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February 20, 2001
by Mike Sklens - 12:16 pm EST
Source: THQ
Those meddling kids and their dog are back in another video games, this time on the Game Boy Advance.
THQ has announced that they will be releasing another Scooby Doo game. The game, entitled Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase. The game will follow the plot of the upcoming Scooby-Doo video of the same name. The two products will be cross-marketed and released on the same date. In the game, the Scooby-Doo "gang" will beam into a video game to stop the "Phantom Virus."
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February 19, 2001
by Mike Sklens - 11:00 am EST
Source: Gamespot
This Playstation hit will have a second life on the GBA.
GameSpot has learned that the PlayStation game, Heart of Darkness, will be appearing on the GBA. The game follows the story of a kid, Andy, who has lost his dog, Whiskey, in a hurricane. Andy does to rescue his beloved mutt and has to fight shadow monsters on the way. Infogrames will publish the game in Europe. There is no word on a North American release, but it his highly probable.
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February 18, 2001
by Mike Sklens - 11:51 pm EST
Source: N-Sider
In a not so recent interview, Shiggy and his pal dish on GCN Zelda.
In an interview with The Amercian Armchair, Shigeru Miyamoto and Mr. Takano shed some light on the next installment in the Zelda series.
Irene Tang (Navigator): Hi, my question is, after Majora’s Mask, when are we going to see the next Legend of Zelda game? And on what platform would it be? Would it be on Gamecube?
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February 16, 2001
by Billy Berghammer - 5:44 pm EST
Source: The Land of Nyko
The word is that Nyko's gotta an accessory arsenal waiting to happen for the GBA. Here's the first details...
If you have a Game Boy or Game Boy color odds are you have a light for it. So far, out of all the things that I've used with my Game Boy's, Nyko's Worm Light is the best. Many companies have copied it because it's so damn good. Then snipers took their sorry asses out for pulling a M$. Booya!
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by Mike Sklens - 5:39 pm EST
Source: IGN Cube
This is certainly some very big news!
IGN Cube has learned that the new Metroid game under development by Retro Studios will be a First Person Shooter. This comes as a shock; the game was previously believed to be a third person shooter. Apparently product evaluators didn't like the way the series was heading and the game was switched... Read more...
by Max Lake - 3:12 pm EST
Source: Our friend MIPS
The PS2 is a good value... as a DVD player only!
Lately, NCL's President, Hirohsi Yamauchi has mouthed off about Square, seemingly attempting to encourage stronger support or none at all. Usually, we can expect some sort of strong statement from Yamauchi and when he's not postponing his retirement, he's usually slamming the competition. Mips36 emailed... Read more...
by Max Lake - 9:06 am EST
Source: Daily Radar
Daily Radar gets half the story.
From Daily Radar comes news that some big things have been happening in Austin, Texas lately. DR indicates that a source within Nintendo notified them that several staff were laid off yesterday while another source reported that two GameCube titles (of a believed total of five NGC projects) were put on hold while staff is redistributed to higher priority titles—obviously one of them is Metroid.
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February 15, 2001
by Mike Sklens - 2:30 pm EST
Source: For Great Justice
Somebody set up us the bomb!!!!
Well, if you're not privy to the whole "all your base" net-fad here is a quick catcher-upper. There was once this game on the Sega Genesis called ZeroWing. The funny thing about ZeroWing is that it has one of the worst Japanese to English translations ever. A bunch of people saw clips from the game... Read more...
by Justin Nation - 12:16 pm EST
Source: Consoles France
Rayman Advance? Sounds good to me.
Man, you gotta wonder who Consoles France has on the take because they just keep on scoring these sweet exclusive pics. Anyway, mad props to them for once again having the goods and thanks to Fabian from CF for the email letting me share it with everyone. One look at any of these shots and you can definitely tell that this is going to have some incredible looking games on it...
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February 14, 2001
by Billy Berghammer - 4:42 pm EST
Source: Supa Secret GBA screens
Just a few weeks away from GBA's launch in Japan. Here's what you are hungry for!
