THQ drives another stake through the heart of the valiant people fighting to rid Nintendo of it's "kiddie" image.

THQ have announced plans to develop games based on Nickolodeon shows SpongeBob SquarePants and Rocket Power licenses, which will appear on a variety of platforms including GBA and GBC in 2001. Germaine Gioia, THQ Vice President of licensing gushed with excitement: "The unique characters of SpongeBob... Read more...

FGN Online to the rescue! Here's news about Infogrames and Hudson teaming up to increase distribution and develop online networking for games!

From the "Whoop de Doo but Still News" department comes another 'lil critter via FGN Online. It seems Infogrames and Hudson Soft have teamed to create a joint company predictably called Infogrames Hudson. The company will be located in Tokyo and run by one of Hudson Soft's executive directors. The... Read more...

Oh those guys at Tendo Box are a hoot! Always typing up something funny and putting it online. They've done a Majora's Mask parody article. Hahahaha! (OK, so we didn't laugh that hard!)

It seems the boys over a Tendo Box are at it again. They've cook up a devilishly funny article concerning the secret powers that the masks in the upcoming Zelda game. It turns out the masks aren't as powerful as we thought. You better do yourself a favor and check it out.

Nintendo may have you... Read more...

Information on developers Graphic State, who will be producing software for GBA. We have this news thanks to FGN's exclusive w/a better title!

In a rare FGN Online exclusive, comes word of another company joining the ever-increasing ranks of GBA developers. This time it's UK-based Graphic State, who report to be working on two GBA titles. No details are known about the titles save that they will be similar to recent Crawfish tech demos.... Read more...

Thanks to NintendoWeb, Turok head-honcho David Dienstbier let it slip that he is very interested in bringing everbody's favorite dinosaur hunter to Game Boy Advance.

Despite some lackluster reviews of Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion it seems that the "Titan behind Turok" (as I'll cleverly dub him now) David Dienstbier is still quite enthusiastic about everyone's favorite dino hunter. Dave elusively avoids confirming any future projects (Turok or otherwise) though did have some interesting things to say.

The Planet staff grows by three more people. Meet the newest staffers & welcome them aboard!

We suckered a few new people out there to join the ranks here at PlanetN2000. Please welcome the new pledges...

Zosha Arushan, AKA Dragona. The baddest ass Nintendo lovin' girl we know. Hell yeah! She's out new C3-PO. As well as whoppin' ya'll asses into shape. And hell, here last name is sorta like Samuses. :)

More N-Sider goodness. Panasonic has just confirmed its own handheld gaming console. Waitaminute, isn't Panasonic an ally of Nintendo?!? Seems kinda competitive. With friends like these...

Well, it looks as if the rumors were true. Panasonic is planning their own handheld, bluetooth compatible at that. If you didn't know Bluetooth is a new wireless standard that lets any bluetooth device communicate with any other bluetooth device. Quite the good idea, especially for gaming. N-Sider... Read more...

Core Magazine tear it up with Shiggy in yet another interview with Shigeru Miyamoto (when is Planet gonna get the love?). Check out comments pertaining to Miyamoto maybe having five games by l

The fine people at Core Magazine have a nice little interview with the man himself, Miyamoto-sensei. While it's not incredibly long, we get a glimpse of one of the more important NGC variables: namely the number of games available at launch.

Question: You mentioned at Spaceworld that five titles will launch alongside the GameCube next July?

The N-Sider have done an excellent profile of Shigeru Miyamoto called "Chronicles of a Visionary!"

N-Sider has just cooked up quite the treat. It's a profile of the man him self, Miyamoto. It's rather long, so make sure you keep a soda handy to keep awake. It chronicles everything from the start of his childhood on. It's quite the interesting read and you all should check it out.

More quotes from Mr. Miyamoto, this time about the demo "Mario 128" and if there is any chance that it will be released to the public.

When the Gamecube was unveiled at Spaceworld, the very funny technical demonstration dubbed Mario 128 did not fail to impress both press and public. In a recent interview with UK mag Edge, the ever talkative Shigeru Miyamoto talked about his current projects and the possibility of releasing Mario 128.

