Although Sony’s Playstation 2 recently received a price drop in Japan in Europe, it won’t be happening this year in North America. Find out why.

Sony has just announced that this coming Friday, the Playstation 2 will receive a price cut in Europe. In Japan, the console received a price drop last June. With both Microsoft and Nintendo releasing competing video game systems this November, one would think Sony would be planning a price drop for the North American market too.

THQ’s first Rugrats GBA title is on its way to stores.

Lady Sia isn’t the only game shipping today. THQ is also shipping one of its many Nickelodeon licensed games, Rugrats Castle Capers. THQ has released many Rugrats games across platforms but this is the first one for Game Boy Advance. To gander at some screens, check out its game profile. Here’s the press release!

Calling all PGC readers in Japan! Nintendo Co Ltd. is recruiting play testers for GameCube!

Thanks to Core, we’ve learned that Nintendo has begun recruiting gamers in Japan to test their upcoming GameCube titles. Accepted applicants will work out of Nintendo's research center in Kyoto for a period of six months.

Therein, players will be expected to work weekdays from 10 a.m. to... Read more...

Lady Sia’s first adventure is en route to stores. Join Sia on her quest to liberate her world from evil beastmen on your GBA! (Sasquatch power included!)

Lady Sia is a warrior princess who can power up and become a Sasquatch when things get tough. She’s also the title-character of TDK Mediactive and RFX’s gorgeous GBA game, which has just been shipped to stores. Be sure to check out our preview and some of the screenshots, found within the game’s profile. Here’s the full press release:

The anime/game series that is more popular than Pokemon in Japan is coming to a boob-tube near you this Saturday morning…

It’s a popular game series from Konami, with two GBA releases already under its belt & an anime that’s all the rage. If you caught this report, you’d know that it’s headed straight for North American airwaves. The show is called Yu Gi Oh: King of Games and it’s the animated version of Konami’s popular monster collection series, Yu Gi Oh. Now, it’s set to debut this Saturday morning on the KidsWB.

Factor 5 drops the bomb in full 5.1 channel audio ...

According to IGN Cube, Factor 5 and LucasArts have announced that the previous hint about 5.1 channel sound was indeed referring to Factor 5 utilizing Dolby Pro Logic II encoding in Rogue Leader.

While many gamers won't be able to experience the new sound today (DPLII requires a new reciever... Read more...

In a flabbergastingly innacurate and plain inept piece of written horse manure Forbes sticks a foot in its mouth... Better link now for hate mail!

While the mainstream press has often had a hard time covering the video game industry it doesn't ever seem to tire of trying. Now, once again, a "gifted" member of the press has managed to compile yet another proud steaming turd of analysis and confusion concerning Nintendo.

Desperately searching for a point in the midst of a muddled collection of facts and reasoning that defy logic we have a few gems to be found such as this:

Sega's bringing the lovin' to the Fall Tokyo Game Show. Check out the list of games they'll be showing.

The Fall Tokyo Game Show will be starting soon and Sega has annouced thier lineup. They are brining a metric ton of games. If you're going, you can check out these titles for the Nintendo GameCube and the Game Boy Advance.

GameCube

Super Monkey Ball

Sonic Adventure 2

Virtua Striker 3 ver.2002

You will love and care for the Pikmin! You will treasure their exhistance. Now, you will drool over the new Japanese commercial!

It's cute, weird...and it's coming from the mind of Shigeru Miyamoto. Yes, we are talking about Pikmin. We've gotten our hands on the Japanese TV commerical for this game. Pikmin is due to hit Japan on October 26. Click below to check out the TV spot!

The Japanese Pikmin

Commercial (2.6 meg MPEG)

There isn't much promotional material, but the GCN has a strong presence indeed!

After filling out an application at my local Toys R Us store, I wandered over to the video game section to see what was new. At least at my TRU, the section is partitioned, so everyone must go through a narrow gate (like at airports). Right outside of the gate was a lovely 21" TV (my guess) hooked up to a DVD player that was displaying GameCube love in action.

Wondering when those other colors are coming to Japan? Not any more!

Nintendo NCL has just updated its GCN web page with pictures and dates of the Spice and Jet Black consoles along with the other controller colors. All of the new colors will be coming out November 21st. That's right, The Spice (orange) GameCube comes out November 21st in Japan. This also means that North America is actually getting some products before Japan! This must be a first....

And no, it's not an ED feature film...

Are you an aspiring director? Are you extremely demented and at least able to press the "record" button on a camera? If so, you may have a shot at the $20,000 grand prize in the Eternal Darkness Films contest.

Here's how it works: Go to the ED Films website and register. Then write up a film... Read more...

Every other Nintendo has seen a redesign? With the price drops of the N64, will the N64 follow in the footsteps of its console brethren?

"No, we have no plans for that" was the official answer we got from Nintendo of America.

Yah, no tiny N64. Nintendo is all about the GameCube and GBA. So love your N64! If you don't have one, I would suggest nabbing one now. Grab your favorite color immediately. Cause they will be gone.

Well more like Indigo than blue. Those are the only choice for GameCube colors for the US launch. How many will be available of each? PGC has the final answer.

"There will be an even 50-50 split" is what Beth Llewelyn, Director of Public Relations for Nintendo of America told us.

If you're looking for a certain color, better make sure you can pre-order that certain color, or be early in line on launch day. We also asked Beth about other colors in the future...like silver...cough...

The IGN Cube guys score a quickie interview with Neversoft on how Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 for GameCube is coming ...

Great details out of this interview. Of course, the news that THPS3 is going to be out for Christmas is outstanding, but how to the guys feel about GameCube?

Pretty well, apparently. They say they've re-written the display engine from scratch, as well as redoing all of the special effects. They also make note of the full-scene (full-screen) anti-aliasing making the game look great.

We found it floating around on the net thru our full caffinated chat gurus...and Louie decides to share it with the world!

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No, it's not an official one. The guys over at Portable Monopoly were crazy enough to add their own light to the GBA.

Lots of people complain about the GBA's lack of lighting. I personally get along with it. But some people are just crazy enough to add their own light. That's exactly what Adam Curtis of Portable Monopoly did. He took a pair of LEDs and attached them to his GBA and made a forelight. You gotta check this out. It's insane.

Confirmed baby! Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 to hit the GameCube! A couple weeks after PS2, but who cares! Slap on those Vans and grind on in...

We reported a few days ago that Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 was set for release on GameCube before the end of the year, but now it's been officially confirmed. Here's the press release from Activision:

Santa Monica, CA. -- September 25, 2001 -- Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today... Read more...

Know somewhere to pre-order a GameCube? Let us know!

We want to help you the readers get your GameCubes, and for the best price. We know you don't want to wait in lines, or pay inflated prices. We obviously have our eyes out there, but if you hear something, let us know. Know of a place that's doing GameCube pre-orders? Let us know. But please give us all of this information or your mail will be DELETED.

Retailers want more GameCubes due to the fact that there will be an Xbox shortage. Nintendo's says no go. Here's a tip - PREORDER NOW!

Micro$oft announced last week that there would be a Xbox delay, and possible shortage at launch. Retailers looked to Nintendo for relief. Here's the official word from the big N.

``It seems impossible for us to make any change to our GameCube shipment plan for this year given the limited production capacity,'' Hiroshi Imanishi, a director at Nintendo, told Reuters.