PGC's received word that some stores have received their GBA units! But the big question is...will they break the date?

I've received numerous e-mails from people that they've seen stores who've gotten their full shipments of GBA hardware from Nintendo already. Unfortunately, to my knowledge, the stores aren't selling yet.

So will they break the June 11th release date? We'll see. If history repeats itself,... Read more...

Two Zelda games for the GBC were just released in North America & PGC has found a Q&A w/its creators: EAD’s Shigeru Miyamoto, Capcom/Flagship’s Yoshiki Okamoto and Capcom’s Yoshifumi Yamashita.

I was just browsing through one of my favorite sites, Video Senki and recommended it to Mike Sklens. He found this interview, which we both enjoyed:

Freelance writer and Nintendo's #1 Japanese fan Shigesato Itoi was wondering the same thing. So he rounded up Shigeru Miyamoto, producer Yoshiki... Read more...

Nintendo lines it self up for a head on collission with the European Consumer Trade Show.

Nintendo recently announced the dates for it's upcoming European trade show, called The Nintendo Show. The show will occur on September 1st and 2nd. This is the same weekend as the European Consumer Trade Show. The first day of the show will be invitation only and day two will be open to anyone with an ECTS pass. Nintendo's MD of sales and marketing, David Gosen, had this to say:

Thanks to a UK Nintendo site, screens & a summary of a humorous Game Boy Advance ad have been posted online.

I just got an email from "Tom Hill" who figured I might be interested in this rundown of a UK GBA ad. The ad takes place in an airport and features a person completely adsorbed in playing F-Zero. Unfortunately, while playing, he fails to notice he's holding up the line... Funny stuff, check it out.

What, you wanted confirmation that Mario Bros. 3, Mario World and many other great classics are returning to GBA? Read inside!

After receiving my NP Advance in the mail I was scanning the "Upcoming GBA titles" release list and guess what caught my eye: "Super Mario Bros. 3", "Super Mario World" and "Yoshi's Island".

Here's the entire list:

Advance Wars

Aerial Aces

Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge

Bionicle: Tales of Tohunga

Check out this super cool trick for you GBA!!

While flipping through the latest EGM mag I read the low-down on the GBA. They have a picture of the GBA and it explains all the parts of the GBA. There was a nifty easter egg listed for the On/Off Switch.

First, you will need a GBA and a GBA game. Put the game in and hold down both start and... Read more...

During E3, a horse racing simulation game was showcased and ambitious plans were revealed. Most people maybe didn’t catch the full scope of what was being announced. We did & now we’ve posted it.

During Sega’s E3 Press Event, “Sega Unleashed” presidents of each development team (with the exception of Smilebit) took the stage to discuss & show off upcoming projects. It was both a historic and exciting event at this point of transition in Sega’s career.

While only two of Sega’s... Read more...

Broken Saints, the online comic that aspires to be a Nintendo game is “Cool Site of the Day” for Monday, June 4, 2001. Help get B.S. more exposure! Here’s the details!

Last week we reported on Broken Saints being mentioned on New York TV by way of Entertainment Weekly Magazine. Today, B.S. has been honored as "Cool Site of the Day." The most recent B.S. Newsletter asks for fans' support.

From the Saints themselves:

"The original CSOTD gives BS the nod... Read more...

OK, so I was mistaken. Magma is a replacement for Fuchisa--it is different.

After more extensive research and more than a few e-mails, PGC has decided that Magma is a different coloUr (as it is for Europe.) The plastic is more purplish, while the buttons are slightly darker. Click the link to see a comparison of the 2 colours' boxart. Who knows why Nintendo decided to change more than the name this time?!

Max met Smilebit’s Takayuki Kawagoe during E3 and asked him this very question.

“Ogenki desu ka?!” (“How are you?”) screamed Smilebit’s Takayuki Kawagoe excitedly as he took the stage of Sega’s Press Event at E3.

“If you have energy, you can do anything!” Kawagoe-san beamed to the crowd, as a translator repeated his words in English.

“Our president should be here on stage, but he did not want to get on a plane. So, here I am!”

