Hey, what happened to Donkey Kong Racing and Coconut Crackers? UPDATED: Rare responds, and so do we ...

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It seems that Rare's official site (link above) has deleted links to both Donkey Kong Racing and DK Coconut Crackers from its "Forthcoming Projects" page. No explanation from the company is given, but it's worth noting that Diddy Kong Pilot is still listed.

Thanks to the many readers who spotted this and alerted us.

We will soon be only $50 away from multiplayer excellence and sexual innuendo.

SEGA SERVES UP SEXY SUMMER FUN WITH BEACH SPIKERS, EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE

NINTENDO GAMECUBE

SAN FRANCISCO - (August 13, 2002) - Bump, set, spike! SEGA(R) of America,

Inc. today announced the release of "Beach Spikers(TM)" exclusively for the

Nintendo GameCube(TM). The ultimate summer party game, "Beach Spikers"

Yamauchi, Iwata, and Miyamoto talk about the recent changes at Nintendo, and a lot more.

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This article is actually a press conference (as opposed to a one-on-one interview) announcing Yamauchi's retirement and naming Satoru Iwata as his successor. Regardless, three of Nintendo's key figures reveal a great deal about quite few things.

Miyamoto talks about... Read more...

It's an older one, but it's a lot better. Come hear what Mario himself has to say about his voice.

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This radio interview was conducted on the first day of E3 this year, and in it, Martinet explains how he got his dream job, what other voices he portrays, and what he thinks about being a VO Artist. It's a really nice clip that you should listen to.

It's in streaming Real Audio format, so you're going to need Real Player. If you've got it, go here and check it out.

Released on an amazing six separate platforms, including GameCube and Game Boy Advance, football fans have some spending to do.

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Courtesy of Electronic Arts, the latest incarnation of the ever popular Madden series is now available.

Best-Selling Football Videogame, Madden NFL 2003, Launches on Six Platforms

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - August 12, 2002 - Football season officially starts

today with the launch of Madden NFL(tm) 2003 from Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:

Take a sneak peek at Nintendo setting up their booth...

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...and a bunch of crates.

I figured you wouldn't click if I lead with "CRATES CRATES CRATES!!!" Billy posted about 50 pictures of crates the Saturday before E3 and though his excitement was genuine...well, we love you Billy.

Anyway, your Planet GameCube DVD... Read more...

The cat is back with an all new rumor, and SCHOOLING?! What Billeh sent Louie to clown college? You better believe it!

Hey everyone!

I’m back from the dead! Wooooohoooooo! Billeh sent me off to grammar school so I could clean up my writing. So I am back. Fear me. The kitty is back. I know you were waiting.

Anyhoo, I was checking my e-mail today (yes I get e-mail) and was sent a link to Kodak’s site. Apparently they’ve come up with new low powered, Active Matrix Screens for portable devices. This is the description:

The creators of Mario Sunshine battle it out in an interview with NOM. Highlights inside.

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The recent edition of Nintendo Online Magazine on Nintendo Japan's website features

an interview with the staff of Super Mario Sunshine: Director Koizumi, Director Usui,

and Producer Tezuka. Highlights of the interviews are translated below:

Nintendo Online Magazine (NOM): Did Mr. Miyamoto come up with the Super Mario Sunshine title?

There's an interview with almost all you would want to know about this voice actor.

Game Spy have a detailed interview with Charles Martinet. It's a very nice read and includes how he became Mario, the games in which he has voiced characters, how much he likes working with Nintendo and much more.

Here's a small extract:

GameSpy: Have you met Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto (Father of Mario)?

What's this? A Japanese ad of Mario Sunshine with a lady in bikini and Mario's pump...

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Quiter posted on their website an ad of Mario Sunshine featured in Spa! and the Japanese Playboy, which are magazines geared towared a more

mature audience.

Click here to view the ad.

GC-Inside provides us with a shot of Japan's Star Fox Adventure promotion poster.

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Click here to view the poster.

Star Fox Adventure is scheduled for September 27 in Japan and September 23 in U.S.

Planet GameCube has got their paws on a copy of the Japanese Trial edition of Biohazard 0 (Resident Evil Zero). See some scans, control scheme, and all new movies!

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Our good friends at Lan-Kwei

have sent us a copy of Biohazard 0: Trial Edition. Here's a couple shots

of the packaging:

We'll have impressions up soon, but for now, take a look at a

Winners of the "Nintendo and Mario Make My Community SHiNE" National Contest Create Mural Art for Their City

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REDMOND, Wash.--Aug. 8, 2002--In the coming weeks, communities in Seattle, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia and Tucson will present a fresh new look with the help of Nintendo and the national youth organization SHiNE (Seeking Harmony in Neighborhoods Everyday).

Five... Read more...

Find out what Squaresoft has in store for the millions of GBA owners. Check out the title of the new Final Fantasy game.

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Squaresoft has recently announced a list of titles that will be appearing on the Game Boy Advance. Here's the list.

Chocobo Successor (End of 2002)

Seiken Densetsu (Summer 2003)

"New" Final Fantasy Tactics (Winter 2002 / early 2003)

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicle (Spring 2003; has GameCube link feature).

Want to bid on a North American copy of Super Mario Sunshine signed by the one and only Shigeru Miyamoto?

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UPDATE: Doh... the auction is only open to permanent residents of Canada.

Nintendo of Canada is sponsoring a charity event whereby 10 copies of Super Mario Sunshine are being auctioned away at eBay's Canadian site. Of course, these aren't just any old copies of SMS, they are signed by the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto himself. Follow this link and bid at your own risk.

Not exact release dates, but certainly more accurate than they were previously.

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Nintendo Australia recently revamped their homepage, and although the Upcoming Games list has been lost (and is presumably being rewritten with dates now), there are more accurate dates for two eagerly awaited pieces of GameCube Hardware, along with prices:

Memory Card 251

Another thing to add to September! Get all the information right here including price, and the first cards. What? Did someone say Balloon Fight?

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The e-Reader be released on September 16th and will retail for $39.95. This will include:

- one e-Reader unit

- one classic Nintendo game (five Donkey Kong Jr.-e or five Pinball-e cards)

- one Game & Watch Manhole-e card

- three Pokemon The Card Game-e cards

What happens when you put programmers from Dragon Quest VII and Mother together? You get Genius Sonority.

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Founded last month with 100,000,000 yen of investment from Nintendo and The Pokemon Company, Genius Sonority is hiring for programmers, sound engineers, game planners, and administrative staff in Japan. The founding staff includes programmers that worked on the Dragon Quest and Mother series. The company will focus on developing RPGs for the GBA and GameCube.

Looks like the shiniest GBA will be released in Europe, and soon too.

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27th September is your date for the Platinum Game Boy Advance, making a total of six colours divided through over 4 million GBAs, which is the number that has been sold in Europe. It'll sell for around 99 Euros (about £60).

GAME BOY ADVANCE GOES PLATINUM

What other colour would do for the world’s fastest selling handheld console?

Nintendo puts up a HUGE interview with the three big-wigs of Super Mario Sunshine. You know you're going to read anything Miyamoto says.

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NCL interviewed Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka (the game's producers), and Yoshiaki Koizumi (director) after the launch of Sunshine in Japan last month. Nintendo.com, being considerate of all us that speak English, translated it and put it up.

There's so much good reading in it, we don't even want to put up a snippet of it. You should just stop reading this and get on over there!