Europe's big game show unleashes it's first exhibitor list. Come check out who's plannin' to show the goods.

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TOP NAMES AT ECTS 2002

ECTS 2002 announces 100 exhibitors so far with seven weeks to go

Konami, Ubi Soft, Capcom, THQ and Activision are among the first of many huge names in the interactive entertainment industry to confirm they will be exhibiting at ECTS – Europe’s premier interactive entertainment expo - when it returns to central London from 29 – 31 August 2002.

Remember to throw the firecrackers after you light them.

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As usual, even though it’s a holiday weekend we’ll be keeping the updates coming. They might be a little sparse today and tomorrow, because I am urging the staff to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday. But we’ve got a couple things cookin’ for you this weekend. Don’t you worry. Like we can keep all this Nintendo love bottled up! Pfft.

We've got a bit of new info on the upcoming Mickey Mouse games in development at Capcom.

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Today Capcom confirmed to us that both Magical Quest Starring Mickey and Minnie for GBA and Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse for GameCube are being developed by Capcom in Japan, but will be published by Nintendo. This isn't really new info, but we weren't totally clear on the publisher situation, and we thought maybe some of you readers might be confused as we were.

It's like a mini-E3 right in your own backyard ...

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If you want a chance to catch some of this summer's hottest games before they're released, check the press release before for locations and dates!

Game Live Events Announces the "2002 Summer Preview Game Tour"

National 10-city tour to feature top Summer debuts and special ‘first look’ previews of Fall game titles

Check out this upcoming GBA platformer from the developer of Lady Sia.

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NintendoPhiles has an exclusive unveiling of Ronin, an action game for GBA from RFX Interactive, the company that developed Lady Sia, Dinotopia, and Turok for Game Boy Advance. Hit the link above for more info and the first screens.

Looks like Gravity Games on GameCube just came crashing down.

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Midway has just announced worse-than-expected sales for many of its titles and has canned the GameCube version of Gravity Games: Street. Dirt. Vert. which was planned for the release in Q3 2002. The game will still come out on PS2 and X-Box. Midway has also announced a delay for Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance.

Whoops! It seems Sonic Adventure is a rehash after all…

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Yesterday morning, we reported the news that Sonic Mega Collection and Sonic Adventure (apparently the first one) would be coming to GameCube along with Sonic Advance 2. Much later in the day, Sega released a press release which indicated the Sonic Adventure game for NGC was “new.” Or so it seemed.

Nintendo details its new marketing program that will replace SpaceWorld this year.

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Today Nintendo announced that it will begin a new marketing program to replace SpaceWorld, in order to reach more gamers across Japan than it annual showing because of this year’s big lineup of games. However, Nintendo didn’t make it clear if SpaceWorld was cancelled... Read more...

SHiNE = Seeking Harmony in Neighborhoods Everyday. Huh? Wah? New Mario Nintendo contest ahoy! What's this? Shine.com? SHINE GET BABY!

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Nintendo's Mario Searches Nationwide for Teens Who 'SHiNE'

"Make My Community SHiNE" National Contest

Asks Teens To Beautify Their Communities And Create Neighborhood Art

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 2002--Mario(TM), the world's most celebrated video game hero, and the national youth organization SHiNE (Seeking Harmony in Neighborhoods Everyday) are

Are you freaking out because you have only a couple blocks free on your memory card? Want to know how many you'll need for Super Mario Sunshine? Well fret no longer Timmy!

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Super Mario Sunshine takes a mere 7 blocks. Not too shabby. Heh, if you're still worried, go nab a Memory Card 251!

Santa Monica, Calif.-based SongPro plans to launch a device for under $99 that will play digital music in various formats on Game Boy systems.

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The Game Boy line-- both the older Game Boy Color and the newer Game Boy Advance-- is a product of Japanese game giant Nintendo and it has a virtual monopoly on the handheld gaming market worldwide. The company says it has Nintendo's support for first-of-its-kind device.

Now available in English with a MUCH better translation. Brand new Sonic Adventure title to hit GameCube! W000T! Not a rehash!

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SONIC ADVENTURE 2 BATTLE AND SONIC ADVANCE SHIP ONE MILLION UNITS WORLDWIDE;

NEW SONIC THE HEDGEHOG TITLES ANNOUNCED

"Sonic Mega Collection" and a new "Sonic Adventure" game announced for

Nintendo GameCube; "Sonic Advance 2" announced for GameBoy Advance

After thorough testing with numerous PS2s and TVs we’ve pinpointed the actual issue. If you ordered the PGC DVD, and you’re planning on watching it on a PS2, READ THIS!

Remember last Friday? Pretend that never happened.

It appears that if your PS2 is hooked up to any direct-view television, there’s no problem.

If you have a really big rear projection television, HDTV or not, you will see the

problem. Everyone we know who has these televisions also have a “real” DVD player,

Some lucky people just landed the coolest summer job in the world.

After advertising for months, going through countless resumes and even letting Nintendophiles vote on applicants, the Nintendo Street Team has been finalized. This was a pretty exciting opportunity for fans in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas and Seattle, as they will be showcasing Nintendo products to the public this summer. Check out the full release below and congratulations to Nintendo’s new summer hires!

Some lucky people just landed the coolest summer job in the world.

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After advertising for months, going through countless resumes and even letting Nintendophiles vote on applicants, the Nintendo Street Team has been finalized. This was a pretty exciting opportunity for fans in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas and Seattle, as they will... Read more...

The Japanese DVD/NGC hybrid gets cheaper.

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Following GameCube pricedrops around the world, Panasonic has finally dropped the price of the Panasonic GameCube/DVD player hybrid “Q” by 5000 yen, from 39,800 yen to 34,800—approximately $290 in U.S. Dollars. Exciting news for importers, as Panasonic does not plan to release the Q in North America. Check this translated story from Famitsu.com for more.

New classic Sonic games for NGC! (And something new for GBA!)

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Sonic Team recently announced they’d be unveiling a new game for the GameCube this month. Well, we're just into July and it looks like official confirmation of Sonic Team’s plans have already come to light. According to Famitsu & a press release on Sega’s page... Read more...

Among other games, the GameCube Zelda and Mario will be playable at the Japan Expo in Paris next week.

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At the 4th Japan Expo in Paris, France Nintendo will be exhibiting some of their newest GameCube games during July 5-7. Games on display include Super Mario Sunshine, Legend of Zelda, Eternal Darkness, Metroid Prime, Mario Party 4, Animal Forest and Star Fox Adventures with 25 consoles playable.

Check out what kinds of music Activision has licensed for their next BMX game.

Today Activision announced the songlist for the upcoming Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2, due this summer. The tracks include LL Cool J, Iggy Pop, and Ice-T, plus many others. Check out the full press release below for the whole list.

ACTIVISION ROCKS GAMERS WITH IMMERSIVE SOUNDTRACK

FOR MAT HOFFMAN'S PRO BMX(tm) 2

N-Styles has video of 2 of the new Super Mario Sunshine commercials currently being played on Japanese TV.

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With the game releasing in just about 20 days, Nintendo has started running TV ads for Super Mario Sunshine in Japan. N-Styles has 2 of these new commercials avaliable for download right now. Both files are under 2MB and are very good quality.

Check them out here, or you can download them here...