If you like looking at pretty flashy things, or you're just interested in seeing a beautiful game, this Final Fantasy movie is for you!

Nintendo of Japan's Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles website has updated with a brand-new movie that basically serves as eyecandy to help promote the game's August 8th Japanese release.

That doesn't matter, though, since this game looks absolutely stunning. The movie shows off just about everything in the game, from fight sequences to travelling around the countryside. You can also get quite a good look at that big dome of safety that your party needs to stay inside of, and how that effects play.

The Sega saga continues, with studios getting renamed, development staff moving, and no jobs being lost.

A Sega investor relations report has revealed some more information on the Sega development studio restructuring effort set to take place on October 1 of this year. Here's a list of who will be named and re-named what after the dirty work is done:

Sonic Team - Sonic Team and United Game Artists

Hitmaker - Hitmaker and Sega Rosso

Amusement Vision - Smilebit and Amusmement Vision

Smilebit - Amusement Vision and Smilebit

Wow Works - Wow Entertainment and Overworks

He can't leap bulidings in a single bound, and he doesn't have a fancy cave, but that doesn't make him a second-class hero by any stretch of the imagination.

TDK Mediactive Ships Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis for the Nintendo GameCube and Xbox

Straight from the Pages of DC Comics, the King of the Seven Seas Fights to Save Atlantis

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 2003--TDK Mediactive, Inc., a global publisher of entertainment software, announced today that Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis has shipped for the Nintendo GameCube(TM) video game system and the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft to retail outlets throughout North America. The game marks the first solo appearance by one of the founding members of the Justice League of America, and follows Aquaman's long anticipated return as a monthly comic series.

We've got the final USA Mario Golf Intro, some Character Battle footage, plus the Japanese F-Zero intro and Mute City!

We've captured the Intros for Mario Golf and F-Zero GX for you, as well as some gameplay bits from both. They are in MPEG format, so they're a bit larger, but will play on just about any computer, plus other devices as well.

These are the FULL intros, and they're both several minutes in length. Wow!

Mario Golf - Intro 33.5MB

Mario Golf - Character Battle 21.5MB

The bold B stands for Belated.

On Sunday, July 27th Planet N2000/GameCube founder and former director Billy Berghammer turned a year older. He may not be with our site any more, but the tender 31-year-old will always be a part of the PGC team in spirit.

Although known best for his obsession with boobies, beer, and poop jokes, TEH CRAZEY BILLEH is also well known for his strong journalistic presence. From N64HQ to PGC to his fancy new REAL job at Game Informer, Billy has made a name for himself through his dedication to his greatest passion: videogames. For years, Nintendo enthusiasts have relied on Billy for inside scoops as well as general information on Nintendo 1st, 2nd and 3rd party products. It was Billy and his ninja-spy team that brought you the first confirmation of the GameCube logo. It was Billy who brought you hours of video footage of the Japanese GameCube launch. It was Billy who made this site what it is: the most extensive, free Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance website with an astoundingly versatile staff (if we do say so ourselves). Billy has even become a videogame celebrity over the years, with one of the most recognizable faces in the industry.

Discreet recruits Sega to help make the best modelling software ever. Toshihiro Nagoshi even speaks on the subject!

Discreet Unveils 3ds max 6

New Version to Incorporate Dedicated New Tools Specific for Film, Games and Design Visualisation 3D Professionals

London, UK, July 28, 2003 - Discreet, a division of Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), today announced the newest version of its acclaimed 3D modelling, animation and rendering solution 3ds max® 6 at the SIGGRAPH Exhibition in San Diego, California. This major software release for 3D and 2D graphic professionals will offer advanced customer-driven capabilities that enable the professional 3D artist, developer and designer to evolve to a higher level of quality, sophistication, and productivity - as they create top-selling games, motion picture visual effects, or intricate visualisations for building design, industrial or government simulation.

If you can score a hole-in-one on a Japanese golf course next month, you can win a GameCube. If you fail, you get some candy. Sign me up!

From August 23 to September 23, over 500 golf courses around Japan will be participating in a Mario Golf promotion wherein participants can win some nice Nintendo prizes. During the contest period, if some lucky golfer scores a hole-in-one on a designanted hole, they'll win a GameCube, Game Boy Player, four controllers, and a copy of Mario Golf, the so-called "Enjoyment Plus Pack." There are also prizes for participating, one of which is apparently a lovely Mario Golf candy assortment.

Check out the details and slightly cryptic press release here!

It's almost here! Better count out that jar of pennies, so you can go pick it up day-after-tomorrow.

FORE! MUSHROOM KINGDOM COUNTRY CLUB CELEBRATES GOLF COURSE GRAND OPENING

Mario's New Mind-Blowing Links Hit Hole-in-One

REDMOND, Wash., July 24, 2003 – On July 28, Mushroom Kingdom residents are invited to celebrate the grand opening of two new celebrity-designed golf courses at Mushroom Kingdom Country Club (MKCC). Video game icon, Mario™, has worked tirelessly to create the most innovative links the golfing world has ever seen. Under his careful supervision, course landscaping with Piranha Plants and course transportation has been completely revamped—just wait until you see the new warp pipes he installed. Plus, Mario has coordinated a cheerleading support group, the MKCC Driving Divas, to motivate players through tricky spots, Chomp Chains and Thwomps. As part of the grand-opening celebration, all membership dues will be waived with a one-time $49.99 joining fee.

Nintendo will be showing a number of unreleased games at ECTS next month.

For the duration of ECTS, 27th - 29th August, Nintendo will place a demo truck at the entrance to Earl's Court. The demo truck will feature Mario Kart: Double Dash, as well as other GameCube and Game Boy Advance games on over 40 consoles including GameCube, Game Boy Player, and Game Boy Advance SP.

Last year Nintendo did not take part in ECTS, but displayed games at Stuff Live later in the year.

F-Zero GX was released in Japan today, and to celebrate we have six shots of the Japanese packaging!

The long-awaited F-Zero GX saw its official release in Japan today, although there are some reports of people receiving early copies. The partnership between Nintendo and Sega has combined the unmatched speed of the F-Zero series with outstanding graphics and a full story mode.

Before getting his game on, Japanese correspondent, Bakudan Yoshinoya, snapped off a few shots of the packaging for the rest of us to drool over. We'll have impressions and reviews of the game up soon, but for now, enjoy the lovely shots below.