Namco's super-popular fighter will make it's debut at Space World, on the Game Boy Advance.

Nintendo Company Limited updated their Space World software lineup list. Added to it was Tekken. "Tekken" is currently a working title and will probably change. But most likely, the new title will have the word "Tekken" in it. More info will be available close to Space World.

Audio of the event is now online!

Bellow is an MP3 featuring the last six and a half minutes of the Pokemon Spelling Bee. Check it out to hear Ben pronounce Pokemon names (and sometimes get corrected)! Any MP3 player should work... just click to download!

Gotta spell them all! (1.1 MB)

LucasArts lets another company publish Rogue Leader in Japan.... with Japanese vocals!

New information regarding Rogue Leader has been revealed. It seems the Japanese version, scheduled for a late December release, will feature Japanese vocal acting to go along with the translated text! Interestingly, LucasArts has announced that it will not publish the title overseas: EA/Square will do the job instead. For not supporting GCN yet themselves, Square seems to be publishing quite a lot of GameCube titles...

Not entirely unexpected just a couple weeks before SpaceWorld, Nintendo's server buckles due to a hardware problem ...

Registration was scheduled to begin this morning at 11AM Pacific Time for Camp Hyrule, Nintendo's week-long online chat event for gaming enthusiasts.

However, server problems have forced Nintendo to reschedule registration for 11AM tomorrow. Why all the fuss about Camp Hyrule?

That's simple... Read more...

Gigantic Japanese publisher of Castlevania buys a stake in the creators of Bomberman. Gothic multiplayer insanity: Q3 2002. Joking.

Konami, the largest third-party game publisher in Japan, has bought out 38% of Hudson Soft, making them the major shareholder. Hudson is probably best known for the long-running Bomberman series.

We heard this as a rumor last week, but now the Magic Box has confirmed it. Konami has generally... Read more...

The PGC Server is getting worked over like Billy on his Birthday. Read on to find out why ...

Folks, the Planet GameCube server is getting hit HARD today, harder than usual. And the reason why is simple. We've been Slashdotted.

It's actually quite an honor. Slashdot is the foremost resource for the high-tech industry, and getting Slashdotted is quite the sign of respect. Unfortunately, that means that you all get to learn about ... The Slashdot Effect.

True believers beware, new shots from Rogue Leader are worthy of losing all bladder control.

YOU MUST GO TO IGN CUBE NOW! New shots from the Hoth level of Rogue Leader is all that has to be said but if you're still reading all one can do is try to stammer out a sentence while drool puddles on the desk below your frothing mouth.

Nintendo Select Infinium CRM to do.. Market stuff... And Web-based... Aww heck.. Just read the article.

Albeit written in greek, Nintendo has a new marketing firm. Here's the goods from Core Magazine...

Nintendo has selected Infinium CRM to power its Retail Marketing Program in an effort to maximize channel marketing efforts and enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty. As part of the strategic... Read more...

Nintendo shells out the big numbers for North America. Plus: Japanese launch colors confirmed.

As originally reported by Nikkei News, then revealed to us by the Mips36 Nintendo GameCube News Page, and finally clarified by GameSpot VG (whew!), here are new GameCube launch details:

- The Japanese launch will consist of 500,000 units, all purple.

- Further colors will be available at a later time in Japan.

We still don't know jack about Rune for GameCube, but at least now we know who's making it.

Nintendo's Japanese Space World site updated today with the name of the company behind the recently announced Rune. The developer is From Software, a Japanese company traditionally affiliated with Sony.

This still doesn't give much insight into what Rune might be, but From Software has experience with mech-combat games (Armored Core) and RPGs (King's Field, Evergrace).

Before E3, PGC told you LucasArts was planning a second Star Wars game for Cube. Now it’s been confirmed & will be based on Episode II!

Thanks to IGNCube, we have a report that confirms a second Star Wars game is in the works for GameCube, something PGC told you about just before E3. As suspected, the next game will utilize the Episode II license. LucasArts’ President, Simon Jeffery, confirmed the game’s existence during an... Read more...

There've been crazy, yet exciting rumors regarding Sega & Nintendo recently. Find out what Sega prez, Peter Moore had to say about two of them: a Sega/Nintendo RPG & Sonic in SSBM...

Ever since Sega left the hardware business and even months before, there have been rumors of exciting possibilities involving Sega & Nintendo. Just a little under a year ago, there was a rumor of a Nintendo / Sega RPG in the works. There have also been rumors of Sonic the Hedgehog appearing as a hidden character in Super Smash Bros. Melee, a possibly well chronicled in our Smash Melee preview & discussed in our latest Mailbag.

Rick's gotten questions about his scores for ChuChu Rocket, so he takes some time to explain how our review system works ...

I've gotten several pieces of mail from folks wondering why my scores for Graphics and Control in my ChuChu Rocket review were so low.

First, they're my opinions. Those scores are absolutely arbitrary, and reflect how I felt the game did in those areas at the time I wrote the review.

Second,... Read more...

Check out new screens and game profiles for GBA games that will be at Space World!

Famitsu Magazine has released new screens and information about many of the GBA games that will be playable at Space World. Since we can neither get the magazine nor read Japanese, the good folks at the Magic Box provided the information.

The following games now have profiles as well as two screens:

Yes, today is PGC’s founder/director's birthday. He just turned one bajillion but has the heart of a six-year old Nintendo freak on a sugar high.

Hey, hey, HEY! It’s Billy’s Birthday!

Billy Berghammer, PGC founder, director and owner of the rowdy Louie the Cat turns 29 years old today. Holy cow! He’s nearly 30 and he’s spending all his time and money covering Nintendo?!?

That’s right, he is. And he is doing a damn... Read more...

Enix comments on the future along with its quarterly financial results.

Enix has had a successful first fiscal quarter, proving that good quality can pay off. After declaring all of the numbers, Enix president Keiji Honda touched on the company's future. Although its identity is still unknown, Enix's first Game Boy Advance game will come out around Christmas. He then went on to state that Enix is looking into both the GCN and Xbox...something many 3rd parties have been doing lately.

Hot off the heals of droppin' the screens yesterday. PGC's back with the first video to hit the net! And you don't have to pay for it ;) Now with Better Quality!

That's right kids. We scored some video of the GameCube game that you'll never get to play.

Right-Click here and choose "Save As" to nab a small Windows Media File (4 meg). It's around 2 minutes of in game footage. You will need Microsoft Media Player to view this file.

More Mirrors:

What 'chu need brother? You wanna know what games will be playable for GameCube, GBA, and GBC? Step right this way....

GameCube Titles:

FIFA 2002 Road to the World Cup (EA)

SSX Tricky (EA)

Virtua Striker 3 Version 2002 (Sega)

Phantasy Star Online V. 2.0 (Sega)

Super Monkey Ball (Sega)

Smash Bros. DX (Nintendo)

Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo)

Pikmin (Nintendo)

Waverace: Blue Storm (Nintendo)

BLAME CANADA! Oops, prolly should say that too loud anymore. Anyhoo, some people got a very up close look at GameCube and it's games.

A website called FutureLooks.com got a very nice preview of GameCube. They got to play almost the entire GameCube lineup that we got to see at E3, plus they also got to pick up the damn thing. Click

here to read the article.

It's Retro Studios now canned RPG. But how did it look? Planet GameCube's got the first exclusive in game shots!

The news spread like wild fire just a few days ago when the disappointing Retro news hit the web. 29 people canned, and the GameCube project Raven Blade is cancelled. The team's main focus is Metroid Prime.

Remember, Raven Blade has been in production for 2 years, and it's getting yanked right after it's announcement at E3. So how did it look?