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April 18, 2001

Activision Nabs Two for GBA GBA

by Jonathan Metts - 9:13 am EDT
Source: FGN Online

The giant publisher will be handling the release of Bomberman Tournament and Pinobee: Wings of Adventure in all non-Japanese markets.

The newly renamed Bomberman Tournament and Pinobee: Wings of Adventure, both published by Hudson Soft in Japan, will be coming to North America, Europe, and presumably Asia, courtesy of Activison. No word on whether these two will join Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 as launch titles in the U.S.

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April 17, 2001

GC Delay -- Japan Only & U.S. GC

by Zosha Arushan - 11:27 pm EDT
Source: Yahoo / Gaming Age

Japan only? Actually, looks like the mid-November for the U.S. thing could be official now too... UPDATED!

Nintendo fans are known for their utter hatred of delays. So far, this will only affect Japan.... Word up to Rukes from GA for the Tip.

Wednesday April 18, 1:21 am Eastern Time

Nintendo says to delay Japan launch of GameCube

TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd said on Wednesday it would delay the Japanese launch of its next

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Comic Comments at Industry Blurbs! NEW!

by Tony Sciascia - 9:13 pm EDT
Source: Segadojo

Industry Blurbs is a new weekly webcomic and I help make it! So check it out, wouldja & catch a laugh!

Segadojo has premiered a new feature, entitled Industry Blurbs, which will satire the industry weekly using clever and witty pictures and comics....or so they're hoping, at least! They kick it off with a jab at IGN's ingenious Insider program - check it out!

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More Retailers Respond!

by Max Lake - 3:37 pm EDT

PGC has many readers working at retailers & now many more have written in to tell us what's up. See what they have to say!

Wow! I put out a call for "retail reports" and you people delivered! Nothing like a bunch of great reader submissions to brighten one's day! Better yet, thanks to these contributions, we're getting an increasingly widespread look at what's going with retailers right now, not just for Nintendo either.

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Snowball to be delisted from NASDAQ, staff cuts

by Rick Powers - 2:43 pm EDT
Source: The Register

More bad news for IGN, as The Register reports that 33% staff cuts and a NASDAQ delisting are imminent. Rick has more ...

In the .com day and age, nothing can be worse than having your company get "delisted" from NASDAQ. Yet that same fate is about to befall Snowball, the parent of IGN, HighSchoolAlumni, and ChickClick.

According to NASDAQ regulations, when your stock trades below $1 for a period of time, NASDAQ can remove your stock from the index, or "delist" the company. Sure enough, Snowball has been trading under a dollar for some time now.

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Nintendo Kick Starts its Online Plans

by Max Lake - 2:08 pm EDT
Source: Gaming-Age

Nintendo to start its own eCommerce for selling GBA software in Japan…

Early this morning, Nintendo announced that will plans to start selling game software for its popular new handheld, the Game Boy Advance, over the Internet starting Friday. The effort is apparently an attempt to lure older players who frequently shop online, said a company spokesman.

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Another Retailer Report

by Max Lake - 11:01 am EDT

After yesterday's run-down from a GameStop employee, we now have another employee from a competing retailer writing in to give us another point of view.

Another retail report has come in, covering many of the same issues touched on by SillyMrMan. Now, we have a new contributor from a rival-retailer writing in and since it's pretty informative, we have no problem passing the information along to you. Today, we hear from someone dubbing himself "The Crazed Rabbit."

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Would you buy an E3 Preview magazine?

by Rick Powers - 8:55 am EDT
Source: PGC Forum Poll

In this new age of subscription content, PGC wants to know if you'd pay for supplemental content. Get to the Forum and Voice your opinion in our Poll.

With the recent decision for IGN to start selling "premium" content, but going about it in what we feel is the wrong way, plus our need to offset our costs, we've been throwing around the idea of an E3 Preview magazine.

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April 16, 2001

Pre-Order Posters for NGC & GBA! GC

by Max Lake - 7:07 pm EDT
Source: SillyMrMan

Thanks to an elite PGC reader/retail employee, we have NGC pre-order poster shots and a info-laden retailer report! Good stuff!

PGC has gained the assistance of a longtime reader turned l33t retail reporter, a gentleman calling himself "SillyMrMan" (and we'll leave it at to protect his anonymity) who has emailed us several promotional posters received from Nintendo. Since he was nice enough to hook us up, we got in touch and were all to happy to see what he had to say about the posters and other information from the retail front.

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GameCube launch title confirmed: Galleon! GC

by Jonathan Metts - 6:34 pm EDT
Source: GameSpot VG

Interplay has announced its adventure game Galleon, from the creator of the original Tomb Raider. And it's headed to GameCube AT LAUNCH.

