Fed Ex is the ONLY thing that will get my butt out of bed at 8am. Check out the box art, and the exclusive to Japan presellers only...the controller baubles!

If my door buzzer goes off before 9am, that means one of two things. 1. My car will be towed. 2. Fed Ex has a package for me. Fortunately it was the latter.

Louie breakdancing in the Dobutsu Bancho love!

Yes, it's just another typical Monday morning in the offices of Planet GameCube.... Read more...

How long do you play Nintendo games? After reading this you'll either want to change your gaming habits...or bang your head against the wall.

BATON ROUGE, LA. A Louisiana woman is suing Nintendo, alleging her 30-year-old son suffered seizures after playing video games for eight hours a day, six days a week.

The lawsuit filed in federal court says the man died last year after hitting his head and mouth on a table during one of the seizures. It claims the man never had seizures before buying a Nintendo-64 player in 1999.

Shigeru Miyamoto apologizes for the late European launch, and drops a tidbit about Mario Kart ...

In what appears to be a brief interview with news site Ananova (known for it's 100% CG news "anchor"), Miyamoto explains the Europe launch delay.

"We could have launched GameCube into Europe in March of this year, but we didn't.

"We are sorry that we are late in introducing the GameCube... Read more...

Nintendo Company President Hiroshi Yamauchi to retire by June.

Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi (74 years old) announced at a stock holder's meeting that he, having served as president for the last 53 years, will retire by June. 1983 was the year that the Family Computer was released, reviving the Game player market. Nintendo had gone from a Hanafuda Card company to an International Game Maker company.

AOU 2002 has begun! Here's the first details of what we'll find on the show floor tomorrow morning.

The Amusement Expo (AOU) 2002 is taking place today at the Makuhari Messe in Japan. New arcade games and attractions were playable, including Namco's Soul Calibur 2 and Banpresto's Gundam Battle Academy, a four player Gundam virtual attraction.

Because today is X-Box launch day here, the... Read more...

Ha! And you thought that was the last of the Miyamoto interviews? Here is yet another, this time from a press conference in London!

CVG just had the pleasure of sitting down with Mr. Miyamoto in London. Here's a short excerpt:

Q:Are you at all interested in working with the new Triforce arcade hardware and what possibilities do you feel it offers?

Miyamoto: I actually don't know to what extent I can talk about this,... Read more...

The irreverent annelid shooter/platformer arrives this spring in handheld form.

Following the release of the original Earthworm Jim at last year's GBA launch, Majesco will soon release that game's sequel via a different developer. This time Jim hails from a company called Super Empire all the way over in Moscow, Russia. Here's the press release for a bit more info:

MAJESCO ANNOUNCES ‘EARTHWORM JIM 2’ FOR GAME BOY® ADVANCE VIDEO GAME SYSTEM

Shiggy is sure making his way across Europe isn’t he? Check out another informative and amusing interview from Nintendo’s biggest game designer!

Shigeru Miyamoto is on a whirlwind media tour of Europe. He’s popped up recently in Italy, Sweden and most recently of all, Paris, France! With his most recent stop, comes another interview and even more information! This interview originally appeared on Overgame.com and a translation was kindly posted by Cloudchaser Nintendo!

And lots of it! Get the scoop on Namco’s next games for Nintendo systems!

Along with the exciting Soul Calibur 2 developments, there’s some other interesting news revealed by Namco. Ridge Racer 6 (tentative name) is scheduled to release for all platforms in Japan in November. On the GBA front, it turns out that Tekken Advance 2 is currently under development for GameBoy... Read more...

Well, it's in Japan. Import freaks get ready. The end of summer is going to be De-soulcalbur-icious! What's this? A GBA TITLE TOO?

According to The Magic Box, Namco announced that Soul Calibur 2 will be hitting Japan this August. When exactly is unknown, but it'll release the same time the PS2, Xbox, and...a GBA VERSION!

And now that you ask, yes, Soul Calibur 2 on GBA will have link up capabilities with the GameCube version. WORD!

Formerly rumor and now confirmed, Left Field Studios is no longer working as a Nintendo 2nd Party.

