The former head cheese speaks about his dealings after Nintendo.

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Our former lord and master, Hiroshi Yamauchi, talked with Nihon Keizai Shimbun about what he's doing after holding the reigns of Nintendo for all these years. While the interview was mostly about Japanese things, GA did pick out two interesting questions and shared them on its site.

Two more months and it will be broadband adaptor GET for GameCube owners in Japan!

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Nintendo Japan has updated their website with the release date of the broadband adaptor for the Japanese market. The broadband adaptor is set to be released on October 3 with the price tag of 3,800 yen (around $35). For your information, the modem adaptor is scheduled... Read more...

You think you're having a bad day? Watch this movie and you'll probably change your mind.

We've gotten our hands on the latest promo movie from Acclaim for Turok: Evolution. Enjoy!

Movie 1

(4.4mb MPEG)

Now that's a LOT of Pasta! Nintendo serves up some serious spaghetti to celebrate Super Mario Sunshine's impending release.

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Nintendo Breaks Guinness World Record for Serving Biggest Plate of Pasta

Celebrating Mario's NINTENDO GAMECUBE Debut, Fans Jump Into Guinness World Record-breaking 3,265 Pounds Of Spaghetti

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2002--Mama mia! Nintendo

You'll have to prove it! Read all about the Sega Sports Challenge...

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ALL-NEW SEGA SPORTS CHALLENGE TAKES SPORTS VIDEO GAMING TO THE NEXT LEVEL

WITH 2K3 TITLES

Unprecedented New Mode Creates Universal Competition for Bragging Rights

Through Internet-based Rank-and-Rate System on Segasports.com; Top Gamers

Win Great Prizes

Need a smaller GameCube controller? The MicroCON is on it's way to retailers this September! All the news inside...

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Smaller MicroCON controllers for PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube

San Diego, CA-August 21, 2002 -- Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSE: MCZ),

a leading manufacturer of video game accessories, today announced the launch

of its new line of MicroCON products, commencing with MicroCON controllers

You reckon you're interested?

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Hunter: The Reckoning Coming This Winter to Nintendo GameCube; Interplay's Mega-Hit Video Game to Release on New Platform This Holiday Season

August 20, 2002 12:00:00 PM ET IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interplay Entertainment Corp. IPLY, announced... Read more...

Fear not, you'll soon be able to bloody dinos. Turok is finished!

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Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.'s 'Turok: Evolution' Goes Gold

Set to Launch 9-01-02 Across All Gaming Platforms

Eagerly Anticipated Return of Video Game Icon Delivers All-New Epic Adventure of Exploration, Treachery and War Amid Ultra-Realistic Environments and Dinosaurs

What? There's new details about the upcoming Square games? Take a look inside!

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According to the new Famitsu Cube & Advance the Final Fantasy Tactics for the AGB will have additional all-new scenarios added to the game. According to QUITER it is not a 'remake', so we will have to see what that entails.

Famistu also reveals that Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles will be focused on "Action", rather than the traditional FF-style of gameplay.

Do you like Spiderman? Do you have a GameCube? Do you need another controller? Read this story to find out what these three things have in common.

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NEW FROM THE “NAKI LIMITED EDITION” PRODUCT LINE:

Naki Announces Their Fall 2002 Lineup For The “Signature Spiderman™ Series”:

Naki Spider-Pad™ for PS2™

Naki Spider-Pad™ For Gamecube™

Naki Spider-Pad™ For Xbox™

BALDWIN PARK,... Read more...

Sega Sports finally releases it's highly acclaimed NFL2K3 on the GameCube.

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SEGA LAUNCHES ITS ACCLAIMED PRO FOOTBALL SIM SEGA SPORTS NFL 2K3 ON NINTENDO

GAMECUBE

SEGA Sports NFL 2K Series Debuts on GameCube With Radical New Franchise

Mode, ESPN Telecast-Style Presentation and Intuitive Gameplay

SAN FRANCISCO - (August 20, 2002) - SEGA(R) of America, Inc. announced today

The first footage of Biohazard 2, and Biohazard 3 online, as well as another new Biohazard 0 movie for your perusal!

We've uploaded a couple new movies direct from Capcom for Biohazard 0, 2, and

3.  Make sure you right click and save to your hard drive!

Biohazard 0 Movie

(8.8mb Windows Media File)

Biohazard 2 Movie

(647kb Windows Media File)

Biohazard 3 Movie

(542kb Windows Media File)

The world-famous BMX rider has decided to drop his name and presence from Acclaim's upcoming M-rated game.

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Over the weekend, reader Photek sent us the link above, which leads to a transcript of an online chat Dave Mirra gave before the newest X-Games competition. Mirra claims in the transcript that his name has been removed from Dave Mirra BMX XXX, the first-ever rated-M extreme sports game.

Revealing the 4th Easter Egg, also reveals just how scary fanboys can be...

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I was relatively cool at E3 2002. I had been there before, and was very focused on the DVD and the shots I needed to get. That all changed when I saw the opportunity to meet Shigeru Miyamoto.

I threw my camera to fellow staffer Mike Kielas and he captured me shaking... Read more...

We've got all the other positions filled, but we're still in need of a solid Japanese Correspondent.

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Heaps upon heaps of direct feed footage of Star Fox Adventures!

We've uploaded a pile of Star Fox Adventures movies to our media server. Remember to be patient, we've got a lot of people hitting these!

Right-Click and Save As to the links below....

Movie 1 (10.1mb

Windows Media File)

Movie 2 (9.1mb Windows

Media File)

Movie 3 (9.9mb Windows

The promising developer's 3D engine for GBA just got even more impressive.

AGB Games has now added a major new feature to the GBA 3D engine: people. Not just that, but dozens of people, walking around these fully polygonal worlds, with fully polygonal car traffic to boot. Hit the link above for screens and video.

The sequel to Radiant Silvergun just got a lot easier to get your hands on.

According to IGNcube, Treasure's sequel to Radiant Silvergun, one of the most acclaimed and beloved 2D shooters of all time, is coming to GameCube. Ikaruga started in the arcades, and when the first home version is released later this year, it will be one of the last new Dreamcast games ever shipped.... Read more...

Extreme stuff for the youngsters is on the way.

Coming soon to GBA, Lego Island Xtreme Stunts from Lego Interactive and Electronic Arts takes the basic idea of PS2's Stuntman, simplifies it for the kids, and adds all sorts of Lego interactivity with building vehicles and modifying the environments. Check out the offical press release below:

Not much. Read inside.

I was really excited about seeing what Madden's GBA connection was all about. I hooked up the cable to my GBA and sat back as the game recognized that I had a GBA connected.

Well, in a nutshell it acts as a LCD scoreboard.

There are cheesy touchdown, first down, and even LCD field goal animations, and there's even a cheerleader dance part...but overall, it's a gimmick.