Due to the high yen and lack of demand for consoles, Nintendo’s profits fall from last year.

Nintendo revealed it’s financials today, which were lower due to high yen, and weak demand for consoles.

Nintendo’s profits fell 44.8%, and they lost 29 billion yen ($236.4 million) in losses on foreign currency assets.

Operating profit shrank 45.5% due to the GameCube price cut in the US and Japan, Senior Managing Director Yoshihiro Mori announced in a news conference.

We'd like to welcome our new in-house advertising supporter, Games For Rent.com!

A quick shameless plug for our new friends at Games For Rent.com, who have just signed up to advertise on Planet GameCube.

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UPDATED: Sega returns to profitability, but may halt development of sports games for GameCube.

Sega earned $8.3 million (1.01 billion yen) in the six months through September in contrast to a loss of 20.87 billion yen in the first half a year ago.

Sales totaled $777 million (95.1 billion yen), down nearly 3 percent from 97.8 billion yen a year ago. Sales dropped 36 percent overseas, although sales in Japan edged up 6 percent.

Another secret NES game for Animal Crossing owners - this one's a real obscure 'classic'.

Well, it's that time again - Animal Crossing owners are in for a real treat with the revelation of another NES game, Donkey Kong 3. This rounds out all the Donkey Kong themed games available within the game (the others being Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong Jr. Math).

Donkey Kong... Read more...

Super-hero action in your pants! (Or backpack, suitcase, purse, etc.)

Today Midway shipped Justice League: Injustice for All on Game Boy Advance. The action game features seven playable characters and twelve levels.

Players can control Batman, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, and Martian Manhunter, and you can switch from one member... Read more...

The new isometric multiplayer brawler is being released under the Atari brand of Infogrames.

On the heels of Godzilla's GameCube debut last month, Infogrames and its Atari label have shipped Godzilla: Domination for Game Boy Advance.

Domination is a four-player isometric brawler in the style of the classic King of the Monsters for SNES. You and three friends can battle it out with Godzilla... Read more...

Official NOA Press Release ... for your reading pleasure.

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 19, 2002 - The most successful video game system in history is finally ready for its debut on the big screen. Nintendo of America Inc. today announced it will introduce the Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Player in May 2003, allowing a library of more than 1,000 games designed for... Read more...

"Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Player" for GameCube to be launched March 2003 in Japan. Play GBA games on your television.

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Details are still a little sketchy right now, but here's what we can tell you about this "Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Player":

Releasing Spring 2003 (March) in Japan, May 2003 in the US.

Approximately 5000 Yen (around $49.99 USD)

Sits under the GameCube and plugs into the High Speed Parallel Port

Nintendo's marketing plans for Europe this Christmas and a few release dates for next year, including Metroid Prime.

Today a number of release dates were announced for high profile titles in 2003. Firstly, Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 0 will be available from March 2003.

Here are a few quarter specific releases:

Quarter 1 2003

Phantasy Star Online

Super Monkeyball 2

Rayman 3 Hoodlum Havoc

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon

Today is the official release date of Metroid Prime, and some stores have recieved shipments ...

Don't shoot the messengers if your particular store still doesn't have it, but several of the Electronics Boutique and GameStop chain stores have managed to snag their shipment of Metroid Prime. Several more stores are reporting getting their shipments later tonight. The rest will have the game Tuesday.

Announcement coming at 4:30PM JAPAN time. That's 1:30AM for us in the Central Time Zone ...

Reuters is reporting this morning that Nintendo is holding an announcement tomorrow in Japan regarding "peripherals for its GameCube home videogame console".

While we don't know what the announcement is set to encompass yet, we do know that Nintendo is dealing with falling profits due to various... Read more...

Help us celebrate the GameCube's first birthday, and relive your launch-day memories.

Nintendo launched its GameCube console in North America on November 18th, 2001. That makes today the system's first birthday! Some of our forum readers have already been celebrating, and we invite you to join them in the PGC Forums at this thread:

http://pub89.ezboard.com/fpgcforumsfrm1.showMessage?topicID=8905.topic

Metroid Prime releases tomorrow. Let us do your hunting, and get yours for less!

Sunday's ad circulars came with a load of surprises, namely several stores offering money off of Metroid Prime when purchased with a GameCube system. Here's a rundown of where you can get these deals, for how much, and WHEN.

Note: Prices below do NOT include local sales tax. Please factor that... Read more...

Our favorite game designer turns 50 today!

That tan sport coat wearing wild man, Shigeru Miyamoto turns 50 years old today. In celebration of the event, we've compiled a little information for you about his amazing individual.

Miyamoto was born in raised in a small town outside Kyoto, Japan called Sonebe. His natural zeal for exploring... Read more...

Famitsu reviews the new Pokemon game and Biohazard 0. Details inside.

Besides the big Zelda promotion CD announcement, the latest issue of Famitsu

features its first coverage of Metroid Fusion and Metroid Prime for the

Japanese gamers. Both games are due out in February 2003 in Japan.

About two thirds of the Top 30 chart were populated by PS and PS2 titles.

Take a look at an advertisement for the WaveBird's European welcome.

Next week the WaveBird controller is released across Europe. The advertisement below was seen in this week's edition of MCV, a trade title for the UK games market.

Other releases next Friday include Star Fox Adventures, Ace Golf, Rocky and Ty the Tazmanian Tiger for GameCube as well as Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, Eggo Mania and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 for GBA.

We're not sure how this escaped our radar. Check out first pics and information on Idea Factory's 1st quarter GameCube RPG.

Billed an "Animation + SLG + RPG" game, Generation of Chaos Exceed is the latest in Idea Factory's long running Spectral series.

Generation of Chaos Exceed combines traditional SRPG gameplay (war battles and micromanagement) with RPG elements (dungeon exploring.

According... Read more...

UK gets nasty in just a few weeks.

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ACCLAIM GETS ITS TRICKS OUT FOR THE LADS THIS CHRISTMAS

Eagerly Anticipated BMX XXX Confirmed For Release In December

LONDON, UK, November 14, 2002 - Peddle power is back with a massive bang this Christmas as AKA Acclaim, a division of Acclaim Entertainment,... Read more...

We're fully aware that this press release falls in the "No S$%t" category, but we're posting it anyway. It's Metroid.

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Get `Primed' for the Holidays -- Metroid is Back!

World's Video Game Players Rejoice as Spine-chilling Suspense Returns for NINTENDO GAMECUBE and Game Boy Advance

REDMOND, Wash.--Nov. 14, 2002--For eight years, her disciples

around the globe have waited.

BREAKING NEWS: A famous production studio devoted to GameCube announces Biohazard 4, Mikami's newest project, and three more.

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Capcom's Japanese website has updated with a huge new section for Production Studio 4, the company's developer suite devoted quite heavily, it seems, to the GameCube platform. Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami is the General Manager of Production Studio 4, which was formed in October 1999. The new website is available in English at the link above.