Long. Very long.

What a day! Forget about whatever else you are (or are not) reading about E3 so far. Today was a day that any one of you would have just been thrilled over, especially if you are like us, who had never been to E3 before.

We arrived about an hour before the Press Briefing was to take place. The... Read more...

Damn them!

We heard about another invite only Rare press viewing of Banjo-Tooie, and Zelda : Majora's Mask. The only catch to this was your name was supposed to be on a list to get in. Well we ended up getting in any way (stealth tactics rule), and that is why the audio will be up a bit later. We will have more to update with now. Can't pass up an opportunity to hear Shigeru talk some more. :) Grab a dew and stay up with us!

Big read. BIG READ.

Billy’s E3 Diary

Day 1

Tuesday, May 09, 2000

9:15am CST / 7:15am PST

E3 is now powered by Mountain Dew.

Well, seeing is I got about 3 hours of sleep last night, my day technically started at midnight. My alarm went off at 4:45am CST (2:25am PST), and I groggily stumbled to the fridge,... Read more...

Yay?

Well not going to E3 leaves me with the responsibility of reporting news from "outside" the show, with Billy and Co. basking in all the glory that is E3. Sure he thinks he can lock me up here to post the news that they may not see but I'll get my revenge, and he knows it. I'm only kidding of course,... Read more...

Don't think of the Children. If you do, I'll have to hurt you. Badly.

Boasting to be "finalizing a major new license, based on one of the most popular children's properties, to produce video games for multiple platforms including the 'next generation' 128-bit systems recently announced by Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft" publisher NewKidCo will unveil its 2000 line-up... Read more...

We want the Daemon Killer!

Upcoming Capcom RPG, Onimusha may see the light of day on Dolphin. In an interview with EGM, designer Keiji Inafune commented on the possibilty of the game Onimusha: Warlords coming to next generation consoles. "There is a possibility for Dolphin or X-Box." With third party support already looking to be huge for Nintendo's next console, Jaspanese developer Capcom could play an integral part in the console's success in its homeland.

E3 is where all things are created and destroyed.

Well I'm just gathering up a few things, saying good bye to Louie for a week [Louie - "Yeah, F#$% you too! I'm crapping in your bed!"], and waiting for the Cab that's taking me to the airport. Yep, Peer and Matt have sent the IGN jet to pick me up! Not a bad deal, eh? Kidding. It's more like the flying... Read more...

Rock. Total and complete ROCK.

This is something we'd really like to see at E3! Thanks to Markioke for the tip. Looks like the folks at IGN pocket got a super secret hands on test of the GBA. Well at least a development version. From the looks of that they had to say about their first impressions, this little bad boy is going to rock. Here's a rather large clip.

Yes, that Silicon Knights.

It looks like the popular Legacy of Kain series that received such high reviews from the Playstation crowd, will now in the future be Nintendo-exclusive.

According to FGNOnline (who rocks, because the pimped our site yesterday), "Nintendo has seized a strategic equity investment in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain developer, Silicon Knights. The partnership makes the developer a long-term, exclusive Nintendo developer."

Deg is da bitch of Trivia.

We have a new staff member on board. Please welcome Jeff Shirley to the Planet Staff. He's much better known as Deguello in chat, as well as a dominating force in Planet Trivia. So other people actually have a chance to win at Trivia, we decided to hire him as our new Trivia Biaaacch. I thought the... Read more...

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil.

We repored last week that Ubi Soft may be porting their Evil Twin - Cyprien's Chronicles to the Dolphin. So what actually is it? FGN talked to Jean-Bernard Jacon the producer of the project and he shed some light on the games premise. Since I've been having reoccuring nightmares about Ty killing me in my sleep at E3 Killer Instinct style, I felt it was relevant. Read on!

Wait, don't get too excited. We quite mean it's out, but the headline isn't inaccurate either.

Well, no, not really .. yet. But, I just popped in my latest copy of Launch, #39, and was suprised to see a link to Datadyne.

It's good to see Nintendo participating in new types of advertising campaigns. One thing they should have done was to provide more information up front about what Datadyne... Read more...

Serious concerns have been raised about Nintendo violating European anti-trust laws.

Is it a me? Or is it Mario Monti? Maybe he's a just upset because we have the same name ..

The New York Times reported that the European Union Commission sent "formal warning" to Nintendo and some of Nintendo's European distributors over the way they distribute Nintendo products in Europe.

Ubi Soft seems to be cooking up what could very well be described as Rayman's "Evil Twin"

Hot of the success of Rayman 2, Ubi Soft are venturing once again into the action/adventure market this time with the game Evil Twin — Cyprien's Chronicles. The game follows the exploits of a young orphan, Cyprien, who is tranformed into a world where his deepest and darkest dreams are manifested... Read more...

The Nation clan gets a "big" little addition to its ranks and what can we say but CONGRATULATIONS to Justin & Tammy!!!

Justin's a Daddy!! Yep! It's our second staffer to become a father! Here's the vital stats of the new Nation!

Alianna Lee Nation

Born: April 26, 2000 at 8:19 PM

21 inches, 7 and 1.5 pounds

Wooohoo! Our best wishes to Justin and Tammy! Break out the Cigars! So Justin, need a vacation in 2 weeks? You know we still have a pass for you to get into E3! Hehehehe!

A humourous Nintendo Power "interview" with Mario. Is-a-bella.

In the latest issue of Nintendo Power (May, 2000) there is an excellent E3 2000 preview. I wasn't expecting to see any major Dolphin news in there. There was one interesting thing to note. Nintendo Power interviews a few of the major Nintendo mascots like Mario, Professor Oak, Banjo, and Link. Mario's interview did have 2 interesting questions, and answers...

A big GBA / Dolphin announcement at the end of May? Our headline sez it all...

Our big brothers up the street posted the story, that although Nintendo is not scheduled to make any Dolphin or GBA annoucements or showings at this years E3 (Boo! Hiss!), they did mention that they will have some sort of Dolphin / GBA goodness to speak about towards the end of May ... Why wait until then? Beats me, but it probably has something to do with when they make their end of fiscal year announcements.

A look at the age old arguement, modern-style.

This has been a rather big arguement lately that has been brewing for a long time. Which is the better gaming platform...the Console or PC. Granted both have their advantages and disadvantages. Personally, I like both. Unfortunately my Commodore 64 is running rather slow to play games like Unreal... Read more...

For the love of all things unholy and not nice...

Rumor Alert! And actually pretty damn scary one too. Microsoft trying to work with Nintendo? The sound of this just makes me want to launch my easter dinner. Magic Box online posted a few things in relation to the Square-Microsoft deal. A couple of rumors who Microsoft tried to hook up with. One being Nintendo. I think Nintendo is doing just fine on their own.

This isn't good...

Steven Kent from MSNBC was on a mission to find out how many developers in Japan have seen Dolphin Dev. Kits. Basically what it came down to was, "Not a whole lot." I would have used his direct analogies to such pop artists as Brittany Spears and Ricky Martin (is he a fan?), but I felt it would be... Read more...