Whilst announcing its company earnings today, Interplay confirmed that its long-developed Galleon is being readied for release alongside Nintendo GameCube in October. The game has been in development for years, with Tomb Raider's original designer behind the wheel. The third-person adventure game focuses on pirates and features an entirely new graphics engine.

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GBA - the magazine!! GBA

by Mike Sklens - 6:09 pm EDT
Source: Nintendo

Nintendo is spinning off a new magazine to cover the Game Boy Advance!

We recently got word that Nintendo will be creating an entirely new magazine devoted to the Game Boy Advance. The first issue will be out in June and the magazine will be titled "Nintendo Power Advance." Clever title, isin't it? But, this new magazine raises some questions. Such as this one posted by Bloodworth, who alerted us to this story, in the forum.

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IT'S ALIVE!!!!!1

by Jonathan Metts - 3:55 pm EDT
Source: The Tooth Fairy

Nintendorks is BACK! Let the toilet humor begin...oh yeah, baby.

I just happened to type in http://www.nintendorks.com in my browser today to see the latest update report on how the site's revitalization is going, and lo and behold, the friggin real site loaded! Jon Miller says that not all features are back to their former selves, and apparently the message board is kaput until they can get it hosted separately, but Nintendorks is back!!!!

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Good news & Bad news 4 GBA! RumorGBA

by - 12:10 pm EDT

I AM ONE LAZY KITTY CAT!!! Louie SI BACK babies 2 do some RUMArz on GBA games u may or may not see if u don’t live in JAPAN!!

The games for the U.S., European and Australian launch of the Game Boy Advance are being chosen… Some games will be released outside of the country, some won’t.

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April 15, 2001

GBA US box art blowout! GBA

by David Trammell - 7:41 pm EDT
Source: IGN Pocket

Box art has recently surfaced at IGN Pocket for all the U.S. GBA launch titles. Come see what's in store for the handheld crowd!

Let the games begin!

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Aussie GBA release date confirmed! GBA

by Billy Berghammer - 6:38 am EDT
Source: Hyperactive

And it's earlier than you may think! Kangaroo's are jumping and Olympic swimmers are playin' guitars. But when and how much?

Nintendo Australia has confirmed the GBA will release down under on June 22.

The price has been set at $180 AUS (around $90 US).

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Eternal Darkness Revealed? GC

by Ty Shughart - 12:49 am EDT
Source: Some prankster

Nope! Rumor debunk time: 52 seconds.

So after posting leaked Thunder Rally screens & getting in trouble with IGN since they were going to charge for 'em, we've decided to be a bit more careful and meticulous while recovering from this potential disaster. As things settled back to normal, the planet mailbag was chock full with more "hacked... Read more...

April 14, 2001

Nintendo Advances your Life GBA

by Mike Sklens - 3:27 pm EDT
Source: GameSpot

The Big N announces a multi-million dollar marketing compaign for the GBA.

Come the end of this month, it'll be impossible to not know about the Game Boy Advance. Nintendo will be spending $25 million on marketing the launch of the Game Boy Advance which will be titled "Life Advanced". By the end of the year, the company will have spent around $75 million on GBA marketing alone.

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April 13, 2001

Whoops!

by Max Lake - 12:30 pm EDT
Source: http://www.ign.com

Happy Friday the 13th! Editor-in-Chief Max Lake apologies to IGN.

Early this morning, PGC posted screenshots of Thunder Rally that had been posted to our forum and had been leaked all over the Internet. However, these shots were high profile shots for debut tomorrow on IGN Insider, IGN’s new subscription service. By publicizing the leakage we made things even worse for IGN Insider’s debut, something we had not intended to do. We had no right to run the screenshots and should not have done so.

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No Square for E3 GC

by Jonathan Metts - 9:27 am EDT
Source: Nintendojo

Square will not be showing any products for Nintendo systems at E3 2001. But is this as bad as it sounds?

Nintendojo's MSTAnon has learned from a Square US representative that the giant software publisher will not be showing any games for Nintendo systems or any other non-Sony systems. (Doesn't make much sense to show Wonderswan Color games at E3, since it hasn't and probably won't be released in the US.)

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April 12, 2001

Planet GameCube is two words...also.

by Billy Berghammer - 7:51 pm EDT

Hey, this is who we are people. This is our name. It's not Planet GAMECUBE. What's with the Caps thing anyway? Read about our name. I promise you. It's exciting.

Well, it's been over a month that we have been Planet GameCube, and since Nintendo has made there rather odd CaPs StAtEmEnT on HoW to SpElL GAMECUBE. Here's how to mention our name....

Planet GameCube

There ya go. A shortened version is also accepted...

PGC

That's it. And yes, as Tendo Box is...Planet GameCube is two words.

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