If you aren't already recieving the official GBA newsletter, you're missing out on some cool stuff. For example, you're missing out on some Exclusive new GBA shots! More more more! We want MORE!
Screw it. We want the real thing! I'd post all the screens here, but then you wouldn't head over to... Read more...
by Max Lake - 3:55 pm EST
Source: Game Week
Sega of America's VP of marketing, Charles Bellfield drops some major bombs. Do not miss this article.
Long story short, GameWeek has interviewed Sega's Sega of America's VP of marketing and communications, Charles Bellfield. Now READ!
GW: Let me get right to it: was there any truth to the reports Nintendo was looking to buy?
CB: (long pause) Yeah. So were Microsoft, so were Sony.
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by Max Lake - 10:40 am EST
It's another holiday, so Max touches on it & tells the world about a pretty cool celebratory idea.
OK, so it's Valentine's Day. A lot of people take this holiday seriously, mainly girlfriends hoping to get stuff, boyfriends having to have stuff, retailers selling holiday junk or single people care because they're in a funk and don't have anybody to buy stuff for. Ah, the capitalistic life of... Read more...
February 13, 2001
by Jonathan Metts - 6:33 pm EST
Source: Nintendo of America
NOA shoots down reports of a GameCube delay to November, stemming from a marketing calendar shown at Toy Fair '01.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have just received official word from Nintendo of America that the November launch date shown at the New York Toy Fair is wrong. Here's what they told us:
There was inaccurate information released regarding the North American launch date of Nintendo GameCube. Please note,... Read more...
by Mike Sklens - 12:51 pm EST
Source: IGN Pocket
IGN Pocket gets a Game Boy Advance! Where's ours!??!
First off, I'd like to say sorry for not posting this story sooner. With that out of the way, IGN Pocket somehow got their grubby little hands on a Game Boy Advance. So, they've decided to show us what the Game Boy Color games look like on (and in) it. On a side note, they've also got pictures of... Read more...
by Justin Nation - 12:51 pm EST
Go get Paper Mario now! How much proof do you need!?
While Billy has already contributed his own two cents on this topic after playing this game for a few days (and having to fight with my wife who generally HATES games for playing time) I can't say enough about it. Which game? Paper Mario of course!
While the major review houses like IGN64 and... Read more...
by Jonathan Metts - 9:36 am EST
Source: RareWhere
Scribes once again hints at Rare's secret plans; this time, it looks like Perfect Dark 2 may not feature Joanna at all!
Rarewhere, the official site of Rare Ltd., has possibly one of the best mailbag sections ever conceived. Against all odds, someone wrote into the newest Scribes with a question about an actual Rare game, and even more conspicuously, the reply contained both concrete, non-sarcastic information and... Read more...
by Billy Berghammer - 7:49 am EST
Source: National Console Support
Is it true? Yes! Well sorta....this is weird.
A bunch of cool GBA import news comes our way from NCSX. Sega is making a GBA accessory called the Light Boy. It will be available in Japan on March 21 at a price of Y2680. Basically it's a light for your GBA since it doesn't have a backlight. So when are we getting them Maracas Sega?
A few more notables...
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February 12, 2001
by Mike Sklens - 8:09 pm EST
Source: IGN Pocket
Seven GBA game boxes for your viewing pleasure.
IGN Pocket has stumbled received box art for not 1, not 2, but 7 Game Boy Advance games. Six of these shots come from upcoming GBA games by Konami. So, without further ado, here they are:
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by Mike Sklens - 7:52 pm EST
Source: IGN Pocket
Pretty slick.
Wow, IGN Pocket is just running rampant with news lately. This story is a few days old. After some internal debate we've finally decided to post something about it. Nintendo of Canada has released a picture that appears to be the North American box for the Game Boy Advance. Though nothing has been... Read more...
by Mike Sklens - 7:21 pm EST
Source: IGN Pocket
Hot off the heals of a nonspecific release date we get this news from IGN Pocket.
News from IGN Pocket, confirming the story posted earlier on MIPS, also reveals a precise US release date for the Game Boy Advance. The handheld system will release on June 11th, 2001.
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