For the bandwith-challenged, the Miyamoto press conference is now up in text form.

That's right folks, the Miyamoto Spaceworld 2000 press interview session has all been converted into text by the hardworkers at Gamers.com. Hit the link above to read the full thing as Miyamoto, discusses everything from loading times to why the GameCube is the "ultimate games machine".

The quote of the interview definitely puts a smile on your face.

In the end all I had was my memories, but boy what an experience it was. Here's my final breakdown of all I saw and thought...

First off, at this period of time I would say that my clock was totally screwed up. I had been there for 24 hours already, slept a few hours, and still didn’t feel normal. Also, the lack of Mountain Dew in Japan did drive me partially insane. Bocari Sweat (Japanese Sports Drink) didn't quite... Read more...

Billy writes up a real tear-jerker!

Yes, Space World went faster than...er...Pokemon Popsicles on a hot Japan day. It was truly a remarkable event! Yes, unfortunately it's all over. Impressions still coming! Adam from TB and I got sucked into the wonderful city of Akikhabra, which is Japan's Electronics capital, and blew a crapload... Read more...

Billy talks about the third and final day of Space World.

7:37am Japan Time - Good morning again folks! It's Day #3 of Space World, and today we will be feeding you most of our impressions of GBA games. I didn't get a chance to post my impressions yesterday due to the fact we did a little sight seeing and shopping. Still no 64DD anywhere, and no freakin' Mountain Dew. Pretty pathetic if you ask me. I'm going to ask our connections with Nintendo if they know why there aren't any available. Very odd.

Ty talks to Billy and gets some stuff on Billy's Space World experience so far.

A had a chat with our tired-as-hell Editor in Chief just now, here's what he had to say:

"No mountain dew here .... did drink some weird green imposter tho"

Now, seriously, this is what I've got to post. Almost exactly what Billy said, just edited for clarity. Some pretty important things, so look alive:

2 impressive GameCube demos on video!

Here's a couple tech demo movies from the big show, as seen on Daily Radar. I'd particularly like to draw your attention to the forest demo, probably the most impressive movie yet. I think it could be realtime, while Steven doesn't seem to buy it. What do you think?

Forest DemoCar Demo

After picking my jaw up off the floor when the Gamecube presentation was made it was off to play some GBA demos!

Nothing much more to say than WOW! Here's some write-ups on two games I was able to demo on the show floor:

Mario Kart Advance

The second I got done taking pictures of GBA and GameCube systems, I rushed over to give Mario Kart Advance a whirl. They had a couple of 4-player setups to rage... Read more...

Billy brings us up to speed from Japan!

Good Morning all! 8:15am Japan Time. I'm on my way to the show for Day #1 of Space World! Can you dig it?

We had a little server trouble earlier, but that seems to be resolved for the time being. If you are linking to our media, or pictures, please link directly to PlanetN2000.com, and not just to the file. Thank you!

So... You say that you want to see the GameCube demo reels, eh? Well... Come on in!

Movies brutha! We got 'em! Granted I wouldn't of minded seeing a crapload more of GameCube footage, but from what we got to see in motion made me fill 'dem Depends. And we're bringin' the Depend fillin' action to you!

Here's Three Fresh new MPEG's (yeah real video sucks) for ya!

Click HERE for Wave Race! C'mon say it with me...WAVE RACE! Woohoo!

Billy jots down some stuff about Mario Kart Advance.

The second I got done taking pictures of GBA and GameCube systems, I rushed over to give Mario Kart Advance a whirl. They had a couple of 4-player setups to rage on. So, of course, I felt obligated to fire it up. If you are a Mario Kart fan, or just a racing game fan, this game will not dissapoint you a bit.

Billy happens to mention that E3 2001 will be heaven.

You heard it here first folks, Billy sent me this message and said it had to go up, that he'd forgotten to mention it. Apparently the word is that all of these Gamecube demo games will be playable at E3 next year... meaning you have to figure at least half of them will actually make it. Regardless,... Read more...

Billy seems to be excited about something...

Yeah, you heard me correctly. Good-BYE! I can't write much because we are trying to get all the media up as fast as we can. All I have to say is that the games I saw on GameCube and GBA were absolutely astounding. Anyone that doubts Nintendo will become a fan instantly. All the pics will be up in a few moments....Now I'm working on the video. Hold on to your depends. This is gonna blow you away.

This sums up just about everything we know about GBA so far.

Here's what we've got on GBA so far:

It'll launch for 9,800 yen on March 21, 2001. (In Japan, mind you.)

The songs used to demo the GBA hardware at the GBA developers conference last April are now available to the public, our buddies at pocket.ign have the story and mp3s.

And here's a list of freshly announced games:

Space World straight from Big N! Click now, damnit!!!!!

Oh... my... God! Repeat it now, repeat it often, don't stop repeating it until one of these puppies is in your hands. Not only has Nintendo finally opened with a strong volley, it looks like they've opened it up with both barrels! First, we got details just off the phone with Billy... second, we have pics from the lovely folks at Nintendo, posted here since their server is going to be CRAWLING today (it already is at 5 AM!).

Come see the first shots of the 'Cube in action!

ZDNet is tearin' it up tonight. With any luck, we'll come up with something of our own when Billy gets back to a PC. In the meantime, I'll be doing a little dance.

TOKYO - After Nintendo unveiled the Game Cube console and discussed its specifications the company showed a rolling demo showcasing... Read more...

Thee must come see thy future controller!

As fate would have it, this hits my desk(top) just seconds after the last news post. Brace yourself, here it is:

...oh yes, note the variety of system colors in the previous pictures. I assume it's fairly obvious that the controller will follow suit.

Come see the first pictures of the plastic box that will change your life!

Just in from ZDNet - these speak for themselves, I guess. No controller pictures yet, unfortunately. Click the images to get more of the view.

Controller pictures or game screens could be coming out any minute. Stay tuned.

Watch out! Pikachu isn't just trying to ruin children's minds anymore...

As if seizures and millions of fanatical kids weren't enough, Pikachu has now set his sights on your PC hard drive. I suggest running for the hills, or checking the full story at CNN.

TOKYO (Reuters) - A computer virus featuring the cuddly Japanese cartoon character Pikachu has been found in computers in the United States, leaving some operating systems devastated, an anti-virus software firm said on Thursday.

Samus will return from her vacation next year!!!

Planet readers, and Nintendo fans everywhere, rejoice the day that has come upon us ...

Metroid for the N-cube has been CONFIRMED!

Not only confirmed, but of course is being developed by some of the fattiest and richest "creme da la creme" of Nintendo developers .. Retro Studios!

Thanks... Read more...

Billy tells Justin what to do and say!

Heya folks, Just talked to Billy live from Japan. Lucky bastard... maybe I should add poor as all get out since this can't be cheap. Anyway, more and more it is looking like the next 24 hours is going to bring some VERY interesting news and there could also be some VERY happy faces... well, not on anyone from Sony, but I think we'll all survive if that's the case.