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March 19, 2002
by Jonathan Metts - 10:57 am EST
Source: Sega Press Release
...say that three times fast.
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The arcade-style soccer game from Visual Concepts (NFL 2k2, NBA 2k2) and Black Box (NHL Hitz 2002 for Midway) should be available soon at a retailer near you, provided you live in North America. Planet GameCube should have impressions and a review very soon. Until then, you know the drill...
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by Jonathan Metts - 10:48 am EST
Source: Sega Press Releases
Sega's Home Run King for GameCube and Baseball Advance for GBA have been shipped to retailers across North America.
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Sega is making sure Nintendo fans are fully ready for the upcoming Major League Baseball season with these two new games. Note that Baseball Advance is the newest Sega handheld title to be distributed under their deal with THQ. Here are both press releases, for your reading pleasure:
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by Bakudan Yoshinoya - 9:01 am EST
Source: Famitsu Weekly
PGC brings you the second half of Famitsu's interview with Producer Mikami. Read on about the game's difficulty, Biohazard 4, and some spoiler info inside.
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For
the first part of this interview please click here.
Famitsu: We think the gamers that will be playing this game are quite
different from those when the game was originally released. Did you tweak
the difficulty of the game?
Mikami: We made the game a bit simpler. It is only natural that times have
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March 18, 2002
by Billy Berghammer - 8:14 pm EST
Source: IGN Cube
The word on the streets says Star Fox Adventures will be delayed.
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Accoring to IGN Cube, Star Fox Adventures has been delayed until September. This news has not yet been confirmed with Nintendo, but we'll be looking into it.
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by Jonathan Metts - 7:18 pm EST
Source: Midway Press Release
The N64 helped make Blitz a household name. Now the series is ready to go for GameCube.
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Midway will be shipping the GameCube and Xbox versions of NFL Blitz 2002 tomorrow. Look for it on store shelves before the end of the week.
Midway Sports Enters the Red Zone With All-New NFL Blitz 20-02 for Xbox and Nintendo GameCube
Next-Generation Adrenaline-Style Football Game has Evolved to Deliver Over-the-Top Football Action and All-New Features
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by Steven Rodriguez - 11:30 am EST
Source: Computer and Videogames
Well, it would be kind of hard to have an online game for a system if that system wasn't online...
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Sonic Team guru Naka-san was in London last week, and to put it bluntly, he said that if Nintendo wouldn't release the GameCube modem soon, alongside with the release of PSOv2, he might yank out the online stuff and make it a straight 4-player split screen game. This is what he had to say about it:
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by Billy Berghammer - 9:18 am EST
Source: BAM! Press Release
BAM! picks up Wolfenstein 3D for the GBA! The press release inside...
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BAM! ENTERTAINMENT AND ID SOFTWARE BRING A CLASSIC TO THE GAME BOY® ADVANCE
A Pioneer Of The Genre, Wolfenstein 3D® Enters The Handheld Market
Bath, England.--(March 18, 2002) BAM! Entertainment (Nasdaq: BFUN) today announced that it has obtained the rights... Read more...
by Mike Hrusecky - 7:20 am EST
Source: ZDNet
MS had Sony's PlayStation rigs shut down at CeBit. Though unrelated to GameCube, I thought it was an interesting newsbyte. Read about the bickering children here.
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Microsoft executive, Richard Roy, complained to a CeBit organizers about Sony's use of playable demo units on the CeBit show floor, a gadget and technology-based show in Germany, which is not unlike US's Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
It's considered against show... Read more...
by Bakudan Yoshinoya - 4:03 am EST
Source: Famitsu
PGC brings you the first half of Famitsu’s interview with Biohazard’s producer, Shinji Mikami.
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The latest issue of Famitsu features an interview with Biohazard’s producer, Shinji Mikami, regarding GC’s Biohazard, which will be available in Japan in a couple of more days. Turn off your lights, grab your safety blankets, and read on.
Famitsu: What were some difficult parts about remaking Biohazard?
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March 17, 2002
by Billy Berghammer - 3:06 pm EST
Haven't ordered one of our video sets and wanted to pick one up? Here's the run down of what is still available....
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Complete Video Update! We've got just over 15 E3 2001 combo sets left, and our good friends at Video
Game Advantage have the Japan Experience 2001, so if you haven't ordered one and are interested...there are only a few remaining.
