Tired of badly compressed video in GameCube games? Fret no longer, DivX and your pals at Factor 5 have the answer!

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The small size of the GameCube discs makes them easy to manage and cheap to make, but they only hold a fraction of the data a standard DVD-ROM can. While most games can be made to fit in 1.5GB of space, FMV, or full-motion video is much harder to compress without significant loss in video quality.

Nintendo is bringing back the Cube Clubs, and this time in force!

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So you wanted to go to a Cube Club last year before the GameCube launch right? Too bad they weren't in a lot of cities. Well you just might have a reason to rejoice now. Nintendo is launching a new Cube Club Tour, and this time they're hitting 15 different cities all over the US. Plus, they're brining a ton of games for people to play. Check out this monster game list:

Gamasutra.com has an informative interview with Hip Tanaka, the man behind the music for many NES greats.

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Gamasutra.com recently posted an interview with Hirokazu 'Hip' Tanaka. For those who don't know, Tanaka currently heads Creatures Inc. (of Pokemon fame) and began his career in the video game industry with Nintendo composing music for classics like Metroid, Kid Icarus,... Read more...

If you think games cost too much, Fair Play wants you to stop buying games for the week 1st December to 8th December.

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Everyone cringes when it comes time to buy a new game. £40-£45 ($70US) is always hard to stomach, even for the well off. Video games have traditionally been viewed as a kid's hobby, so why have the prices skyrocketed past what most kids earn in allowance or odd jobs? The Fair Play campaign aims to fix that.

The kid pictured in our Lizard Lick story over the weekend has some serious hardcore fans.

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Yes, it's a slow news morning here on Planet GameCube, and we've uncovered an even more disturbing link dealing with the disturbing "Lizard boy" picture we posted this past weekend.

This is very disturbing...if you can't tell.

At the Yoshi / Clash of the Tongues event held this weekend in Lizard Lick, North Carolina, there was a child that got his picture taken while he was getting his tongue measured.

Like Castlevania music and electric guitars? You came to the right place.

As many of our readers may remember, around E3 PGC made many mentions of OverClocked.org because the beautiful remixes found therein were used throughout our E3 2002 DVD. Since then, I've been wanting to create some remixes of my own.

*cliché warning*

Fast-forward a few months and I've... Read more...

So who actually had the longest tongue? Possibly one of the most disturbing pictures you will see today...

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Tongue-Gifted Test Talents in Lick-Off Competition

Nintendo's Yoshi Finds Nation's Most Prolific Tongue-Slinger in Lizard

Lick

LIZARD LICK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2002--Today,

hundreds of local residents of Lizard Lick vied for victory in the

Check it out, PGC's got the entire intro to Evolution Worlds for your viewing pleasure.

PGC just got a hold of some Evolution Worlds video and we've got a treat for you! Linked below is a movie of the complete intro sequence. The video shows the hero and his girl taking a gem from a tower, and then running for their lives when the tower starts to collapse. Then the tower turns into a huge ray-gun and shoots a giant laser into space.

Get ready for the most ambiguously obscene Nintendo promotion EVER.

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Lizard Lick, North Carolina is set to be the location of "Yoshi's Clash of the Tongues", where on September 28th, contestants will vie for the title of "Ultimate Licker." Other titles include the "Lengthiest Lick", "Most Imaginative Lick", and "Most Daring Lick".

We can't make this stuff up, folks.

We've gotten our paws on Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, and captured a few direct feed movies for you gear heads. What was that NWA said about the police?

We've uploaded a bunch of direct feed movies of the final version of Need For

Speed: Hot Pursuit 2.  Come see Billy drive terribly, wreck exotic cars,

piss off the police, and get busted! 

Don't forget to right click and save these files to your computer.

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What!? Can the Q get any shinier?!?

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XenGamers is reporting that Matsushita is planning on adding a new feature to the already drool-a-riffic hybrid GameCube/DVD player, the Q. In addition to playing GameCube games and DVD movies (not to mention being downright sexy), this new model will have TiVo-like digital video recording capabilities. Yes, now you can finally watch TV and play videogames at the same time!

The second Ecks vs. Sever first-person shooter for GBA is on its way to stores.

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BAM! ENTERTAINMENT DELIVERS BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER(tm) TO GAME BOY® ADVANCE

Retail Availability Coincides With Debut Of Franchise Pictures' Feature Film

San Jose, Calif. (September 26, 2002) - BAM! Entertainment(tm) (Nasdaq: BFUN), a global publisher and... Read more...

Who said the GBC sound synth can't churn out some sweet tunes?

The games in the Castlevania series have always been known for their excellent and memorable tunes, and Harmony of Dissonance is no exception. While it's true that the game directs most of the GBA's available power towards graphics rather than music, the composer did an excellent job despite this. After all, some of the best music in video game history was done using the NES's inferior chips.

It's gotta be Melissa Starks....

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Boom!! EA SPORTS Madden NFL and NCAA Football Games Sack the Competition

Retail Data Shows Momentum for NBA Live, NASCAR Thunder and NHL Games from EA SPORTS

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--Sept. 25, 2002--Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS), the world's leading developer and... Read more...

Bubble Bobble - Old and New gets picked up by Empire. It's getting out of Japan, and Bubble Bobble fans are going crazy!

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Empire signs games rights to 'Bubble Bobble - Old and New' for Game Boy Advance ("GBA")

Empire Interactive plc, a leading AIM listed computer games developer and publisher, today announced it had signed the publishing rights to the classic GBA title, 'Bubble Bobble - Old and New'.

No, you don't get to meet the Osbournes, but you do get a chance to tell the world you're a gamer.

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True Life, MTV's documentary series, has a future episode entitled True Life: I'm a Gamer. The cable network is looking for a few good gamers... gamers like you, as a matter of fact. Here's what they're looking for:

Are you heavily involved in video games? Are you... Read more...

Click on to read what Miyamoto has to say about his latest work, The Legend of Zelda GC.

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Nintendo’s latest demo DVD in Japan features a clip of Miyamoto-san’s commentary on The Legend of Zelda (GC). PGC brings you the highlights translated below:

What is The Legend of Zelda?

The first game in the series was made about 15, 16 years ago. It takes

The newest Activision O2 extreme sports series has just launched in North America.

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The newest extreme sports game from Activision and developer Treyarch, Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer, is headed to retail shelves on GameCube, PS2, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance.

Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer gives gamers the chance to experience the surfer lifestyle with the... Read more...

With a protagonist named "Wasa B.", you know the music will be...interesting.

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Music Lineup for Whirl TourT Announced

GAME TO FEATURE TRACKS FROM OVER 25 DIFFERENT ARTISTS

LOS ANGELES, CA - September 25, 2002 - Crave Entertainment and Vivendi

Universal Publishing today announced the lineup of musicians slated for

inclusion in Whirl Tour, their upcoming arcade platformer/trick sports game.

Round #2 with Steven Kent on the Rare issue....and look who gets quoted?!

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Steven Kent takes another stab at the Rare/MS buyout in his USA Today article, and Planet GameCube gets a mention. Take a look....

"Rare figured out ways to get the best (performance) out of each machine," says Nintendo senior vice president George Harrison. Nonetheless,... Read more...