Mind blowing news about the most anticpated of Nintendo franchises.

The news flow has begun, and we start with a doozy. First, a Zelda game was shown and Link was cel-shaded. Yes, you read correctly. This is, of course, an entirely different look than what was shown at Space World last year. IGN Cube speculates on the possibility of two games, although it doesn't seem likely.

The developer of Rune also has a Pokemon-like adventure game coming to GameCube in 2002.

GameSpot has acquired From Software's 2002 lineup, which includes Gold Star Mountain for GameCube. Here's the description:

This is a 3D action-RPG where players train and raise animals that have a mind of their own. The main character is a young boy who uses a gun as his weapon. The game is divided into two parts: training animals and battles. Items acquired during battle can be used to raise the animals.

The newest issue of Nintendo Power relays the bad news...

Thanks to reader "Strange D. Nintendophile", we now know that Star Fox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet has been delayed until the first quarter of 2002. Some previous retail reports placed it in late November or early December, but Nintendo Power is NOA's official magazine, and anything it reports is the official line. Here's Strange D.'s transcription:

E3 tries to steal some spotlight away from Space World with an interesting schedule announcement.

According to FGNOnline, the Interactive Digitial Software Association, or IDSA, has decided to change the dates for E3 2002. It will now run from May 22nd through 24th, which happens to be Wednesday through Friday (instead of the usual Thursday through Saturday). It's being done because the following weekend is Memorial Day weekend. Here's an explanation from IDSA-guy Doug Lowenstein:

Well, we're still alive...fortunately cause the poop hits the fan in 10 hours. A couple thoughts before the big Sho'.

Well, it's 2am here in Japan, and obviously we can't sleep. We stayed up tonight to watch the "Video Game News". We think it was sponsored by Famitsu, but we're not exactly sure. The cool part was the commercials. We got to see commercials for Golden Sun and Wario Land for GBA. Way cool stuff.... Read more...

The development team formerly known as AM1 has two GameCube titles in development.

In talking with Wow Entertainment, formerly known as AM1, IGNcube has learned that the first-part Sega development team currently has two GameCube games in the works. The titles will probably be announced during Space World this week.

Wow Entertainment has previously worked on the House of the... Read more...

Going into SpaceWorld, Peter Main spoke with EBGames to discuss the upcoming GameCube system & other fun stuff!

EBGames recently interviewed Peter Main, who had some informative responses to a handful of great questions.

Check it out:

Peter Main, executive vice president of sales and marketing, Nintendo

Western Hemisphere, has been around the video game business for quite

a while and has participated in some of the most successful products

The best French Nintendo news site strikes again!

According to Waluigi of Puissance Nintendo, French developer Doki Denki is working on 2 mystery games, exclusively for the GBA and GameCube. Doki Denki focuses on child-oriented titles, with games like "Tigger's Honey Hunt" under its belt. Though this wont exactly shake Nintendo's kiddie image, it's good to see more support for the 'Cube and GBA.

Planet GameCube and Tendo Box fought the Hurricane in Japan to find the Pokemon Center. Man...the things we do for this website :)

It took us a while, and we tromped around in some serious ass rain...but we finally made it to the Pokemon Center in Tokyo.

So far we know of 3 mini games that will be included with Super Monkey Ball! We knew about Bowling...but there's two more we've found!

While walking around Akihabara, we got a hold of a Super Monkey Ball advertisement. It showed 3 different mini games that will be playable on GameCube!

We've seen shots of Bowling already...but now you can add golf and billiards to the mix.

We'll know how it plays in a few short days...Stay tuned!

A new character selection screen shows spaces for precisely five secret characters.

This scan from who-knows-where was linked on the forums from GC-inside.com.

Bribe the sign operator? Good ol' Engrish? Slick Photoshopping?

Jokes get old, but mistranslated gibberish is forever.

According to IGNCube, Namco has confirmed ... Soul Calibur 2 will be shown at SpaceWorld!

Short but sweet, IGNCube has talked to Namco, and finally gotten the official confirmation that not only is Soul Calibur 2 in the works, but will be shown ( in arcade form) at SpaceWorld in just a few days!

For those of you wondering why this is news, let us clue you in. Soul Calibur is widely... Read more...

There's only one other site we recommend for your SpaceWorld 2001 coverage, and it's straight from the horse's mouth ...

Thanks to sharp-eyed reader Mike Waclo for reminding us ... Nintendo has posted the splash screen for their upcoming SpaceWorld site.

Despite the disclaimer at the bottom of the page that the announcements are for the Japanese market only, you can be sure that any and all marquee titles will come stateside.

Some people are reporting that Sonic Adventure 2 for GameCube at Spaceworld is now officially confirmed. Could it be true?

This afternoon, several PGC readers (Pher_04005, jm_mad, Alberto Riol) emailed us about a Sonic Adventure 2 confirmation. Apparently the Japanese site GC-Inside reported the story, and its source was Nintendo Kids magazine from Japan. However, we decided not to run the story yet, because we don't have access to the magazine for verification, and Nintendo's online Spaceworld games list remained unchanged.

Between watching some very interesting late night television shows last night...we saw a very cool thing...

Japanese Television in itself is a total trip. We saw lots of commercials for Shenmue 2, Devil May Cry, and Final Fantasy 10.

We waited through very strange love shows (don't ask) to get a glimpse of the new Wave Race commercial we posted earlier. And then we finally saw it. To finally see a GameCube ad on television was a very spiritual experience.

Who or what is the Thing? Well, it keeps changing see… Here is some spooky concept art of the Thing game courtesy of Universal Studios, showcasing the creature’s many forms.

FGN Online has posted some frightening artwork from the upcoming Thing game that will appear across consoles, including GameCube. The game is being developed for Universal Interactive by Computer Artworks, and from this early look is clearly looking to re-create John Carpenter’s take on this horror... Read more...

Avast ye land lubbers! Interplay’s swashbuckling, sea-faring adventure is indeed coming to GameCube, and sooner than you might expect too! Updated!

Interplay announced today that it will be bringing its new game Galleon to the Nintendo GameCube sometime during the winter of 2001. Galleon is a swashbuckling adventure game set to appear on NGC and X-Box, featuring similar art & characters to Lara Croft (Croft’s creator, Toby Gard is heading up the new project) though looks to be a totally different type of game.

Very tiny! Come check out the size differences between the Japanese N64, GBA, and GameCube game boxes!

Check out some of the GameCube box sizes! The GameCube game boxes are seriously tiny!

Thanks to Quiter-W for the shots!

What is it with all the PGC birthdays lately? Today, PGC’s programmer papa Justin Nation turns 28, and we’d like to propose a toast!

It’s birthday time again here on Planet GameCube and this time it’s PGC’s programming wizard / Senior Editor / super-daddy, Justin Nation! WHOOOOOOO! Why all the excitement? Simple! Justin rocks in 41 flavahs! (Take that Baskin Robbins!)

Justin has been a mainstay of the Nintendo online... Read more...