Want to hear those Nintendo tunes played by a live orchestra? Well, if you are willing to travel to Japan this summer, you can.

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Nintendo and HAL Laboratory will be holding the Smash Brothers DX Orchestra Concert on August 27 in Tokyo. The New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra will perform melodies from classic Nintendo games such as Zelda, Metroid, and Mario. Tickets will cost 3000 yen (around $25 US) and go on sale on June 17.

Dengeki talks a bit with two of the higher-ups on the prequel to the original on GameCube.

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The game's producer, Hiroyuki Kobayashi and director, Shinji Mikami, talked to the Japanese magazine about how the game is coming. Xen Gamers was swell enough to make some sense all of it and put it in plain English. Here's a bit of it.

Dengeki: How did the decision to transplant Biohazard 0 to GameCube come about?

Majesco announces the fun ball kicking game for the GBA!

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EDISON, N.J.--(BW SportsWire)--May 7, 2002-- Majesco, one of the fastest-growing publishers of interactive entertainment software, today announced David Beckham Soccer for the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft, PlayStation® game console, and Nintendo Game Boy®... Read more...

Acclaim ships All-Star Baseball 2003 for GBA.

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GLEN COVE, N.Y.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 7, 2002--Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ.SC: AKLM):

Award-Winning Hardball Franchise Delivers All-New Game Play Modes, Features and Unparalleled Realism Into the Hands of Gamers

Putting the power of Major League... Read more...

THQ will be publishing Fairly OddParents, a game based on a Nickelodeon show, this fall. Wow.

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THQ ANNOUNCES FAIRLY ODDPARENTS FOR GAME BOY® ADVANCE

Latest Breakout Hit from Nickelodeon To Make Its Interactive Entertainment Debut

CALABASAS HILLS, CA, May 7, 2002 THQ Inc. (NASDAQ NMS: THQI), the #1 kids videogame publisher, and Nickelodeon, the #1 entertainment brand for kids, today announced that Fairly OddParents (working title) is in development for Game Boy® Advance.

THQ announces Matchbox Cross Town Heroes for Gameboy Advance and PC.

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CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. ? May 7, 2002 ? THQ Inc. (NASDAQ NMS: THQI) today announced the latest interactive installment of the Matchbox? brand, Matchbox ?Cross Town Heroes ?for Game Boy ?Advance and PC. The videogame adventure takes place in a dynamic world in which... Read more...

The second Triforce title has been revealed, and it’s just as exciting as the first! Rumors claim Namco has gotten its mitts on the Star Fox franchise...

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When gamers first heard about Star Fox Adventures and its Zelda-esque gameplay they worried about the series’ future. Before, it looked like there would be a trade-off between adventuring and flying, but if IGN is right, gamers can have their cake and eat it too! ... Read more...

Developer Puzzlekings will be the first company to use Intrinsic's Alchemy development platform on a GameCube title.

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Puzzlekings' ZooCube, a 3D puzzle game due for release on GameCube very soon, will be the first GC title to use Intrinsic Graphics' Alchemy middleware. Puzzlekings is using Alchemy to create the graphics for ZooCube. Alchemy is designed for multiplatform development, but so far ZooCube has only been announced for GameCube among the three next-gen consoles. (A GBA version is also in the works.)

A quick and dirty explanation of what's happening to Planet GameCube.

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The server switch is currently underway. You will be directed to shiggy.net until the domain transfers. We are not changing our name to Shiggy.Net. This is our back up domain name. We will always be Planet GameCube.

There's also some lost news we need to repost. Do not be alarmed. We will have everything back to normal as soon as we can.

A third person shooter/action adventure title set to release Spring 2003. The first of three GameCube game announcements this week from LucasArts. Get the first word on PGC...

