Oh baby, start revving them engines! Sure, it's box art...but it contains news! And hell it's Mario Kart!

Here's a kleenex! Start drooling!

Something's to note on this...

1. The Mobile GB logo. Well at least ranking and ghost data will be able to be transferred. Not too shabby. Unfortunately, as of right now...Only in Japan.

2. It's not called Mario Kart Super Circuit in Japan.

GameSpot interviews Sega’s licensing department about the Crazy Taxi movie & the rise of video game movies in general.

Although news of a Crazy Taxi movie is just, so, so, crazy it seems that everyone involved is serious about making it a good flick. Following the big announcement, GameSpot conducted an interview with Jane Thompson, director of licensing and character development at Sega of America. Here’s a snippet:

The kids from Pukka talk about all things Hot Potato and Thunderbirds. It may sound like something out of a fast food joint...but now I'm hungry for some Tater Tots and chicken wings. Read on!

The folks over at Nintensity have scored an interview with Pukka Games, the people behind Hot Potato and Thunderbirds 2 for the Game Boy Advance! To read the full interview click here.

Nintensity: There's a certain aspect of humour covering Hot Potato, do you think this will credit the game's overall storyline, or simply just provide more fun gameplay?

A couple screens and additional details on Konami’s handheld version of its mech-fighting sim have hit the web.

Thanks to Magic Box, we’ve got a few details & a couple screens (yes, these seem real) of Z.O.E. 2173 Testament. It turns out that the game is based on an Japanese Z.O.E. anime and takes place before the stories of Z.O.E. on PS2, with the main hero named Cage. 2173 will be scenario based and introduces... Read more...

Magic Box seemingly uncovered more playable characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee but something's fishy. Read on for the de-bunking!

In addition to the news that Sonic and Joanna Dark will indeed be playable in Super Smash Bros. Melee on GameCube, there are several other interesting additions ...

Pit (Kid Icarus) is playable, as IGNCube had surmised before. Other old-school favorites are back as well, including the Battletoads. Newer characters look to be included as well, as MewTwo, SkullKid (from Zelda), Conker, and Banjo.

Not quite. Heh. Shiggy to do cover art for a gaming magazine! Read on...

According to our good friends at Tendo Box, Shigeru Miyamoto will be doing the cover art of Edge Magazine's 100th issue!

There will also be an interview with Shiggy about the "Nintendo Difference." This issue goes on sale on July 13th.

Good to see some old friends.

Thanks to a forum member for pointing this out - Nintendo's Japanese site has some fab new SSB:M material, including some new trophy figures, and a Fox bio with some sharp pictures of his moves. (It looks like he can fire his laser at an angle now)

Here's a taste:

There is another interesting shot that features several of the other trophies. There are lots!

We already knew about the game, but it turns out that Crawfish Interactive has the development duties, not Capcom.

Although some websites (including our source for this article, FGN Online) are treating this as a game announcement, we actually learned about the GBA version of Street Fighter Alpha 3 back at the E3 Expo in May. "S-U-P-E-R" Ty Shughart has actually had a preview up for the game for weeks now, where you'll find tons of info on SFA3 and what the handheld conversion might hold for it.

The oddball evolution-sim has been canceled for N64 and will now be a GameCube title.

According to Famitsu Weekly, as reported by IGNcube, Nintendo's bizarre evolution game Doubutsu Banchou, or Animal Leader, has been shifted over to GameCube development from the outgoing N64.

The game was originally announced at Spaceworld 2000, but it hasn't been heard from since. It's quite... Read more...

If you've been following this story, Tendo Box has a domain registration that'll blow you away.

The observant lads at Tendo Box have discovered that Mario-Net.net has been registered...by the Japanese company Marionette, Inc. So far, this firm doesn't seem to be related to Nintendo in any way, and NOA (which registers all of Nintendo's web domains as far as we know) has stayed away from Japanese pseudonyms to this date. Most of their fake registration aliases are obvious or just plain silly...

