UKnside has grabbed a hold of 2 MP3s of music from upcoming GameCube games. You gotta hear this.

It seems that some how UKnside has gotten a hold of two MP3s of music from Super Smash Bros Melee and Wave Race: Blue Storm. The two files are each just shy of 1MB in size and about 1 minute long each. Check them out.

Super Smash Bros Melee: Fox's Stage

Wave Race: Blue Storm Theme

If you didn't know already, all the music in Super Smash Bros Melee is fully orchestrated. And it sounds awesome. Thanks to WindyMan for the webspace.

A few print magazines are hinting that the Hawk may land on Cube in 2001 after all…

Last week, we reported about Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and its newly announced soundtrack. We’ve known the game was coming to GameCube before it was confirmed back in May. We even scored a preview in anticipation of seeing it running at E3. It wasn’t there—at least not on GameCube, with... Read more...

A new Nintendo website has appeared online.

Following the launch of www.supersmashbrosmelee.com comes the discovery (by N-Nation) that www.luigis-mansion.com is now up and running as well.

I also checked and www.pikmin.com has now been updated with the new release date of December 3rd, 2001 is listed.

The Luigi’s Mansion site has screenshots, lists the November 18th date and announces “so fun it’s scary!”

The latest in Intelligent Systems' turn based strategy series is the first Wars to be released in North America. We're happy to report its Western debut has hit sales charts like a ton of Napalm.

PGC has caught the Advance Wars bug in a very big way. Today, many of us are caught up in the heat of battle, rather, our newfound addiction that is Advance Wars. We're plotting strategies instead of posting updates today, but can you blame us? This is the first Wars game to ever be released in... Read more...

Not that I was rushing with Blue Storm at all. Expert kicked my ass, but I kicked back. Skillz baby! Well, I'm in training really...

Yeah, another game falls within a week. I have put a lot more time in Wave Race than I did Luigi's Mansion or Monkey Ball. Single player, multiplayer...you name it. Wave Race is hands down my favorite game of the Nintendo GameCube launch.

Can I be a fan boy for a second?

Wave Race is a religion. Spiritual and elegant. Some cultures would say that it's was the shizat, bizomb, the woot woot, or even...the word.

Well for the first go at it. Mario has been saved and peace restored to the land. No spoilers I promise! So how long did it take?

Yes, I have finished Luigi's Mansion. It was a good time, but too bad it's over. Yes, those rumors of another mansion unlocked are sort of true...It’s not an all new mansion, but I think they just mix some stuff up. I’ll be investigating that later.

It's sad though. It took me around... Read more...

Sadly, the GameCube and Dreamcast version of the mega-hit online RPG Phantasy Star Online will not be playable with each other.

When heavily backed rumors said that the Dreamcast and GameCube versions of Phantasy Star Online version2 would be playable over the internet with each other, some were still skeptical. Looks like it's a dream that has not come true. The GameCube version of PSOv2 features some things that the Dreamcast... Read more...

This is what happens when you play hardball, and you're new to the game ...

After much crowing about shipping 600K-800K units for November 8th ... Microsoft has confirmed that it has pushed back launch a week to the 15th ... now only three days ahead of GameCube's street date (GCN ships on the 15th as well).

Microsoft is also backing off of it's unit targets, now refusing... Read more...

The boys at IGN Cube are reporting that 1080 Snowboarding for GameCube has been silently executed ...

No official word from Nintendo or Left Field Productions as of yet, but IGN Cube is on record saying that the sequel to the N64's 1080 Snowboarding (due to come out for GameCube) has been cancelled.

General consensus is that 1080 looked very early in the brief clip shown at Space World 2001, one of the biggest disappointments next to the new look Miyamoto unveiled for Zelda. Apparently Nintendo thought so as well ...

More talk about the Japanese Launch, and talk about the fact that Nintendo only sold 300k in 3 days. Plus PGC gets a mention! W00T!

Steven Kent hot on the trail again! Some real good discussion about the less than stellar GameCube launch last week.

Was it the lack of Mario? Lack of marketing? Terrorist attacks? Steven investigates...

"I was disappointed," says Billy Berghammer, a writer for the Planet GameCube Internet fan site. "I thought that Nintendo was keeping a Mario game secret. Unfortunately, I was wrong."

Luigi will be playable in Super Smash Bros. Melee...confirmed straight from the master himself!

In the most recent issue of Computer and Video Games Magazine, Shigeru Miyamoto confirms what we have all suspected: Luigi will be in SSBM!

When asked if Mario and Luigi will appear in a GameCube game together, here's the revealing answer Shiggy gave:

"What we want to avoid is just graphically... Read more...

Wheelings and dealings have been underfoot to land the Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 soundtrack. Read this story for the details and ignore this headline’s lame attempts to make sk8boarding puns.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (AKA THPS) is a white hot franchise for Activision—and rightfully so! Hands down, the series provides the best skateboarding in a great overall package. Along with stellar graphics and ever-so-sweet gameplay, every edition of THPS has an excellent soundtrack.

The... Read more...

Famitsu Magazine interviewed Shinji Mikami, who revealed something about the later ports...

Famitsu talked with Resident Evil/Biohazard director Shinji Mikami, who explained his plans for the GCN versions of RE2, 3, and CODE: Veronica. Apparently, only the first game will be completely revamped for the 'Cube, while the others will be more consistent with their originals. According to the... Read more...

I got a chance to measure my GameCube controller up to an X-Box controller today. It's pretty much self explanatory.

When I met with Mad Catz today to check out their prototype GameCube controller, I noticed they had an X-Box controller with them. So of course I had to compare the two. Beauty is not only in the eye of the beholder, it's in what the beholder holds...

Ahh, it feels so good to be loved.

We work hard to always give our readers the best, and many of you have thanked us for it through emails, forum posts, and of course...your patronage! Now it looks like the gospel of Planet GameCube is spreading into new realms. Last week Billy was interviewed by all sorts of Japanese magazines, and he's known all over the Japanese online community as "Crazy Billy".

Rumors abound about a new Game Boy Advance with a backlit screen. Is it reality, or a dream?

GBA News is "reporting" on retailers suggesting that a new Game Boy Advance is to be released in Japan in December. The kicker is, this one is to have a backlit screen. (Actually, to be more accurate, a "front-lit" screen.)

Not ones to to just accept any old rumor as fact, we've done a little... Read more...

Actually, it’s more of a complete, overall summary of the situation to date courtesy of the GIA.

The newly revitalized Gaming Intelligence Agency has provided its look at the persistent Square rumors and the overall situation between Square & Nintendo in recent years. Ever since the announcement that Sony PSX would get Final Fantasy VII and not N64, the Square issue has been a sensitive one.

Broken Saints, the online mature graphic literature with Nintendo aspirations has undergone an overhaul. Here's some of the new additions & info!

Broken Saints is online graphic literature, animated with Flash and accompanied by music… And one day it might be a Nintendo game. That’s the rumor that’s followed the project since it appeared many months ago.

Earlier this week, the site re-launched and sports a new look & several new features, including a new intro. The latest episode of Broken Saints Chapter 11 is ready, and a new cut of Chapter 1 is up too.

Thanks to IGNCube we now know a couple cool things about the GameCube system.

With its core demographic young children, Nintendo designs its systems to endure a fair amount of wear n’ tear. The GameCube is no different and apparently is built to accommodate the new disc format which replaces the traditional cartridge.

The IGN gang apparently fearing the unpredictable... Read more...

Thank's to fenegi we've got another great interview to read! Bonus: See how the Dolphin name came about!