WORD! Looks like in the next 24 hours GBA will be hitting Billy's apartment...

I've been pacing frantically in front of my computer for the past 48 hours or so waiting for any sign of shipping information on my import order.

Louie's keeping an eye out the window looking for the beautiful brown truck. An then...in my E-mail arrives...

Dear Mr. William Berghammer

Castlevania and Konami Krazy Racers on GBA are set for a European release...and you know what that means...

Konami of Europe will have Castlevania and Konami Krazy Racers (All-Star Wai Wai Racing in Japan) prepped for the European GBA launch. This is the first mention of either game being released outside Japan at all, and is probably an excellent indicator that they'll be available in North America either at launch or in the next few weeks.

You loyal European readers now have a specific date for handheld lovin'...and it won't be long at all.

According to FGN Online, Nintendo will launch the Game Boy Advance in Europe on June 22, just eleven days after the North American launch. (And you won't have to wait for any damn PAL conversions either.) Hurray!

How big is a GBA compared to....Salad?

Craig Harris from IGN Pocket has strived hard to make as many GBA size comparisons as possible. I think he did a fantastic job. I love Nintendo pop art.

Click here to check out the rest of the comparisons!

Would you camp out overnight in the streets of Japan for a GBA? Of course you would.

Camping out over night in Japan for the GBA, or any system in my opinion would be an honor. Where it all happens. To be the first in the world to nab the tiny tendo badness. Hopefully stores in the US will allow this as well. Or have Midnight sales. Special thanks for Tendo Box for pointing this one out to me.

Majesco held an Editor's Day event today at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco to show off their GBA wares.

Majesco showed off 6 off it's upcoming Gameboy Advance titles, including the previously unannounced Dark Arena, a Doom-style FPS scheduled for a 4th quarter release. Earthworm Jim, Pitfall: The Mayan Adventures, Iridion 3d, Fortress, and F-14 Tomcat rounded out the list of games. EWJ, Pitfall, and... Read more...

Day 1 has come and gone at GDC and so has Nintendo...er, well, actually, they didn't really even come so it wasn't hard for them to go.

Well, I’m glad my expectations for Nintendo at GDC were quite low. I thought they were fairly low key last year but they’ve outdone themselves this year. No booth on the expo floor, no private suite (like they had last year), and only 1 lecture about the GameCube. In fact, Nintendo’s main presence... Read more...

Activision is bringing ID software's Doom to everyone's favorite new portable!

Frag fest coming to a GBA near you! One word...multiplayer! Word. Activision has revealed all six of their planned GBA developments...

The six titles are all based on Activision's franchises and include Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX, Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder, Doom, Spider-Man and X-Men.

OK, so maybe it isn't... but for all of you geeks out there who've been caught up in a certain saying I have but one thing to say: Somebody set up us the bomb.

So you think you're the big geek on the block? You're in on all of the cool jokes that go around before everyone else? Do you want definitive proof now that you're a bigger geek than all of your friends? Do you want people to worship your overwhelming geek-ness when they see you enter the room? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, check this link out... you won't be sorry.

Planet GameCube goes deep undercover to find out what the GBA Import Scene is like from the importers themselves.

In my quest to find out more about the possible early GBA launch, I talked to one Import Store employee who was rather talkative about the situation as a retailer, and an importer. He wished to remain anonymous. He likes his job. I don’t blame him. Wish granted. Meet Mr. AnonyMouse.

Planet GameCube: So what’s the situation like from the Import Store point of view? Was it hard to get systems to sell in the US?

The first Mailbag of Planet Gamecube is on its way! Send your goodies to mailbag@planetgamecube.com!

The first Mailbag of Planet Gamecube is on its way! In the meantime, we want some more of your questions. Send your goodies to mailbag@planetgamecube.com!

According to IGN, Dinosaur Planet is a lock to appear on Gamecube.

While not confirmed by Rare yet, "sources" are saying that Dinosaur Planet was scheduled to becoming a Gamecube title around November of last year, undoubtedly to help pad Nintendo's launch lineup.

No word yet on if the rumors are true, and Nintendo is pushing Rare to turn Dinosaur Planet into a "StarFox" title.

Nintendo's Vice President of Marketing George Harrison pointed to this in a recent interview...

When talking to IGNCube about a completely different issue (well sorta...), George Harrison was asked:

IGNCube: Do you have any estimate for the number of GameCube titles to be shown at E3 and, for that matter, to launch in the US later this year?

George Harrison: Around April 1 Mr. Miyamoto... Read more...

Nintedo is sending letters to retailers, questioning placement of X-Box promotional materials. Rick Powers covers the story ...

Under the guise of promoting industry growth, Nintendo is sending out letters to retailers, questioning the placement of X-Box promotional materials.

Nintendo says that it could damage overall sales by convincing potential buyers to wait for a product that may never arrive.

Nintendo answers some of the questions posed by this letter over at IGN, but this seems to be an odd way to capitalize on Microsoft's recent screenshot faux pas.

As if you didn't know. But here are some pics that compare the GBA cart to other stuff.

SwirlVision has stumbled on a Chu Chu Rocket! cart. So, they took the liberity of taking photos of it next to other stuff. Here's the juice:

There are 2 more pics over in the Chu Chu Rocket Art section.

The GBA launch is just 2 days away! Here's a very intense look at it from the business standpoint.

It seems like this week in Japan, all eyes are on Nintendo to score big with the launch of the Game Boy Advance. Is Nintendo on the road to clean up? Read on....

TOKYO, March 19 (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd is set to ignite the biggest battle yet in the video game market with its long-awaited launch on Wednesday of Game Boy Advance, successor to the world's top-selling Game Boy handheld machine.

The GBA launch is almost upon us (especially so in Japan) and Majesco's going to help Ed try one early.

Thanks to Majesco and their Editor's Day event, I'll be getting a chance to play the Gameboy Advance even before my Japanese import arrives. I'm especially eager to try Iridion 3d, which has looked beautiful in the movies I've seen. Hopefully all their games will look and play well so I can be in GBA nirvana for an hour or two. Look for impressions and updated previews after the press event.

Well, GDC is going to be going into full effect in a few hours, it's about time Ed put up some pre-show thoughts.

GDC 2001 will pretty much mark my first year of being involved with PlanetN2000/PlanetGameCube. Last year, I went to GDC to attend some tutorials and volunteered to help Billy dig up any news on "Dolphin." Of course, I didn't find out much and actually missed the big "delay to 2001" announcement since... Read more...

SK's president hints at future GBA support.

In a recent post at IGN's message boards, Silicon Knights president Denis Dyack, who reportedly may one day be Louie's father-in-law, mentioned that his company is looking into GBA development.

"Hey Denis, I was wondering what you think of the GBA and also does SK have any plans to develop for it."

What is Broken Saints? What does it have to do with GameCube? What's going on behind the scenes? Louie knows.

The online comic Broken Saints has some kind of connection to Nintendo GameCube.