We’re moving into HEAVY rumor territory here! Buuuuuut...

We recently got a question from a reader who asked whether or not the GameCube would have a territorial lockout—especially as the GBA does not have a lockout and will interact with the GameCube. Well, we have been skeptical (albeit hopeful) that GameCube wouldn’t have a territorial lockout but we’ve heard one interesting bit that’s worth sharing…

During Friday's one-on-one interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, the legendary designer offered the interesting idea of Special Edition games.

During the Q&A session of the N'Gai Croal one-on-one with Shigeru Miyamoto, an audience member asked whether we'd ever see the rumored-to-be-nearly-complete Zelda 64DD or games that were released in Japan only in the other markets. Miyamoto answered that with the new medium, there's a possibility... Read more...

A First Person Adventure from Rare? A secret game was shown behind closed doors and while we didn’t see it & there are not many specifics, here’s what we do know…

During E3, Tendo Box reported hearing about a mysterious Rare game being shown behind closed doors. Apparently, the game is similar to Rare’s previous platformer games, yet in the third-person. TB’s sources also mentioned the game looking very similar to Perfect Dark and possessing a very sci-fi feel to it.

Rick's posted more video clips from E3. Football fans and GameCube enthusiasts, check it out!

Ok, folks ... more video from the PGC trip to E3. First, is Madden 2002 running on GameCube. The game is very early in development, and some of the animations are a bit rough yet, but here you go.

Madden 2002

Next up, here's a shot of the ACTUAL GameCube hardware, in this case, running the Pikmin demo in a surround-sound booth. It's dark and mystical, with a bit of a playful glow. You don't want to miss this one.

Hudson's explosive mascot & champion of multiplayer madness is ready to blow the GameCube sky high!

Today, the Gaming Intelligence Agency posted a story about Bomberman coming to GameCube, a game announcement snuggled in NOA's E3 press materials:

It's difficult to find, but Nintendo's GameCube press material makes a brief mention of Bomberman for the upcoming system. Absolutely nothing about the title is known so far, though it will presumably be developed by Hudson Soft.

Throughout E³ we continually heard that there would be seven 1st and 2nd party titles by the end of 2001. Now we can tell you exactly which ones they are.

Launch titles

Luigi's Mansion

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Star Fox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet

NBA Courtside 2002

Wave Race Blue Storm

Eternal Darkness

I'm not sure if I believe that Star Fox Adventures will make the launch. It seemed to be less polished than the rest of the E3 stuff, but it may have been those stages only. If I'm not mistaken, they showed the same parts of the game that they showed on the N64 last year.

We have a list of 14 confirmed characters and intelligent speculation on how many and what secret characters you can expect!

At Nintendo's pre-E3 press conference, the first GameCube footage they showed was of Super Smash Bros. Melee. The second half of the clip revealed 14 playable characters, and after playing the game and re-examining the clip, we can give you a pretty good idea of how many secret characters there will be, and who they are.

Ok, Rick's put the files up on Dedicated Web Space. Read on for your links.

Ok, so the PGCShare thing doesn't like WMV files. But you can't keep the truth down.

Mario Close-Up

Bowser Close-Up

These links will take you straight to the Windows Media Video's of Super Smash Bros. Melee, with closeups of both Mario and Bowser. It may look like prerendered FMV folks, but it's not. Trust us, we've played it.

We were a bit unclear about this after seeing some “jaggies” in GameCube games during E3. Now we have answers regarding NGC & anti-aliasing.

We were a bit confused about the look of some GameCube games displaying anti-aliasing in Nintendo’s booth and ran a couple versions of this story before deciding we really didn’t know what the heck was up.

On the final day of E3, we asked NOA’s Thom Leonard about it during our tour of the... Read more...

First details about Planet GameCube's E3 2001 video since we returned from LA. What can you expect to see on it? Let's just say this...your eyes will melt.

We are still taking pre-orders though Gaming Edge for our E3 2001 video….

We have footage of all the GameCube games, and most of the GBA titles. We also have exclusive footage of the Denis Dyack interview/ Q&A session that lasted over an hour! Also, see our interview with Beth Llewelyn of... Read more...

