Faster than a Koopa shell knocking out a row of Goombas, Charles Martinet has been and gone - and Ben was there to meet him in Melbourne!

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As mentioned on the Nintendo Australia homepage, Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, has visited Sydney and Melbourne. If you didn't see him on the weekend, then unfortunately you've missed him as he's headed back home. But don't worry if you

did miss out - here's what happened on Friday:

Sequel to critically acclaimed Game Boy Color game is in early development stages.

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A few weeks ago, we received several reports that Shantae for GameCube had appeared on Nintendo's website, although no other information was provided. Today Planet GameCube confirmed with the game's developer, WayForward Technologies, that a Shantae title for GameCube... Read more...

It's always the Yen's fault.

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Kyoto, Japan, Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Nintendo Co., the world's second-largest video-game maker, cut its full-year profit outlook 11 percent, blaming a stronger-than-expected yen and weaker sales of video-game consoles and hand-held players.

Group net income will probably... Read more...

What do BloodRayne, Playboy, and the swamp have to do with each other? Just this contest.

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MAJESCO TEAMS WITH PLAYBOY.COM TO PROMOTE RELEASE OF NEW 'BLOODRAYNE' VIDEO GAME

'BloodRayne in the Bayou' Contest Kicks-Off;

Offers Gamers Chance to Win a Guided Vampire Tour in Louisiana With a Playboy Playmate

EDISON, NJ, October 1, 2002 - Win a guided... Read more...

In an apparent attempt to defy Nintendo's marketing campaign for Super Mario Sunshine, Acclaim wants you to "Keep It Dirty".

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Acclaim has launched the official website for BMX XXX, the controversial M-rated extreme sports game due out in November. The website only contains some "banned" print ads, four screenshots, and a movie so far, but more content will surely be added soon. Here's the announcement:

SPY vs. SPY coming to a console near you!

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TDK MEDIACTIVE IS MAD ABOUT SPY vs. SPY

MAD Magazine’s Popular Feature to Hit Next Generation Gaming Consoles

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – October 1, 2002 – TDK Mediactive, Inc. (OTC: TDKM.OB), a global publisher of interactive entertainment software,... Read more...

We told you about it earlier, but now it's officially announced. Iridion II will soar to your GBA in early 2003.

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MAJESCO ANNOUNCES 3D SHOOTING ACTION FOR THE GAME BOY® ADVANCE WITH 'IRIDION II'

Sequel Features Intense Graphics of Predecessor and adds Innovative Game-Play Features

EDISON, NJ, October 1, 2002 - Heading back into space to destroy an invading armada, Majesco,... Read more...

Harry Potter console accessories coming this winter! Anyone up for some Quidditch?

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THE MAGIC OF HARRY POTTERTM IS CAPTURED IN ACCESSORIES FOR GAMECUBE, GAME BOY ADVANCE & PLAYSTATION SYSTEMS

Thrustmaster to produce Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsTM Video Game Console Accessories

SURREY - 1st October 2002 - Under its license agreement... Read more...

Batman Dark Tomorrow gets pushed back to 2003.

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BATMAN: DARK TOMORROW WILL LAUNCH Q1 2003

Kemco today announced that the highly anticipated title Batman: Dark Tomorrow will launch Q1 2003 across Xbox, Playstation 2 and Gamecube. The extra development time will ensure that the game delivers the best in gaming experience.

It's so hot...it makes us feel naughty. Get the official word on games, giveaways, and beverages to be consumed...

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Nintendo's Cube Clubs Gear Up for Second Nationwide Tour

Nintendo Showcases Best Holiday Games Coast-to-Coast

REDMOND, Wash.--Oct. 1, 2002--Let's get the party started!

Nintendo of America Inc. is returning with the phenomenally successful

Nintendo Cube Club Tour, hitting 15 cities across the nation, starting

Tired of badly compressed video in GameCube games? Fret no longer, DivX and your pals at Factor 5 have the answer!

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The small size of the GameCube discs makes them easy to manage and cheap to make, but they only hold a fraction of the data a standard DVD-ROM can. While most games can be made to fit in 1.5GB of space, FMV, or full-motion video is much harder to compress without significant loss in video quality.

Nintendo is bringing back the Cube Clubs, and this time in force!

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So you wanted to go to a Cube Club last year before the GameCube launch right? Too bad they weren't in a lot of cities. Well you just might have a reason to rejoice now. Nintendo is launching a new Cube Club Tour, and this time they're hitting 15 different cities all over the US. Plus, they're brining a ton of games for people to play. Check out this monster game list:

Gamasutra.com has an informative interview with Hip Tanaka, the man behind the music for many NES greats.

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Gamasutra.com recently posted an interview with Hirokazu 'Hip' Tanaka. For those who don't know, Tanaka currently heads Creatures Inc. (of Pokemon fame) and began his career in the video game industry with Nintendo composing music for classics like Metroid, Kid Icarus,... Read more...

If you think games cost too much, Fair Play wants you to stop buying games for the week 1st December to 8th December.

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Everyone cringes when it comes time to buy a new game. £40-£45 ($70US) is always hard to stomach, even for the well off. Video games have traditionally been viewed as a kid's hobby, so why have the prices skyrocketed past what most kids earn in allowance or odd jobs? The Fair Play campaign aims to fix that.

The kid pictured in our Lizard Lick story over the weekend has some serious hardcore fans.

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Yes, it's a slow news morning here on Planet GameCube, and we've uncovered an even more disturbing link dealing with the disturbing "Lizard boy" picture we posted this past weekend.

This is very disturbing...if you can't tell.

At the Yoshi / Clash of the Tongues event held this weekend in Lizard Lick, North Carolina, there was a child that got his picture taken while he was getting his tongue measured.

Like Castlevania music and electric guitars? You came to the right place.

As many of our readers may remember, around E3 PGC made many mentions of OverClocked.org because the beautiful remixes found therein were used throughout our E3 2002 DVD. Since then, I've been wanting to create some remixes of my own.

*cliché warning*

Fast-forward a few months and I've... Read more...

So who actually had the longest tongue? Possibly one of the most disturbing pictures you will see today...

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Tongue-Gifted Test Talents in Lick-Off Competition

Nintendo's Yoshi Finds Nation's Most Prolific Tongue-Slinger in Lizard

Lick

LIZARD LICK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2002--Today,

hundreds of local residents of Lizard Lick vied for victory in the

Check it out, PGC's got the entire intro to Evolution Worlds for your viewing pleasure.

PGC just got a hold of some Evolution Worlds video and we've got a treat for you! Linked below is a movie of the complete intro sequence. The video shows the hero and his girl taking a gem from a tower, and then running for their lives when the tower starts to collapse. Then the tower turns into a huge ray-gun and shoots a giant laser into space.

Get ready for the most ambiguously obscene Nintendo promotion EVER.

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Lizard Lick, North Carolina is set to be the location of "Yoshi's Clash of the Tongues", where on September 28th, contestants will vie for the title of "Ultimate Licker." Other titles include the "Lengthiest Lick", "Most Imaginative Lick", and "Most Daring Lick".

We can't make this stuff up, folks.

We've gotten our paws on Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, and captured a few direct feed movies for you gear heads. What was that NWA said about the police?

We've uploaded a bunch of direct feed movies of the final version of Need For

Speed: Hot Pursuit 2.  Come see Billy drive terribly, wreck exotic cars,

piss off the police, and get busted! 

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