There are pre-orders available, but only if you have a little money to spare.

KB Toys has opened its GameCube store for business. The systems are available in $399.99 bundles, not unlike Amazon's deal. But featuring only three games (varying with the package chosen) along with a memory card, there is a significant amount unaccounted for (around $35). You can also buy the jumbo package, which includes seven games, a second controller and a memory card for a whopping $649.99, which is $50 above the expected price.

Noise, developers of Custom Robo, is in the planning stages for Gamecube development.

Marigul's first contract developer, responsible for Custom Robo and Custom Robo V2, Noise is currently experimenting with Gamecube development. Noise president Kouji Kenjou commented that the Gamecube platform had a strange charm and feeling to it and that he wanted to get to the stage where he could development something for the console. The staff at Noise have expressed a strong desire to continue the Custom Robo series.

It seems like IBM has just announced an very interesting device for the Cube.

The publication Genken Ascii has revealed that there will be portable IBM hard disk card for the Nintendo GameCube, which can be inserted into the NGC’s high speed port.

The IBM card is about the size of a floppy disk with a max capacity seemingly of 1GB. The device can act as an expansion of A memory.

If you're one of the lucky and you've got a sweet TV, and you're planning on getting a GameCube Component Video Cable...you'll want to read this.

Nintendo will not be selling their Component Video Cable in stores. If you want a Nintendo brand cable, they'll only be available through order via their website or over the phone. There hasn't been an official price set, and you can't order one or pre-order one at this time.

We'll be looking into this further. Stay tuned for updates on when, and where you can order this cable.

According to retail sources, Nintendo Memory Cards may be sold on a one to one basis.

It's a well known fact that the GameCube needs memory cards to save game information. So, when you purchase your GameCube, you'll need to get a memory card with it. Tendo Box has heard from retail sources that the standard Nintendo Memory Card 59 will be shipping in a 1 to 1 ratio with the GameCube.... Read more...

Activision's handheld port of the massively influential first-person shooter is now available on Game Boy Advance. Also: cool gameplay MPEG.

According to Blue's News, Activision shipped Doom for GBA sometime over the weekend. PGC will have more info as soon as possible, including impressions and reviews, but for now you can check out this gameplay movie from Activision's website.

We all suspected it, but now Activision has confirmed that Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is a GameCube launch title. Update: Info on the Skatepark Editor!

We didn't even know it would ship in 2001 at all just a few weeks ago, but Tony Hawk 3 is now officially confirmed as a launch title for Nintendo's system, which will put it direct competition with Tony Hawk 2x for Xbox. The GameCube version looks to be a straight port from PS2, except for the online features. The press release says it all...

What the heck else would a Nintendophile be doing on a Friday night?

Wake up, eat, Cube Club, write, sleep….repeat. That’s the plan for this weekend. It’s a little late, but I needed sleep. 2 days of cube love will take the energy right out of you. Here’s my thought from Night #2 of the Cube Club Minneapolis.

The gaming began at 6pm, and I arrived... Read more...

The latest Famitsu stats.

Famitsu #673 statistics

Hardware Data:

Name

Sales

Change

Total

Playstation2

41,183

-304

2,192,983

Gameboy Advance

39,363

-5,559

3,306,342

Gamecube

8,538

-5,764

207,105

Wonderswan Color

3,850

-107

236,954

PSOne

3,249

Five finalists have been chosen to perform their wacky stunts for a GameCube. What will each of them be doing? There's only one way to find out...

How does a NINTENDO GAMECUBE, a Game Boy Advance, a video game software package, and $5,000 in cash sound to you? Well, it sounded great to a lot of other people as well. Nintendo asked people what they would do for a GameCube and many people responded. Out of the plethora of crazy stunts that were sent in, five people have been selected to compete for the grand prize.

Luigi’s Mansion contains lots of ghosts and a kidnapped sibling. It also seems to contain a demo of an upcoming game?! Details inside.

Update: As it turns out, our speculation was correct! The lucky folks at IGN Cube were sent American GameCube's and Software today, including a copy of Luigi's Mansion. The demo is a two minute movie of the Pikmin in action. You can go to IGN and view the movie right here.

Original Story:... Read more...

Yessiree! You can now save the Pikmin...in Japan. PGC was there! Pictures and a video!

Our Japanese correspondant Paul Crosby sent us pictures of a Laox store that began selling Pikmin yesterday morning....

Paul told me that the store had units set up with demos of Pikmin and Super Smash Bros. Melee. Click here to view a quick video (1.4 meg MPEG) of the demo select screen.

In unexpected news today, two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers from the late 20th Century ride to the GameCube and place it under arrest.

The latest issue of Nintendo Power has revealed a startling new licensed game for GameCube… none other than CHiPS! For those not in the know, CHiPs is a popular show that ran from 1977 until 1983 chronicling the adventures of two motorcycle police officers in California. The show starred Erik Estrada as Officer Francis Llewellyn 'Ponch' Poncherello and Larry Wilcox as Officer Jon Baker.

Yesterday, at the Interactive Entertainment awards in London, a couple of Nintendo games picked up awards.

This week was BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) week in the UK. Awards were presented for television, film and interactive entertainment. The Interactive awards have been running for four years now and many of the awards have been won by the games industry.

The successes this year include Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 for GBA winning the award for Games – Mobile and Conker’s Bad Fur Day taking Sound.

A Game Boy Advance title based on the Disney/Pixar feature film has shipped and should be available now.

With three blockbusters under its belt, Pixar has quickly become one of the most successful and consistent production houses of the film industry. Its fourth cooperative venture with Disney, Monsters, Inc., is debuting this month and will likely be yet another box office hit.

Naturally, Disney... Read more...

The Cube Club finally hit Minneapolis. Geeks, chicks, and dudes who wish they were geekier. Impressions of night #1, just moments after it happened…

I’ve sat at home for the last 2 rounds of the Nintendo Cube Clubs, and it was finally my chance to see Nintendo’s US Marketing strategy up close and personal. It was also a chance to get my hands on some later builds of games and, well, just have a good time gaming. At about 5:30 pm I left for... Read more...

Sony posts a rare loss, with PS2 being the lone bright spot in the forecast ...

Sony claims that the economic slowdown has had no effect on it's videogame business, nor have the terrorist attacks curbed this sort of discretionary spending.

However, despite the PS2's excellent money generating for the company, Sony posted a loss of $352M.

This quarter was the first quarter that the PS2 made money for Sony after six consecutive quarters operating in the red.

Reuters reports that the X-Box manufacturer is laying off 10,000 workers.

The Reuters report on Flextronics earnings report is anything but positive. Analysts expected earinings of 16 cents per share ... with Flextronics offering an estimate of 15-18 cents per share.

However, when final numbers came in, Flextronics sat at 15 cents/share ... not including charges.... Read more...

Super Monkey Ball isn't the only game to come out before the system anymore!

One-upping Sega, LucasArts and Factor 5 plan to put Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II on shelves November 7th. That's over a week before the system comes out! Considering the game's popularity, store-based consumers may want to consider purchasing the game before November 18th.

Acclaim's got some great stuff in store for the GameCube version of All Star Baseball 2002!

Baseball lovers, rejoice! The GameCube version of All Star Baseball 2002 has several GameCube exclusive features, including stadiums!

That's right, only on the GameCube will you see Safeco Field lit up for the 2001 All-Star Game, or the new Puerto Rico Stadium.

And a first in a baseball videogame, the GameCube version will include what Acclaim is calling "Broken Bat Technology."