The gigantic European-based publisher has acquired the rights to make games for the first two Terminator movies.

Infogrames announced today that it now has the Terminator I & II license, and there are currently four games underway based on the two films. The first one is being developed internally at Infogrames and is due in spring 2002.

The licensing agreement allows for the games to be published on any... Read more...

I'll never let go, SNK!

The Madman's Cafe has the dirt - and a LOT of screens! Check 'em! Oh yes, here's the article:

SNK's popular fighting game title, The King Of Fighters has been announced for release on Nintendo's GameBoy Advance. The GBA version will not be released by SNK, but a third party- Marvelous Entertainment.

We asked for ideas, and you were more than happy to oblige. See some of our favorite theories from the PGC forums, plus additional related facts we dug up.

In our last story about Marionette, we gave you the lowdown on the game, some of the PGC staff's ideas on what it might be, and an invitation to contribute your own theories. Thanks to everyone who responded...some of you got very creative!

A few people mentioned a Dreamcast game called Marionette... Read more...

The company behind Kessen and Romance of the Three Kingdoms will be supporting all three systems within this fiscal year.

According to GameSpot, Koei announced today during the Bloomberg Forum that it would have GameCube and Xbox games released before the end of this fiscal year (March 2002). Apparently they do intend to have at least one game ready for each system's launch as well. No word on what games we'll see for GameCube, but Koei has previously commented that they were working on some GC titles geared towards younger players.

The turn-based strategy game for GBA is finally released in Japan, to rave reviews and excellent sales.

According to The Magic Box, the Nintendo-published Tactics Ogre Gaiden: The Knight of Lodis ruled Japanese software sales this week, debuting at #1 with over 150,000 units sold. In addition, legendary gaming mag Weekly Famitsu gave the game a score of 34 (9,8,9,8), making it the highest-rated GBA... Read more...

Martial arts film star Samo Hung is apparently quite interested in directing the Soul Calibur movie. (What is it with all these game movies lately?)

Thanks to a PGC reader, we were pointed to a section on Sammo Hung’s official website which has some interesting revelations. For those of you not familiar with Sammo Hung, he is a tremendous martial arts star and director. He is good friends with Jackie Chan, has been in over 160 films and a show for CBS, Martial Law.

Following our reports on Namco, more positive news has been circulating. PGC’s got a follow up that hits harder than the backhand of Paul Phoenix!

Many different things have been heard & said concerning Namco and GameCube. Being the GameCube freaks we are, PGC has been on top of it all the way. Awhile back, there were a myriad of reports saying that Tekken Tag &/or Ridge Racer was coming to GameCube. Then, although Namco had nothing for GC... Read more...

We keep telling you about Broken Saints because it is excellent & we want it to be a Nintendo game.

Planet GameCube has urged its readers to check out Broken Saints many times, for many reasons. We Instead of repeating ourselves, we’ll just re-iterate you give it your time & provide one more reason to tune in.

Chapter 8 has just gone live. Broken Saints is a 24 piece story, so this is a 1/3 of the whole enchilada. You may want to catch it now, or you’re going to have a lot of catching up to do.

“Take me down to Hollywood!” Hop in the Crazy Taxi and let's GO! Click here to learn all about the Crazy Taxi movie and yes, Crazy Taxi 2 is confirmed for GameCube!

You may have seen this reported on almost every other game site, though I had to post it, simply to elicit comments from staff. Richard Donner is making a Crazy Taxi movie. Is Hollywood really so mentally drained of ideas that has come to this? Yes.

This is being brought to us by Goodman/Rosen,... Read more...

Tough actin' Tanactin! BOOM! Oops. Wrong thing. Problem with memory on the GameCube? Read on...

According to an interview posted by Madden Mania, Jeremy Strauser, the Senior Producer of Madden 2002 says the franchise mode for the GameCube version of Madden 2002 might be a little lacking. Here's the pulp free juice...

The PS2, Xbox and Gamecube are developed together so generally, yes... Read more...