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.

NOA's press materials led us astray it seems. E3 is over and we only got to play it at the hotel.

Sin & Punishment was listed in Nintendo’s E3 press materials to make an appearance at E3, though implied that a North American release was still uncertain. Yesterday, I asked if there was any N64 games in the booth. The booth attendant told me no, that only GameCube and GBA stuff were to be found.... Read more...

We learned something interesting today from Sega...

Today, we heard from a reliable source within Sega who stated that in addition to preparing Sonic Advance and Columns for GBA, it is also making a Smash Pack for Game Boy Advance. We were happy to hear this information, though Sega would not give up a list of games that would appear on the first Smash Pack for GBA... That's right, we said first Smash Pack for GBA.

Rumor Alert! Soul Calibur and Tekken 4 for GameCube? After seeing these demo's fighters would love em...

I visted the Namco booth today and a man, who we will call Mr. Illtellyoulotz answered my one of my questions rather strangely.

Me: Is Namco developing any games for the Nintendo GameCube?

Mr. I: We're not talking about anything for any of the next generation platforms. But if you look to the screen on my right, you'll see videos of Tekken 4 and Soul Calibur. I think you'll like them.

If you missed the keynote debate between Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, here it is!

At the start of this year's E3EXPO, there was a keynote debate. It invloved Peter Main of Nintendo, Kazuo Hirai of Sony, and Robert J. Bach of Microsoft. The three debated on many topics including the finer points of their hardware and software, sa well as other topics. It was a great debate and if you missed it Planet GameCube has found a transcript of it. Just click Source link up top. Happy reading!

Curious about a technical summary of the Gekko and Flipper and the process behind their development? Here's the place for you...

While it is all fine and well to hear Nintendo executives and other somewhat biased folks summarize the process behind the planning and development of the two key components that make the GameCube go, this may be the place you want to look for something a little more accurate.

An interesting read no doubt, though it may a bit on the dry side for the less technical folks in the audience.