It was speculated and rumored, and now it's confirmed!

Not only is AM2's President, Yu Suzuki, researching GameCube, his teams are also apparently developing for it!!!

In Sega's most recent UK version of its Official Dreamcast Magazine, AM2 was listed among the 2 other known Sega GCN developers. Tendo Box also quotes the magazine as stating all 3 have been at work since last Fall! All rejoice!

We've got a new retail report from our old friend SillyMrMan. Along with info on retailers preparing for NGC, we have X-Box info too!

SillyMrMan, the contributor that sparked a series of Retail Reports has returned with hot new info. Apparently, at the game store he works at, two GameCube titles have been added to the computer! And so, apparently, have some X-Box titles. Read on…

SillyMrMan says: I had work today and... Read more...

In another GIA E3 interview, Sega's Yu Suzuki admits to researching both the GameCube and X-Box.

A couple days after I mention Ed McGlothlin and his Howard Lincoln interview, I'm browsing the GIA and find another interview he did at E3, with Sega's Yu Suzuki.

It's a quick but good interview. Here's a particularly interesting exchange:

GIA: Why did you choose the PlayStation 2 for your first home conversion outside Sega?

Europe is getting the color "Magma!" Come inside for details.

Hah! Caught ya! I bet you were thinking this is a Europe exclusive! No, this is just the European name for the Fuchisa GBA, and nothing more. It seems Nintendo can't decide on a name for this baby. Go to Puissance Nintendo for the European boxart as well as Conker asking your opinion of the site in French.

EAGB has posted the Dengeki Console Game Ranking, and we have the numbers for the GBA games.

EAGB posted the big numbers list of portable games, and we have the GBA games right here:

At #5 Final Fight One (Capcom) GBA

Units sold for the week: 16,780

Units sold in total: 16,780

At #7 Super Mario Advance (Nintendo) GBA

Units sold for the week: 14,290

Units sold in total: 553,890

Thanks to EAGB, New details about this game have been revealed.

EAGB has posted new info about a new Challange Mode.

Quest is also adding in a new Challenge Mode which offers special battles outside the scope of the main story. Once they discover a special book within the game, players will be able to tackle these difficult missions at any time. Certain rare items and equipment is only attainable by beating these challenge battles.

Are you tired of those drab colors on your Game Boy games? Well you can change them on the GBA! Read this to find out how.

As you may already know, Game Boy games play on the Game Boy Advance. When you plug in a Game Boy game the GBA detects it and boots up in GBC mode. OK, now here's the tip. Remember, this trick will only work on Game Boy games. It will not work on Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance games. When a GB... Read more...

After meeting up with the GBA Tour folks in Hershey real quick, a change to report...

Went up to Hershey Park today to catch the tail end of the GBA love-fest and didn't quite connect as well as desired but it was cool to talk it up with some of the Nintendo folks.

Still no details on where the stops will be in the coming weeks when they go to the Boston area next week and New York around the GBA launch but I did get an important detail for people wanting to catch them tomorrow while they're still in Philly.

We miss our old logo & we've been far too busy to whip up some new ones. We turn to you, the readers, to help get the job done. Get the details on our contest that's easy and fun!

UPDATE FOR POST-E3!

OK we have tons of logos – we want more! Hurry up and get your creations in! We’d like to post the first batch of logos soon… What are you waiting for? There’s plenty of characters to still utilize and now new ones (like Pikmin) to put behind PGC papers! Be sure to check out what your fellow PGC readers have cooked up so far in PGC Logo Contest forum thread!

What’s this? ONE PHATTY CHAT with Howard Lincoln - 2 Parts! And it’s conducted with a former colleague of ours! (Until Max fired him & he went to GIA)

Ed McGlothlin, Nintendophile member of the GIA, has posted a stellar impromptu interview with former NOA Chairman, Howard Lincoln. A ferocious lawyer Howard Lincoln joined Nintendo in 1983 and helped establish the company with his friend, NOA President Minoru Arakawa, and re-establish the booming video game business.