Plus, release dates for Mario Golf (GameCube) and Advance Wars 2 (GBA).

Nintendo of America has announced that GameCube sales in February increased 110% over January sales. The GameCube software tie-ratio now stands at 8.4 games for every system on a year-to-date basis. The sales boost is attributed to Nintendo's bundle offer, which gives new GameCube owners a free game with the system.

New "AGB Rush" engine combines 3D environments and sprites

Graphic State has developed a new engine for GBA games that allows 3D environments, more realistic physics, dozens of on-screen sprites and more. Crazy Taxi : Catch a Ride will be the first title to take advantage of the new technology.

GRAPHIC STATE ENHANCES TECHNOLOGY FOR GAME BOY ADVANCE

Yamauchi won't get to see his baseball team play this year, due to the threat of war. Too bad.

UPDATE: ESPN's website has a news article with a video clip of Mariner's CEO and former Nintendo exec Howard Lincoln commenting on the situation. To find the video (in both low- and high-bandwidth versions), hit this link, scroll halfway down, then look to the right.

Thanks to one of our readers for the heads up!

Tech TV's Extended Play will be featuring an exclusive interview with Miyamoto, talking about all things Zelda.

In anticipation of The Legend of Zelda's GameCube release, the "Miyamoto on 'Wind Waker'" feature will air on TechTV's 'Extended Play' this Friday, March 21st at 9:30 PM Eastern Time. The interview was conducted during the DICE conference in Las Vegas.

Miyamoto speaks not only on The Wind Waker,... Read more...

Made in Wario, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Batman: Dark Tomorrow are among the games reviewed this week.

In the latest issue of Famitsu, three GameCube titles along with a handful of GBA titles were reviewed. The highest GameCube scoring game goes to The Baseball 2003 from Konami – (7,7,7,7). Star Wars: The Clone Wars scored one point less (7,7,7,6). Reviewers commended the sound and graphics, but... Read more...

Fans of the original Soul Calibur now have even more to look forward to in the sequel.

Earlier today, Namco announced that Seung Mina and Sophitia, two female combatants featured in the original Soul Calibur, will be added into the console versions of Soul Calibur 2. Despite the popularity the two fighters held in the original (especially Sophitia), both warriors were noticeably absent... Read more...

Get off the couch and take yourself to the ball game, you lazy doof.

Midway Sports Hits It out of the Park with 20-04 Version of Top-Selling Baseball Videogame Franchise MLB Slugfest

Exclusive Aggressive-Style Baseball Videogame Returns with Proprietary Blend of Lightning-Fast Gameplay, Key Baseball Features and Cover Athlete Jim Edmonds of the St. Louis Cardinals®

It looks just like it did on your PC...except smaller!

Take 2 has released a new preview trailer for

Wing Commander Prophecy. Worried that

they won't be able to shrink the PC space shooter down appropriately? 

Don't be.

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Pick that nose and don't forget to giggle like a school girl!

NCL has unleashed 2 sets of Made In Wario (Wario

Ware, Inc. Mega Microgame$)

commercials, and we've got them for your A.D.D. Wario pleasure. Get a better look

at what gameplay looks like, as well as what Japanese people think of the

gameplay. 

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A new movie and a new pilot! What are you waiting for?

Earlier today, Sega’s Japanese website released a new movie of their upcoming futuristic racer. The footage features a montage of different tracks and races pieced together while a quasi-techno guitar riff screams along with the video. The two available versions of the video, differing in resolution and file size, can be accessed by clicking the link to Sega’s website above.

The law firm filing the suit alleges misleading statements about financial announcements.

The lawfirm of Cauley Geller Bowman Coates & Rudman is filing a class action lawsuit against Acclaim Entertainment on behalf of Acclaim's investors. The complaint alleges that Acclaim issued statements about the company's income and financial performance that were either misleading or false, and that investors suffered as a result.

It looks like Vyse and pals are going to be taking another fantastic voyage.

An interview was recently conducted with various Sega developers by Kikizo games. One of the people interviewed was Noriyoshi Oba of Sega's OverWorks development studio, which is responsible for Skies of Arcadia Legends. A quote from the interview states that the studio is currently working on a sequel to the critically-acclaimed GameCube RPG.

Blizzard releases a playable demo of its upcoming GBA conversion of the SNES classic.

Blizzard’s hopping into the handheld realm with a bang by re-releasing the 16-bit classic The Lost Vikings under the “Blizzard Classic Arcade” brand. To prepare fans for its March 26th release Blizzard has posted a playable demo on its site. Players must coordinate all three Vikings to succeed—the controls can be found on the site. The Lost Vikings Demo requires Macromedia Flash to run.

If you're still on the fence about GameCube, you just ran out of excuses ... Update: Too slow, they're gone!

Update:Told you that you needed to move fast. They're sold out now!

FAO Schwarz is going out of business, and they're clearing out stock, and they have Indigo GameCubes for $66.98.

It's unknown how long this amazing deal will last, but I'd highly suggest that if you don't have a GameCube, or are looking to replace a broken one, you're not going to get a much better deal than this.

If you're one of the first Europeans to get a Game Boy Advance SP, you can score a sweet deal on a GameCube.

As part of its €20 million European advertising campaign (that's about the same as $20 million stateside), Nintendo will be giving the first 400,000 owners of the Game Boy Advance SP a €50 off voucher, good towards the purchase of a Nintendo GameCube.

These coupons will be included in the... Read more...

For some unfathomable reason, the Game Boy player, due to release this month in Japan, is being delayed until June. And a possible price hike?

UPDATE: Thanks to PGC Reader Scott Thompson who has provided us with a link to the EBGames website, which lists the GameBoy Player with the June 23rd date, as well as the $49.99 price tag.

We were recently contacted by a couple of different stores with information that their computers are... Read more...

News Australian GameCube owners have been waiting for! UPDATED: With confirmation from an Australian games store!

Nintendo Australia is pleased to confirm that The Legend of Zelda®: The Wind Waker* will come with a limited edition two game bonus disc when it launches in early May.

This limited offer will give Zelda® fans the opportunity to play the full version of The Legend of Zelda®: Ocarina of Time* and the never-before-released Master Quest.

Developed by Vicarious Visions, this GBA title contains eight mini-games based on the classic TV show.

TDK Mediactive Lifts the Red Velvet Curtain for ``The Muppets:

On With The Show''

New Game Boy Advance Title Ships

Just Prior to Release of Game Boy Advance SP

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--March 13, 2003--Stagehands,

theatre-goers, and patrons of the arts unite, as TDK Mediactive, Inc.

The GameCube’s online arsenal is a game of one. GameSpy’s got some tools that not only can help developers get GameCube games online, but may take future GameCube LAN games online as well…

GameSpy.net technology is the guts behind some of today’s biggest online games, like Battlefield 1942, Unreal Tournament, and even Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 for PS2. During GDC, I met with Todd Northcutt, Software Product Manager for GameSpy Industries, who told me that GameSpy.net technology is actually... Read more...

Sacrifice your dignity for fabulous prizes from Blizzard Entertainment!

In celebration of the forthcoming release of The Lost Vikings, the first game in the Blizzard Classic Arcade line, Blizzard is holding a contest to win some sweet goodies. The grand prize winner gets a six-foot tall statue of Thrall (the Orc Warchief from WarCraft III), a Game Boy Advance SP, and... Read more...