Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil.

We repored last week that Ubi Soft may be porting their Evil Twin - Cyprien's Chronicles to the Dolphin. So what actually is it? FGN talked to Jean-Bernard Jacon the producer of the project and he shed some light on the games premise. Since I've been having reoccuring nightmares about Ty killing me in my sleep at E3 Killer Instinct style, I felt it was relevant. Read on!

Ubi Soft announced Evil Twin - Cyprien's Chronicles last week and FGN Online talked to producer Jean-Bernard Jacon about the inspiration behind the visually stunning dreamscape.

Wait, don't get too excited. We quite mean it's out, but the headline isn't inaccurate either.

Well, no, not really .. yet. But, I just popped in my latest copy of Launch, #39, and was suprised to see a link to Datadyne.

It's good to see Nintendo participating in new types of advertising campaigns. One thing they should have done was to provide more information up front about what Datadyne is. You click the link, and you get to the site .. but for someone who does not know what it is, the first reaction would be, "what the heck is this?" Only by clicking on "Careers" would you see the recently updated Recruitment Schedule, which now includes links back to Rare's site for a few development job descriptions. I suppose this confirms that Perfect Dark is indeed being developed for Dolphin, but I could be wrong. Also of note on the Datadyne site, is that the Recruitment Schedule has changed quite a bit recently.

Serious concerns have been raised about Nintendo violating European anti-trust laws.

Is it a me? Or is it Mario Monti? Maybe he's a just upset because we have the same name ..

The New York Times reported that the European Union Commission sent "formal warning" to Nintendo and some of Nintendo's European distributors over the way they distribute Nintendo products in Europe.

The European Commission has apparantly sent a "statement of objections" to the companies warning them that their way of dividing up the market for Nintendo game consoles and video games appeared to break EU antitrust rules.

Ubi Soft seems to be cooking up what could very well be described as Rayman's "Evil Twin"

Hot of the success of Rayman 2, Ubi Soft are venturing once again into the action/adventure market this time with the game Evil Twin — Cyprien's Chronicles. The game follows the exploits of a young orphan, Cyprien, who is tranformed into a world where his deepest and darkest dreams are manifested into reality. The concept was originally planned as an animated feature so the final product is expected to have a great visual style. For the game, Ubi Soft have partnered with developer In Utero. Expected to ship in Q3 for PC and Dreamcast, Ubi Soft eventually plans to bring the title to other platforms, such as X-Box, Dolphin and/or PlayStation 2. Below is a screenshot of the Dreamcast incarnation, courtesy of IGNDC.

The Nation clan gets a "big" little addition to its ranks and what can we say but CONGRATULATIONS to Justin & Tammy!!!

Justin's a Daddy!! Yep! It's our second staffer to become a father! Here's the vital stats of the new Nation!

Alianna Lee Nation

Born: April 26, 2000 at 8:19 PM

21 inches, 7 and 1.5 pounds

Wooohoo! Our best wishes to Justin and Tammy! Break out the Cigars! So Justin, need a vacation in 2 weeks? You know we still have a pass for you to get into E3! Hehehehe!

A humourous Nintendo Power "interview" with Mario. Is-a-bella.

In the latest issue of Nintendo Power (May, 2000) there is an excellent E3 2000 preview. I wasn't expecting to see any major Dolphin news in there. There was one interesting thing to note. Nintendo Power interviews a few of the major Nintendo mascots like Mario, Professor Oak, Banjo, and Link. Mario's interview did have 2 interesting questions, and answers...

NP: Looking to the future, are you and Mr. Miyamoto going to collaborate on Dolphin and Game Boy Advance titles?

Mario: Mr. M, he-a says we can't say just yet. But I tell you-a this, I think all of the Dolphin and Advance games gonna be tied together like one-a big family. Is-a bella.

A big GBA / Dolphin announcement at the end of May? Our headline sez it all...

Our big brothers up the street posted the story, that although Nintendo is not scheduled to make any Dolphin or GBA annoucements or showings at this years E3 (Boo! Hiss!), they did mention that they will have some sort of Dolphin / GBA goodness to speak about towards the end of May ... Why wait until then? Beats me, but it probably has something to do with when they make their end of fiscal year announcements.

A look at the age old arguement, modern-style.

This has been a rather big arguement lately that has been brewing for a long time. Which is the better gaming platform...the Console or PC. Granted both have their advantages and disadvantages. Personally, I like both. Unfortunately my Commodore 64 is running rather slow to play games like Unreal Tournament, Quake 3, etc. Sure, I wouldn't mind a 800mhz PIII with a GeForce Card, but in reality...it's expensive. Then again in a few weeks I'm building a new PC (After shopping at E3). It's a heck of a lot easier for the average joe (as they call 'em "Soccer Mom's") to afford a console. I could go on for days with the pluses and minuses of both. Arrrgh! Anyhoo, I was checking out one of my favorite PC news sites, Voodoo Extreme, and noticed that they had a little rant about this topic. I'd slam Voodoo Extreme for such a rediculous post, but the big cheese Billy Wilson didn't write it. Obviously this guy who wrote this (Ga'ash Soffer) has never played Zelda, Mario, 1080, Donkey Kong, Wave Race, Metroid, F-Zero, etc. Hey, I'm not ripping on PC games, because as I have admitted, there are some PC games that I absolutely love. But this is a really shallow, narrow look at this arguement. Have fun in the comments area with this one. It's a real doozy.

For the love of all things unholy and not nice...

Rumor Alert! And actually pretty damn scary one too. Microsoft trying to work with Nintendo? The sound of this just makes me want to launch my easter dinner. Magic Box online posted a few things in relation to the Square-Microsoft deal. A couple of rumors who Microsoft tried to hook up with. One being Nintendo. I think Nintendo is doing just fine on their own.

Other than partnering with Sega, Microsoft has also tried to establish deals with Nintendo, to unit the game format between X-Box & Dolphin, and Nintendo is currently researching the possibilities.

This isn't good...

Steven Kent from MSNBC was on a mission to find out how many developers in Japan have seen Dolphin Dev. Kits. Basically what it came down to was, "Not a whole lot." I would have used his direct analogies to such pop artists as Brittany Spears and Ricky Martin (is he a fan?), but I felt it would be better to let you enjoy these below. A lot of Developers knew developers who had seen it. A lot of this is news that you have read already, but it's a good read none the less, on a slow news weekend. (and while we continue the rebuild)