With the help of the game, a GameCube, and a monkey, you can become a cartographer in your very own home!

One of TimeSplitter 2's unique features is the ability to create your own maps for single and multiplayer game modes in the game's MapMaker program. Using preset tiles, a player can build quite an expansive map, complete with doors, gun and ammo caches, customized lighting, and even game logic for those that want to make a one-player story level.

The Zelda bonus disc available to the people who pre-ordered Legend of Zelda: Kaze no Takuto in Japan has a bunch of new game trailers, and we've got 'em online for you! Regular and super-sized!

The new Japanese Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Ura Zelda bonus disc

contains a heap of trailers on it.  Most of them we've featured already

here on Planet GameCube, but some were actually new (or we wanted larger

versions), so we've uploaded them to our media server.

We made these in two separate

Nintendo of Europe Drops the bomb early. You gotta click to find out what it is!

Nintendo of Europe has updated their website with a quick news blurb revealing the English title of the next Zelda game. The official title is:

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

There you go folks. Here's what they had to say over on NOE's site:

The waiting and wondering is over! The official name for Link's Nintendo GameCube debut is (cue drum roll)... The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

O to the B to the I turns 1 to the 9.

Yessir, our resident screen monkey and TARRIBLE SPELLAR Mike Sklens, or known to some as StrikerObi, turns a whopping 19 today. Even though he's just a pup, he can grow a beard just by thinking about it. Seriously. We've seen it.

He may brag that he won the first ever Planet Trivia, but we love him anyway.

We've got three new movies of Ura Zelda...and of course, you can download them all for free.

You've seen the screens and read Billy's impressions, now download the movies and see Ura Zelda for yourself. As always, these movies are totally free to PGC readers.

In Internet Explorer, right-click and choose to save these files to your computer.

*Download the latest Windows Media Player to view these files.

Bust out the candles and grab your frying pans, 'cause it's that time of year again!

Thanksgiving isn’t the only reason to celebrate this week! Tonight marks the start of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, togetherness, chocolate gelt (money), latkes (potato pancakes), and—of course—presents. It may not be a religious holiday, but it is certainly one of the most enjoyable!

Pre-order = Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Ura Zelda! Find out everything that's on the disc...

Gamers lined up today at selected retailers for the special Zelda preorder promotion deal in Japan.

Upon paying around 6800 yen ($60 US) for the preorder, gamers received an instruction booklet with the game disc of The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time attached in the inside cover.

Play games, eat turkey, eat stuffing, grab Game Boy Advance, belch, Read PGC, repeat. Just because everyone else is on vacation doesn't mean we are...

Ah yes, it's Thanksgiving here once again, and we're still going to be kicking out the Nintendo coverage you need this holiday season.

Since our coverage is worldwide, and Thanksgiving is only celebrated in North America, our international offices have remained open. Suckers.

We've got... Read more...

The man responsible for Metal Gear Solid 2 is incorporating an interesting feature with a GBA cart ...

Hideo Kojima, the lead man on the Metal Gear Solid 2 project is working on a new game for Game Boy Advance, simply titled "My Sun".

In what has to be one of the most novel ideas for a game, the cartridge contains a small light sensor, which in conjunction with the game software, can alter parameters based on the amount of light in the room.

Metroid sales hit the Quarter Million mark, Older gamers also flocking to Resident Evil Zero.

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2002--After waiting eight years for a return visit from their favorite video game heroine, a quarter million Nintendo GameCube owners in North America purchased the hit title Metroid Prime in its first week of availability.

Coupled with the concurrent... Read more...

Hey, look at that, it's like Gran Turismo in my pocket!

THQ TO PUBLISH GT ADVANCE 3: PRO CONCEPT RACING FOR GAME BOY® ADVANCE

THQ Brings "Pedal To The Metal" Racing Back To The Handheld Market

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. - November 26, 2002 - THQ® Inc. today announced that it will publish GT Advance 3: Pro Concept Racing for the Game Boy® Advance.... Read more...

The two largest RPG producers are now one! See the announcement inside!

Discuss it in Talkback!

According to Nikkei.net, Enix and Square have announced their plans to merge in April 2003. This is the first merger between two major game companies in the history of the industry. In the face of rising development costs and intense competition, the two companies merged... Read more...

Also in the news today: The sun is hot, water is wet, and humans breathe oxygen.

Video Game Buyers Not Effected By Slower Economy This Holiday Season

Consumers Will Buy the Same or More Games This Year Than Last, Reveals Recent Survey of Holiday Game Buyers

San Francisco, CA – 11/26/02 – A recent nationwide survey of video and PC game buyers revealed that 3 out... Read more...

What Color would retail chain Target want for a Game Boy Advance?

Just in time for the Holidays, Target has a new special edition Red Game Boy Advance available in US Stores.

Dubbed "Exclusive Target Red," this new GBA is available now for $69.99.

Special thanks to Takumi86 for the heads up.

Mikami speaks on Capcom's new lineup, creating new game concepts, and Biohazard 4 (RE4).

The latest issue of Famitsu featured an interview with Producer Mikami from Capcom. Highlights translated below:

Famitsu: If you’d let me give my opinion, honestly, I want a Cube now!

Mikami-san: Your words are very kind. Please buy a Cube! Buy two of them, even three!

F: Well,... Read more...

Top 30, reviews, and more.

Following last week's Zelda announcement, the big news this week is the

announcement of 5 new Capcom games for the GameCube. The magazine includes

a DVD featuring trailers from Biohazard 0, Biohazard 4, Killer 7, Viewtiful

Joe, and Dead Phoenix. According to the magazine, P.N.03 will be the first

Win one of those fancy home theater-type prize packages (and GameCube stuff), because Metroid Prime deserves to be played that way.

Update: A few of our Canadian readers have informed us that this contest is open to Canadian residents only. PGC would like to apologize for any mix-up that we might have caused our readers, but it should be said that we blame Canada for this anyway.

Nintendo and MuchMusic.com are bringing us a sweet contest. Here are their details in a nutshell:

We've got 2 brand new Legend of Zelda: Kaze No Takuto commercials here for you....just in case you may be interested....

The new The Legend of Zelda: Kaze No Takuto commercials have begun airing in

Japan, and we've uploaded both of them to our media server.

Check out heaps of

new gameplay, enemies, bosses, and environments.  

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*You will need Windows

Capcom released trailers to their newly announced games...and we got 'em!

We've uploaded trailers for all of the newly announced games from

Capcom.  

Check out trailers for Biohazard 4 (Resident Evil 4),

Viewtiful Joe, Dead Phoenix, Killer 7, and Product Number 3.

Don't forget to right click and save these files to your computer.

Biohazard 4

Movie 1

Spyro the Dragon is finally ready for his GameCube debut.

UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE SHIPS

SPYRO THE DRAGON'S NINTENDO GAMECUBE DEBUT,

SPYRO: ENTER THE DRAGONFLY,

TO RETAILERS NATIONWIDE

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., November 20, 2002 - Universal Interactive, Inc., a studio of Vivendi Universal Games, announced today that it has shipped "Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly" for the Nintendo GameCubeT to retailers nationwide.