Joe is back in a new adventure.

Famitsu has a new report on Capcom's Viewtiful Joe series. The franchise is coming to Sony's Playstation Portable, in addition to staying on the GameCube and the Nintendo DS. There are two games planned.

The first is Viewtiful Joe: VFX Battle. This battle game is similar to Nintendo's own Super... Read more...

The new store in Rockefeller Center will add new Nintendo-branded items, while continuing to feature Pokemon goods.

Did You Know?

Upcoming Nintendo World Store in NYC Gives

Nintendo and Pokemon Fans a New Home

Interactive entertainment fans soon will have a first-ever

destination to immerse themselves in their favorite games: the

Nintendo World Store. Planned for a spring opening in New York City's

Warp Pipe Technologies terminates support for their tunneling project.

Warp Pipe Technologies recently announced the discontinuation of work on their Warp Pipe tunneling software. Warp Pipe's software offers GameCube owners an unofficial way to play LAN-enabled games such as Mario Kart Double Dash and Kirby Air Ride online.

Over time the team of game enthusiasts... Read more...

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory features in-game advertisements for "added realism."

Ubisoft Announces In-Game Advertising Partners for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory; Partnerships Link Brands with Target Audience, Add Realism to Videogames

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2005--Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest videogame publishers, announced its in-game... Read more...

If you live in Australia, prepare to get snowed under a whole heap of Zelda stuff this month.

Brace yourselves, Australian Zelda fans: Nintendo Australia is launching not one, not two, but a whopping THREE Legend of Zelda products this month. On the 7th of April (that's this Friday!), Australian Nintendo owners can finally get their hands on The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap and The Legend... Read more...

Back up DS saves and crack your GBA games with one bargain purchase.

Double The Action, Double The Fun!

Datel's Action Replay MAX DUO blows both the GBA and the DS wide open...

March 31st, 2005 - Now you can show the bad guys who's boss in all your favourite handheld games with Datel's dynamic new Action Replay MAX DUO! Combining Action Replay for GBA and MAX Drive DS, DUO is your all-in-one game enhancer for Game Boy Advance and the brand-new Nintendo DS.

Tomohiro Nishikado is working on the DS update of his 1978 arcade game.

SPACE INVADERS CREATOR TOMOHIRO NISHIKADO UNVEILS NINTENDO DSTM TITLE

Rising Star Games Reveals Brains Behind Forthcoming Handheld Release

Thursday 31 March 2005/... Rising Star Games, the new European publisher dedicated to bringing the very best Japanese games to the West, has revealed that the guiding light behind its forthcoming Nintendo DSTM title 'Space Invaders Revolution' is none other than the creator of the 1978 original.

Mario brought a petition to the honorary mayor of Hollywood to have video game notables included on the Walk of Fame.

VIDEO GAME HERO MARIO PETITIONS FOR NEW HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME CATEGORY

Interactive Entertainment Industry Deserves a Hollywood Star

REDMOND, Wash., March 30, 2005 – He starred in dozens of video games. He proved himself a more bankable celebrity than either Harrison Ford or Tom Cruise.... Read more...

DS sales have now reached 500.000, with Super Mario 64 DS and WarioWare Touched being the most popular launch games.

According to NoE, DS sales have been outstanding in Europe since the launch. By Easter Saturday over 500.000 units had been sold, which amounts to 77% of the consoles that were shipped to retailers. Many stores report that they’re out of stock, but new deliveries are on the way.

As for game... Read more...

Nintendo showcases PictoChat art in its forums.

Did You Know?

Nintendo DS Fans Use Touch Screen to Create Pocket Picassos

The touch screen of Nintendo DS(TM) has created a legion of pocket

Picassos. Around the world, artistic Nintendo DS owners have

contributed to image galleries that capture the temporary art they

created using the system's built-in PictoChat(TM) chatting and drawing

A new combat racing game from the folks at Ubisoft is headed to the GameCube.

Ubisoft Erupts with 187 Ride or Die; New Combat-Racing Game Hits Consoles and PC

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2005--Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, today announces 187 Ride or Die(TM), an urban-themed combat racing game that plunges players into a brutal... Read more...

Nintendo wants to see pictures of your hand touching... stuff. (No, it's not what you think.)

Nintendo of America just opened up a new website for those DS owners wanting to show off their artistic side, and if you think you can touch the hearts and minds of Nintendo, you might win some serious loot.

Those who think touching is good can submit photographs or short videos showing off a... Read more...

The famed director was recently honored for his work with Starlight, which places Nintendo Fun Centers in hospitals for children.

Film director Steven Spielberg was honored Thursday night for his work as co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Starlight Starbright Foundation. Nintendo of America is another key partner with Starlight Starbright, providing portable Fun Centers (mobile kiosks with a GameCube and DVD player) for hospitalized children throughout North America.

It's time to wish Happy Birthday to Chris Bethea and David Trammell!

Here at PGC, we like to post these little notes when one of our staff members has a birthday. Well, today is a special occasion, with not one but TWO birthdays on the same day!

Chris Bethea started as our Japan Correspondent while studying abroad there. After coming home to the States, he's... Read more...

Nintendo Power talks online and shows off new titles.

Nintendo Power Volume 191 features a big DS blowout with more details regarding online plans for Nintendo DS, new games shown off for the first time, and several developer interviews.

The online announcement echoes Iwata’s GDC speech, with one important distinction: Nintendo is partnering with... Read more...

Watch Japanese women play with their very own Nintendogs.

Nintendo has recently updated their Touch DS site with the official Japanese commercial and diaries of two girls and their new puppies.

The commercial shows a woman coming home to a firelit living room and greeting her puppy - on Nintendo DS. A quick burst of gameplay footage and the release date are shown, and the new DS colors are displayed as well.

The Sonic spin-off is coming at the end of 2005.

SEGA SHINES LIGHT ON SHADOW

Action-Platformer from the Sonic The Hedgehog Series Features New Lead Character; Dark, Unique Story

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (March 23, 2005) – SEGA® of America and SEGA® Europe Ltd, today officially announced Shadow The HedgehogTM, an exciting new spin-off... Read more...

According to The European Games Developers Federation, Europe will lag behind culturally without sufficient financial support.

EUROPEAN GAME CREATORS PRESS THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT EMERGING CULTURAL MEDIUM

Brussels, Belgium, March 24th 2005 – The European Game Developers Federation, representing the video game creation communities in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Denmark and Netherlands, call on the Governments of its Members to financially support the video game creation industry.

NCL has just released a new video for the game, and it sure looks pretty.

It's the game that Nintendo-loving strategy fans have been waiting for. Fire Emblem for the GameCube will be released in Japan on April 20, but Nintendo knows that no one can wait that long. Thankfully, they've released a new video showing off some of the goods.

Click here for the video

Silicon Knights and SEGA are collaborating on a new franchise for next generation systems.

SEGA Partners With Silicon Knights To Create Next Generation Content

Acquisitions of Western Content Prime SEGA for Growth

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (March 23, 2005) – SEGA of America, Inc. and SEGA, Europe Ltd. today announced an agreement to acquire and publish next-generation game content... Read more...