Now that E3 is over, it's time for the Game Critics Awards Best of E3 2002! Check out the newly announced nominees. Of course, we all know that the Louie Awards are more important.

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With E3 done with and everyone given time to relax; it's finally time for the nominees for the Best of E3 2002 awards. So, without further ado, here they are.

Best of Show

DOOM III (PC)

Metroid Prime (GC)

Neverwinter Nights (PC)

The Legend of Zelda (GC)

The Sims Online (PC)

Perhaps it thought that 50,000,001 was just a bit out of its reach.

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Nintendo Sees 50 Million GameCube Sales by 2005

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese video game giant Nintendo Co Ltd said on Thursday it aimed to sell 50 million of its GameCube game consoles globally by March 2005.

It still has a long way to go, however, to catch Sony Corp's PlayStation 2, the dominant home video game platform worldwide with more than 30 million units shipped since its debut in March 2000.

That crazy annelid wants more of your money.

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Majesco's newest Super NES to GBA port, Earthworm Jim 2 was originally developed by Shiny (currently working on Enter the Matrix). Although Jim's first appearance on GBA was developed internally by Pipe Dream Interactive, Majesco has commissioned the sequel to a company called Super Empire. The game should be in stores later this week for the new standard GBA software price, $29.95.

Bomberman Generation for GameCube and both Bomberman Max 2 games for GBA are headed to retail shelves.

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IT'S BOMBS AWAY AS MAJESCO SHIPS 'BOMBERMAN' TITLES FOR NINTENDO GAMECUBE(tm) AND GAME BOY(r) ADVANCE

Critically Acclaimed Franchise Returns With Timeless Game Play

EDISON, NJ, June 04, 2002 - The beloved Bomberman is back and explodes this month as Majesco,... Read more...

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A round up of the recent news updates on the website of Nintendo Japan including Memory Card 251’s release date, financials, and 2 services to be discontinued.

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In addition to E3 and the stepping down of Yamauchi Hiroshi, there has been quite a lot of news with Nintendo in Japan.

First off, Nintendo announced that the Memory Card 251 will be released alongside Mario Sunshine on July 19. The Memory Card 251 will retail at 2000 yen (around $16 US). On a side note, the Wave Bird controller has not yet to receive a release date.

For all you World Cup heads out there, Electronic Arts has begun simulating the entire World Cup 2002. Check out the preliminary results...

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If you're following the World Cup in Japan and Korea, you might want to check out the results of how a PC and PS2 (damn you EA, always blowing off Nintendo) played out the world cup. Dig it...

With the release of EA SPORTS' 2002 FIFA World Cup game, we now have the... Read more...

Nintendo has released a statement that their Lawson Loppi rewrite system (known as Nintendo Power) will be ending on August 31st.

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The Lawson service, which allows consumers to write Super Famicom or Game Boy Color games onto flash cartridges, will end on August 31st. From September 1st and onwards, Nintendo will be accepting returns of the cartridges for refund. They will stop selling flash cartridges for the Super Famicom and Game Boy (known as Super Famicom Memory Cassette and Game Boy Memory Cassette) on June 30th.

...in the U.S. - find out what the deal is with the cutest little hamster EVER!

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Cartoon Network will be running Hamtaro twice every weekday starting today! Check your local listings for details.

Mostly PS2 titles, but Nintendo's animals and giants are still hanging on.

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PS2 titles dominated the charts with Square's Final Fantasy XI taking the number

one spot. Nintendo is still in a drought of games for the GameCube, which explains

its lack of presence in the top 10. However, Animal Crossing is still holding

on to the 16th spot since its release half a year ago. Kyojin no Doshin resurfaced

We've been talking about it for over a week. Now you can read the entire Nintendo developer roundtable transcript, including PGC's contribution!

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GameSpot has finished transcribing last week's Nintendo developer roundtable discussion, in which Miyamoto, Iwata, and Tezuka, along with translator Bill Trinen, talked about the GameCube E3 lineup and answered a few questions from the media.

Naturally, PGC was there... Read more...

UPDATED: UK developer Codemasters announces several titles for GameCube to be released in 2003.

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Update: We have confirmed through Codemasters PR that all these games are being released in North America, even the extremely European-sounding Club Football. Of course, they're still being released in Europe too, as you'd expect with any Codemasters games.

Codemasters... Read more...

Say it ain’t so Mario?! Reports from various sources say that it’s likely Spaceworld will not take place this year. Get the first details right here.

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Planet GameCube has learned that Nintendo will probably not have a Spaceworld Exposition this fall. According to sources Nintendo is realizing more and more how global E3 is, and has decided to pull the event. This has yet to be confirmed by Nintendo.

During our E3 interview with Beth Llewelyn, Director of Public Relations for Nintendo of America, we asked about the status of Spaceworld:

Would you believe Miyamoto's people are working full-time on Metroid Prime?

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During the Nintendo developer's roundtable at E3 last week, PGC's own Jonathan Metts (that's me) got to ask Shigeru Miyamoto about his specific involvement with Metroid Prime. His answer was more than a little surprising.

First, Miyamoto-san described his level of involvement with the game as being "very high".

Get the latest word on Mario Kart for GameCube...

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During the Nintendo developer's roundtable last week, Shigeru Miyamoto mentioned that the new Mario Kart game is moving along very well. He said it could have been shown in playable form during this year's E3, but Nintendo wanted to focus only on their games due out before E3 2003. Miyamoto also explained that no screenshots of Mario Kart have been shown because they would reveal what kind of game it is.

Apparently, Nintendo doesn't want to share anymore.

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese video game giant Nintendo Ltd said on Thursday it seeks shareholder approval for a scheme to buy back up to 14 million of its own shares -- or 9.88 percent of shares outstanding -- or up to $2.01 billion worth.

The plan requires permission from the company's shareholders at a meeting to be held on June 27.

Miyamoto discusses violence in games, bringing games to wider audiences and innovation in another E3 chat.

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During E3, Shigeru Miyamoto sat down to an interview with Patrick Garratt of Computer and Videogames. Many things were discussed during the interview, though here’s a few of the highlights:

CVG: It's been necessary with GameCube to bring older gamers into the... Read more...

Want a full overview of E3? Then why not see what Steven Kent’s got to say?

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Although PGC provided gobs of Nintendo related content at E3, it was only a fraction of what was happening at the big show. Thanks to MSNBC’s Steven Kent, you can get a great overview of everything happening at the show, and some of the things being said behind the... Read more...

Nintendo Power interviewed Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata during E3. Check out excerpts on Zelda & next year's show!

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During E3, Nintendo Power sat down with legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and NCL’s new president Satoru Iwata to discuss E3, the games and what’s next. It’s always great to hear what these two have to say, so here’s a chunk of the interview!

On display at E3 with the Nintendo LCD screen, new details have surfaced on this mysterious game…

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During E3, Nintendo showcased its impressive LCD screen with Metroid Prime and another interesting game: a Phantasy Star card game. It now seems that it was no accident the game was shown exclusively with the LCD screen. We had meant to report on this, but now thanks to Nintendo.com, we have info revealing that the new hardware device and game are very much related.