Already confirmed for GameCube and other platforms, X-Men: Wolverine's Revenge has now been announced for the GBA too.

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Activision has announced that their upcoming Marvel Comics-licensed game, X-Men: Wolverine's Revenge, will be released on GBA and PC in addition to the other platforms previously announced. All five versions will ship simultaneously to coincide with the release of the highly anticipated second X-Men movie, X2.

Kids Rally to Break Records; Honor Pink Hero by Blowing, Slurping and Chewing All Things Pink

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KIRBY, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2002--It's not every day residents of Kirby, Texas, celebrate the arrival of a real-life hero. And when he's round, pink and his name also happens to be Kirby, it calls for one "Big Blow Out!"

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Nothing bèats the Pokèmon. More than 1 million copiès sold in lèss than a wèèk. Famitsu update inside.

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Even with the newest Pokemon titles taking Japan by storm, the cover story this week on Famitsu was nonetheless the Enix and Square

merger. On the Nintendo front, things are quiet before Zelda hits the shelves in less than a week. Kaze no Takuto coverage was minimal with only 2 pages.

Ever wonder what Quake would look like on the Game Boy Advance? Now you can see for yourself!

Pocketeers today released some demo media of Quake running on the Game Boy Advance. They've offered up 39 screenshots as well as two movies.

Quake GBA Demo Movies:

Quake GBA Demo 1 (2.9MB MPEG file)

Quake GBA Demo 2 (5.9MB MPEG file)

Quake GBA Demo Screenshots:

To the dude that can dunk. No really. He's tall.

Daniel Bloodworth turns 23 today. He gets one year older, and 15 feet taller. Seriously, Dan is like 9 feet tall or something. It's amazing seeing him wade through the crowds at E3.

You can't miss him. He just runs around slam dunking everything. Hell if you were that tall, you'd be doing that too. Dan also was Shaq's stunt double in Shaq Fu.

Two-man teams make for twice the action and twice the fun, but a small rule tweak and a nice mystery prize will make it even more exciting. Click for details.

Planet Trivia is back after a nice weekend off. Full of turkey and ready to go, we've decided to make this evening's occasion a Team event. Get into the chatroom early so that you can find a partner, make up a team name, and be ready for action!

Tonight's winners will recieve a mystery prize... Read more...

Including information on the huge EA price drop that happened earlier this week, along with some Nintendo Australia information.

Big news (and good news at that) for Australian GameCube owners - seeing that Nintendo themselves won't compete with Sony and Microsoft, Electronic Arts has decided to step in and lower prices of their own games, effective immediately. Here's what they had to say:

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Nintendo is offering coupon discounts, read on to find out how much you can save!

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Nintendo is offering a one-week coupon discount to help lower costs this holiday season. One coupon will save you $25 on a GameCube system. The other coupon will save you $5 per title up to a $25 maximum. That's a possible $50 in savings!

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THQ to publish JGR on the GBA. Get the juice here...

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THQ to Publish "Jet Grind Radio" for Game Boy Advance

THQ Publishes SEGA Hit for Game Boy Advance

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. - Dec. 5, 2002 - THQ® Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) and SEGA® Corporation today announced that THQ will publish "Jet Grind Radio"TM for the Game Boy® Advance. Scheduled to ship in Spring 2003, "Jet Grind Radio" is part of THQ's and SEGA's multi-title exclusive publishing agreement.

We told you it would happen, now Louie the Cat spills the beans on when. Get the first details right here.

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Updated Again: Despite the date listed below, EBGames.com is accepting pre-orders for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker right now, but has pulled all mention of the bonus disc at Nintendo's request. It is still likely that you will get the bonus disc if you pre-order, but you should check ahead.

Sega.com to provide network multiplay for GameCube developers. It's a snap!

Sega.com to Provide Network Multiplay Solution for Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 Developers

Sega.com Signs Middleware Agreements with Top Console Manufacturers

SAN FRANCISCO - Dec. 3, 2002 - With the online console gaming market expected to reach 114 million players in the next... Read more...

One million systems sold in ten days, and that's just in the U.S.

Shoppers Storm Aisles for Game Boy Advance

One Million Systems Sold in 10 Days; Franchise Favorites Zelda and Kirby Expected to Push Installed Base Beyond 10 Million This Year

REDMOND, Wash. Dec. 3, 2002 - The early leader in this season's favorite holiday high-tech gift is Nintendo's Game Boy® Advance.

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.

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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.

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