GC Inside reports that Konami TYO is currently making a new Winning Eleven game for Gamecube.

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Konami TYO (originally KCE Tokyo) officially announced that their transition to next generation platforms ended this past fiscal year (3/2002) and that they are now working to establish title brands. Along with this came the announcement of its first Gamecube title, the latest in the Winning Eleven series. While details are unknown, GC/PS2/PS/GBA are the platforms they are supporting.

THQ snags the rights to make games based on the next 3 Disney/Pixar movies.

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THQ has announced they signed a deal with Disney/Pixar to make games based on the their next 3 movies. THQ has acquired the game rights for "Finding Nemo," "The Incredibles," and "Cars."

This deal allows THQ to make games based on these movies until 2008 for the PC, as well as Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft consoles.

Three members of the Tomb Raider team have left Core Design to form Gatehouse Games, and develop Spiralstone, a multiplayer RPG for GameBoy Advance.

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Spiralstone is being developed to combine the depth of PC role-playing games with the playability of an arcade game, to create the perfect RPG experience, ideal for the hand-held market.

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Crave Entertainment today announced the addition of Whirl Tour, a title offering a combination of action, extreme sports, and adventure, to its 2002 product line-up.

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Whirl Tour is being developed with Papaya Studio for the Nintendo GameCube.

"Whirl Tour will feature an engaging storyline, addictive game play and Papaya Studio's 2nd generation Utopia console engine technology. Papaya's slick engine enables the creation of expansive,... Read more...

Want to hear those Nintendo tunes played by a live orchestra? Well, if you are willing to travel to Japan this summer, you can.

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Nintendo and HAL Laboratory will be holding the Smash Brothers DX Orchestra Concert on August 27 in Tokyo. The New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra will perform melodies from classic Nintendo games such as Zelda, Metroid, and Mario. Tickets will cost 3000 yen (around $25 US) and go on sale on June 17.

Dengeki talks a bit with two of the higher-ups on the prequel to the original on GameCube.

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The game's producer, Hiroyuki Kobayashi and director, Shinji Mikami, talked to the Japanese magazine about how the game is coming. Xen Gamers was swell enough to make some sense all of it and put it in plain English. Here's a bit of it.

Dengeki: How did the decision to transplant Biohazard 0 to GameCube come about?

Majesco announces the fun ball kicking game for the GBA!

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EDISON, N.J.--(BW SportsWire)--May 7, 2002-- Majesco, one of the fastest-growing publishers of interactive entertainment software, today announced David Beckham Soccer for the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft, PlayStation® game console, and Nintendo Game Boy®... Read more...

Acclaim ships All-Star Baseball 2003 for GBA.

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GLEN COVE, N.Y.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 7, 2002--Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ.SC: AKLM):

Award-Winning Hardball Franchise Delivers All-New Game Play Modes, Features and Unparalleled Realism Into the Hands of Gamers

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THQ will be publishing Fairly OddParents, a game based on a Nickelodeon show, this fall. Wow.

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THQ ANNOUNCES FAIRLY ODDPARENTS FOR GAME BOY® ADVANCE

Latest Breakout Hit from Nickelodeon To Make Its Interactive Entertainment Debut

CALABASAS HILLS, CA, May 7, 2002 THQ Inc. (NASDAQ NMS: THQI), the #1 kids videogame publisher, and Nickelodeon, the #1 entertainment brand for kids, today announced that Fairly OddParents (working title) is in development for Game Boy® Advance.

THQ announces Matchbox Cross Town Heroes for Gameboy Advance and PC.

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CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. ? May 7, 2002 ? THQ Inc. (NASDAQ NMS: THQI) today announced the latest interactive installment of the Matchbox? brand, Matchbox ?Cross Town Heroes ?for Game Boy ?Advance and PC. The videogame adventure takes place in a dynamic world in which... Read more...

The second Triforce title has been revealed, and it’s just as exciting as the first! Rumors claim Namco has gotten its mitts on the Star Fox franchise...

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When gamers first heard about Star Fox Adventures and its Zelda-esque gameplay they worried about the series’ future. Before, it looked like there would be a trade-off between adventuring and flying, but if IGN is right, gamers can have their cake and eat it too! ... Read more...

Developer Puzzlekings will be the first company to use Intrinsic's Alchemy development platform on a GameCube title.

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Puzzlekings' ZooCube, a 3D puzzle game due for release on GameCube very soon, will be the first GC title to use Intrinsic Graphics' Alchemy middleware. Puzzlekings is using Alchemy to create the graphics for ZooCube. Alchemy is designed for multiplatform development, but so far ZooCube has only been announced for GameCube among the three next-gen consoles. (A GBA version is also in the works.)

A quick and dirty explanation of what's happening to Planet GameCube.

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The server switch is currently underway. You will be directed to shiggy.net until the domain transfers. We are not changing our name to Shiggy.Net. This is our back up domain name. We will always be Planet GameCube.

There's also some lost news we need to repost. Do not be alarmed. We will have everything back to normal as soon as we can.

A third person shooter/action adventure title set to release Spring 2003. The first of three GameCube game announcements this week from LucasArts. Get the first word on PGC...

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LUCASARTS' ACTION-ADVENTURE RTX RED ROCK PRESENTS E.Z. WHEELER, A TRUE HERO FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Gripping Character-Driven Original Game for PlayStation 2 and

GameCube Introduces a Unique New Hero to Defend

Humanity from an Overwhelming Alien Threat

You wanted more, so here they are. Single player, multiplayer, cutsceens, you name it...PGC's got it!

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Special thanks once again to our good friend ThX-1138 who attended the Star Wars Celebration in Indiana over the weekend. He happened to nab a whopping pile of Clone Wars screenshots exclusively for Planet GameCube! We have a full preview on it's way later, but we thought you'd like to see these screens. Without further ado....

More fun pictures from the Star Wars Celebration II! You know you want to see it.

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As we reported over the weekend, Star Wars: Clone Wars was demonstrated on GameCube hardware. Here's 2 shots of the actual hardware the game was running on.

Satoru Iwata sits down with Famitsu to answer a few questions concerning E3 plans and Nintendo's software lineup for 2002.

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XenGamers has a translation of a recent Famitsu interview with Nintendo Director Satoru Iwata. He describes this year's software as the 'strongest lineup in history' for Nintendo and gives his perspective on recent delays.

What's interesting is that Nintendo seems to opening up a little more than in the past, allowing games to be shown in playable form earlier in the development cycle.

One of our readers ThX-1138 was on hand to witness the unveiling of the GC version of Star Wars: Clone Wars, and we've got the first shots and details inside!

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ThX-1138 sent me these pictures from the Star Wars Celebration II in Indiana.

The game was demonstrated with GameCube hardware, and showcased 2 vehicle based missions. The pictures above show Anakin on a speederbike type vehicle. According to ThX-1138 it's a racing type level. The other part shown was a tank based level. So far no space missions have been shown.

Component Cable information, Rogue Leader II in 60 Hz PAL mode and more...

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With less than two weeks to go until launch, interesting things are beginning to happen regarding the GameCube. Here's a couple of things I've been able to dig up:

-Probably known by anyone who's played an official Nintendo display unit, but when you boot up the... Read more...

Complete with Luigi Clones, Star Wars: Episode II tie ins and competitions as far as the eyes can see. UPDATE: Alteration to the lookalike competition, along with the main prize!

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When midnight ticks over onto May 17, an appropriate place to be might be sound asleep in bed. However, for the rest of us, you'll want to be in EB Chadstone, because they'll be holding one of the largest GameCube launch parties for Melbourne. Here's what's going on when the clock ticks over to 12:00am, May 17: