10/28/2002

Game & Watch Gallery 4 and Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite! have shipped for the GameBoy Advance and GameCoy Color respectivly. Expect them to be in stores in a couple of days.

10/26/2002

Those who elect to purchase both Metroid Fusion and Metroid Prime will get some nice extras. Using the GameCube/Game Boy Advance link cable, gamers who have completed Metroid Fusion can link up to Metroid Prime and play the original NES game Metroid and save to a memory card. When completing Metroid Prime, one can like the games to use Samus' Fusion Suit in Metroid Prime.

Here is the Nintendo press release:

For the first time, Nintendo's Metroid franchise titles will connect between two video game systems. By completing Metroid(R) Fusion for Game Boy(R) Advance AND Metroid(R) Prime for NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM), and linking them together via the NINTENDO GAMECUBE Game Boy Advance link cable, gamers will receive something old and something new. Bonus #1: Metroid Fusion Suits playable in Metroid Prime Metroid Fusion features an all-new series of suits for Samus to help navigate through the various levels on planet SR388. Upon completing Metroid Prime, gamers will have the opportunity to play through Metroid Prime while wearing Samus's suit of armor from Metroid Fusion.

-- 1. Metroid Prime must be completed

-- 2. Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion must be linked

-- 3. After completing Metroid Prime, players can switch to the Metroid Fusion Suit on the file section screen

Bonus #2: Play Original Metroid on the NINTENDO GAMECUBE

In addition, after completing Metroid Fusion, game players will unlock the ability to play the original Metroid from the Nintendo Entertainment System(R) (NES) on their NINTENDO GAMECUBE.

-- 1. Metroid Fusion must be completed

-- 2. Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion must be linked

-- 3. Play NES Metroid on NINTENDO GAMECUBE

-- 4. NES Metroid will include a save feature using NINTENDO GAMECUBE memory card, instead of the original password system!

10/21/2002

Mario Party 4 has been shipped to stores, expect it to be in stores in a couple of days.

10/21/2002

There is a new Nintendo Power subscription package. Subscribers can get a copy of Metroid Prime, a Metroid Prime player's guide, a Memory Card 59, a year's supply of Nintendo Power and a coupon for a WaveBird controller. The special is available to residents of Canada and the US only. It costs $69.95 USD or $110.95 CND. The coupon is worth $10 USD or $15 CND.

More information can be found at: http://www.nintendopower.com/primetimepak/.