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Nintendo News for August 2001
08/28/2001
Space World Wrap-Up
Space World 2001 has come and gone. The Nintendo Index has highlighted some of the GameCube and Game Boy Advance announcements that were made.
New Games
Nintendo Officially announced that both a Mario and Zelda game were in development for the GameCube. A brief video clip was shown of both those games.
From the Mario video little could be determined about the game. The video clip contained Mario running and jumping around an ocean-side town. The town itself was quite large; much larger than anything that appeared in Super Mario 64. Mario himself was wearing some type of machine on his back. However, it is not apparent as to what it does. During the video clip Mario appeared to be running much faster than he did in Super Mario 64. Mario Sunshine (tentative title) will be released in summer 2002 in Japan. No North America release dates have been announced.
 
The Zelda video clip was very shocking. The Zelda game had cartoon style graphics that contrasted the Zelda technical demo that appeared during Spaceworld 2000. While I do not believe this graphical style is better than the realistic style that was shown during Spaceworld 2000, the character animation is as good (or better) than most animated motion pictures. The GameCube Zelda game will be released in late 2002 in Japan. No North America release dates have been announced.
 
GameCube delayed
The release of the Nintendo game cube will be pushed back by two-weeks so that Nintendo can cope with increased demands. The two-week delay allows Nintendo to have 200,000 extra systems at launch. The Nintendo will ship 700,000 GameCubes at launch and 1.1 million GameCubes by the end of the year.
GameCube software shuffle
Nintendo has changed the North America release dates for their first-generation GameCube games:
- Luigi's Mansion - November 18th (launch)
- Wave Race: Blue Storm - November 18th (launch)
- Pikmin - November 19th
- Super Smash Bros. Melee - December 3rd
- Eternal Darkness - December 3rd
- NBA Courtside 2002 - January 2002
- Star Fox: Dinosaur Planet - First quarter 2002.
Metroid Prime
A brief video clip of Metroid prime was showcased at the show. It showed some of the first-person shooter modes. This game looks quite nice.
 
Star Fox: Dinosaur Planet
It was revealed at the show that Rare's action adventure game will contain space ship shooting levels just like other Star Fox games.
 
