The Planet staff grows by three more people. Meet the newest staffers & welcome them aboard!

We suckered a few new people out there to join the ranks here at PlanetN2000. Please welcome the new pledges...

Zosha Arushan, AKA Dragona. The baddest ass Nintendo lovin' girl we know. Hell yeah! She's out new C3-PO. As well as whoppin' ya'll asses into shape. And hell, here last name is sorta like Samuses. :)

More N-Sider goodness. Panasonic has just confirmed its own handheld gaming console. Waitaminute, isn't Panasonic an ally of Nintendo?!? Seems kinda competitive. With friends like these...

Well, it looks as if the rumors were true. Panasonic is planning their own handheld, bluetooth compatible at that. If you didn't know Bluetooth is a new wireless standard that lets any bluetooth device communicate with any other bluetooth device. Quite the good idea, especially for gaming. N-Sider... Read more...

Core Magazine tear it up with Shiggy in yet another interview with Shigeru Miyamoto (when is Planet gonna get the love?). Check out comments pertaining to Miyamoto maybe having five games by l

The fine people at Core Magazine have a nice little interview with the man himself, Miyamoto-sensei. While it's not incredibly long, we get a glimpse of one of the more important NGC variables: namely the number of games available at launch.

Question: You mentioned at Spaceworld that five titles will launch alongside the GameCube next July?

The N-Sider have done an excellent profile of Shigeru Miyamoto called "Chronicles of a Visionary!"

N-Sider has just cooked up quite the treat. It's a profile of the man him self, Miyamoto. It's rather long, so make sure you keep a soda handy to keep awake. It chronicles everything from the start of his childhood on. It's quite the interesting read and you all should check it out.

More quotes from Mr. Miyamoto, this time about the demo "Mario 128" and if there is any chance that it will be released to the public.

When the Gamecube was unveiled at Spaceworld, the very funny technical demonstration dubbed Mario 128 did not fail to impress both press and public. In a recent interview with UK mag Edge, the ever talkative Shigeru Miyamoto talked about his current projects and the possibility of releasing Mario 128.

Remember the super-elusive, ultra rare, wowee-I-want-one, collectors' edition gold-colored N64 controllers? Well, we know where you can get one!

If you've been a long time Nintendo follower, you know that one of the coveted things to get for your N64 was the limited edition gold controller. Nintendo Power sold them for a very short period of time, and you could get one from Toys R' Us with a system about 4 years ago. But it was a pretty difficult task to find one. Hell, I paid 70 bucks for one online 3 years ago.

The Nintendo Project scored an interview with Artoon, the developer of Pinobee: Quest of Heart. We've got the highlights & more!

The Nintendo Project has scored an interesting interview with Artoon, the developers of the highly anticipated GBA game, Pinobee: Quest of Heart. If that's not exciting enough for you, perhaps you'd be interested to know that Artoon is made up of former Sonic Team members from Sega, including one... Read more...

SCi Plans for the "Great Escape." The movie was a classic - can it make a great game?

From Videogames.com comes this report I couldn't resist posting. There are "great" chances we'll see a game based on the classic flick "The Great Escape", the movie based on a true story of a corsageous & stealthy escape of P.O.Ws from a Nazi Prison camp. British software developer SCi successfully... Read more...

A great Q & A with Nintendo’s star game designer. It's MSNBC's Steve Kent gettin' jiggy w/Shiggy. Don't miss "the Master"'s comments!

This excellent interview has been online over a week and all the while, it's been outside of the Planet radar viewscreen. Whoopsie. Well, no longer. If you haven't seen it yet, scamper over to MSNBC for Steven Kent doing a brief but whiz-bang interview with everyone's favorite game developer, Shigeru... Read more...

A Zelda II demo is being shown as a development tool for GBA. Could it be something more, like a game? What does it mean?

The Nintendo Project have just reported on a tweaked demo of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (that's right, the NES game) running on Gameboy Advance. Apparently, much of the demo centers around moving an overworld map of Zelda 2 with features such as rotation; scrolling; transparency; and zoom. Thanks... Read more...

