NEC Delays Tube Slider for GameCube

Press Release

March 19, 2003, 12:50 pm EST
Total comments: 6

The futuristic racer developed by NDCUBE has been delayed until April.

NEC Interchannel, Ltd. Announces Tube Slider (Exclusive for Nintendo

GameCube)

Fast and Furious Futuristic Racing Game First Release for Relaunched Game Publisher

SANTA CLARA, CA (March 19, 2003)¾NEC Interchannel, Ltd., a subsidiary

NEC Corporation, today announced Tube Slider(, a fast and furious racing

game developed exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube(Tube Slider is

developed by NDCUBE, creators of F-Zero: Maximum Overdrive for the Game

Boy(r) Advance), and will ship in April 2003.

Tube Slider is a futuristic racing game in which players pilot sleek

hovercraft around tubular tracks that twist and turn and test not only

your

speed, but also your ability to keep your craft in control. Choose

between

Grand Prix or Free Run modes as you race one of fifteen different

tweaked-out vehicles around ten unique and highly detailed elevated

courses.

The game features an interactive Tutorial mode, and multiplayer mode for

to four players (split-screen). Grab the turbo boosts before your

opponents

and don't lose control!

NDCUBE Co., Ltd. is an official second-party developer to Nintendo,

formed

through a joint venture between the largest advertising company in

Japan,

Dentsu, and Nintendo. The company, now based out of Tokyo, was founded

March 1, 2000.

"We're thrilled to be working with a developer that has the experience

and

pedigree of NDCUBE," said Clint Kurahashi, executive vice president of

NEC

Interchannel Ltd. "Tube Slider is an excellent first entry to what will

be a

great lineup from NEC."

Talkback

VideoGamerJMarch 19, 2003

"SANTA CLARA, CA (March 19, 2003)¾NEC Interchannel, Ltd., a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, today announced Tube Slider(, a fast and furious racing game developed exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube(Tube Slider is developed by NDCUBE, creators of F-Zero: Maximum Overdrive for the Game Boy(r) Advance), and will ship in April 2003. "

Wow, another racer. Looks like racer fans will be able to buy a GCN knowing that they will be getting very good futuristic/fantasy racing games. Also, wasn't the game called Maximum Velocity? Was "Maximum Overdrive" the name of it in other regions???

JJConradMarch 19, 2003

I want to know why this game was made.

Did NDCube get bumped from making F-Zero GCN in favor of Sega, but instead of scrapping the game, they got NEC to publish it?

It doesn't really make sense for Nintendo to allow one of its own to develope a game so similar to another game they're having made, regardless of the publisher.

mouse_clickerMarch 19, 2003

Is it just me, or have we known about this for a while now? I distinctly remember IGN reporting this exact same thing like a month ago. Is this just a report about the press release?

Jonnyboy117Jonathan Metts, Associate EditorMarch 19, 2003

This press release is basically just giving the game's new release date, April. It was originally going be be released in February, then March, and now it has been delayed again. I changed the headline and abstract to explain a bit better.

mouse_clickerMarch 19, 2003

Oh, I see- I was wondering why Planet Gamecube was reporting the announcement of Tubesliders as if it were new.

DjunknownMarch 19, 2003

I guess you have to give it up to quality Control on this one right? Better to have a polished product than some buggy one. and besides, you can suffer by having too few racers, but never suffer from too many....