Billy saves lots of money by waiting until he gets to Japan to post this instead of using the airplane phone.

8/22/00 6:28:48 PM CST

Space World Diary – The Flight

Well I’m currently in the air right now. Somewhere over Canada. Blame CANADA! Hehe. So far so good. Well, at least I’m on my way. The flight was delayed for about an hour and a half…but it’s all good. 9 hours currently left on the flight. 9 long ass hours. I hope I can fall asleep pretty soon.

Pictures of the GBA?! Yes, please!!!!

The Gaming Intelligence Agency has some new info about Game Boy Advance including pictures of the actual unit scanned from Famitsu magazine. So head on over to the GIA to check out the pictures as well as some updated spec info.

You hear that, narrowbanders?! Nintendo cares about you (unlike that Microsoft comany...)

Well, let the flow of Dolphin/N-Cube news begin. Earlier today Conexant Systems Inc. announced that they would be the exclusive supplier of a 56 kbps modem for Nintendo's upcoming next-generation console. The press release fails to say whether the modem will be internal or external nor whether it... Read more...

Billy assures us that that he is OK by notifying us of his situation and gives us some pointer about traveling to Japan!

Hell yeah, got the net connection up and running. It's all good in the hood folks. Er....well that means it's all good in Japan. You know it's going to be good when you check into your hotel and there's some dude with a Pokemon briefcase standing next to you.

Currently it's about 10:30pm Japan... Read more...

Nintendo will finally reveal their own news for once!

Well looks like Nintendo themselves are looking to give fans the chance to see the unveiling of their upcoming products through the official site, here. Because this is NCL's homepage it is very Japanese text intensive and a basic understandng of the language may be required.

On the Nintendo... Read more...

Billy gets psyched! about going to Space World.

Well that just about does it for me state side. Get me the hell out of here! It's time to board the PlanetJet and take to the skies for like 82 hours. It's finally starting to sink in. Space World baby! The bags are packed, the GBC is full of fresh batteries, Louie's got a 12 pack, and some glitter balls. Louie wanted to come but he's heard that they eat cat in parts of Japan.

New stuff about 3 games can be found be clicking up there!

Well we can never get enough game announcements here at the Planet, especially when they concern a nifty little handheld by the name of Game Boy Advance. New additions to the GBA family of growing software are three titles that will appear at Spaceworld in thext few days. The first and probably only... Read more...

We now have another new name for the "Dolphin." But is this the real name?

Well, IGN has finally uncovered the word. Move over Project Dolphin and Star Cube...make room for the Nintendo Game Cube. What do you think? Are you saying "Boo" or "Boo-urns"? So let the arguments begin! Personally, I like the shortened N-Cube...though Game Cube really isn't that bad. Of course,... Read more...

He's the birthday, he's the birthday, he's the birthday boy or girl!!!!!!

Yeah, mad Birthday Wishes to our main home slice Justin Nation! Justin is turning 56 today. Happy Birthday Justin!

Kidding....Justin is acutally turning 27, and demands for his birthday Wave Race on Dolphin, GBA, and the blender in his kitchen. C'mon Shiggy hook 'em up with his damned Lava level dream! Happy Birthday bro!

Come see the purty GBA cars!!!!!

And it looks pretty! According to the folks at Game Spot, MTO plans to release a racing game called Pocket GT Advance for the Game Boy Advance. Pocket GT Advance will feature a 256 color display, as well as use the psuedo-Mode 7 graphics rotation, and transparencies. No release date has been set. Click here to check out the screenshots. Is it just me, or does it look a lot like old school Pole Position?

Billy's goin' to the Pre-Space World show, Baby!!!!!!

I'd like to personally thank Nintendo for inviting PlanetN2000 to the Space World 2000 Pre Event. I have heard some people have been denied access to this event.

If they invited me, I am inviting you. :)

We plan to bring you full coverage of Space World 2000. If it's Dolphin, you'll see... Read more...

Could it be?! Could the entirely expected actualy be happening?!

NintendoExpress upon learning from various developer sources of theirs, have come to the conclusion that Dolphin may launch as late as September 2001. Click on the link to get the full lowdown, as NintendoExpress have also learnt that full development kits have been shipped to various third-party companies as well as further confirmation on a D-Pad's inclusion on the Dolphin's controller.

Huzzah! Rare's Killer Instinct arcade game comes to your computer!

...right through my modem onto my hard drive, it seems. Looks like I got my birthday wish after all, heh heh. Even this "old" version runs as smooth as butter on my mere 466 mhz. This one doesn't have sound, though. It looks very, very good, to say the least. Arcade perfect. I'll have the full impressions up soon.

GBA will be there

European press trade only event, ECTS, which is to be held in London this September, is similar to E3 where companies display/unveil their product line up for the following year. The company handling the PR for the event, Bastion, has revealed that Nintendo will unveil the GBA to the European press,... Read more...

What is this thing going to be called?

Well as soon as people started accepting StarCube as the name for Nintendo's next console it looks like it may not turn out to be that at all. Whilst many staffers here at the Planet have remained sceptical about the name StarCube our friends over at IGN64 seem to think that the jury is definitely... Read more...

mmmmm, Peaches and Cream.....

Developed by Hudson, a new RPG for the Game Boy Advance called Momotaro Matsuri is scheduled to appear at the upcoming Spaceworld show in Japan. The game is part of the popular Hudson 'Peach-boy' series and the story centers around a young lazy child who must change his behavior in order to save his... Read more...

Max is a crazy man!

Hopped online today to see Mike Hrusecky had emailed the Planet staff with his discovery of two recently filed Nintendo patents. I excitedly rushed to check it out thinking this was a surefire scoop. I shamelessly fell into frenzy, "could these be system mock-ups?!?" Of course, they weren't. My hopes... Read more...

PETERMAINCO r0xx0r!

Yesterday, IGN64 put up a speech given by Peter Main at Nintendo's recent Gamers' Summit. Main talked about the growth of video games industry and touted the continued success of N64, Gameboy & celebrated phenomenal sales of Perfect Dark & Pokemon. Not surprising, Main gave no indication of what would... Read more...

GBA news will be at GenCon. Wait, the headline already says that. Oh well.

Straight outta my hometown, more news about GBA pops up at GenCon. If you don't know what GenCon is...it's probably the largest Role Playing/Trading Card Game convention in the US. Or...so I've heard. Funny, I lived in brewtown for almost 26 years, and never went to GenCon. Video Game/Computer RPG's seem to be popping up a bit more there. Looks like I should go home more often. :)

it pours locusts! I mean GBAs.

It's a really good day for GBA that's for sure. Nintendo has updated their Space World 2000 section with more GBA screens, as well as screens for a new N64 game you will kill for. Sin and Punishment.