Nintendo sends out an official press release talking about GameCube's pricing. Words from Peter Main too!

NINTENDO GAMECUBE SET AT MASS MARKET PRICE OF $199.95

Dedicated Gameplay System Launches November 5, 2001

With Six First-Party Titles Priced At $49.95

REDMOND, Wash., May 21, 2001 - History's most successful video game

manufacturer today announced the U.S. suggested retail price of $199.95 for

It was listed in NOA’s E3 press materials but not at E3. Billy’s import copy was played by PGC like crazy at the hotel. What’s up this game? Why is Nintendo dropping hints? Leave it to Louie to provide some answers!

Sin & Punishment, a shooting game by Treasure was shown at SpaceWorld 2000 and got lots of positive attention. Although the game’s speech was in English and the gameplay was phenomenal, it has so far only been released in Japan. American gamers are well aware of the game and it was even listed... Read more...

The niche publisher of Harvest Moon confirms support for both of Nintendo's upcoming systems. First game details inside!

Saturday I got the chance to chat with Natsume about their Nintendo plans. They admitted that a large portion of their fanbase was dependent on Nintendo systems, so of course they're going to support GameCube and GBA.

Natsume currently has two GameCube games in development, though they won't... Read more...

Some good will for Nintendo inside but mostly bad vibe for Microsoft. Also, home to the WORST mainstream media error seen thus far.

It appears that not even tons of talk about how cool the X-Box would be and how incredible its games would look can save a poor showing at E3. Already we now have a mainstream press offering looking over the score card from E3 and pointing to major weaknesses in the X-Box front.

Of course there's some good buzz about Nintendo inside from industry show-goers so it is a double win, and oddly enough Sony's place in the article is limited.

Nintendo has confirmed pricing on the GameCube and it's titles. Look out world! The future of Nintendo gaming is beautiful and affordable!

Nintendo has officially announced the prices of GameCube and it's games. Here's the press release direct from Reuters...

Nintendo to price GameCube at $199, below rivals

LOS ANGELES, May 21 (Reuters) - Video game maker Nintendo Co. Ltd. on Monday said it would price its new GameCube console at $199 in the United States, a $100 discount to rival game players.

Rick has been e-mailed the most interesting of links, seemingly confirming the $199 launch price. Read for yourself ...

If you go to BabelFish and translate the following URL ( http://www3.neocity.to/treebbs/view.cgi?board=112/minaduki&root=181565&target=181659&mode=tree&page=1 ) from Japanese to English, you can read a very interesting message board reprint of an article claiming that GameCube will Launch at 25,000 Yen, or $199.99. Plus, software is slated for a $49.99 price point.

Planet GameCube discovered some interesting things about GameCube's memory card/multimedia wonder...the SD memory card. Discoveries and pics inside!

Nothing was revealed this year at E3 2001 about Panasonic's SD Memory Card for the Nintendo GameCube. No specs, no demo's, nothing. I sniffed around E3 for some good information, and found out some interesting things, as well as took some shots of this tiny wonder.

According to our sources... Read more...

Justin Wood snuck into the Xbox booth for a little fun at Mr. Gates expense!

Though I buy most systems that come out, Nintendo has always been my favorite.

Microsoft kind of put me off by their "assumption" that they could just waltz in and take over the console industry as they have everything else. I've also been disturbed by the lack of innovation surrounding the platform. One look at the controller will tell you that MS isn't generating many original ideas.

You can't go to E3 and not comment on the Nintendo booth itself.

Nintendo's booth was a butt-load of fun. When walking into it, the SMB theme greeted me while a running video Mario and Zelda games of previous generations lit the way to "The Nintendo difference."

The Nintendo booth--more accurately the GCN section, was always jam-packed while I was there.... Read more...

Goku gears up to make several appearances on Game Boy Advance and GameCube.

Last night on the way home a certain "birdy" from Infogrames approached me on the flight back home with some interesting news.

After the year long fight to get the Dragon Ball Z license, Infogrames plans to put the hard earned license to good use on leading consoles including GameCube and Game Boy Advance.