Madden NFL 2003 hit stores yesterday, and if you haven't picked it up already, we've got some huge movies!

Watch as the Packers dismantle the Vikings at Lambeau Field!

We've uploaded the intro, team selection, piles of gameplay, and demonstrated the advanced replay system for you! Enjoy!

Movie 1

(4.7mb Windows Media File)

Movie 2

(6.1mb Windows Media File)

Movie 3

(9.6mb Windows Media File)

What's going on with the movies? Find out!

Hello everyone!

As you've noted we've amped up our free media area to include gobs of movies. We've just setup our new media server today, and there's some tweaking going on with it so it may be slower than to get access to the files.

Be patient, and right click on the file to save to your hard drive. It may take up to 20 seconds to get it to load, but it will work.

This GBA action game is based on the animated series.

If you like monkeys and DNA recombination, you should check it out.

BAM! ENTERTAINMENT SHIPS THE ADVENTURES OF A 40-FOOT APE TO THE GAME BOY® ADVANCE THIS WEEK WITH KONG

Action Adventure Side-Scrolling 2-D Game Is Based On "Kong: The Animated TV Series"

San Jose, Calif. (August 13,... Read more...

Radica will release premium cables for all major consoles in October.

Radica are releasing a set of high quality AV/Scart cables for all major formats in October. They will retail for between £14.99 and £29.99.

RADICA ANNOUNCE "GAMESTER PROFESSIONAL" RANGE

Radica UK Ltd, manufacturer of peripherals under the highly rated Gamester brand has today announced... Read more...

Download it for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

The newest Japanese GameCube commercial features the first-ever footage of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles running on GameCube. The video is already available at several places on the Net, but PGC is also hosting it for FREE at this address:

Right-click here and Save Target As

The Japanese... Read more...

Owning a Turok game is not the only way to become the dinosaur hunter...

Acclaim are offering the "chance" for five people to change their name to Turok for a year. The winners will receive the costs of the name change to Turok, and back to their original name in a year's time, £500, and an X-Box console with a copy of the game.

There have already been over 3,000 registrations for the competition at the website, the closing date is September 2nd.

Nintendo's celebrating the launch of Super Mario Sunshine by breaking a world record!

Super Mario Sunshine releases in just a few weeks here in the good old U S of A. To celebrate it's launch, Nintendo is going to cook pasta! In fact, they're so excited, they're going to cook up the largest bowl of edible pasta in the world. In total, the pasta and sauce will weigh 2,700 lbs. The old record was just above 2,500 lbs. The pasta and sauce are being provided by Bucca di Beppo.

We've finally got a name for the new character, and what some of the improvements are.

It seems that Sega and Overworks sky high RPG Skies of Arcadia Legend has been making a lot of headlines lately. Well, here's another one to add to the list. According to GameSpot, the name of the new character is Piaster.

We also have some initial information on what improvements are being made... Read more...

Want to know what it's like to have a flat screen TV, battery pack, and GameCube strapped to you for hours on end? So did they!

The fine folks at Hypothermia (a site for all things overclocked) took time to interview Tanya Woo, a Nintendo Street Team member from Seattle.

So what does the job description entail for this just graduated Communications major at the University of Washington?

As a part of the Nintendo... Read more...

Hey, what happened to Donkey Kong Racing and Coconut Crackers? UPDATED: Rare responds, and so do we ...

Discuss it in Talkback!

It seems that Rare's official site (link above) has deleted links to both Donkey Kong Racing and DK Coconut Crackers from its "Forthcoming Projects" page. No explanation from the company is given, but it's worth noting that Diddy Kong Pilot is still listed.

Thanks to the many readers who spotted this and alerted us.

We will soon be only $50 away from multiplayer excellence and sexual innuendo.

SEGA SERVES UP SEXY SUMMER FUN WITH BEACH SPIKERS, EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE

NINTENDO GAMECUBE

SAN FRANCISCO - (August 13, 2002) - Bump, set, spike! SEGA(R) of America,

Inc. today announced the release of "Beach Spikers(TM)" exclusively for the

Nintendo GameCube(TM). The ultimate summer party game, "Beach Spikers"

Yamauchi, Iwata, and Miyamoto talk about the recent changes at Nintendo, and a lot more.

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This article is actually a press conference (as opposed to a one-on-one interview) announcing Yamauchi's retirement and naming Satoru Iwata as his successor. Regardless, three of Nintendo's key figures reveal a great deal about quite few things.

Miyamoto talks about... Read more...

It's an older one, but it's a lot better. Come hear what Mario himself has to say about his voice.

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This radio interview was conducted on the first day of E3 this year, and in it, Martinet explains how he got his dream job, what other voices he portrays, and what he thinks about being a VO Artist. It's a really nice clip that you should listen to.

It's in streaming Real Audio format, so you're going to need Real Player. If you've got it, go here and check it out.

Released on an amazing six separate platforms, including GameCube and Game Boy Advance, football fans have some spending to do.

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Courtesy of Electronic Arts, the latest incarnation of the ever popular Madden series is now available.

Best-Selling Football Videogame, Madden NFL 2003, Launches on Six Platforms

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - August 12, 2002 - Football season officially starts

today with the launch of Madden NFL(tm) 2003 from Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:

Take a sneak peek at Nintendo setting up their booth...

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...and a bunch of crates.

I figured you wouldn't click if I lead with "CRATES CRATES CRATES!!!" Billy posted about 50 pictures of crates the Saturday before E3 and though his excitement was genuine...well, we love you Billy.

Anyway, your Planet GameCube DVD... Read more...

The cat is back with an all new rumor, and SCHOOLING?! What Billeh sent Louie to clown college? You better believe it!

Hey everyone!

I’m back from the dead! Wooooohoooooo! Billeh sent me off to grammar school so I could clean up my writing. So I am back. Fear me. The kitty is back. I know you were waiting.

Anyhoo, I was checking my e-mail today (yes I get e-mail) and was sent a link to Kodak’s site. Apparently they’ve come up with new low powered, Active Matrix Screens for portable devices. This is the description:

The creators of Mario Sunshine battle it out in an interview with NOM. Highlights inside.

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The recent edition of Nintendo Online Magazine on Nintendo Japan's website features

an interview with the staff of Super Mario Sunshine: Director Koizumi, Director Usui,

and Producer Tezuka. Highlights of the interviews are translated below:

Nintendo Online Magazine (NOM): Did Mr. Miyamoto come up with the Super Mario Sunshine title?

There's an interview with almost all you would want to know about this voice actor.

Game Spy have a detailed interview with Charles Martinet. It's a very nice read and includes how he became Mario, the games in which he has voiced characters, how much he likes working with Nintendo and much more.

Here's a small extract:

GameSpy: Have you met Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto (Father of Mario)?

What's this? A Japanese ad of Mario Sunshine with a lady in bikini and Mario's pump...

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Quiter posted on their website an ad of Mario Sunshine featured in Spa! and the Japanese Playboy, which are magazines geared towared a more

mature audience.

Click here to view the ad.

GC-Inside provides us with a shot of Japan's Star Fox Adventure promotion poster.

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Click here to view the poster.

Star Fox Adventure is scheduled for September 27 in Japan and September 23 in U.S.