For those that suffer through the crazed rumor reporting of Louie the Cat, you would have caught the rumor last month that Left Field’s 2nd Party Contract with Nintendo is no more and that the development studio is moving on to develop projects for 3rd Parties. Earlier this evening, IGNCube ran... Read more...

GameCube hardware sales increasing in ratio to the XBox? Software selling great in January? I'm drunk, aren't I?

New Titles Drive Strong Video Game Sales

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The release of two new hit games has boosted U.S. video game sales in the first weeks of the new year, traditionally a slack time after the year-end boom season, according to a brokerage survey released on Wednesday.

The... Read more...

Konami's following up the success of Circle of the Moon with a new Castlevania game for the GBA.

Castlevania: White Night Concerto is the name of the next game in the Castlevania series. This title will be landing in Japan on June 6th. A US date hasn't been announced yet.

This new title follows the story of Jeust Belmont trying to save his friends (Maxim Quicin and Liddy Erlanger) from Dracula.... Read more...

Nintendo is sending cease and desists to stores selling "Flash Advance Linker", plus more on the DMCA front ...

It's turning into a very interesting week for folks involved in the grey market of selling mod chips or flash carts.

Zophar's Domain, an internet import store, just received a cease and desist letter (posted to their site), citing its accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, asking the store to stop selling "Flash Advance Linker" (a product that stores GBA games in Flash memory), and to turn over all of its stock to Nintendo.

Hallmark Entertainment is envolved? More Dinos are heading to a Game Boy Advance near you. Well maybe your little sister's GBA. You can't frag these Dinos. Sorry.

TDK Mediactive Announces Dinotopia: The Timestone Pirates for the Game Boy Advance

Action-Adventure Title Featuring the World of Dinotopia Debuts May 2002

TDK Mediactive, Inc. (OTCBB:TDKM), a global publisher of entertainment software, today announced that "Dinotopia(R): The Timestone... Read more...

That's Mummy love, YEAH, Oh-we-oh-we-oh! I don't know what a Mummy has to do with Morris Day. But you gotta love the Time!

Ubi Soft Unwraps The Mummy For The Game Boy® Advance

20 February 2002 – Ubi Soft® Entertainment has signed a worldwide licensing deal with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group (USCPG) to bring the children’s animated TV series, The Mummy, to the Game Boy® Advance hand-held video game... Read more...

Acclaim have most of their release dates for Europe available. What’s this? The first game will be out before the GameCube release date.

The first Acclaim published game (and possibly first GameCube game) that will be released in Europe is Extreme G 3 on April 22nd. That is nearly two weeks before the actual launch date.

The next three to follow are BurnOut, Crazy Taxi and Dave Mirra BMX 2 on May 3rd, the day the GameCube is released. 18 Wheeler (now available in the US) will also be out that month on the 31st.

Swedish gamesite FragZone has posted an interview it conducted with Shigeru Miyamoto and an IGN forum poster, Zenith_II has translated it.

Here is the translated interview, thanks to Zenith_II for the original source (left unedited):

Shigeru Miyamoto could be called Mr. Videogame - he is the man behind for example Mario, Donkey Kong and Zelda.

Shigeru Miyamoto was in Milano in the weekend and talked about GameCube, but... Read more...

Want to work on Metroid Prime? Retro may be looking for you if you’ve got experience in level design.

We have been contacted by our former colleague & friend, Jon Lindemann concerning an interesting recruiting ad he spotted on Monster.com for Retro Studios:

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DESIGN

If you want to take game design to the next level and develop for one of the

next hottest titles out there, Metroid Prime, then Retro Studios is for you.

VHS E3 2001 tape currently sold out due to missing shipments. CD set, and Japan Experience still available! All the news inside...

Thanks again Planet GameCube Readers!

Our E3 2001 VHS Video Sets are currently sold out. I have e-mailed people and let them know if they will be receiving it. We may have more available, but I am still waiting for the remainder of our stock from Gaming Edge. Seems as if they forgot to send the remainder to me. Will the nightmare ever end. Seriously.