We reported translated news of Disney Sports coming to GameCube from EA. Electronic Arts doesn't know anything about it, which begs the question...

Following our report on the “Disney sports” title, Computer & Videogames got in touch directly with EA Europe. "We’ve heard absolutely nothing to that effect," a spokesperson told C&VG.

C&VG goes on to say that currently the only confirmed Gamecube Disney game is the joint Capcom and Nintendo Mickey Mouse project shown for the first time at E3.

Although PGC cannot explain exactly what is up regarding EA’s alleged involvement, keep in mind we translated the story from Dutch using web translators & were unable to get a completely clear picture. The screenshot apparently speaks for itself in its implication Disney sports is coming for GameCube. Which development party is making it remains to be seen.

Big news folks! Tecmo’s official website has just posted a poll asking what console people would most like to see Ninja Gaiden on! ROCK THAT VOTE!!!

The other day, we posted about the possibility of Ninja Gaiden coming to GameCube. Originally, the game was announced for Playstation 2 but now Tecmo is apparently undecided as to which system it should bring the game to. This is now evidenced by a poll that has appeared on Tecmo’s website, asking readers to vote on which video game console they would like to see the new Ninja Gaiden appear on.

Many of PGC’s readers wrote in and/or posted in the forums about this. Thanks to everyone who worked to get our attention with this.

There are test arcade machines out and about in a certain mall...

Here's the bit from SRK:

The arcade in Southland Mall in Hayward, California just received a beta version of [Capcom vs SNK 2] and [Virtua Fighter 4]! I was informed the games will be on test for at least a couple of weeks so make your way down to the arcade to check it out! Inkblot, Ponder, and myself will be on hand to check it out so expect a full report on SRK soon.

...both of these games have a fair chance of getting to GameCube, so if you live in the area, you could check them out first hand. And hey, who's to say there isn't any other test machines, like Monkey Ball? More as it comes in...

Reports have said yes and no to this. Now we have confirmation straight from Squaresoft!

Final Fantasy XI is regarded as the next big thing in online gaming to many people. Previous reports have either claimed that it will be exclusive to PS2 and PCs (like VII and VIII,) or it might be coming to another console as well. Now, thanks to Game Spot, we have confirmation that Square "will release it across other consoles in the future" straight from the creator of the FF Series, Hironobu Sakaguchi.

Square hasn't confirmed support for GameCube yet, but unless Yamauchi is stopping them, there should be no reason for FF XI not to come to GCN, as Square wishes "to gain as broad an audience as possible." But for now, Xbox and GameCube fans can only wait for Square to announce if it will support one of them or both.

IGNCube's interview with Perrin Kaplan sheds a little (emphasis on little!) light on the color situation ...

While remaining as cagey as ever, IGNCube does manage to wrangle one little tidbit of information from Perrin Kaplan in their interview ...

IGNcube: Will purple be the only GameCube launch color?

Perrin: No. We are looking at a variety of options.

It's quite frankly the only answer she really didn't waffle on, but at least it's something. You can read the rest of the interview at IGNCube.

Nintendo has finally revealed which games will be for launch in Japan!

Nintendo has just updated its GameCube software list with release dates. As Peter Main stated, there will be 2 Nintendo games at launch with more in the next few months. For your convenience, we have reproduced the list below:

Luigi's Mansion: September 14

Waverace: September 14

Pikmin: October 26

Super Smash Bros. Melee: November 2001

Eternal Darkness: December 2001

Not only does this reveal dates, but it also confirms that Eternal Darkness will be coming to Japan. Don't worry about the December date: Rare games always come out later in Japan, and Silicon Knights games are bound to be no different.

LucasGames has posted a Q&A with Factor 5 which reveals some cool things about the game and Factor 5’s thoughts on GameCube! May the Force be with you!

LucasGames has just posted a fantastic in-depth interview with Factor 5 regarding Rogue Leader. The interview has a lot of info, including ravings on the GameCube controller and many of the improvements we will see over the original Rogue Squadron (“…the A.I. of the enemies has increased a lot thanks to the CPU of the Gamecube. Tie-Fighters will dodge the player and dogfights are real dogfights.”). It seems the V-Wing seen in Rogue Squadron will not be back but the B-Wing will be a “more than worthy replacement.”

Naka-san speaks about the GameCube version of the über-sweet real time RPG from Sonic Team.

Recently, Core Magazine asked Yuji Naka, the head of Sega's Sonic Team, a few questions about developing for the GameCube and about their upcoming GameCube version of Phantasy Star Online version2. When asked about developing for the GameCube Naka-san responded:

"Nintendo has been dedicated to making sure the GameCube is easier to develop for than the N64, much like Sega did after the Saturn. We're used to working on the Dreamcast which is now three years old, so we welcomed the hardware change. At the beginning of the year our R&D people spent two months just studying the capabilities of the GameCube. When we began actual development, we wanted to have something ready by E3. So we began porting Phantasy Star Online, but we wanted to add new features. During this time, our staff had several machines lineup up side by side, so we could discuss things while we played. We enjoyed it so much, we decided to include the four-player split-screen mode. We're still trying to decide the best way to split-up the screen and make the multiplayer mode work. Outside of that, we're working on several new features for the GameCube version."

Enix of America has gone on record to comment about the Dragon Warrior on GameCube & GBA rumors.

Not too long ago, Louie the Cat & other members of PGC dissected the rumor that Dragon Quest (AKA Dragon Warrior) was coming to GameCube & Game Boy Advance. Although any one of us would love to tell you the rumors are true, they are still rather suspect and may be completely groundless.

GameSpot recently got in touch with Enix concerning these rumors and reported back what they heard from Paul Handelman, president of Enix America. Handelman stated that Enix hasn’t made any official plans regarding the next Dragon Warrior game, but seemingly plans reach the largest demographic of Dragon Warrior fans with the game.

Disney's going Mario-style with its cartoon mascots and making a sports series!

Thanks to various Dutch game sites (Gamesen, GameCubers, GCNWorld) PGC is happy to report that EA is publishing a series of Disney sports titles exclusively for the GameCube! These sites have posted a photo taken during E3 of an impressive Donald Duck in an ice hockey uniform.

GCN does cartoon graphics great!