IGNcube digs up news on dev kits - 500 to be exact.

IGNcube has posted an article proclaiming that 500 GameCube development kits have been shipped out as of now. If that's true...WHOA. It also says that Nintendo's internal EAD teams received a total of somewhere between 50 and 150 of the kits, meaning they are working on a freakload of titles for the... Read more...

Segadojo has some astonishing news about a certain blue hedgehog on Game Boy Color. Huh? Could it be true?

Our buddies at Segadojo put up a story that, erm, follows here.

According to speculation from UK's The Guardian newspaper, our beloved little blue hedgehog might be seeing a release on Nintendo's Game Boy Color. In fact, they expect Sega to make an announcement on the matter as early as next... Read more...

Check out our new Pinobee GBA preview!

Remember our nice little Previews section? No? Well, it's still around, and thanks to our new Pinobee: Quest of Heart preview, it's even alive and kicking. Read up on what could be the first great GBA platformer, and keep an eye out for more previews coming real soon... Oh yeah, and once you get to the game profile, don't forget to click on the (very prominent and easy-to-see) link to read the full preview.

Could a Nintendo/Sega jointly-developed RPG be on the way? Peter Main dodges questions and gives mysterious facial expressions...

Segadojo is reporting that in a Gameweek interview with Peter Main, there where more hints to the rumored Sega/Nintendo RPG. Main was asked the obvious questions about the Nintendo GameCube and the Game Boy Advance. He was also asked about the Sega/Nintendo deal.

When asked about Sega's shaky... Read more...

Toy HeadQuarters confirms numerous GBA titles for the year 2001 and hints at Tetris for GameCube.

THQ's release page now has a ton of info on upcoming games across several platforms. They have already confirmed a few GB Advance titles, including Championship Motocross 2002 w/ Ricky Carmichael, Rocket Power (based on a Nickelodeon show), Rugrats, Sponge Bob, and Tetris. There are also a couple... Read more...

Kemco brings its sweet, sweet-looking racer to your favorite 32-bit handheld.

With info from Weekly Famitsu, Gamers.com have posted details on a new racer for Game Boy Advance being developed by Kemco. The game is called GT 2000 Series: All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship and will feature two types of cars, numerous game play modes, six tracks and various weather conditions.... Read more...

Could MTV Music Generator be on its way to GBA? It could indeed.

FGN reported today that Rage Software has an agreement with Jester Interactive. This agreement will allow Rage Software to publish Jester's Music franchise for the Game Boy. This franchise includes the popular MTV Music Generator. The game includes pre-selected drums, vocals, guitars, baselines, and... Read more...

Nintendo boasts 24 million GBAs for the first year.

The Nintendo Project has cobbled together a story dealing with Nintendo’s planned production of Game Boy Advance. NCL plans to manufacture over 24 million units in its first year of production, with a goal of 2 million units in June alone. Nintendo will ship 1 million units during the initial 10... Read more...

Nastume, makers of Harvest Moon and other simulation-RPGs, confirms GameCube support.

With all the excitement about EA games and the possibility of Perfect Dark 2 as a launch title, we overlooked the news that Natsume, developers of innovative games such as Harvest Moon and Legend of the River King. The president of Natsume, Yasuhiro Maekawa revealed to IGNcube a couple days ago that... Read more...

Sony gets caught using bully tactics, while Nintendo asks that GC pre-orders be halted until closer to launch.

Following up on the sudden halt of pre-orders for Nintendo GameCube and Microsoft’s X-Box comes clarifications and behind the scenes goodies. Not long ago, when pre-orders for GameCube, were being offered by various places, word was that the Nintendo pre-orders were not officially sanctioned by... Read more...

Increase your heartrate and win Nintendo stuff in one easy step.

As one of many caffeine addicts here at PlanetN2000, I bring this report after staying up all night gaming & hanging with pals –thanks in no small part to a two-liter of Dr. Pepper we drained over the course of the evening. Wired from caffeine & sugar, I noticed a Majora's Mask logo on the label of the empty bottle. Evidently, Dr. Pepper is having a big contest with AWESOME Nintendo prizes. Oh caffeine, is there anything you can’t do?

Matt and the gang dig up info on EA's GameCube involvement, and it smells good.

Well the boys at IGNCube have set their "EA week" off to a smashing start. First it was the announcement yesterday that SSX would see a Special Edition on the GC, today it's the news that both the Madden and FIFA series will be hitting your shiny new Nintendo console next fall.

This is only Tuesday. I wonder what will be revealed next? Hit the talkback and tell us what franchises you want to see EA bring to the GameCube!

Casamassina and da boyz think Rare could be pulling overtime to make Perfect Dark 2 a launch title. How can this be? For he IS the Kwisatz Haderach!

This also comes from the IGNCube rumor mill and is nothing short of a stunner. Perfect Dark 2 is to be released as a Gamecube launch title! Well that's what several sources "close to Rare" have told IGN. Sounds somewhat far-fetched at this stage but IGN insists that the sources have leaked that the... Read more...

Nintendo kindly asks retailers to suspend GameCube pre-order campaigns until the specific launch date and pricing are finalized.

According to Gamespot, retailers like Electronics Boutique and Babbage's Etc. have stopped their preorder programs for both the Nintendo Gamecube and X-Box. According to the online report Nintendo themselves requested the halt of the preorder programs for the Gamecube as the systems final pricing and availability is not available yet. The Nintendo spokesperson said that they expect the "official" preorders to commence late-summer 2001.

IGN sez that EA's SSX (and possibly numerous other acronyms) are on their way to GameCube.

This is totally outta nowhere. We knew EA had dev kits but SSX? You've gotta be kidding me. The blockbuster PS2 launch title comeing to the Gamecube? And on top of that it's gonna be a "Special Edition." I'm awe struck. I don't like those x-treme sports games. But, in my opinion, SSX is more of a racer and its too damn good not to play. Of course this is all a rumor. But according to IGN it seems to be quite a solid one. Check out more there.

Uhh...just click. It's inexplicable.

Billy just asked me to post this, because his net connection is acting up. So, eh...check out the letter this HappyPuppy.com dude wants to send to Yu Suzuki and Miyamoto. It's kinda neat. And then you get to the second page, and it turns into some sick LSD-wrapped package of craziness. Enjoy.

Nasty purple-only GameCube rumor, be gone from mine sight!

A certain rumor that by now you should all be familiar with (scroll down) sent a jolt through the Gamecube community with word that the console may only launch with a purple unit available. Our friends at Nintendo spoke to Billy and said this was not true and now with this news from Gamespot it could... Read more...

Tendo Box serves up some funny holiday animation.

Dexter Sy from Tendo Box has created a Christmas animation that you must not miss. Christmas and Nintendo (or video games for that matter) have been a tradition with my family for years. As Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, and the Grinch are Christmas special classics, this animation that Dex has cooked up will be surely added to the list.

MetroWorks announces its CodeWarrior middleware for the GameCube.

Thanks to Matthew Lubin from our very own forums for alerting us to this interesting little link that gives a product description for Metrowerks' CodeWarrior for Nintendo Dolphin. For those of you that don't know, CodeWarrior is a popular development tool (for many platforms) that makes many a developer's... Read more...

Billy speculates on Sin & Punishment's chances for a US release.

I have just completed the import version of Sin and Punishment. At the end of the game, in the credits, Special thanks goes out to Nintendo of America. Why in the world would special thanks go out to Nintendo of America? Odd. Shiggy gets no mention. They should thank him for principle alone! Short changin' the man. But thanks to NOA? WHY?!