Want to bid on a North American copy of Super Mario Sunshine signed by the one and only Shigeru Miyamoto?

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UPDATE: Doh... the auction is only open to permanent residents of Canada.

Nintendo of Canada is sponsoring a charity event whereby 10 copies of Super Mario Sunshine are being auctioned away at eBay's Canadian site. Of course, these aren't just any old copies of SMS, they are signed by the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto himself. Follow this link and bid at your own risk.

Not exact release dates, but certainly more accurate than they were previously.

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Nintendo Australia recently revamped their homepage, and although the Upcoming Games list has been lost (and is presumably being rewritten with dates now), there are more accurate dates for two eagerly awaited pieces of GameCube Hardware, along with prices:

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Another thing to add to September! Get all the information right here including price, and the first cards. What? Did someone say Balloon Fight?

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The e-Reader be released on September 16th and will retail for $39.95. This will include:

- one e-Reader unit

- one classic Nintendo game (five Donkey Kong Jr.-e or five Pinball-e cards)

- one Game & Watch Manhole-e card

- three Pokemon The Card Game-e cards

What happens when you put programmers from Dragon Quest VII and Mother together? You get Genius Sonority.

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Founded last month with 100,000,000 yen of investment from Nintendo and The Pokemon Company, Genius Sonority is hiring for programmers, sound engineers, game planners, and administrative staff in Japan. The founding staff includes programmers that worked on the Dragon Quest and Mother series. The company will focus on developing RPGs for the GBA and GameCube.

Looks like the shiniest GBA will be released in Europe, and soon too.

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27th September is your date for the Platinum Game Boy Advance, making a total of six colours divided through over 4 million GBAs, which is the number that has been sold in Europe. It'll sell for around 99 Euros (about £60).

GAME BOY ADVANCE GOES PLATINUM

What other colour would do for the world’s fastest selling handheld console?

Nintendo puts up a HUGE interview with the three big-wigs of Super Mario Sunshine. You know you're going to read anything Miyamoto says.

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NCL interviewed Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka (the game's producers), and Yoshiaki Koizumi (director) after the launch of Sunshine in Japan last month. Nintendo.com, being considerate of all us that speak English, translated it and put it up.

There's so much good reading in it, we don't even want to put up a snippet of it. You should just stop reading this and get on over there!

The recently released Xbox adventure game is coming to GameCube too.

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IGNcube reports that Enclave from Starbreeze Studios and Conspiracy Entertainment will be released on GameCube (as well as PS2 and PC) this holiday season. Enclave has been getting some attention for its excellent graphic achievements on Xbox.

The skateboarding game in the style of Dark Summit will be an Xbox exclusive.

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According to IGNcube, THQ has canceled the GameCube version of Toxic Grind. The game, which features story-based skateboarding action in the vein of Dark Summit, will now be released exclusively on Xbox later this year.

Enter a contest to be an Animal Crossing "pioneer".

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NINTENDO `PIONEERS' GET FIRST CHANCE TO PREVIEW ANIMAL CROSSING

Select Players Nationwide Will Play Upcoming

NINTENDO GAMECUBE Title a Month Before Launch

REDMOND, Wash., August 7, 2002 - Moviegoers get "sneak previews."

Book lovers get "exclusive excerpts." Now, video game players get

Why two discs you say? It's not just the game that takes up the space.

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In speaking with the game's producers at the Midway Gamers' Day, Planet GameCube learned that Freaky Flyers will be the next GameCube title to be spread out over two discs.

Each character has a separate storyline that has accompanying FMV. Due to the fact that Freaky Flyers will include a whopping 90 minutes of FMV, they needed the extra space to cram all the video in.

We've had screens and a profile up for a couple days, but now Activision finally sets the record straight. Did someone say Co-op?

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ID SOFTWARE'S LEGENDARY ACTION GAME DOOM II(tm) soon to hit GAME BOY® ADVANCE

Mesquite, TX - Aug. 6, 2002 - The ultimate battle is in the palm of gamers' hands with the development of id Software's DOOM II(tm) for the Game Boy® Advance. Published by Activision,... Read more...

Activison wasn't happy enough with already having Tony Hawk, so they got Bob Burnquist too!

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ACTIVISION® SIGNS LEGENDARY SKATEBOARDER BOB BURNQUIST TO EXCLUSIVE WORLDWIDE VIDEO GAME LICENSING AND SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT

Top Skateboarder and Action Sports Star Brings Signature Style to Activision O2™’s Highly Successful Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater™ Franchise

Camp Hyrule is on. Find out when to register ...

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Nintendo's Camp Hyrule site is finally up, just in time for Registration. To sign up, head over to http://www.nintendo.com/camp at 12:00 PM Pacific time (3PM for people on the East Coast). Yes, that is today.

Registration continues until August 8th at 5PM. Nintendo claims to be allowing all registrants into Camp this year, but it might be a good idea to register early, just in case.

The developer of Wetrix announces an "action strategy" game for GameCube.

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ZED TWO'S PILLAGE

Zed Two Game Design Studio have announced details of their latest project, Pillage.

Pillage is an original, action strategy game where a gang of brave warriors must fight an evil band of creatures and avenge the destruction of their tribe. The game is currently under development for the Nintendo® GameCube™, PlayStation®2 and PC with all versions scheduled for release in late 2002.

The rumors are true: Animal Leader is coming to the US as Cubivore.

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We've been hearing about this Cubivore game for a few days now, and the general consensus was that it must be Doubutso Bancho, a.k.a. Animal Leader. Today Atlus sent out the press release below, confirming the rumors and announcing an American release of one of the weirdest... Read more...

Ubi Soft announces today that Super Bust-A-Move 2 will head to GameCube this December! You better get your little dinosaur ready!

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Ubi Soft® To Bring Seriously-Addictive Gameplay to the PlayStation®2 and

Nintendo GameCube(TM) With Super Bust-A-Move® 2

Easy to Pick-Up and Impossible to Put Down, Super Bust-A-Move 2 is

Fast-Paced, Arcade Puzzle Action at Its Best!

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - August 5, 2002 - Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the

The upgraded Skies of Arcadia for GameCube is being made by Point of View Software...right? WRONG.

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Sega of America has confirmed for PGC that the upcoming Skies of Arcadia Legend for GameCube is in fact being developed by Overworks, the Sega developer who created the original Dreamcast game. Point of View Software in California was originally announced as the game's developer, but we now know that they were only porting the PS2 version, which has since been canceled.

Nintendo's family of sites get a new home. Note: This has nothing to do with network gaming.

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Cable & Wireless Service Selected by Nintendo for Internet Services

Financial Strength Cited as Determining Factor in Re-Signing With Cable & Wireless

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cable & Wireless (NYSE: CWP - News), the global telecommunications... Read more...

Read what Miyamoto had to say at the Super Mario Sunshine press conference in Japan.

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A press conference was held regarding the release of Super Mario Sunshine in Japan on July 19. Here is a summary of what he said:

Every time I make a series, I want to make a completely new game. Especially when the younger you are as a director, you want to make... Read more...

Just when you thought you saw it all...

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A few weeks back we told you where you could find over a minute of secret Gift Pia footage hidden on your Planet GameCube DVD, but that was just the beginning. There are 9 little bits of goodness locked away on that DVD in your hands. Over the next several weeks I'll be telling you how to find them as well as giving you a little insight on what they're all about.