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Mario Sunshine
Commercial |
06.28.02 |
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With
under a month to go until the launch of Super Mario Sunshine, Nintendo
has begun airing television commercials for the game in Japan. The
commercial begins with Mario using his water backpack to launch into the
air and proceeds to show extensive in game... |
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| Eternal Darkness
Reviews |
06.25.02 |
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Eternal
Darkness reviews have begun pouring in from across the Internet. IGN Cube
gave the game an incredible 9.6; GameSpot has awarded ED a 9.4;
Gamers.com has given the game a 9.0. The game has certainly more than
lived up to all expectations. |
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| New Super Mario
Sunshine Screens! |
06.23.02 |
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GameCubicle
has even more Super Mario Sunshine screens in the game's gallery. Mario
continues to explore the tropical environment and for the first time
ever, Mario's look-alike enemy is shown as well as a graffiti
"M" that has been painted on the island. |
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| SpaceWorld 2002
Canceled |
06.21.02 |
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As
GameCubicle.com first reported last month, Nintendo has canceled
SpaceWorld 2002. Instead, Nintendo will likely have a presence at other
Japanese game shows and may hold several smaller events at various
locations in Japan. While speaking with a Nintendo
representative at E3, it was explained that because Nintendo feels the
Electronics Entertainment Expo is
becoming a global event, SpaceWorld no longer remains a necessity to the company. SpaceWorld is Nintendo's annual
trade show held in Tokyo, Japan. The cancellation of SpaceWorld is not
without precedence. In 1998, Nintendo cancelled SpaceWorld alongside
their boycott of the Tokyo Game Show. |
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| Japan Sales Report |
06.20.02 |
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Nintendo sold through 8,500 GameCubes in Japan this week, a
significant decline from the 18,700 sold last week when Nintendo lowered
GameCube's MSRP by 20%. A lack on any significant new releases on
GameCube likely impacted sales. Animal Forest... |
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| Sunshine's
Japanese Box Art |
06.19.02 |
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The
first images of Super Mario Sunshine's Japanese box art
have begun circulating the Internet. While not as exciting as many would
have liked, it does have a sharp look to it. Super Mario Sunshine will
release in Japan on July 19th. Click over to GameCubicle's E3 Expo Image
Gallery
for an early concept of game's North American box art design...
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E3
Expo Award Winners |
06.18.02 |
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The Game Critics Awards are the only independent E3 awards, voted on
by editors from nearly 40 leading outlets that cover games,
including the top magazines, online sites, newspapers, and
television programs. Today E3awards.com revealed the winners...
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| Sonic Team's Coming
Announcement |
06.18.02 |
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Sonic
Team will announce the first details of Sonic's next adventure at the
World Hobby Fair in Japan on July 13. CAVG
is reporting that the announcement will more than likely pertain to Sonic
Adventure 3, rumored to be in development for GameCube and Xbox. |
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| Japan Sales Report |
06.11.02 |
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Nintendo sold through 18,700 GameCubes in Japan this week, an
impressive increase over the 5,400 sold just a week before.
Meanwhile, GameCube's lower price point made a noticeable impact on
sales of PS2, which fell from 60,000 to 49,800, and XBOX... |
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| WaveBird Marketing
Campaign |
06.11.02 |
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Nintendo intends to increase ad spending by 25% this fiscal year as
it sees through the release of numerous major franchise titles for
Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance. AdAge.com,
the online arm of Advertising Age magazine, recently took... |
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| Link in Soul Calibur 2 |
06.10.02 |
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GameCube was first unveiled on August
24, 2000 at Nintendo's Space World show in Japan. On this day the
world got its first glimpse of GameCube's power via a technical demo
featuring Nintendo's greatest characters. Included in the demo was a
battle...
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| Bloomberg on Iwata |
06.09.02 |
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Satoru Iwata became president of Nintendo last week when Hiroshi
Yamauchi resigned from the position after fifty-two years with the
firm. Bloomberg recently took an in-depth look at Nintendo's new
leadership and the impact Yamauchi's resignation... |
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| Nintendo Analysts
Conference |
06.06.02 |
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Satoru Iwata became president of Nintendo last week when Hiroshi
Yamauchi resigned from the position after fifty-two years with the
firm. Iwata served as Director and General Manager of the Corporate
Planning Division of Nintendo for two years. Prior to... |
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| Nintendo Game Giants
Advertising |
06.02.02 |
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At this year's Electronics Entertainment Expo, Nintendo unveiled the
first playable versions of their Game Giants video games, the first
game case designs for these games, and the first known
advertisements as well. GameCubicle has scanned the first... |
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