OK, so I was mistaken. Magma is a replacement for Fuchisa--it is different.

After more extensive research and more than a few e-mails, PGC has decided that Magma is a different coloUr (as it is for Europe.) The plastic is more purplish, while the buttons are slightly darker. Click the link to see a comparison of the 2 colours' boxart. Who knows why Nintendo decided to change more than the name this time?!

Max met Smilebit’s Takayuki Kawagoe during E3 and asked him this very question.

“Ogenki desu ka?!” (“How are you?”) screamed Smilebit’s Takayuki Kawagoe excitedly as he took the stage of Sega’s Press Event at E3.

“If you have energy, you can do anything!” Kawagoe-san beamed to the crowd, as a translator repeated his words in English.

“Our president should be here on stage, but he did not want to get on a plane. So, here I am!”

It was speculated and rumored, and now it's confirmed!

Not only is AM2's President, Yu Suzuki, researching GameCube, his teams are also apparently developing for it!!!

In Sega's most recent UK version of its Official Dreamcast Magazine, AM2 was listed among the 2 other known Sega GCN developers. Tendo Box also quotes the magazine as stating all 3 have been at work since last Fall! All rejoice!

We've got a new retail report from our old friend SillyMrMan. Along with info on retailers preparing for NGC, we have X-Box info too!

SillyMrMan, the contributor that sparked a series of Retail Reports has returned with hot new info. Apparently, at the game store he works at, two GameCube titles have been added to the computer! And so, apparently, have some X-Box titles. Read on…

SillyMrMan says: I had work today and... Read more...

In another GIA E3 interview, Sega's Yu Suzuki admits to researching both the GameCube and X-Box.

A couple days after I mention Ed McGlothlin and his Howard Lincoln interview, I'm browsing the GIA and find another interview he did at E3, with Sega's Yu Suzuki.

It's a quick but good interview. Here's a particularly interesting exchange:

GIA: Why did you choose the PlayStation 2 for your first home conversion outside Sega?

Europe is getting the color "Magma!" Come inside for details.

Hah! Caught ya! I bet you were thinking this is a Europe exclusive! No, this is just the European name for the Fuchisa GBA, and nothing more. It seems Nintendo can't decide on a name for this baby. Go to Puissance Nintendo for the European boxart as well as Conker asking your opinion of the site in French.

EAGB has posted the Dengeki Console Game Ranking, and we have the numbers for the GBA games.

EAGB posted the big numbers list of portable games, and we have the GBA games right here:

At #5 Final Fight One (Capcom) GBA

Units sold for the week: 16,780

Units sold in total: 16,780

At #7 Super Mario Advance (Nintendo) GBA

Units sold for the week: 14,290

Units sold in total: 553,890

Thanks to EAGB, New details about this game have been revealed.

EAGB has posted new info about a new Challange Mode.

Quest is also adding in a new Challenge Mode which offers special battles outside the scope of the main story. Once they discover a special book within the game, players will be able to tackle these difficult missions at any time. Certain rare items and equipment is only attainable by beating these challenge battles.

Are you tired of those drab colors on your Game Boy games? Well you can change them on the GBA! Read this to find out how.

As you may already know, Game Boy games play on the Game Boy Advance. When you plug in a Game Boy game the GBA detects it and boots up in GBC mode. OK, now here's the tip. Remember, this trick will only work on Game Boy games. It will not work on Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance games. When a GB... Read more...

After meeting up with the GBA Tour folks in Hershey real quick, a change to report...

Went up to Hershey Park today to catch the tail end of the GBA love-fest and didn't quite connect as well as desired but it was cool to talk it up with some of the Nintendo folks.

Still no details on where the stops will be in the coming weeks when they go to the Boston area next week and New York around the GBA launch but I did get an important detail for people wanting to catch them tomorrow while they're still in Philly.

We miss our old logo & we've been far too busy to whip up some new ones. We turn to you, the readers, to help get the job done. Get the details on our contest that's easy and fun!

UPDATE FOR POST-E3!

