Effective May 21st, Nintendo has cut the price of the GameCube to $149.95! Also: Zelda Details -- Link saves his SISTER?

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Nintendo Ups the Ante, Drops the Price; NINTENDO GAMECUBE MSRP Set At $149.95

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2002--Less than one year after successfully launching NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM) at a mass-market price, Nintendo of America Inc. is dropping the MSRP to $149.95, effective Tuesday, May 21, 2002.

Over 500 disturbing short film ideas were submitted, and now the field has been narrowed to ten finalists. See them online this week!

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Announced last year and now finally coming to fruition, the Eternal Darkness Films contest has come down the the last ten contestants. The finalists will be unveiled between May 23 (Thursday) through July 4. Online fans can vote for their favorite movie to award the... Read more...

According to various sources, the GBA Zelda title will have multiplayer aspects. Get the goods here first...

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One of the facets of the remake of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the GBA will be a multiplayer option.

With the link cable, players will be able to cooperatively play through dungeons together. According to our sources, there will be 4 different colored Links. To progress through the dungeons, one or two links may need to step on buttons to open doors, or to get the "team" to other parts of the dungeon.

Out of all of Billy's shots, the most interesting one came as a surprise; the Card-e has changed its hardware a bit...

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While stalking the Nintendo booth from the rafters of E3, Billy got a shot of the images on the side of Nintendo's booth. Normally not revealing much, this year, there was quite a revelation ...

The Card-E reader now has a link port on it, and in the shot below, the GCN-GBA Link Cable is attached to it!

I like turtles. They should make a game about turtles. Wait, someone did!

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We're still waiting on the Tiptup game from Rare, but in the meantime, Majesco and developer Iridon Interactive (apparently unrelated to Shin'en's Iridion 3-D game...notice the spelling difference) will have to sate your appetite for non-Vietnamese shell-related interactive... Read more...

Now officially confirmed with exact square footage! We know, because we were there! Our live E3 coverage begins RIGHT NOW!

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We took a trip over to the Los Angeles Convention center today and got to see the official floor plans blueprints.

Here's the breakdown of who's the biggest....

Sega - 12,100 square feet

Microsoft - 25,000 square feet

Sony - 38,000 square feet

Nintendo - 40,375 square feet

It's all about the blocky things in life.

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All New Look and Feel for Lego Interactive Games to Debut At E3 2002

LONDON, May 17, 2002: Edgy New Style and Tone for Games Based on LEGO Toys and New TV-Based Intellectual Property to be Distributed by Electronic Arts

Three new titles from LEGO(R) Interactive... Read more...

Take-Two Interactive announces their E3 lineup, including a few titles for the GameCube and GBA.

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"Take-Two's titles have taken the world by storm and in the process we have successfully built some of the industry's most successful franchises," said Kelly Sumner, CEO of Take-Two Interactive Software. "We pride ourselves on knowing what our audience wants and we are certain that we have brought to E3 a diverse, exciting and above all, fun lineup."

Amusement Vision's president and star takes time to chat about F-Zero and more.

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Recently, Arcadia Magazine printed an interview with Toshihiro Nagoshi about F-Zero and more. XenGamers has kindly posted a translation of the article for the English-speaking population. Below are some excerpts.

Arcadia: Can you explain how Sega became involved with F-Zero?

We told you about it last week and even brought you the first pictures and a preview, but now LucasArts has officially announced Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

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Starting right where the movie ends, Star Wars: The Clone Wars from LucasArts and Pandemic Studios (developer of BattleZone on PC) will literally let you fight in the Clone Wars. You'll be in all the major battles and plenty of minor ones too, participating in various... Read more...

Activision has also unveiled their slate of Games for the 2002 E3. Tony Hawk, Matt Hoffman, X-Men, Minority Report, and more.

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Activision Unveils Blockbuster Slate of Games at 2002 Electronic Entertainment Expo

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2002--Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) will debut its strongest and most compelling game slate to date at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles on May 22 - 24, 2002.

THQ and SEGA will unveil Altered Beast, Space Channel 5, and The Revenge of Shinobi for the GBA at E3 next week.

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THQ and SEGA to Unveil More Titles in Game Boy Advance Co-Publishing Agreement at Electronic Entertainment Expo

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2002--

ALTERED BEAST and THE REVENGE OF SHINOBI to Release in Late 2002;

SPACE CHANNEL 5 to Release in Early 2003

TDK has announced a host of games coming for Nintendo platforms, focusing on their Robotech, Shrek, Aquaman, Dinotopia, and Masters of the Universe licenses.

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TDK Mediactive, Inc. is set to debut its 2002 product lineup, its strongest and most impressive to date, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles May 22-24, 2002. The company will showcase games of all styles across multiple platforms and genres, including titles created with some of the biggest licenses in the industry.

A change in date, location, and what consumers will be able to see this year.

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A while ago it was announced that the European Computer Trade Show would be open to the public this year.

It is now known that it will take place in Earl’s Court from Thursday 29th to Saturday 31st August and the consumer hall opening alongside the show will be exclusively hosted by Sony.

PGC has uncovered a shred evidence that Nintendo intends to drop the price of the GameCube sooner than later…

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We’ve just heard from one of our long-term retail reporters with some exciting news! Our retail-reporter friend, (we call him “Neosabre”) works at a major games-retail chain and just got in a new in-store display for GameCube. Not just any in store display either; one that advertises the Cube with “NEW LOW PRICE!”

Get ready for some Hong Kong-style driving and shooting, because you are one pissed-off cop.

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Today Activision announced True Crime: Streets of L.A. for all next-gen consoles. It follows the "hard-boiled" exploits of Nick Kang, a Los Angeles cop who takes on the Russian and Chinese mobs. Developer Luxoflux is bringing their expertise from the Vigilante 8 games... Read more...

Microsoft cuts the Xbox to $199. Only Nintendo has yet to show their full hand ...

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We're still a week out from E3, and all the big news is happening. This is just ODD.

Not to be outdone by Sony, and largely out of necessity, Microsoft has matched Sony's $100 price cut which brings the Xbox to $199.

Despite recent reports to the contrary, Nintendo said back in April that if Sony and Microsoft cut their consoles to $199, they would have to consider cutting the GameCube's price.

Steve Kent's latest article goes over the frantic price drops by Sony and Microsoft and whether the same is expected in Nintendo territory.

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There's lots of interesting quotes from people in the industry, the article covers the most recent price drops by Microsoft and Sony as well as a little history about the same events in 1995 when Nintendo, Sega and Sony were in the same situation.

EA has announced their lineup for games for the big show.

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E3 is just a little more than a week away. With the show quickly approaching, publisher EA has announced the titles they will be showing off in LA at the show. The list includes titiles from EA Sports, EA BIG, EA Games, and EA Distribution.

EA Sports

Madden NFL 2003 (PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PC, GBA)

In the first week of the GameCube's release 400,000 consoles were sold. That, and more statistics inside.

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400,000 GameCubes, that is 80% of the launch shipment, were sold throughout Europe during the week of launch. The average tie-in ratio was 2.3 games for each console sold and 23 years is the average age of a GameCube owner.

The next two first party games to be released are Super Smash Bros. Melee on May 24th, and Pikmin on June 14th. 50 games released by summer!