Remember the super-elusive, ultra rare, wowee-I-want-one, collectors' edition gold-colored N64 controllers? Well, we know where you can get one!

If you've been a long time Nintendo follower, you know that one of the coveted things to get for your N64 was the limited edition gold controller. Nintendo Power sold them for a very short period of time, and you could get one from Toys R' Us with a system about 4 years ago. But it was a pretty difficult task to find one. Hell, I paid 70 bucks for one online 3 years ago.

The Nintendo Project scored an interview with Artoon, the developer of Pinobee: Quest of Heart. We've got the highlights & more!

The Nintendo Project has scored an interesting interview with Artoon, the developers of the highly anticipated GBA game, Pinobee: Quest of Heart. If that's not exciting enough for you, perhaps you'd be interested to know that Artoon is made up of former Sonic Team members from Sega, including one... Read more...

SCi Plans for the "Great Escape." The movie was a classic - can it make a great game?

From Videogames.com comes this report I couldn't resist posting. There are "great" chances we'll see a game based on the classic flick "The Great Escape", the movie based on a true story of a corsageous & stealthy escape of P.O.Ws from a Nazi Prison camp. British software developer SCi successfully... Read more...

A great Q & A with Nintendo’s star game designer. It's MSNBC's Steve Kent gettin' jiggy w/Shiggy. Don't miss "the Master"'s comments!

This excellent interview has been online over a week and all the while, it's been outside of the Planet radar viewscreen. Whoopsie. Well, no longer. If you haven't seen it yet, scamper over to MSNBC for Steven Kent doing a brief but whiz-bang interview with everyone's favorite game developer, Shigeru... Read more...

A Zelda II demo is being shown as a development tool for GBA. Could it be something more, like a game? What does it mean?

The Nintendo Project have just reported on a tweaked demo of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (that's right, the NES game) running on Gameboy Advance. Apparently, much of the demo centers around moving an overworld map of Zelda 2 with features such as rotation; scrolling; transparency; and zoom. Thanks... Read more...

Activision has made it clear that intends to support next-generation consoles, including Nintendo's GameCube.

Yes, I'm sad to report that two of the Planet's pals (& 2 of my favorite sites) are currently out-of-commission. Both RareNet and Nintendojo are currently offline, due to the untimely demise of Negative Zero Networks. Since I recommended NZ to both these guys ages back, I feel a little bit guilty... Read more...

Two "Planet pals" (so to speak) are experiencing a big of bad luck. RareNet and Nintendojo are currently offline.

Yes, I'm sad to report that two of the Planet's pals (& 2 of my favorite sites) are currently out-of-commission. Both RareNet and Nintendojo are currently offline, due to the untimely demise of Negative Zero Networks. Since I recommended NZ to both these guys ages back, I feel a little bit guilty... Read more...

A pretty hearty developer list has surfaced from Japan regarding NGC development. It's looking good!

According to Japanese website 64 World, and translated by The Nintendo Project, the follwing list of Japanese third-party developers are said to have either requested or are in possesion of Gamecube development kits:

Konami

Kemco

Koei

Namco

Hudson

Media Factory

Atlus

Epoch

This... Read more...

Nintendo are offering a fantastic deal on The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. If you haven't pre-ordered yet you'll definitely be glad you heard about this! Nintendo is dishing out the discounts!

If you've pre-ordered Majora's Mask already...this may change your mind. Nintendo is handing out the limited edition of the game, a soundtrack CD, a Player's Guide to help you find all those little secrets, and a whole year -12 issues- of Nintendo Power...all for just $69.95. That's only ten bucks... Read more...

Even though this doesn't have to do with NGC or GBA, it's about a Star Wars game. And that's really enough to merit your attention, isn't it?

The boys in the box got a nice interview with the LucasArts Team that is working on The Battle for Naboo. Not too shabby. Yeah, it's not NGC or GC related, but it's Star Wars. This could be the team that will be bringing an Episode II game to the NGC! Outside of Rogue Squadron 2, you know you're going to see plenty of Star Wars on the next generation of Nintendo systems. May the Schwartz be with you...