PBS columnist, Robert X. Cringely takes another look at Nintendo & the games industry, expanding on his last column while recapping the last decade of Sony & Nintendo. Good stuff!

Last week, we linked to a column by PBS columnist, Robert X. Cringely (wotta name!) which discussed reasons why Nintendo stood to dominate the next generation-wars. Apparently, Cringely got a lot of feedback from gamers, prompting him do to a follow-up.

Quoth Cringely:

"…these readers... Read more...

A Taiwanese developer will make videogame versions of the Oscar-winning movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! (And guess which platform it's coming to...)

According to The Magic Box, a company called Vista Group will bringing the highest-grossing foreign film of all time to every major console. The PC version will come first later this year, with console versions following in 2002. Best of all, GameCube is listed as one of the target systems! GBA is not, unfortunately, but overall this is great news for the film's millions of fans.

IGNcube recently interview Nintendo head PR, Yasuhiro Minagawa, for various subjects including the linkup between GBA and GCN.

IGN: With Nintendo stressing the relationship between Gamecube and Game Boy Advance, can you say anything about titles in development that take advantage of that link?

Minagawa: As a matter of fact, there is no software I can speak of that can link between Game Boy Advance and Gamecube. This... Read more...

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Check out NOA's best April Fools joke ever...

Although the press release just came out today, April 2, this newest N64 announcement from NOA has "prank" written all over it. The company says it will release a 256MB cartridge for holding MP3 music, and it will have a retail price of $59.95. (Note that a cartridge that size would probably cost... Read more...

The classic horror platform game will be avaliable at the US launch of the Game Boy Advance.

Call the Cops! It's official: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is now a launch title for the Game Boy Advance, to be released june 11th.

3 new color patterns, baby! See it here at the Planet first!

Thanks to Camelot, the Planet has uncovered 3 new casings for the GBA. First up is the previously rumored Pink Cherry:

Next up is Rainbow:

And the craziest one, AYU Panther:

Is this a sign that Camelot might be becoming a Nintendo second-party? Or is it just an April... Read more...

THQ has WWF games on the way for both GameCube and Game Boy Advance.

GameSpot's Spring TGS coverage says that THQ's WWF Wrestlemania series is headed to GameCube, while the GBA will get WWF Road to Wrestlemania. Sounds like they'll be hooking up somehow. No word on who's handling development, but probably the same folks who did all the great N64 wrestling games for THQ.

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Nintendo, in a surprising move, today hired ex-h4x0r Mathew Bevan (aka Kuji). Bevan was accused of breaking into US Military Computer systems. He excaped punishment because the case was dropped. Bevan then moved on to a job at Tiger Computer Security where was an "ethical" hacker and security consultant.... Read more...

The next round of YOUR questions and OUR answers is coming soon, but we want more! Send your questions to mailbag@planetgamecube.com.

The next round of YOUR questions and OUR answers is coming soon, but Louie wants more! Send your nuggets to mailbag@planetgamecube.com.

Nintendo announces a new music making game for the GBA.

Nintendo is making a music game for the GBA. Game Boy Music will allow you to make your own tunes on the GBA. The game features 50 instruments. Plus, 4 players can hook together and have a jam session. And on top of that, the game comes bundled with a Pocket Speaker! The down side: the game is set only to release in Japan at the moment. A shout-out to BayouTapeworm of the Planet Chat for pointing this out to me.

Come see the GBA numbers, and how the system stacked up against the others!

MCV has come up with a rough estimate of the GBA product quantaties sold with the help of Media Create.

531,000 units of hardware were sold in the week ended March 25 after just four days on sale. Comparatively, in the same week PlayStation 2 sold through 70,000 units, Dreamcast 29,000 units, Game Boy Color 15,000 units, Wonder Swan Color 11,000 units, N64 4,000 units and the PS One 4,000 units.

Planet GameCube's newest partner-in-crime is back in business! Who? Gaming Edge! Check out this great online retailer at their new digs!

Online retailer Gaming Edge has returned to the scene, sporting an all new website. We are happy to announce their grand re-opening! We are also pretty excited, because we will be working with GamingEdge in many exciting ways. Through our association with Gaming Edge, we'll be able to have contests and will keep you abreast of any special promotions they are having. The site is run in part by PGC writer, Justin Wood and is something he

So what's this about a Sega & Nintendo RPG game? Does Louie think it's hooey? Or does that bad motherkitty actually have some insight on the matter? See for yourself! (Like I'm going to spoil it here! Louie would HURT me if I did that!)

Sega & Nintendo RPG are Making a RPG. It will feature Nintendo & Sega characters. Nothing has been confirmed and details have been scarce. There is every indication that something is happening behind the scenes however.

Konami has stated stated that a Silent Hill game for GCN will be unlikely.

According to IGN Cube, Silent Hill will probably for GameCube will probably be denied.

...Imamura indicated that such a title would be too adult-like for the console. "Not likely," he said. "The machine will probably be good, but the demographic will be largely younger gamers initially. That doesn't really fit in with our market for the Silent Hill series."

Cheaters and hackers take notice: InterAct's popular GameShark code device is coming to Game Boy Advance, right from the start.

InterAct sent out a press release today announcing that GameShark for Game Boy Advance will be available at the North American launch with a suggested retail price of $39.99. The GBA version will come pre-programmed with codes for many of the early games, and it will also include a 6-foot USB cable... Read more...

We've been playing it for over a week, and been getting lots of e-mails for interested parties. Where can you import this soundtrack?

I have gotten truckloads of e-mails from people who want to get their hands on the Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker soundtrack that we've been playing. It was released in Japan last week, but near impossible to import. And no, you don't need a special CD player.

So I contacted our import partners Video

I smell Tekken...

The newest issue of Famitsu Weekly has an interview with Yasuhiko Asada, executive managing director of Namco. Asada-san's comments bode well for his companie's future relationship with Nintendo...

"In addition, we are very interested in Nintendo's GameCube as one of our target machines because... Read more...

While kids who are addicted to video games tend to be more intelligent on average, does it have any other lasting effects?

The Guardian has posted an outstanding article about the effect that excessive video game playing has on our youth.

Not surprisingly, to anyone who's actually PLAYED games excessively, while a moderate increase in aggressive behavior was noted short-term, there are no lasting effects.

In fact, gamers tend to be more intelligent on average than their non-gamer counterparts. (No surprise to our Forum members.)

Mad Catz will be making 11 products for the Game Boy Advance.

Mad Catz will be making products for the Game Boy Advance including an MP3 player, a PDA, and a car adaptor. They will be avaliable in multiple colors. More information will be revealed at E3. From FGN:

"The Game Boy accessories category expanded by almost 60 percent last year and shows... Read more...