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July 28, 2001

GBA Games and Screens GBA

by Michael Cole - 11:49 pm EDT
Source: The Magic Box

Check out new screens and game profiles for GBA games that will be at Space World!

Famitsu Magazine has released new screens and information about many of the GBA games that will be playable at Space World. Since we can neither get the magazine nor read Japanese, the good folks at the Magic Box provided the information.

The following games now have profiles as well as two screens:

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July 27, 2001

Billy Berghammer is a Birthday Boy Today!

by Max Lake - 12:36 pm EDT

Yes, today is PGC’s founder/director's birthday. He just turned one bajillion but has the heart of a six-year old Nintendo freak on a sugar high.

Hey, hey, HEY! It’s Billy’s Birthday!

Billy Berghammer, PGC founder, director and owner of the rowdy Louie the Cat turns 29 years old today. Holy cow! He’s nearly 30 and he’s spending all his time and money covering Nintendo?!?

That’s right, he is. And he is doing a damn... Read more...

Enix Hints at Future Plans GBA

by Michael Cole - 12:33 am EDT
Source: Core Magazine

Enix comments on the future along with its quarterly financial results.

Enix has had a successful first fiscal quarter, proving that good quality can pay off. After declaring all of the numbers, Enix president Keiji Honda touched on the company's future. Although its identity is still unknown, Enix's first Game Boy Advance game will come out around Christmas. He then went on to state that Enix is looking into both the GCN and Xbox...something many 3rd parties have been doing lately.

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July 26, 2001

UPDATED! Raven Blade VIDEO! GC

by Billy Berghammer - 11:26 am EDT

Hot off the heals of droppin' the screens yesterday. PGC's back with the first video to hit the net! And you don't have to pay for it ;) Now with Better Quality!

That's right kids. We scored some video of the GameCube game that you'll never get to play.

Right-Click here and choose "Save As" to nab a small Windows Media File (4 meg). It's around 2 minutes of in game footage. You will need Microsoft Media Player to view this file.

More Mirrors:

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Space World playable games list!

by Billy Berghammer - 10:05 am EDT
Source: Nintendo

What 'chu need brother? You wanna know what games will be playable for GameCube, GBA, and GBC? Step right this way....

GameCube Titles:

FIFA 2002 Road to the World Cup (EA)

SSX Tricky (EA)

Virtua Striker 3 Version 2002 (Sega)

Phantasy Star Online V. 2.0 (Sega)

Super Monkey Ball (Sega)

Smash Bros. DX (Nintendo)

Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo)

Pikmin (Nintendo)

Waverace: Blue Storm (Nintendo)

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July 25, 2001

Canadians get big time preview GC

by Billy Berghammer - 10:40 pm EDT
Source: Future Looks

BLAME CANADA! Oops, prolly should say that too loud anymore. Anyhoo, some people got a very up close look at GameCube and it's games.

A website called FutureLooks.com got a very nice preview of GameCube. They got to play almost the entire GameCube lineup that we got to see at E3, plus they also got to pick up the damn thing. Click

here to read the article.

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First EVER Raven Blade IN GAME! GC

by Billy Berghammer - 8:15 pm EDT

It's Retro Studios now canned RPG. But how did it look? Planet GameCube's got the first exclusive in game shots!

The news spread like wild fire just a few days ago when the disappointing Retro news hit the web. 29 people canned, and the GameCube project Raven Blade is cancelled. The team's main focus is Metroid Prime.

Remember, Raven Blade has been in production for 2 years, and it's getting yanked right after it's announcement at E3. So how did it look?

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PGC attends Camp EA! GC

by Max Lake - 7:12 pm EDT

It’s not your usual summer camp either! As Ed Shih writes impressions on Madden & SSX Tricky, here’s some info on the event held today by EA, where he got to play them!

Today was the day of Camp EA 2001, where Electronic Arts showed off several of its games in development to the press, including two playable GameCube entries, SSX Tricky and Madden 2002. PGC was on-hand for the event, dispatching Senior Editor Ed Shih to do what every staffer of PGC has been dreaming... Read more...

Over 1 million GBAs! GBA

by Michael Cole - 7:06 pm EDT
Source: Game Spot

That's right! In six weeks, there are more than 1 million proud North Americans who own the newest handheld!

The GBA is living up to its predecessor's standards in numbers. The real kicker is that the best is yet to come! With all of the great games coming out in the next few months, that number will continue to rise quickly.

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Nintendo gets out its Lawyers! GBA

by Michael Cole - 5:45 pm EDT
Source: Game Spot

Nintendo is suing two Japanese companies for creating a game that supposedly infringes on Nintendo's copyrights of the Fire Emblem series.

Nintendo has suddenly announced that it is suing both Tirnanog and Enterbrain gaming companies for infringement on Nintendo's copyrighted game series, Fire Emblem. The two defendants have created a game entitled "Tear Ring Saga," recently changed from "Emblem Saga" for the Playstation. Nintendo demands that the game be canceled and Nintendo be appeased with 260 million Yen ($2 million). Nintendo's press release states:

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July 24, 2001

Castlevania News and Numbers! GBA

by Michael Cole - 11:28 pm EDT
Source: Game Spot

The western world is eating up Circle of the Moon, and Konami can take a hint....

