Only the British one mind you. Now, first off since they are in fact a private organization (I think :D), they can do as they will. However, they are called the Red CROSS! Under this new rule, won't they have to change their name? Unless they mean to go to what the cross USED to represent, that is pain and suffering.
The latest issue of Nintendo Dream magazine offers clarification as to exactly what games will be included when Nintendo publishes The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords for GameCube in Japan next February. The four-player action-RPG based on the 16-bit Link to the Past will also include a few of the other experimental projects shown at E3 this year.
In addition to the main Four Swords adventure, where four players can control four Links using the Game Boy Advance or GameCube controller for cooperative play, the disc will also include the Tetra's Trackers stamp-collecting game shown at E3. Tetra's Trackers, starring the eponymous pirate queen in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, challenges four players to hunt up hidden items around a series of large levels.
The disc will also include two games for single-player action. One, called "Shadow Battle," is a survival-type game where Link must battle a continuous stream of opponents. The other, entitled "Hyrule Adventure," is a more involved story-driven single-player campaign with some gameplay elements, like time travel, drawn from Link to the Past.
As mentioned above, Four Swords is scheduled for retail release in Japan in February. Nintendo has yet to confirm a Japanese retail price for the game, however, or any details regarding an American release. We'll update with the pertinent details as they arrive.
Awesome. Now it's worth $50! I hope that Hyrule Adventure mode is decently-sized.
Quote: Ever wonder what makes your PC friends yap on about Battlefield 1942 all the time? You're about to find out -- but not in a World War II setting. Star Wars: Battlefront takes the idea behind 1942 and moves it to a galaxy far, far away.
In the latest issue of OPM (January 2004, which celebrates 2004's big games on the cover), we exclusively reveal the next major Star Wars game.
Think SOCOM's online-multiplayer experience, only with a wide variety of characters to choose from and a bunch of cool Star Wars vehicles to operate. You can play in the Galactic Civil War or the Clone Wars, meaning you can choose one of four armies to command (Rebels vs. Imperials or Republic vs. Separatists). You can't mix and match sides (e.g., no Republic vs. Empire), but battles can take place on any planet.
As for the vehicles, Battlefront includes pretty much every major ride you've seen in a Star Wars flick. Yes, even AT-ATs. Yes, even X-wings. Hell, you can even mount a tauntaun. Better yet, certain vehicles carry multiple troops: One player drives as the others man guns.
For plenty more info and screens on Star Wars Battlefront, make sure to pick up the new issue at your local newstand. Or, try to track down an OPM subscriber, who should have a copy in hand by the time you read this. Better yet, do yourself the favor and subscribe to OPM right now, just so you won't have to deal with waiting in the future.
By the way, in addition to sneak peaks at major 2004 games like Battlefront, the new issue of OPM includes playable demos of Rise to Honor, R-Type Final, Whiplash, Freedom Fighters, and many more.
Quote:After rocketing up the charts the past several weeks, the Nintendo GameCube has now officially reached No. 1 -- it's America's top-selling home video game console, according to direct sales data from the nation's leading retailers.
What Nintendo hoped for has happened! Nintendo GameCube sold more than half a million systems to consumers during Thanksgiving week, easily surpassing its console competitors. Among all game devices, it trailed only Nintendo's portable Game Boy Advance, which sold almost 600,000 units to U.S. buyers during the week.
"All along, our business plan for this year was to maximize consumer interest and sales during the fourth quarter," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "But frankly, we're overwhelmed by how successful we've been. Our price cut of Nintendo GameCube has ignited sales to the degree that it may turn out to be the best-selling console for the entire month of November. We're tracking to sell more systems in the last eight weeks of the year than we did in the previous 10 months combined."
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