A news piece from the Wall Street Journal illustrate one of the key points of "The Nintendo Difference" ...

In a fairly well written story, Joseph Pereira explains how Nintendo is tackling the video game industry using new and innovative "non-violent" games.

For a company that historically has pinned it's success on the Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong franchises, Pikmin is a big gamble. Bigger than most people realize, as Pikmin turns out to be Nintendo's costliest game ever to develop.

THQ and Jakks Pacific finally make it official, issuing a press release for WWF Wrestlemania X8, an exclusive for Nintendo GameCube!

The following press release has been issued today. The following summary of features are listed in the press release, or could be seen from early screen shots. The final product is very likely to have additional features.

-35 WWF/WCW/ECW Stars

-Hardcore Matches

-Tornado Matches

-Triple Threat Matches

Nintendo and Sony face off for world domination (in Japan)! See who fared best this week!

 Game Title

System

Maker

Last Week's Rank

Week Before Last

This Week's Sales

Total Unit Sales

1

Gran Turismo Concept 2001 Tokyo

PS2

SCE

2

-

50,101

248,285

2

Mobile Suit Gundam Federation VS Zeon DX

PS2

We get a lot of e-mail asking if GTA3 is coming to the Cube as rumored. In short, no.

IGN Cube has contacted Rockstar to inquire about the rumors that a port of GTA3 is in the works for GameCube.

Rockstar's response was that other than the X-Box and PC versions (in addition to the already released PS2 version), there is not a GameCube version planned at this time.

Bam! just officially announced that Wallace and Gromit are headed to ALL next generation systems. The press release awaits you...

BAM! To Make Video Game Stars Of Wallace And Gromit

BATH, UK -- BAM! Entertainment (Nasdaq: BFUN) today confirmed the forging of a new licensing and publishing partnership with the Oscar® winning Aardman. Coming shortly after similar deals with Spyglass, Franchise Pictures and Cartoon Network,... Read more...

In an interview with SPOnG, the executive producer for the Medal of Honor series drops hints on a possible GCN version ...

To get the details of the game's mechanics, head over to the SPOnG interview, but the news is that the developer is contemplating a GameCube version ...

Q: What about the future of the Medal of Honour series?

RG: The MOH series, I can tell you, has a very strong future across new platforms.... Read more...

Sylvester Stallone in a GameCube game. What more could you ask for?

After the PS2 and GBA versions of the game, BAM! has announced that Driven, the videogame based off of the movie about the CART racing series, will be coming to the GameCube before the end of the year is up.

Reports around the web are pointing to a signifigantly enhanced version of the game compared to the PS2 version, as well as a few extra features thrown in for good measure.

Nintendo's European branches will hold a press conference on Monday to announce the final GameCube release date and launch details.

Nintendo's various European subsidiaries are sending out announcements to regional press about a major GameCube press conference to be held this coming Monday, January 28th. The press conference will be broadcast live via webcast at http://www.nintendogamecube-europe.com (although the site is currently inactive, it will open to the public tomorrow).

Capcom's upcoming Shantae could be one of the last GBC titles ever released in America. Why should you care? It has special GBA-only features, that's why!

According to GameSpot, Capcom's upcoming GBC platformer Shantae features a genie who battles enemies by shaking her butt. (No, I'm not making this up.) Platforming fans might be interested to know that the game will include some special features unlocked only when you play it in a Game Boy Advance...an... Read more...

Capcom officially boasts so many Resident Evil titles for 2002 that it's scary!

As everyone who visits this site knows, Capcom is bringing its entire Resident Evil/Biohazard series to GameCube. But Capcom's Gamers Day has managed to provide a new surprise: all five known RE titles are coming out THIS YEAR and will all be released overseas. After unleashing the massively updated... Read more...

What's this? The Blue Bomber is starring in an all-new animé adventure?

According to the GIA, an all new animé based on the popular GBA game will begin airing March 4th, 2002 on TV Tokyo Channel 12 in Japan, and every monday thereafter at 6:30 PM.

Supposedly the plot will remain close to the game's storyline.

Indiana Jones is coming to platform near you with The Collective in the driver's seat.

LUCASARTS CHOOSES THE COLLECTIVE TO DEVELOP NEW INDIANA JONES® GAME FOR NEXT GENERATION

CONSOLES AND PC

The Collective to Leverage Innovative Technology in Return of Renowned Indiana Jones Action-Adventure

There's a new BMX game on the way in the vein of Dark Summit.

Toxic Grind is a story/mission-based BMX game to be released on GameCube and Xbox in Q2 2002. Your character, Jason Hayes, has been poisoned in a future where BMX is illegal, and the only way to save himself is to compete in a popular game show. Think of Ah-nold's The Running Man on bikes. The... Read more...

Attention Kmart shoppers, can you spare a dime?

Kmart, America's number two retail chain store, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday. This means that while it is in debt, and that it owes many suppliers money, it can continue business as usual while it begins to restructure and repay its debts.

What this means for Nintendo is that it's... Read more...

Robotech comes to the GBA!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TDK Mediactive Announces First Robotech® Game

Game Boy® Advance title: "The Macross Saga" to Debut Summer 2002

CALABASAS, CA - January 22, 2002 - TDK Mediactive, Inc. (OTC: TDKM.OB), a

global publisher of entertainment software, announced today that its first game

It ain't coming, and never was.

Several readers emailed us last week asking about The Thing's status for GameCube, since that system wasn't mentioned in recent announcements for the game. Today we contacted Universal Interactive to check for sure, and they told us that The Thing is not coming for GameCube, and for that matter,... Read more...

You've played Pikmin. You love Pikmin. But enough to write a song in their honor? Or enough to buy one?

"Ai no Uta" (Love Song) débuted in Japan in November of last year, accompanying Nintendo's Pikmin television commercial. It isn't music taken from the game, but rather a sweet little guitar and vocal piece written and performed by the duet Strawberry Flower. Although at first listen it seems uncharacteristic... Read more...

Former bigwig at Sony CEA and Sega of America has just become President and Chief Operating Officer of BAM! Entertainment.

The name Bernie Stolar is a persistent one in the gaming industry, and he'll be particularly familiar to longtime Sega fans and early Dreamcast owners. Stolar left Sega shortly after the DC launch, and there were rumors that Nintendo was picking him up, but he eventually landed at Mattel Interactive... Read more...

You thought the days of ignorant mainstream console comparisons were over. You thought wrong.

We're not exactly sure when Popular Science's "Battling Boxes" article was printed, but you can read it here. Here are a few excerpts to whet your appetite:

"I'm already a PlayStation 2 ($299) junkie, so I didn't need a lot of saddle time with the deuce."

Right, and that makes it okay to completely ignore PS2 in your article.

The latest Nintendo Power has a list of 15 developers that are now developing for the GameCube. Get the full run down, including what some of the games could be…

The latest Nintendo Power includes an informative listing of the latest development companies signed up to develop for GameCube. Thanks to TendoBox, we’ve got a transcription of the complete list, accompanied descriptions on each company and even hints at what some of the GameCube projects might be!