GBA has taken over the United Kingdom!

Over the weekend, 81,000 Game Boy Advance units were sold in the United Kingdom, beating out the old sales record made by Sony's Playstation 2 by more than 20,000 units.

Also, Super Mario Advance was sold at a 1:4 ratio with the Game Boy Advance, as over 90,000 units of Game Boy Advance software were sold.

The Webby Awards are in full effect! It's like the MTV Movie Awards for the Web. And we didn't get nominated. CLOWNBOATS! Anyhoo...there are "write in ballots" happening! Vote for PGC!

Yeah, we're looking for your

love people! Just a little love. Not even a HUG! All 3 of you who visit Planet GameCube...we need you to nominate Planet GameCube for a Webby!

It takes only a few seconds to vote, and yes, you have to register...but it's quick and relatively painless. Just in... Read more...

Are Germans that into portable gaming?

Nintendo of Europe expects 1 Million German GBA purchases in the year. Although it may sound like a lot for one European country, keep in mind that this is for the whole year.

According to Gaming Age, insider sources are saying that THQ will buy out Midway.

Gaming Age is reporting that the deal between THQ and Midway has been in the works for months now. The recent restructuring to dump Midway's arcade division and make them a console only company seems to have been part of this. Gaming Age says that official word and more info will be coming Monday. Check the related link for full details.

Yet another company predicts the console rankings at the end of 2004.

Somehow, the European Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) has made its predictions on which console will be king in Europe, North America, and Japan, with some interesting results.

As expected, Sony Playstation 2 will take top spot according to the ELSPA. PS2 is expected to sell:

Holy Balls! Oh c'mon...some one had to say it. One of the first third party Japanese GameCube launch titles revealed! And it's Sega's monkey wackyness!

Sega has announced that their GameCube title Super Monkey Ball will be released alongside the launch of the GameCube on September 14th.

No price has been announced yet, and the title hasn't officially been announced as a US launch game either....but we here at PGC believe it will be available for US launch.

Over the next couple of days, we'll be uploading some music from Castlevania CotM.

The Castlevania series has always been known for its good music. Even the N64 versions had a couple of notable tracks. Today is the last day of music for Castlevania fans, so enjoy!

08 Observation Tower.mp3 (0:38) - 303 KB This track, as any Castlevania fan should know, has been featured in... Read more...

The popular Japanese gaming rag Famitsu speaks to Nintendo’s Peter Main about E3 and what's coming up next.

Core Magazine has translated a Famitsu interview with Peter Main. Main says E3 went better than they had anticipated and also explains the much-ballyhooed pre-E3 statement by Yamauchi about possibly suspending GameCube (“I know Mr. Yamauchi and Miyamoto's comments were only meant to encourage us.”)

Street Fighter, Mega Man, Breath of Fire (1&2)...OH MY!

Yeah baby! Want some old school love on your GBA? According to EAGB Ubi Soft and Capcom have signed an exclusive publishing agreement for 7 Game Boy Advance titles. They include Super Street Fighter 2X Revival, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Mega Man 1, Mega Man 2, Breath of Fire 1, Breath of Fire 2 and Final Fight for Western and Eastern Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

And Michael Jackson is moon walking all over the freakin' place. Wrong game. We're talking about Lionhead's game!

Liongames has spoken to Mark Webley the director of Lionhead Studios about the status of all of the ports of B&W. Nothing is mentioned about GameCube...but looks like there might be a slight possibility for Game Boy Advance...

Black & White coming to Mac, Xbox and PS2 and possibly even Gameboy... Read more...

Spy Hunter is coming to GameCube & will indeed come with the Peter Gunn theme! The band Saliva will be doing the honors & we have all the details.

Now that Spy Hunter is now officially coming to GameCube, PGC can happily begin telling you about the game anytime something happens with it! Although the Peter Gunn theme wasn’t heard in the game at E3, Midway does indeed intend to include the classic tune in the game!

CDNow reports... Read more...

A Japanese magazine conducted a poll concerning GC and X-Box's fate in the Japanese marketplace.

According to The Magic Box, a Japanese magazine has surveyed many retailers and developers about the future of the next-generation consoles. Primarily focusing on the X-Box and the GameCube, the results are very interesting.

Here's a quick rundown:

The 25,00 yen retail price of GameCube is... 67% of both retailers and developers said appropriate.

Midway plans two for GameCube, a soccer title, and the much anticipated Spy Hunter.

According to IGNCube, Midway is planning on release both Spy Hunter (previously a PS2-only title) and Red Card Soccer in 2002.

Midway will not be developing the GameCube titles directly, having Point of View Software port the titles. Point of View was already working on NFL Blitz 2002 for the GameCube launch.

You knew the Gameboy Advance was going to be an incredible success but wow did it storm the charts in a big way.

For anyone who hadn't already accepted the inevitable profitability of the Gameboy Advance here's some incredible data from the GBA kick-off. Please note that the dollars column can look screwy as it reflects the average retail price of the games which could range from $9 to $50...

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Namco has made no secret it admires the Nintendo GameCube. What Namco games might come to GameCube? Louie the Cat is back with a full report on the prominent developer.

Namco is very enthusiastic about GameCube support. There have been reports of Ridge Racer & Tekken Tag… At E3, Namco seemed to be hinting that Soul Caliber 2 and/or Tekken 4 could come to GameCube! So what exactly is going on? How "pro-Nintendo" is Namco? What games might we really expect?

According to our friends at Tendo Box, Sega's Smash Pack is coming to the GBA and two of Sega's classics are confirmed to be on the cart!

According to Tendo Box, a recent issue of UK Magazine reveals that Golden Axe and Streets of Rage have been confirmed as titles included in the initial Smash Pack to be released on the Game Boy Advance

New polls discussing the future of the console wars are up at the Magic Box.

A new poll asking which game system will be the most successful is up at The Magic Box. At the time of this post, Sony's Playstation 2 has a healthy 50 vote lead over the GC, and Microsoft's X-Box is trailing behind.

Go to The Magic Box and let your voice be heard!

Pokemon = Money. Pocket Monsters = The new official megacorp money gulping company.

If you didn't know, Nintendo is making a couple dollars here and there with Pokemon. Nintendo has decided to make Pocket Monsters a separate (but closely guarded) company.

The company will be headed by the former president of Creatures. Here's the juice freshly squeezed from Core Magazine....

When Planet GameCube talks people listen! Er, well...like WE HAVE ANY MONIES (or serious stock experience)! A GameCube related company goes IPO this week...

MoSys heads for IPO land this week! Here's an excellent way to cover all of your GameCube games for LIFE! Hehehehe. Want to invest in the company that's producing the GameCube's memory? If you got tha' monies...make some monies! Since MoSys's main customer is Nintendo...it might be a safe bet that this company is a hot tech buy! Nintendo will probably sell a couple of these GameCube thingies ya know. Read on....

The Game Boy Advance has launched all over Europe. French gaming website consoles-france has gotten in touch to let us know about the launch in Paris! Oo la la!

PGC is all about international coverage whenever we can provide it. We’re rapidly becoming a worldwide hub of Nintendo mania and that suits us just fine! Most recently, we’ve just heard from France, specifically, the friendly folks at consoles-france, who wrote in to tell us about the GBA launch there!