After the first weekend of release, 175,000 copies of the game have sold across Europe.

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After just three days, nearly a fifth of GameCube owners now have the game. It is also reported that console sales have risen by 40%.

MARIO’S SUN SHINES ON NINTENDO GAMECUBE175,000 Super Mario Sunshine Sold Across Europe Over First Weekend

8 October... Read more...

Silicon & Synapse lives again! Blizzard is resurrecting their classic SNES title for the GBA!

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Blizzard Entertainment® Announces "Blizzard Classic Arcade" Label And The Return Of "The Lost Vikings™"

IRVINE, California - October 7, 2002 - Blizzard Entertainment®, a studio of the Games division of Vivendi Universal Publishing, announced today plans to... Read more...

The latest GBA game to be released under the Sega/THQ co-publishing agreement is Virtua Tennis.

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THQ SHIPS VIRTUA TENNIS™ FOR GAME BOY® ADVANCE

Game, Set, Perfect Match!

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. - October 7, 2002 – THQ® Inc. (NASDAQ NMS: THQI) and SEGA® Corporation today shipped VIRTUA TENNIS™ for Game Boy® Advance featuring Venus and Serena Williams.

Games to stuff your stocking with, all for the low price of $20!

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MAJESCO ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY 2002 GAME BOY® ADVANCE LINEUP

‘Turbo Turtle Adventure,’ ‘Hyperspace Delivery Boy,’ ‘David Beckham Soccer’, and ‘Denki Blocks’ Ship to Stores Nationwide

EDISON, NJ, October 7, 2002 – In preparation for the forthcoming... Read more...

The latest and greatest hoops game from Sega Sports is on its way to retailers.

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GENRE-DEFINING SEGA SPORTS NBA 2K3 LAUNCHES ON PLAYSTATION 2, XBOX AND

NINTENDO GAMECUBE

The Best NBA Simulation Returns With A New Franchise Mode, ESPN

Telecast-Style Presentation, Unprecedented Player Control and Online

GamePlay

SAN FRANCISCO - (October 7, 2002) - SEGA(R) of America, Inc. announced today

Nintendo of America announced today that they will spend $140 million in marketing for the Holiday 2002 season; 25% more than the previous year.

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Nintendo of America is gearing up for a competitive Holiday 2002 by upping its marketing budget by 25% to $140 million. You should expect to see plenty of GameCube ads this fall, even more than during last year's console launch.

Much of this budget will go towards... Read more...

The invisible playground at the root of Pianta Village...

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Okay, so it's not a "playground" per se, but it's freakin' cool nonetheless.

While trying to guess which episode 100 gold coins were on Pianta Village (which might be the least fun I've had with a videogame in years), I found myself sliding down the tree trunk. I... Read more...

Take off those training wheels Timmy!

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ACTIVISION'S MAT HOFFMAN'S PRO BMX™2 TAILWHIPS ONTO RETAIL SHELVES

London, UK - October 4, 2002 - The top athletes in BMX biking will soon be treating gamers to their own brand of riding with the release of Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) highly anticipated Mat... Read more...

Don't want to get off the couch? Get some monkey love!

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MONKEY ASSIST

'The Furred Emergency Service'

www.monkeyassist.com

Ever wanted to go on a date with a supermodel? Ever been playing a video game and wanted someone to grab you a fresh beer from the fridge? Ever wanted to be king of the world? Well now all this and more is possible, with the launch of www.monkeyassist.com

Super Mario Sunshine is released in Europe today, take a look at the newest sports sponsorship by Nintendo.

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To "celebrate" the European release of Super Mario Sunshine, sports presenter Des Lynam dyed his moustache purple. Nintendo are sponsoring for a year, and are hoping to insure his moustache for this.

Nintendo & Mario

Proud Sponsors of Des Lynam’s Moustache

Because of seaport disputes, there might be a GameCube shortage this Christmas.

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Nintendo Extends Drop on Estimate Cut, Port Dispute

Tokyo, Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Nintendo Co. shares fell 9.9 percent, declining for a second day after the maker of the GameCube video-game console cut its sales forecast for the game machine and said shipments to the U.S. may be disrupted.

Lik-Sang, a Hong Kong based online games retailer has been shut down by Microsoft for selling mod chips.

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The Lik Sang website has been closed for two weeks, reportedly due to server problems but Microsoft Australia have confirmed that they are taking legal action against the retailer.

Lik Sang sold a number of mod chips for PS2 and Xbox, beginning production of the... Read more...

Updated with Part Two. Nintendo's Japanese website has a new interview with Denis Dyack and Mr. Yamada, regarding Eternal Darkness's release in Japan. Translation inside.

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Nintendo Online Monthly on Nintendo Corp. Ltd.'s website featured an interview

with Denis Dyack regarding Eternal Darkness. Also present in the interview

is Yamada-san, who headed the production staff at Nintendo. PGC brings you

the translation in a 2 part interview. Click the link above for the original interview in Japanese, plus some recent photos of Dyack and Yamada.

Want to play Tony Hawk 4 early?

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Activision® invites Fans to Take the "Ultimate Challenge" With TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER(tm) 4 VIDEO GAME at select ACTIVISION O2(tm) Presents boom boom huckjam ARENA tour 2002 VENUES

Activision To Donate $5 To The Tony Hawk Foundation For Every Person Who Tries TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 4

Majesco announces massive BloodRayne marketing blitz, and a new, earlier release date!

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MAJESCO LAUNCHES 'BLOODRAYNE' MARKETING BLITZ TO SUPPORT OCTOBER 15 RELEASE DATE

Multi-Million Dollar "Lethal Erotica" Themed Campaign Largest in Company History

EDISON, NJ, October 3, 2002 - Supporting the pre-Halloween release of its highly acclaimed... Read more...

7 brand new movies of NBA Live 2003!

We've uploaded 7 new movies of NBA Live 2003.

Loads of game footage, commercials,

promos, and more.  Time to lace up the Air Jordans and take the rock to the

hoop!

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

*Download the latest  Windows

Media Player to view these  files.

New promo online of the first Tiger Woods title for the GameCube!

We've uploaded the new promo of Tiger Woods PGA 2003!

Check out how well

Tiger looks on the GameCube!  The promo includes gameplay footage, and a

look at some of the wacky characters you'll be smacking balls with.

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Check out the new Bond promo, right here on PGC!

We've uploaded the new promo of James Bond 007: Nightfire.

The promo shows

loads of gameplay footage, including driving sequences.  Check out the new

gizmos James Bond will be armed with this time around, and more!

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Nintendo chooses them over other top contenders, such as WE Concepts and THEM Concepts.

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US Concepts Selected as Agency for Nintendo

Kicking off Second Annual Cube Club Tour on October 17

NEW YORK, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Concepts, a subsidiary of CoActive Marketing Group, Inc., a full service marketing, sales promotion and interactive services... Read more...

Go behind the scenes with EA Canada, and check out some beautiful footage of the first GameCube hockey title from EA Sports!

We've uploaded 2 new movies of NHL 2003.

  The first movie is the

behind-the-scenes with EA Canada.  You'll get a chance to see the

development process, and hear from the developers.  We're assuming this is

one of the DVD extras that will be incorporated into the game.

The second

movie is a quick movie of gameplay footage.  EA Hockey fans...you've been