For the ultimate Robotech fan...

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Faithful reader Kevlar281 alerted us to the Electronics Boutique website posting info on a new special edition of the upcoming Robotech for GameCube. The Collector's Edition is eighty bucks and includes several limited-edition items that hardcore Robotech fans will surely go nuts over.

Travellers Tales will develop a multiplatform console game based on the upcoming Pixar movie.

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Pixar, creators of Toy Story and A Bug's Life, have a new movie coming in summer 2003. THQ and developer Travellers Tales (which also created games based on the previously released Pixar films) are working on a multiplatform next-gen console title to coincide with that release.

Yet another small developer is bought out, this time by Electronic Arts.

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According to GameSpot, Electronic Arts is acquiring Black Box Games. Black Box is currently developing Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for EA, which is scheduled to hit GameCube as well as PS2 and Xbox. They also developed NHL Hitz 2002 for Midway and collaborated with Visual Concepts for Sega Soccer Slam.

I just got back from EB with my two WaveBirds. So does the WaveBird receiver get in the way of the drive door? The world wants to know....

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The WaveBird receiver does NOT interfere with the Q's drive bay. If you have a Q, the WaveBirds fit just like they would with a regular GameCube, except the receiver juts out a little bit more due to the contoured design of the wireless receiver's backside.

The WaveBird works just fine with the Q. Thank you Nintendo!

Before you run out to get Wrestlemania, there are a few things you should know ...

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I know that hardly any wrestling fans will even letting this deter them from getting the game, but here goes ...

Memory Requirements: 12 Blocks. Make sure you have enough free space. If not, well, the Memory Card 251 isn't long off ...

The box has the new WWE... Read more...

Just a bit of info for those of you still on the fence about getting the world's first first-party wireless controller ...

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Just picked up a WaveBird at Electronics Boutique less than an hour ago. For those of you concerned about the battery requirement, the WaveBird does come packed with two AA batteries ... enough for you to get 150 hours of gameplay and see if you'll like them.

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While you're fondling that new WaveBird, the lonely GBA sits on the table and gets older...

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The Game Boy Advance was first released in North America on June 11, 2001. Since then it has sold over 6 million units in that territory, which NOA notes is equal to the population of Washington state, where their headquarters are located. Neat.

To commemorate the GBA's first birthday, Nintendo is releasing a limited edition Platinum-colored version.

The green (and maybe gray?) monster is going multiplatform next summer.

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The Incredible Hulk has been smashing things for a few decades now in the comics and even on TV, but director Ang Lee of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon fame is ready to bring him onto the big screen. To coincide with the movie's release next summer, Universal Interactive... Read more...

WaveBirds have shipped to retailers and should be readily available shortly!

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If you’d forgotten, today is June 10th, which means that Nintendo has shipped the wireless WaveBird controllers to stores! The WaveBird was easily the coolest bit of swag to be had at E3, but now they’re being made available to the public for a suggest retail price... Read more...

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According to Gamers.com, Adult Link will be appearing in Namco's Soul Calibur 2 as a hidden, unlockable character. He won't require any sort of special hardware link-ups or anything to unlock, although the method of unlocking him may very well differ between the arcade... Read more...

One of the best wrestling series is coming to the GameCube. Ooh YEAH! BONE-SAW! BONE-SAW!

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Bam Entertainment, the publisher of Wipeout Fusion and World Rally Championship, and the first company to bring Fire Pro Wrestling to North America is bringing more top-notch wrestling action to Nintendo systems. Along with the previously announced Fire Pro Wrestling... Read more...

Yamauchi shares thoughts on his successor as Iwata takes command to further Nintendo's success through quality software.

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Bloomberg has just run an article on the recent transfer of power at Nintendo. It discusses why Hiroshi Yamauchi named Satoru Iwata as his successor as president of Nintendo Co. Ltd., the possible changes in the transfer and what hasn’t changed: Nintendo’s commitment to games. Lots of good stuff here, from what role Yamauchi will take now to a look at Iwata’s early years at HAL, so take a look below:

Wanna know something cool about June 24th?

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Everyone knows that the long-awaited Eternal Darkness comes out June 24th in North America. Did you also know that day is the lunar eclipse? Of course, the "coincidence" was fully planned and besides being just generally cool and creepy, it may be a clue that eclipses factor into the game's story, which has been previously indicated by promo art.

Nintendo announces the opening of its largest website EVAR...for Europe. Gaming 24:7 baby! Get the first word here.

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NINTENDO UNVEILS NEW OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR UK

Gaming fans to get VIP 24:7 treatment with new Nintendo site

7 June 2002 - Nintendo, the world's most successful video games company, today announces the launch of its biggest internet experience ever - the new official Nintendo website for the UK.

Reported as big news all over, Nintendo wants to focus on games, rather than hardware.

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Today, Nintendo went public with a sentiment that many have thought would come sooner or later: that today's consoles are as powerul as they need to be, and the company want's to focus on compelling software, and not having the most powerful hardware platform.

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GameCube's first RPG (or something like it) is finally here.

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Developed by From Software, Lost Kingdoms (or Rune as it's named in Japan) is a card-based RPG with heavy focus on combat. The game is being published by Activision in North America, and it should be on retail shelves this week. Here's the press release with more info:

Legacy of Goku and Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game are topping GBA sales charts.

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Infogrames announced today the complete sell-out of their first shipment of Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku for Game Boy Advance. The 300,000 units sold make Legacy of Goku the most successful Infogrames product on a Nintendo platform ever, and the company has ordered 250,000 for its second shipment. (You can reach Jonathan Metts's impressions of an early version via the sidebar link.)

Now that E3 is over, it's time for the Game Critics Awards Best of E3 2002! Check out the newly announced nominees. Of course, we all know that the Louie Awards are more important.

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With E3 done with and everyone given time to relax; it's finally time for the nominees for the Best of E3 2002 awards. So, without further ado, here they are.

Best of Show

DOOM III (PC)

Metroid Prime (GC)

Neverwinter Nights (PC)

The Legend of Zelda (GC)

The Sims Online (PC)

Perhaps it thought that 50,000,001 was just a bit out of its reach.

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Nintendo Sees 50 Million GameCube Sales by 2005

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese video game giant Nintendo Co Ltd said on Thursday it aimed to sell 50 million of its GameCube game consoles globally by March 2005.

It still has a long way to go, however, to catch Sony Corp's PlayStation 2, the dominant home video game platform worldwide with more than 30 million units shipped since its debut in March 2000.

That crazy annelid wants more of your money.

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Majesco's newest Super NES to GBA port, Earthworm Jim 2 was originally developed by Shiny (currently working on Enter the Matrix). Although Jim's first appearance on GBA was developed internally by Pipe Dream Interactive, Majesco has commissioned the sequel to a company called Super Empire. The game should be in stores later this week for the new standard GBA software price, $29.95.