GameCube launch colours revealed
In North America, the GameCube will launch in two colours, black and indigo. Controllers will come in four colours. Black, indigo, orange and a half-and-half colour where one side of the controller is indigo and the other side is clear.
Nintendo Announces GameCube controller and memory card prices.
The GameCube controller will retail for $34.95 US. Memory cards will cost $14.95 US.
Nintendo shows Game Boy Advance and GameCube contectivity
During Spaceworld, Nintendo unveiled a couple of projects that will utilize the Game Boy Advance/GameCube connectivity.
One game was a version of Kirby's Tilt 'N' Tumble for the GameCube. The GameCube game used a blank Game Boy Advance cartridge that contained the same type of motion sensor that was used in Kirby's Tilt 'N' Tumble for the Game Boy Colour. The GameCube would send program information directly to the Game Boy Advance. Essentially, the Game Boy Advance would act as a controller.
The second game that was displayed was a Game Boy Advance version of Animal Forest. It was used to unlock special "extras" in the GameCube version.
Super Mario Advance 2
Super Mario Advance 2 is a port of the SNES game Super Mario World. No new graphical or audio improvements have been made. The game also includes the exact same multi-player mode that was in Super Mario Advance.
Good Spaceworld coverage can be found at the following sites:
08/27/2001
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Shipped.
Mario Kart: Super Circuit has shipped to stores. Expect it to be avalible in stores in about 2 days.
08/21/2001
Spaceworld Preview
Nintendo's annual Japanese video game show, Spaceworld will take place from August 23rd to the 26th in Tokyo. On the 23rd a pre-show press event will take place and the 24th will be an industry-only day. Spaceworld will be open to the public on the 25th and 26th.
This year it is expected that Nintendo will reveal more information on their upcoming games for the GameCube and the Game Boy Advance. Nintendo also may showcase GameCube and Game Boy Advance connectivity.
Here are the games that will be shown at the event:
Nintendo GameCube:
Super Smash Bros. Melee -- Nintendo
Luigi's Mansion -- Nintendo
Pikmin -- Nintendo
Wave Race: Blue Storm -- Nintendo
Animal Forest Plus -- Nintendo
Star Fox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet -- Nintendo
Doubutsu Bancho -- Nintendo
Eternal Darkness -- Nintendo
FIFA 2002 Road to FIFA WORLD CUP -- Electronic Arts / Square (distributor in Japan)
SSX Tricky -- Electronic Arts / Square (distributor in Japan)
Virtua Striker 2 Ver. 2002 -- SEGA
Phantasy Star Online -- SEGA
Super Monkey Ball -- SEGA
Bomberman Generation -- Hudson
RUNE -- From Software
Game Boy Advance
Kiki Kaikai Advance -- Altron
Blender Brothers -- Infogrames/Hudson
Medarot Navi - Kabuto Ver. -- Imagineer
Medarot Navi - Kuwagata Ver. -- Imagineer
Hello Kitty Collection: Miracle Fashion Maker -- Imagineer
Advance Rally -- MTO
Battle Network Megaman EXE 2 -- Capcom
Gyakuten Saiban -- Capcom
Street Fighter ZERO 3 Upper -- Capcom
Breath of Fire II -- Capcom
EZ-Talk Mid-level -- Keynet
Nobunaga's Ambition -- Koei
Kikaika Guntai -- Kemco
Phalanx -- Kemco
ZOE 2173 Testament -- Konami
Gradius Generation -- Konami
Genso Suikoden Card Stories -- Konami
ESPN XGames Skateboarding -- Konami
Field of Nine Digital Edition 2001 -- Konami
Yujo no Victory Goal 4v4 Arashi [working title] -- Konami
Jurassic Park III Advanced Action -- Konami
Goemon: New Age Shutsudo! [working title] -- Konami
Guru Logi Champ -- Compile
Minna de Puyopuyo -- Sega
Sonic Advance [working title] -- Sega
Columns Crown -- Sega
Telefang - Power Ver. -- Smilesoft
Telefang - Speed Ver. -- Smilesoft
Monster Farm Advance -- Tecmo
Mutsu [working title] -- Tomy
Zoids Saga -- Tomy
Game Boy Wars Advance -- Nintendo
Legend of Starfy [working title] -- Nintendo
Magical Vacation -- Nintendo
Tomato Adventure [working title] -- Nintendo
Yakuman Advance [working title] -- Nintendo
Luna Blaze [working title] -- Nintendo
Fire Emblem -- Nintendo
Domo-kun No Fushigi Terebi [working title] -- Nintendo
Batoland [working title] -- Nintendo
Didi Kong Pilot [working title] -- Nintendo
Saberwolf [working title] -- Nintendo
Happy Panechu! [working title] -- Nintendo
Super Mario Advance 2 -- Nintendo
Hatena Hatena -- Hudson
Bomberman Max 2 - Bomberman Ver. -- Hudson
Bomberman Max 2 - Max Ver. -- Hudson
Robot Ponkottsu 2 - Cross Ver. -- Hudson
Robot Ponkottsu 2 - Ring Ver. -- Hudson
Super Robot Wars A -- Banpresto
Car Battler GO!! -- Victor Interactive
Mahjong Advance -- Hori
Love Hina Advance -- Marvelous Entertainment
The King of Fighters GBA [working title] -- Marvelous Entertainment
Wizardry Summoner -- Media Ring
Advance Rally
Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper
Zoe 2173
ESPN X Games Skateboarding
Victory Goal
Gradius Generation
Game Boy Color:
Hamster Paradise 4 -- Atlus
Gekisou Dangan Racer: Onsoku Buster Dangun-dan -- Imagineer
Hamster Club: Oshiemashu -- Jordan
Sakura Taisen GB2 Operation Thunderbolt -- Sega
Legend of Estopolis -- Taito
Kikansha Thomas -- Tam
Game Boy Wars 3 -- Hudson
Doki x Doki Sasete -- Victor Interactive
Bugsite Alpha Ver. -- Smilesoft
Bugsite Beta Ver. -- Smilesoft
One must keep in mind that this show is for the Japanese audience and many of these games my never see the light of day in other parts of the world.
Source - Nintendo
Source - EAGB Advance
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