Quote:September 24, 2003 - In Nintendo of America's very GameCube-centric conference call early this morning, senior vice president of marketing and communications George Harrison first confirmed that Mario Golf and Metroid: Zero Mission, both for the Game Boy Advance, will be released as Early 2004 software titles.
Mario Golf for the Game Boy Advance will feature direct connectivity with Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour on the GameCube. Metroid: Zero Mission is a follow-up to the incredibly successful Metroid Fusion on the handheld.
Harrison also made mention that, thanks to the successful release of the Game Boy Advance SP, the age demographic of the Game Boy market has aged significantly. The original Game Boy system featured a break down of about 33% of the owners as 18 years old or older; on the SP, that number is 45%.
Nintendo anticipates selling through 20 million Game Boy Advance units, both original and GBA SPs, by the end of this year.
Quote:This time it is Atari cancelling some GameCube titles. Head inside to see which ones bite the dust...
Today at the SEGA event in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, we had a litte chat with Atari. Atari representatives were at the event because Atari distributes the SEGA titles in the Benelux. Unfortunately, Atari brought us some bad news.
Some of you may have already heard of these Cube cancellations. Today Atari confirmed the rumours...
Mission Impossible: Operation Surma, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and Driver 3 will not be released for the Nintendo GameCube.
Fortunately, Atari said we will probably see the sequel to Dragonball Z: Budokai on the Nintendo GameCube. And the following titles are also still on for a release on the GameCube: XGRA, The Powerpuff Girls, Beyblade, Dexter's Laboratory, Carmen San Diego, Kero Kero King, and Digimon Rumble Arena 2.
More coverage of Tuesday's SEGA event will be posted on Cube-Europe throughout the week.
Posted by: OB1 - 23rd September 2003, 1:08 PM - Forum: Tendo City
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Since we've been begging Nintendo for so long to take a chance and release Fire Emblem in the states, you people sure as hell better buy it when it comes out on November 3rd! The future of the series' life in the U.S. depends on it!!
Don't make me come over there... and don't think I won't really do it! Ever seen Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back? It'll be just like the ending of that movie.
Some of our inside sources at N-Philes have found out that the GameCube will definitely be dropping in price to $99 before the end of the year. Okay, our inside source isn't anything special, but we're pretty confident in it. No word yet on the GBA SP or the Mario Kart bundle rumor.
I wholey believe that the Great Rumber should stop rumbling, he's already taken out three major cities and multiple small villages doing so. It's about time we put an end to this!
Okay, so it may be a long time till E3 2004, but that won't stop me from making a countdown about it!
Things that will be shown at E3:
-Mario 128 [playable]
-Zelda game [playable]
-N2005 possibly with games [not playable]
-New Square game for GC [possibly playable]
-A surprise game [playable]
-Metroid Prime 2 [playable]
