Is Paper Mario all that? Billy sure thinks so. See all the drool...

First off, I have to admit, I have never played Super Mario RPG. So, when I first played Paper Mario, I was a Mario RPG virgin. After investing 8-10 hours into Paper Mario, I wish I would have played Super Mario RPG! Paper Mario is a must have for anyone that is a Mario fan, as well as either a casual or hardcore RPG fan.

The makers of Iridion 3-D show us what the GBA can do on the sound front.

An little known company out of German know as Shin'en, who is also developing Iridion 3-D, has released a demo of Game Boy Advance audio. The demo is running on the GAX audio software they have developed for the GBA. The demo mp3 they've released is super bombad impressive. It sounds truly epic and... Read more...

Mainstream press recognition of Nintendo before E³? What's going on here/

CBS Marketwatch put up a story today taking a peek at the future of Nintendo, specifically regarding the Gameboy Advance and Gamecube. There's no new info in it, but it's pretty interesting reading nonetheless. They asked various financial analysts in Japan about Nintendo and the results seem to speak... Read more...

Sega speaks in tones slightly less cryptic than usual.

Videogames.com have landed an interview with Charles Bellfield, vice president of marketing and corporate communications at Sega of America. While talking about Sega's restructuring and moving to "platform agnostic" status, he makes several comments of note. One such comment talked about which consoles would be heading to which consoles:

Square/Nintendo relationship still looking possible.

We got an interesting report saying that Square has responded to Yamauchi's recent statement. Here's what Square's president had to say:

"We're not expecting to be accepted by Nintendo right away, but we're doing everything to get the relationship positive again. The most important thing about... Read more...

Solid confusion.

The other day, I mentioned the news that Metal Gear Solid 2 will be the last MGS. Well, it seems that Hideo Kojima has repeated this, alongside news that Metal Gear Solid X (the version for X-Box) would be a mix of MGS2 and the first game. How exactly this will be done is unknown, though it seems... Read more...

Finally, a real Xbox comparison.

As if you didn't already know that the XBox is huge. At first we thought that maybe the Xbox/GameCube size-up might actually be showing how small the GameCube was. Now we see this picture from Daily Radar, of all places. If you thought the PS2 was big just wait till you see Microsoft's fat baby. The... Read more...

Sega gives release dates for three upcoming GBA titles. Sonic Advance worldwide at the U.S. GBA launch.

Sega certainly looks like it has been planning to support the GBA for some time! According to IGNPocket, Chu Chu Rocket! will be a Japanese GBA release title! I'd be suprised if this didn't support GBA's wireless net... Also, Puyo Puyo will once again show its face--this time on the GBA. It should... Read more...

N-Sider says "yes".

According to the N-Sider, yes Sega does have Dev kits for the GameCube. According to N-Sider, Sega has moved passed preliminary negotiations with Microsoft and Nintendo. They are apparently getting full cooperation from both industry giants. Sega has already ordered dev kits for both systems. N-Sider has this to say:

Contained within is all kinds of Sega related news including the announcment of Chu Chu Rocket for the Gameboy Advance.

Puzzle fans rejoice!! The mega-hit Dreamcast game Chu Chu Rocket has been announced for the Game Boy Advance. In Chu Chu Rocket, players have to heard tiny little mice thingies (Chu Chus) into Rocket and keep them from getting eaten by the Kapu Kapu (big stupid looking cats with swirly eyes)! If you've... Read more...

EA "officially" confirms GameCube launch support

With EA heavily rumored to be on the GameCube bandwagon to the extent that its basically taken as fact, comes news that helps cement the publishing giant as a GCN supporter. EA CEO and Chairman Larry Probst said, "Gamecube is going to be an important platform in the next generation. You can surmise that we will be there when it is launched."

Midway is bringing Arctic Thunder to all next-gen systems except the Dreamcast.

Another day, another GC title confirmed. Check it out:

Today, Gaming Age has confirmed that Arctic Thunder, one of Midway's latest arcade titles, has been confirmed for an X-Box, Gamecube and Playstation 2 release. Sadly, the Dreamcast won't be seeing this semi-sequel to Hydro Thunder due to the fact that Midway is applying their limited resources to the other consoles.

This is too strange to summarize.

Perhaps this is what we need, something a little sillier than a boring ol' strategy guide lawsuit... I spotted this over at Fatbabies.

POKEMON FIRST, POKED BY THE DEVIL'S TRIDENT LATER

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Popular and fiercely defended franchise leads inevitably to goat's blood consumption

Sega confirms the DC price drop (to $99) and introduces the "Smash Pack". Would you like some Sega classics with that Dreamcast sir? PICTURES!!!

OK, so in addition to what we posted earlier, Sega has announced that Dreamcast systems are confirmed to drop in price and will retail for $99 starting Febuary 5th. Justin Wood, my longtime buddy (& a staffer of Segadojo) told me a "Smash Pack" (which includes a Sega classics comp) should be available... Read more...

The Younger Plumber attends the conference "Entertainment in the Interactive Age" and tells us all about it.

I know there are those of you who are confused about what the “Entertainment in the Interactive Age” conference was all about, so I’ll give a brief summary of what I experienced these past two days. The University of Southern California regularly holds special events with guest speakers, and... Read more...

Paper Mario gets an official release date. It's almost here!

I just took a "Planet break" to take in some anime on Cartoon Network (Outlaw Star is cool, yo) and saw an ad for Paper Mario during the commercial break. Looks like Paper Mario finally has a release date too, Febuary 5th, indicated by Nintendo's Gamelist. There's still a good deal to come to keep... Read more...

SOE announces its plans to become a neutral 3rd party. The Dreamcast chip set will also be licensed to a range of devices including Palm. Finally, Sonic Advance is announced.

Sega of Europe has announced the company's future plans. According to SOE, Sega has a two-pronged approach. One, to become a neutral third-party developer. Two, provide the Dreamcast chip-set technology to a range of devices. One of these devices include the PACE Set Top Box. SOE has also announced... Read more...

Solid Snake to Black Ops: "Take this job and shove it!"

Hideo Kojima recently confirmed that he plans to end the Metal Gear series with Metal Gear Solid 2. Previous to this report, I’d seen Kojima comment that he would like to end the Metal Gear series and move onto something else, although he knows that people love MGS and want it to keep going. No... Read more...

Yamauchi disses Square in todays episode of The Young and the Squareless.

Today, FGN Online posted its translation of Hiroshi Yamauchi's hotly-debated Square comment. Here ya go:

"There is no truth to an agreement between Nintendo and Square. Square is free to say what it wants, but there are no plans for a contract, and the chances that there will be one in the future are low."

Those cute and cuddly little psycos are headed for the Game Boy Advance. Who didn't see this coming?

In his recent interview with Bloomberg Japan, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi stated that a new Pokemon title would find its home on the Game Boy Advance early next year. He said that it was going to be a launch title but the programming wouldn't be done on time so it has been delayed.