Kids show off Nintendo's games all summer and win big bucks.

YOU'RE HIRED! 48 NINTENDO FANS WIN THE ULTIMATE SUMMER JOB

Troy McClain of The Apprentice Offers Street-Smart Tips as Teams Battle for a $40,000 Team Bonus

REDMOND, Wash.--July 8, 2004--Forty-eight Nintendo fans heard the

sweetest news today: You're hired! Chosen from hundreds who auditioned

Never before has America been so scared of a Japanese animation.

KONAMI HOSTS YU-GI-OH! U.S. FINALS AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2004 TOURNAMENTS

Thousands of Fans From Around The World To Participate in the Largest Yu-Gi-Oh! Events in History

U.S. Finals Take Place in San Diego, Calif. July 22 and 23; World Championship 2004 Tournament Event in Anaheim, Calif. on July 25

Including everyone's pal, Pit!

Nintendo has announced the lineup for the 3rd series of Famicom Mini GBA games for the Japanese market. Unlike the first two series, this one features quite a large number of titles specific to Japan. Here is a rundown of the games in volume 3.

No. 21: Super Mario Bros. 2

No. 22: Nazo no Murasame

The once-elite publisher is losing money, losing franchises, and is almost about to lose everything else.

Acclaim has released its financial report for its fiscal year ending on March 31st, and the numbers aren't good: In the past year, the company has lost $56.4 million. (Then again, they lost $84.4 million the year before, so it's not that bad...) These massive losses don't bode well for the credit line, and if Acclaim doesn't find a new source of money to help counterbalance these debts, they'll have to file for bankruptcy.

Iwata says he has "proof customers do not want online games." Don't throw your GameCube away just yet, though.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata recently met with the Japan Economic Foundation, explaining his view of the current state of the game industry in Japan. One of the major topics brought up during the talks was online gaming.

Nintendo has always been reluctant to make the jump into the field like... Read more...

Starting the 24th July, the tour will reach 18 locations in the UK with the chance to play new games and win prizes in the Konga Beach Shack.

Get ready to bang your Bongos!

The Nintendo Konga Beach Road Trip is coming to a town near you this summer

Bored this summer? Fancy doing something different? Well you’re in luck, the Nintendo Konga Beach Road Trip hits the road on 24 July and it’s guaranteed to keep you and the whole family occupied for hours!

It's a mystery how it works, but you can now play GBA games on your TV through your GC's memory card slot, for cheaper than Nintendo's hardware option.

CREATE YOUR OWN POWERFUL GAME BOY ADVANCE CHEAT CODES - JUST LIKE THE PROS!

July 2nd, 2004 - Datel is renowned the world over for providing gamers with powerful, professionally produced cheat codes to beat even the toughest games. Now, thanks to the new Advance Game Port, you can attain the rank of master code creator.

Ham-Ham Games is coming in two weeks. Prepare yourself as you deem necessary.

HAMSTERS ARE THE REAL GOLD MEDAL WINNERS

Join the Ham-Ham team and be a hamster hero

Roll up roll up! Come and stay at the fantastic new sports village, where 15 fantastic sporting games await you! Join the hamster crew as they play a variety of sporting games, chill by the beach or pool and chat to their hamster competitors. Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games launches across Europe on the Game Boy Advance from 16th July.

Gentlemen, start your web browers.

Nintendo's online summer camp is back for more fun! This will be the 10th year Nintendo has done Camp Hyrule. The idea is simple. Nintendo has created a virtual summer camp where fans can hang out and chat with each other. There are also all sorts of contests and games to play. This year's camp will start on August 16th. There is currently no indication of its ending date. In the past camp has run for a week.

If you're a big fan of the long-running Japanese manga and TV anime series, here's a chance to buy something nice.

For those who don't know, Naruto is one of the more popular manga and anime series in Japan (as well as America, for some ninja lovers). On July 22, Tomy is releasing a Naruto RPG game, along with a special edition Game Boy Advance SP.

It's orange-colored SP with blue buttons... Read more...

EA announces a strong set of performers for their next big Football game.

MADDEN NFL 2005 BUSTS OUT ALL-STAR LINE-UP…MUSIC ALL-STARS

GAME SOUNDTRACK TO DEBUT MUSIC FROM GREEN DAY, CHEVELLE, ALTERBRIDGE, THE HIVES, WILL.I.AM FROM THE BLACK EYED PEAS AND MORE

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 1, 2004 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) today unveiled... Read more...

Rumors of Golden Sun for GameCube are escalating, and Louie the Cat is here to sort things out! Includes previously unreleased comments by Camelot's Takahashi brothers.

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Hello there! Last time you heard from me, I was just about to award myself with a nice leaf of catnip…apparently I ate too much, because I woke up several days later with a major headache and some other kitty’s fur all over me. Such is the life of a bachelor cat, I guess!

The group is calling Nintendo a "big bully," and asking that the patent be re-examined.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is launching what it calls the Patent Busting Project, a campaign to recall patents awarded to large companies that are detrimental to the well-being of public domain. One of the companies listed in their "Top Ten" is Nintendo. They recently patented Game Boy software emulation, amid some controversy and some legal action on the part of some companies.

Nintendo of Europe's Managing Director will leave Nintendo soon and join mobile entertainment publisher Digital Bridges.

Nintendo have announced today that Nintendo of Europe’s Managing Director David Gosen will step down at the end of August. Having been with Nintendo for the last five years, he was involved with the releases of the GBA, the GBA SP, and the GameCube. After his departure, he will join Digital Bridges, a mobile entertainment publisher, as Chief Operating Officer.

Get a pre-order bonus and learn more about the gameplay features.

Namco's official Tales of Symphonia website has been updated with a lot of new information. Specifically, there is now a listing of preorder bonuses being given out at certain retailers. Both EB and Gamestop are giving away a lithograph when you preorder and an art book when you pick up the game.... Read more...

It’s like a concert series on a movie screen. Only it features GameCube games and gamers.

In a videogame competition of Wizard proportions, Nintendo’s Australian division is putting on a series of GameCube gaming sessions in search of the best Aussie Nintendo fan.

Preliminaries will take place every two weeks starting August 1st at six participating Village Cinema movie theaters... Read more...

Investors accepted the proposed merger of Sega and Sammy at a general stockholders meeting today.

The next step in the developing story of the merger between Sega and Sammy, Sega's shareholders today approved of the pending merger in October. With Sammy's shareholders doing the same just last Friday, it appears that all is set for the two to join forces and become Sega Sammy Holdings.

The... Read more...

The kids sure like the crazy hair and dueling antics, so here's another GBA game from Konami.

KONAMI SHIPS YU-GI-OH!(tm) RESHEF OF DESTRUCTION(tm) FOR NINTENDO'S GAME BOY(r) ADVANCE AND YU-GI-OH!(tm) POWER OF CHAOS: JOEY THE PASSION(tm) FOR PC CD-ROM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. - June 29, 2004 - Konami Digital Entertainment - America, a division of Konami Digital Entertainment,... Read more...

Maybe Iwata knows what he's talking about.

According to a story at Nikkei Net, conveniently translated by the fine folks at Video-fenky, the gaming market in Japan is getting smaller. Console sales have dropped off dramatically as most of the people who want current systems have already bought them, and game sales are down too. The overall market is down for the third year in a row, with sales declining 11% in just the last year.

They think the game is American propaganda against their country.

Apparently, a government-controlled newspaper (AKA, the government) in North Korea is calling Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 "proof" that the United States has something against their country. Take this clip from an article explaining what the Koreans think of the game:

“Through propaganda, entertainment... Read more...