I'm personally selling off the final E3 Videos. Video
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by Billy Berghammer - 1:38 am EST
Another one is legal to vote and get into E3. And get arrested. Hopefully not at E3.
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Happy 18th birthday to Jeff Shirley, AKA Deguello! He's been hanging in trivia for ever, as well as helped keep our release dates up to date.
In a very non-thrilled way, his first words after announcing his birthday were, "Well... I get to vote and stuff. Yay. And Max won't have to argue with the E3 guys to get me in."
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March 16, 2002
by Steven Rodriguez - 7:02 pm EST
Source: Famitsu
Let's not forget about our favorite handheld, now...
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By now, you've read that Famitsu scored Biohazard a 39/40. Along with that, and three other GameCube games, the magazine got their grubby little mitts on some GBA games too, with one of them getting an impressive score of its own.
Nakayoshi Pet Advance Series 2 (GBA, MTO) - 24 (6 6 6 6)
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by Bakudan Yoshinoya - 3:23 am EST
Check out the latest ad for Kyojin no Doshin featured in the latest issue of Famitsu.
Click here to see the gigantic foot of Doshin in this gigantic ad.
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by Bakudan Yoshinoya - 3:01 am EST
Source: Famitsu
Famitsu provides us with some images and artwork from Pokemon GBA.
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Displayed below are images and artwork of Pokemon GBA from this week's Famitsu.
The game is scheduled for sometime this year.
The Pokemon shown below will also be in the new Pokemon movie, Mizu
no Miyako no Mamorikami, this summer.
This is the protagonist of the game. Nothing is known about the character
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March 15, 2002
by Billy Berghammer - 5:05 pm EST
You screamed, "MORE PGC MORE!" So we've upped 3 more direct feed movies to our new Shiggy.Net media server!
Kyojin no Doshin has been released in Japan, and we've got the even more direct feed video online to help benefit your love for large yellow dudes!
We’ve put it on our new Shiggy.Net media server for you to download! Note: Shiggy.Net is under beta testing. You will need the latest Windows
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by Mike Sklens - 3:08 pm EST
Source: specials.cfm?action=profile&id=87
Planet Trivia returns again! To celebrate the release of the Resident Evil Movie, PGC is giving away a phat Resident Evil Prize Pack!
It's Friday night. All you trivia freaks know what that means! Tonight is the night of Planet Trivia. This week we've got an extra special prize lined up. To celebrate the release of the Resident Evil movie, PGC is giving away a Resident Evil The Movie prize pack to the winner. Included in this phat... Read more...
by Bakudan Yoshinoya - 10:05 am EST
Source: Famitsu
The latest Famitsu ran a two page article on the Nintendo Square deal. PGC brings you the highlights.
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On March 9, Square officially announced that they will be developing for Nintendo’s console again after 6 years of standoff. Square will form another company, which is temporarily called Game Designers Studio, to develop games for the GBA and GC. Highlights from the articles are summarized below:
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by Bakudan Yoshinoya - 9:31 am EST
Source: Famitsu
PGC brings you the translation of Famitsu’s interview with Nintendo regarding the recent Square deal.
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The latest issue of Famitsu features an interview with Nintendo regarding the Nintendo Square settlement.
Famitsu: What is the background regarding Square’s decision to develop for Nintendo?
Nintendo: Around the end of last year, our discussion with Square... Read more...
by Bakudan Yoshinoya - 8:37 am EST
Source: Famitsu
Checkout what Famitsu has to say about Biohazard, Rouge Squadron 2, NBA Street, and Rave.
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The latest issue of Famitsu reviewed Biohazard, Rogue Squadron 2, NBA Street, and Groove Adventure Rave.
As reported earlier, Biohazard scored 39 out of 40, which earns a platinum award. Reviewers all agreed on that this game is more than a remake, and that it could... Read more...
by Desmond Gaban - 8:17 am EST
Source: Nintendo of Japan
Nintendo has released the Fire Emblem The Sealed Sword tv commercials (one is the actual tv commercial, and another is a website-exclusive version) on their website. Check them out now!
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There are two version,
The 30 second TV broadcast version
The 40 second Nintendo homepage version
In addition to this, the website has updated with information on some of the game's units and the weapon types. Stay tuned for updated previews.
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