Activision has made it clear that intends to support next-generation consoles, including Nintendo's GameCube.

Yes, I'm sad to report that two of the Planet's pals (& 2 of my favorite sites) are currently out-of-commission. Both RareNet and Nintendojo are currently offline, due to the untimely demise of Negative Zero Networks. Since I recommended NZ to both these guys ages back, I feel a little bit guilty... Read more...

Two "Planet pals" (so to speak) are experiencing a big of bad luck. RareNet and Nintendojo are currently offline.

Yes, I'm sad to report that two of the Planet's pals (& 2 of my favorite sites) are currently out-of-commission. Both RareNet and Nintendojo are currently offline, due to the untimely demise of Negative Zero Networks. Since I recommended NZ to both these guys ages back, I feel a little bit guilty... Read more...

A pretty hearty developer list has surfaced from Japan regarding NGC development. It's looking good!

According to Japanese website 64 World, and translated by The Nintendo Project, the follwing list of Japanese third-party developers are said to have either requested or are in possesion of Gamecube development kits:

Konami

Kemco

Koei

Namco

Hudson

Media Factory

Atlus

Epoch

This... Read more...

Nintendo are offering a fantastic deal on The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. If you haven't pre-ordered yet you'll definitely be glad you heard about this! Nintendo is dishing out the discounts!

If you've pre-ordered Majora's Mask already...this may change your mind. Nintendo is handing out the limited edition of the game, a soundtrack CD, a Player's Guide to help you find all those little secrets, and a whole year -12 issues- of Nintendo Power...all for just $69.95. That's only ten bucks... Read more...

Even though this doesn't have to do with NGC or GBA, it's about a Star Wars game. And that's really enough to merit your attention, isn't it?

The boys in the box got a nice interview with the LucasArts Team that is working on The Battle for Naboo. Not too shabby. Yeah, it's not NGC or GC related, but it's Star Wars. This could be the team that will be bringing an Episode II game to the NGC! Outside of Rogue Squadron 2, you know you're going to see plenty of Star Wars on the next generation of Nintendo systems. May the Schwartz be with you...

Loads of new GBA info courtesy of the latest issue of Nintendo Power! Take a first look at an early release list for the new Game Boy!

The new Edition of Nintendo Power (sporting Link on the cover) has a nice Space World round up. There's a GameCube section, and a Game Boy Advance section. The NGC part was basically rehash of what you already know. The GBA section has some new pictures of games, as well as a full listing of who's developing what.

Denish Dyack of Silicon Knights has just made a pretty sweet statement.

The "Pak Watch" section of the latest Nintendo Power features talk about how developer friendly the NGC will be. The words from Denis Dyack, President of Silicon Knights should give you goosebumps. Either that, or it will make you belt out a big "HELL YEAH!" Read on Nintendophiles...

"We believe... Read more...

Rumors of a Fire Emblem game for 64DD were never realized yet there has been development on a Fire Emblem game and it's just about ready to be revealed...

Nintendo, in conjunction with Intelligent Systems, have announced today that development on Fire Emblem 64 in its current form has ceased. The game originally started off as a 64-DD game and was placed on indefinited hold (translation: it was canned) earlier this year. With the title joining the ranks... Read more...

Not Hiroshi Yamauchi! We're talking about Nintendo's managing director Hiroshi Imanishi, who recently discussed last month's GameCube unveiling at Spaceworld with Core Magazine.

Core Magazine recently posted an interview with Nintendo's managing director, Hiroshi Imanishi. As one would expect, there are no real major revalations as Nintendo will continue to play coy with us for the next couple of months, however, it's still worth the read. Head over to Core Magazine's site and check out the whole thing...but first here's some stuff to whet your appetites.

Louie the Cat presents the Kitty Ninja video courtesy of Daily Radar.

Yo buss dis. What's happenin people! I'z finally a staff membuh uh PlanetN2000. yeah, Billy be my ownuh (biotch) an' all, but he has now givun me full reign at de Planet uh Cube love.

Finally, an sheeit. So what be my role here? Well it's my job to brin you rumors, cool links, an' my important... Read more...