR VIDEO GAME LINEUP TO BE FEATURED AT ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO 2003

Sonic The Hedgehog's Multi-platform Debut and All-New 2K4 Sports Titles

Lead Blockbuster Lineup

SAN FRANCISCO - (April 28, 2003) - illustrating its power as an independent

content publisher,... Read more...

We all knew it was coming, and now it's 100% official.

Nintendo's pre-E3 website has updated with the following remark about Mario Kart: Double Dash:

Pack eight players into your living room and turn up the fun when you connect two Nintendo GameCubes via the Broadband adaptor. It's intense action coming soon to 2 screens very near you!

We first... Read more...

Sega also grabs the rights to a North American release, if it so desires.

SEGA Europe Ltd Announces Worms 3D

First 3D Version of Popular Turn-based Strategy Game Comes to Latest-Generation Consoles & PC

LONDON, UK – April 25, 2003 – SEGA Europe Ltd, today announced an agreement with Team17 Software Ltd, granting SEGA Europe rights to publish 'WormsTM 3D' on GameCubeTM... Read more...

Crystal Chronicles, Tactics Advance, and Sword of Mana are coming this year. Are we sure this isn't 1987?

Final Fantasy Becomes Reality on Nintendo Consoles

Highly Regarded Role-Playing and Strategy Titles Feature Stunning Graphics, Dual-System Game Play

REDMOND, Wash., April 24, 2003 – Nintendo of America Inc. and Square Enix Co., Ltd. today announced three new titles in the incomparable... Read more...

Nintendo's E3 website reveals some more interesting info about F-Zero. Custom-bulit machines?

While we were all frothing over the concept of 8-player LAN Mario Kart and co-op Pikmin, many people failed to realize that Nintendo also revealed some new information about F-Zero AC and F-Zero GC.

Nintendo's F-Zero page tells us what we already know about the game, except for the last two sentences, which basically blow the lid off of the mystery AC-GC connection:

The British developer is working on a "AAA" first-person shooter for GameCube...and if you live in England, you may be able to test it.

Climax has posted a message on their website's main page asking for people to come playtest a secret GameCube shooter.

Do you want to be one of the first people to play a brand new AAA first person shooter for the Nintendo Game Cube, created by Europe's biggest independent developer?

No... Read more...

Nintendo's E3 website reveals a few things and clears up a couple of mysteries regarding the sequel to Pikmin.

Nintendo of America's new website for E3 2003 contains a Pikmin 2 feature, in which a few bits of are dropped.

The story has Captain Olimar returning to the Pikmin's world, this time voluntarily. His business is going under, and he needs to dig up treasures to pull out of his debt. Olimar has brought along an assistant, already seen in screenshots, to help save the company. This assistant is still not being called by name at NOA.

Spill the beans!

Nintendo of America has launched their E3 2K3 site - check in for details on F-ZERO, Mario Kart Double Dash, Pikmin 2, Advance Wars 2, Kirby Air Ride and Wario World, and stay tuned for the late-breaking stuff.

Pictures and everything! LAN play!

Nintendo has revealed details and images of Mario Kart on the GameCube, which will be called Mario Kart: Double Dash.

The images reveal 16 characters riding in pairs on their karts. One character drives, and the other throws weapons. Characters include Mario, Luigi, Peach, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Yoshi, Birdo, Wario, Waluigi, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Koopa, and Paratroopa.

18 games across various systems are no longer, as a result of lower-than-expected sales.

Bloomberg's Japanese site recently revealed that Capcom has been taking a financial hit as of late, and as a result the company has cancelled 18 of the approximately 100 titles it has been working on at the time. While the specfic titles cancelled weren't revealed, it is known that the five Production Studio 4 games that Capcom had announced for the GameCube (including Resident Evil 4) are still in the works.

Factor 5's newest Star Wars game is packing tons of new gameplay features, including two-player cooperative missions.

Today, the June issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly is expected to arrive in the hands of a few lucky subscribers. We'll have more info on the issue's top story, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike, later on. However, EGM's online partner, Gamers.com, has posted the first info and screens already.

Find out how HAL's upcoming racer will play.

The latest issue of Famitsu reveals gameplay info about Kirby’s Air Ride for GameCube. The game is currently 70% complete and is scheduled for release in Japan this summer. Up to four players can compete in the racing game, developed by

HAL, Nintendo's oldest second-party.

Following the philosophy of Smash Brothers, the controls are extremely

That's right folks, I'm outta here, and this is my last post. Get the full story right here.

Attention Planet GameCube Community,

I’m officially announcing that today, April 18th,

2003, will be my last day with Planet GameCube.com.

While I’ve been running Planet GameCube for 4 years, it’s

been rather difficult to make a decent living.  I was recently offered a job to

Famitsu unveils this GameCube utility disc for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire.

Pokemon Box for GameCube will be released on May 30 in Japan. The game

alone will retail at 2000 yen (around $16 US). There will also be a GBA

cable bundle for 2800 yen (around $22 US). Both packages will include a

special limited color of the Memory Card 59.

To play the game, players... Read more...

Fire Emblem and Giftpia have been reviewed!

In this week's Famitsu two of our more anticipated titles were reviewed. Skip Ltd's self-proclaimed "Alternative RPG", Giftpia netted a Gold Award with an overall score of 35 (8,9,9,9). The reviewers said that though initial impressions showed the game was for children, it offered nice puzzle elements,... Read more...