Thanks to Cloudchaser Nintendo (still two words but powered by Tendo Box), we get the short but sweet interview with Diarmid Clarke of Confounding Factor.

"We did a presentation for Nintendo at E3. Within a week we had GameCube development kits and permission to start work on Galleon. It was the easiest process I've ever been involved in."

"There's a definite improvement in Nintendo's attitude from the N64 days. For example, there's no longer any need to have your game checked over - and possibly rejected - by Mario Club, Nintendo's in-house testing team. There's better technical support from Nintendo HQ, Disks aren't as prohibitively expensive as carts. Demolishing all these obstacles has made GameCube a brilliant prospect for developers."

Confounding Factor's first GameCube title, Galleon: Islands of Mystery is now set for release in early 2002.