Famitsu sits down with Iwata-san to answer some of your burning questions. We've got the full scoop here.

Famitsu's questions are italicized for convenience. Translation was provided by CoreMagazine.com.

The GameCube has been available for more than three months already in Japan, your thoughts?

The reception has been excellent in North America. While sales have been slightly below expectations in Japan, we're confident we'll meet projections.

We’ve got the important specifics for all our friends down under.

Nintendo Australia has confirmed that GameCube will be launching down under on the 17th of May, just 2 weeks after the European launch. As with the European launch, 20 games will be out at launch and the system will be available in two colors: Indigo and Black. Nintendo Australia won’t be setting... Read more...

Billy got an early copy of Super Mario World today. So the big question is, will it connect will Super Mario Advance 1 for multi-cart multiplayer? The final answer inside.

Yes!

The link for multi cartridge Mario Brothers works just fine between Super Mario Advance and Super Mario World.

You can play both Classic and Battle versions of Mario Bros. just fine. When both games start up, select Multiplayer on Both GBAs, and the systems look for each other...and link up.

Majesco has just announced 2 Bomberman titles for GBA, and they'll be bringing Bomberman Generations to the NA GameCube!

MAJESCO ACQUIRES PUBLISHING RIGHTS TO THREE NEW ‘BOMBERMAN’ TITLES

Popular Series Makes First Appearance on Nintendo GameCube™;‘Bomberman Max’ Sequels Come to Game Boy® Advance This Spring

EDISON, NJ, January XX, 2002 – Majesco, one of the fastest-growing publishers of interactive... Read more...

Euro Launch has completely been disclosed. Get the release list, colors, and everything you need to know about the European GameCube launch.

IT'S OFFICIAL

Nintendo Announces European Launch Date for GameCube

Nintendo, the world's leading games company, proudly announces 3rd May 2002 as the European launch date for the only dedicated games console of the new era, the Nintendo GameCube. Nintendo will ship 500,000 units in to Europe for day one and a total of 1 million units for the launch period.

PGC knows how much of your Memory Card you'll have to devote to Animal Leader! You know you want to know...

The upcoming GameCube game Animal Leader (Doubutsu Bancho) will require 13 blocks on you memory card, so be ready when the time comes. We don't, however, know if that same card will then attack and devour other cards, assimilating their contents..

Nintendo just dropped a midnight bomb. The new suggested retail price of the GBA is now $79.95 in the USA! The official word inside...

Nintendo Announces Global Price Drop for Game Boy Advance

The World's Best Video Game System Just Got Better

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2002--Nintendo today

announced a global price drop for its best-selling, hand-held video

game wonder Game Boy(R) Advance, effective February 1, 2002.

Another bundle of scores for Game Boy Advance titles from Famitsu Cube Plus Advance, including many differing from Weekly Famitsu's reviews!

This month's issue of Famitsu Cube Plus Advance features reviews of a number of GBA titles, including different reviews for games such as Guilty Gear X, Tomato Adventure, and more!

The King of Fighters EX Neo Blood (Marvelous Entertainment): 25 (7 5 6 7)

PAC-MAN Collection (Namco): 28 (7 7 7 7)

Famitsu's readers review Magical Vacation for the GBA, with promising results!

In Famitsu this week, User's Eye features a reader review of the GBA game Magical Vacation. While not an official review by the Famitsu staff, it is nonetheless an excellent indicator of a game’s merits. In this case, Famitsu reader opinion highlights the good and bad points of Magical Vacation, finally awarding it an 8.8 in overall score.

More news from the homeland about pricing, availability, and what E-Cards will actually do for games.

According to Nintendo Japan’s website, Animal Forest trading cards will go on sale starting February 14 of this year. Cards will be sold in packs of 5 for 191 yen ($1.50 US). Initially 64 different types of cards featuring animals from the game will be available. Each card comes with a picture... Read more...

Free is good. Well that is...if you've imported Animal Forest.

If you are the owner of an imported version of Animal Forest, that is. If you go to Nintendo Japan’s website and register the name of your village and your character’s name by January 31, you will receive a unique password. Send this password to a village member in your Animal Forest save, and... Read more...

Harry Potter goes to Japan, as well as another GCN game under the microscope this week.

Konami will be quite busy this week, releasing six games across four platforms in Japan, including a GCN game. Here are the notables.

Hyper Sports Winter 2002 (GCN, Konami): 29 (7 7 7 8)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (GBA, Square EA): 27 (7 6 8 6)

Hyper Sports Winter 2002 (GBA, Konami): 26 (7 6 7 6)

Three great Sega classics, one GBA cart!

THQ has revealed the contents for the first GBA Sega Smash Pack:

Golden Axe

Ecco the Dolphin

Sonic Spinball

Golden Axe is said to "feature single player action (no link play for two players), and have three modes of play: Arcade Mode, Easy Mode, and Duel Mode."

Want to see how Nintendo is going to plaster itself all over America in the first half of the year?

Hot off the presses, Nintendo just announced its line-up of some of the promotions it would be running with other companies in Q1/Q2 of 2002. Nintendo notes that this is just an "update," and that more promos will also be announced in the months ahead.

NINTENDO GAMECUBE

NBA Jam Van

Timing: Jan. 8 – April 14

Sources all over the internet are posting the webcast early. Don't want to wait until Monday? Click away! HAX0R TEH GIBSEN!

Click the above link to be taken directly to Nintendo GameCube-Europe's website, and see the entire press conference early!

It even comes in three oh-so-tasty flavors!

THQ announces that their next Motocross game will be heading to the GameCube as early as this summer! The juice is inside kiddies...

THQ ANNOUNCES NEXT INSTALLMENT FOR MX FRANCHISE

Next Game in Successful Motocross Series Coming to PlayStation 2, Xbox and Gamecube

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. - January 24, 2002 - THQ Inc. (NASDAQ NMS: THQI) today announced the latest installment in its highly successful MX franchise.... Read more...

It's in November! Hahahahaha! Suckers! Oh I'm kidding. The official release date, price, and launch list await you....

According to our good friends at Computer and Video Games, the GameCube will be launched in Europe on May 3.

While we haven't heard anything from our friends at Nintendo of Europe on this, we believe this announcement to be true. Here's what C&VG had to report...

The speculation has ended.... Read more...

It's coming. The true release date for the release date is this Monday, and you can all be there to see it.

As expected, the European GameCube website launched today at www.nintendogamecube-europe.com.

Sporting the same design as the US site the main feature currently is, of course, the launch announcement webcast this Monday, January 28th. The countdown (provided by the site) to the announcement... Read more...

A news piece from the Wall Street Journal illustrate one of the key points of "The Nintendo Difference" ...

In a fairly well written story, Joseph Pereira explains how Nintendo is tackling the video game industry using new and innovative "non-violent" games.

For a company that historically has pinned it's success on the Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong franchises, Pikmin is a big gamble. Bigger than most people realize, as Pikmin turns out to be Nintendo's costliest game ever to develop.

THQ and Jakks Pacific finally make it official, issuing a press release for WWF Wrestlemania X8, an exclusive for Nintendo GameCube!

The following press release has been issued today. The following summary of features are listed in the press release, or could be seen from early screen shots. The final product is very likely to have additional features.

-35 WWF/WCW/ECW Stars

-Hardcore Matches

-Tornado Matches

-Triple Threat Matches