Billy defends the GC's design...

The GameCube is NOT ugly! I am so sick of people saying this thing is F&*king ugly. Guess what! It's really hard to explain this, but once you see a GameCube up close, I think you'll be impressed.

I will admit, when they first showed everyone the GameCube, I was kind of shocked. Almost Mortified. But after looking at this puppy up close, and opening and closing the disc drive a couple of times, I was ready to toss this sucka' in my back pack and run like hell.

It's a little taller than a DreamCast. After seeing it upclose I was surprised about its small footprint. Check out these pics and open your mind. Hell....next time I'm going to bring a ruler.

In a suprising move, Sega has developed a new French perfume!

Interesting, and funny news story that UKResistance posted about Sega releasing a new Fragrance! It's another "funny-ha ha" story Ty dug up. Man I wish I had that much time to dig up things like this. I would be playing Mario Tennis! Here's the slop...

To capitalise on the massive success* of Dreamcast, and to celebrate the forthcoming arrival of PS2, Sega has released a Sega Fragrance to summarise and capture the unique atmosphere of Sega in the year 2000.

The little green men come to the GBA.

The ever popular Army Men series of videogames, published by 3D0, have made appearances of a variety of platforms, everything from GBC to N64 and Playstation. 3DO, looking to continue the success of the series, have made plans to bring the Army Men franchise to the Game Boy Advance. The specifics of the title are unknown as of yet, but a spokesperson for 3DO commented, "The Army Men brand has enjoyed significant success at retail, with the Army Men-Sarge's Heroes game for PlayStation, the Army Men game for Game Boy Color, and Greatest Hits Army Men 3D for PlayStation, all appearing currently on the Top 50 Best Selling Videogame Titles as reported by The NPD Group." The game is currently slated as a launch title.

I bet this Spyro Dragon news story could fit right here!

The fourth Spyro the Dragon title is hitting GBA, and should be available sometime in 2002. No word yet if Spyro will be coming to a GameCube near you. Spyro will also be ported to PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC.

Who wants more Spaceworld video coverage? I DO! I DO!

Game Spot has posted the Press Event in almost every flavor imaginable. If you haven't gotten enough of the GameCube - GBA footage, or just want to see it again for the first time...head on over there. Very cool stuff!

Wow! We're like the McDonalds of the Nintendo sites!

Yeah boy! We've had our 1 millionth visitor here at PlanetN2000! Woohoo! Thanks to you the readers for your support! And of course, special thanks to the amazing PlanetStaffers for all of their hard work over the years. If it wasn't for you, none of this would be possible.

In celebration, while you are perusing the site, feel free to enjoy the complimentary cheese curds, pixie stix, and of course Mountain Dew! More Space World goodies still to come!

Uh oh, Nintendo! Watch out for Bandai!

Just when it looked like the Gameboy Advance had the playing field all to itself, it looks like it may indeed face some competition. Online reports are speculating that Bandai are to unveil a new color handheld to compete directly with the GBA. The system is rumored to be cheaper than Nintendo's handheld and will get furthar support with a release of a new Final Fantasy game, developed of course by Squaresoft. With news like this the actual chances of Square ever returning to the Nintendo camp seem to get slimmer and slimmer.

Looks like we're not the only ones who are thrilled with the GameCube!

Don't get the wrong idea, this is all in jest. :) Click for the whole, uh, story.

"Look at that, maw! It's like a purdy purple box! Like the box the toaster came in!" exclaimed Eddie "Scooter" McDavis, a stupid ----ing idiot who was recently hospitalized for drinking a gallon of window cleaner. "It's name is the 'Gamecube' and it's in the shape of a cube too! That's so wicked!" McDavis then wondered if there was going to be another sequel to "Donkey Kong 64", suggesting something that featured "them crazy monkeys having sex with each other."

Namco is being completely unbiased with its two main franchises.

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For the bandwith-challenged, the Miyamoto press conference is now up in text form.

That's right folks, the Miyamoto Spaceworld 2000 press interview session has all been converted into text by the hardworkers at Gamers.com. Hit the link above to read the full thing as Miyamoto, discusses everything from loading times to why the GameCube is the "ultimate games machine".

The quote of the interview definitely puts a smile on your face.

"I actually had more to show yesterday, but the PR division strictly said NO, as if what EAD or Nintendo is working on right now is shown, it could be imitated in a bad manner, possibly before the launch of GAMECUBE. " - Shigeru Miyamoto