Konami has announced that Castlevania: Circle of the Moon has sold over 500,000 in the western world (North America and Europe.) This is quite a feat for a third party game that has only been out for 1 ½ months on a new system. Although details are sketchy, Konami went on to announce development... Read more...

Activision talks about GameCube GC

by Billy Berghammer - 1:57 pm EDT
Source: Activision

Activision announced it's 2002 plans, and has announced that they have 10 GameCube titles in development...and plenty more news!

Activision held a investors Conference Call today to discuss investor relatios, as well as plans for 2002.

Activision said that for the rest of this fiscal year, and 2002, they have 10 titles in development. They also said that no GameCube title will make it out by the end of fiscal year 2001. No official titles or release dates were announced for 2002 or 2003.

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George Harrison Moving on up!

by Billy Berghammer - 12:42 pm EDT
Source: FGN

George Harrison is getting a shiny new suit! More Nintendo moves? Look like George has got a lot of work to do!

FGN Online reported this morning that George Harrison has been promoted from vice president, marketing and corporate communications, to senior vice president, marketing and corporate communications. Don't you know what that is? We don't really either. Break it down FGN...

The new position... Read more...

July 23, 2001

Nintendo Asks Judge to Drop Columbine Lawsuit

by Jonathan Metts - 8:10 pm EDT
Source: FGN Online

Lawyers for Nintendo and several other gaming companies have asked that a lawsuit partially blaming them for the Columbine massacre be dismissed.

You may remember that families of Columbine victims issued a lawsuit against videogame companies some time ago. The companies involved in the lawsuit included Acclaim, Activision, Capcom, Eidos, Infogrames, Interplay, Nintendo, Sony, and Square. Interestingly, Square has since been dropped from the suit for unknown reasons.

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Ubi Soft's Got Worms

by Billy Berghammer - 5:25 pm EDT
Source: FGN Online

The Worms franchise is heading to the Game Boy Advance and GameCube!

FGN dropped the bomb this morning about UBI Soft bringing the next version of Worms to the GBA and GC in the form of Worms Blast.

Worms Blast is about to be unleashed on PlayStation 2, PC, Game Boy Advance and Gamecube. The title will be the first game to appear using 3D characters, play in a real-time environment and see the series start to move into new genre's. Worms Blast is to be released in fall 2001.

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Rize & Fall of Retro Rumors Rumor

by - 4:02 am EDT

Rumors roar across the net in Raven Blade’s wake. Louie discusses his near death by democracy & looks some new developments on Retro too. For the 50% of you who like the lil’ kitty bastard: LOUIE’S RETRO X-POSE!

Raven Blade has been cancelled by Nintendo. All resources are being dedicated to Metroid Prime.

Retro Studios is now under major restructuring from Nintendo. Full details are hazy, though many employees are gone, including possibly Retro President, Jeff Spangenberg.

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July 22, 2001

Oni Advance GBA

by Mike Sklens - 8:45 pm EDT
Source: EAGB.net

A game which is in no way related to the hit Playstation 2 title is being created for the Game Boy Advance.

There are 2 "Oni" games in existance. One was created by Bungie, and was a huge PS2 hit. Another is an adventure game that was out in Japan and created by a different company. A company called Pandora Box is creating an Oni game based on the latter series for the Game Boy Advance. Apparently, Pandora... Read more...

GBA Games on the Chart GBA

by Michael Cole - 8:24 pm EDT
Source: Magic Box

The Magic Box has a list of Japanese sales, and GBA is still doing fine!

This list is actually dated at July 2nd-8th, but it's still nice to see what has sold in Japan.

1: Yugioh Duel Monsters 5: Expert I

221,654 units sold (new)

3: Breath of Fire

22,236l units sold (new)

10: Tactics Orge Gaiden: The Knight of Lodis

13,466 units sold (200,741 Total)

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July 21, 2001

How much for that Toaster? GC

by Billy Berghammer - 9:34 am EDT
Source: FranandMattCube.com

Matsushita has announced how much the DVD/GC hybrid will cost! Not too shabby, if you don't mind waiting a while.

Matsushita announced that the price point for the Panasonic DVD/GC combo hybrid will cost $325. We reported after E3 that the price should be around $315, so that's pretty respective.

Japanese release of the system will be in November, but US release will not be until sometime after March 2002.

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July 20, 2001

SegaNet shutting down!

by Mike Sklens - 7:05 pm EDT
Source: SegaNet

SegaNet is shutting it's doors as an ISP. But don't worry, they will continue to offer internet gaming.

I received an email from SegaNet today, as I am a SegaNet user. SegaNet will soon no longer be an ISP. They are shutting down their dial-up access. However, they will still offer internet gaming. Their network will stay in tact and games will still be playable over SegaNet.

What does this mean... Read more...

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