OK we have tons of logos – we want more! Hurry up and get your creations in! We’d like to post the first batch of logos soon… What are you waiting for? There’s plenty of characters to still utilize and now new ones (like Pikmin) to put behind PGC papers! Be sure to check out what your fellow PGC readers have cooked up so far in PGC Logo Contest forum thread!

What’s this? ONE PHATTY CHAT with Howard Lincoln - 2 Parts! And it’s conducted with a former colleague of ours! (Until Max fired him & he went to GIA)

Ed McGlothlin, Nintendophile member of the GIA, has posted a stellar impromptu interview with former NOA Chairman, Howard Lincoln. A ferocious lawyer Howard Lincoln joined Nintendo in 1983 and helped establish the company with his friend, NOA President Minoru Arakawa, and re-establish the booming video game business.

One more press release announcing full support for GC.

Take a look at these nice little paragraphs found at Koei's website:

Koei Corporation will support the Nintendo GAMECUBE® and bring licensed titles such as the Dynasty Warriors and Romance of the Three Kingdoms series. We look forward to a continuing relationship with Nintendo and their fans.

In almost unbelievable news, the hot Nintendo system in Japan of the moment isn't Game Boy Advance or GameCube. It's the Famicom (AKA the NES)! Viva Old School!

Get this. Japan is going crazy for the Famicom (NES) all over again. Following E3, Tendo Box ran Japan Report 005 from its Gallopin Gaijin, Stephen Langhorn. As part of the column, it mentioned that Famitsu stated that in Japan, all eyes being on Nintendo for E3 created a revival of interest in... Read more...

Why, Nintendophiles aren't the only ones to come outta E3 and say "X-What?" Go figure!

This morning on good ol’ FGNOnline had a report from MVC regarding Konami’s European President. The article communicates very plainly that Nintendophiles (like PGC staff) weren’t the only E3 attendees who were a little unimpressed at Microsoft’s X-Box. On the other hand, even staunch Nintendo critics had reason to take notice of the GameCube.

A chance encounter with Rare on the floor of E3 leads to some rather exciting comments.

Ok, let me set the stage for you: Billy and others had just finished up their Nintendo booth tour with NOA's Thom Leonard. I was coming out of the Eternal Darkness booth. Some staffers go off to do their own thing, but Billy, Lindy, Yorrike, and I agree to go play some four-player Mario Kart Advance.... Read more...

I forgot to give Kameo a try....

More of an add-on to the previous news, really.

KameoElementsofPower.com is registered to Bless YourSweetHeart.com

Interestingly, BlessYourSweetHeart.com is also registered and links to the same construction page. Could that phrase have something to do with Kameo?

Similarly, Commacomcom.com (who owns PerfectDarkZero) links to the very same Under construction format. Could Commacomcom be the successor to DataDyne?

As if Tony Hawk wasn't enough to make people with GBA's in hand already drool... the latest battle against Dracula's dark forces now available as well in some areas...

While on a trip to my local EB to pick up Crazy Taxi 2 for Dreamcast I spied the following new titles on the shelves:

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

ChuChu Rocket

Konami Krazy Racers

GT Advance Racing Championship

Of course availability is subject to your own store in your own region and what they put out but keep an eye open!

So it isn’t a Nintendo game yet, but word of Broken Saints continues to spread and is now on TV in New York. We have the hook up so you can catch the mention yourself.

Have you heard of Broken Saints yet? If not, maybe you should check out the hot online comic that aspires to become a Nintendo game. For more information on Broken Saints, you can check out our exclusive and extensive chat with its scribe, Brooke Burgess, which we did just before E3.

Word... Read more...

The Younger Plumber was bored at school today and worked to uncover several registered domain names that may be Nintendo projects. Another PGC exclusive! (Don't ya just love us?)

Just before E3, Nintendo’s site posted a list of games supposedly to be showcased at E3. The list quickly disappeared but not before we got a copy of it. We’ve now been able to further confirm some of the names mentioned in the list, through URLs registered, apparently by Nintendo.

I know we reported a few, but Nintendo's been busy. Here are some