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LUCASARTS' ACTION-ADVENTURE RTX RED ROCK PRESENTS E.Z. WHEELER, A TRUE HERO FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Gripping Character-Driven Original Game for PlayStation 2 and

GameCube Introduces a Unique New Hero to Defend

Humanity from an Overwhelming Alien Threat

You wanted more, so here they are. Single player, multiplayer, cutsceens, you name it...PGC's got it!

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Special thanks once again to our good friend ThX-1138 who attended the Star Wars Celebration in Indiana over the weekend. He happened to nab a whopping pile of Clone Wars screenshots exclusively for Planet GameCube! We have a full preview on it's way later, but we thought you'd like to see these screens. Without further ado....

More fun pictures from the Star Wars Celebration II! You know you want to see it.

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As we reported over the weekend, Star Wars: Clone Wars was demonstrated on GameCube hardware. Here's 2 shots of the actual hardware the game was running on.

Satoru Iwata sits down with Famitsu to answer a few questions concerning E3 plans and Nintendo's software lineup for 2002.

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XenGamers has a translation of a recent Famitsu interview with Nintendo Director Satoru Iwata. He describes this year's software as the 'strongest lineup in history' for Nintendo and gives his perspective on recent delays.

What's interesting is that Nintendo seems to opening up a little more than in the past, allowing games to be shown in playable form earlier in the development cycle.

One of our readers ThX-1138 was on hand to witness the unveiling of the GC version of Star Wars: Clone Wars, and we've got the first shots and details inside!

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ThX-1138 sent me these pictures from the Star Wars Celebration II in Indiana.

The game was demonstrated with GameCube hardware, and showcased 2 vehicle based missions. The pictures above show Anakin on a speederbike type vehicle. According to ThX-1138 it's a racing type level. The other part shown was a tank based level. So far no space missions have been shown.

Component Cable information, Rogue Leader II in 60 Hz PAL mode and more...

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With less than two weeks to go until launch, interesting things are beginning to happen regarding the GameCube. Here's a couple of things I've been able to dig up:

-Probably known by anyone who's played an official Nintendo display unit, but when you boot up the... Read more...

Complete with Luigi Clones, Star Wars: Episode II tie ins and competitions as far as the eyes can see. UPDATE: Alteration to the lookalike competition, along with the main prize!

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When midnight ticks over onto May 17, an appropriate place to be might be sound asleep in bed. However, for the rest of us, you'll want to be in EB Chadstone, because they'll be holding one of the largest GameCube launch parties for Melbourne. Here's what's going on when the clock ticks over to 12:00am, May 17:

If you're fascinated by Nintendo's most famous and influential game creator, you need to check out Miyamoto Shrine.

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We don't normally post links to other sites unless we're giving credit for a news story, but we had to make an exception for this one. Miyamoto Shrine is the long-awaited home of any and all information on the world's favorite game developer, Shigeru Miyamoto. It's a... Read more...

Lots of Pac-Man. And some Pac-Man.

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Namco announced today their lineup of games for the E3 Expo later this month. For GameCube, they'll have Pac-Man Fever, a four-player party game with over thirty mini-games, and Namco Museum, featuring classic arcade games such as Pac-Man, Galaga, and Dig Dug. Pac-Man World 2 will also be on display, but it has already been released.

Konami and Bar UMBRO want you to drink beer, watch the World Cup, and try out ISS 2 at 7:30am. Not in America silly...Europe!

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Konami makes the World Cup breakfast bigger with ISS2 at Bar UMBRO

Konami, the world class producer of football video games, is to team up with Umbro, Samsung and Umbro.com for a unique initiative throughout the World Cup. Konami will showcase its latest football masterpiece - ISS2 - on PlayStation 2 and Xbox at Bar UMBRO, a dedicated World Cup venue in London, throughout the competition.

Gulp. Nintendo buys Retro. The short but sweet press release inside.

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Nintendo Strengthens Software Development by Becoming Majority Owner of Retro

Retro Studios Inc. becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Nintendo has become the majority owner of Retro Studios by purchasing shares from now former owner Jeff Spangenberg.... Read more...