In October, seven different television commercials begin airing everywhere from primetime television to MTV to Saturday morning cartoons. Also holiday moviegoers will see Nintendo GameCube commercials on the big screen in November and December, airing along with Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. Eight unique print ads will appear in magazines such as Stuff, Rolling Stone, Maxim and more. The print ads will appear in more than 50 magazines. At retail stores in the coming weeks, 10,000 Nintendo GameCube kiosks will give you a chance to sample the system before launch. Nintendo's strong retail presence includes point-of-sale materials, banners and other merchandising indicative of the overall advertising campaign.
GameCube 8cm Preview CDs
Nintendo will distribute over 3 million preview CDs featuring Nintendo game play footage, links to the official Nintendo GameCube web sites, downloadable items and more. These disks will be the same size as the proprietary GameCube disc and will be available through retailers, magazine inserts and other promotional partnerships, with the goal being to provide consumers with the opportunity to witness Nintendo games firsthand.
Promotions To Win A Nintendo GameCube:
Starz Encore Group, the largest provider of cable and satellite-delivered premium movie channels in the United States, is teaming up with Nintendo. During the STARZ! and Black STARZ! Free Preview Weekend on October 5-7 viewers will have the chance to win one of 500 Nintendo GameCube systems along with other Nintendo prizes.
During the Nintendo Cube Club Tour players will be able to enter a Panasonic contest to win a Nintendo GameCube. The contest is also online at Panasonic.com.
Nintendo and Dr Pepper will launch a nationwide consumer promotion this holiday season giving consumers a chance to instantly win a Nintendo GameCube. Dr Pepper is supporting the promotion with television advertising, point-of-sale and special packaging for the 20-ounce and 2-liter bottles, as well as 12-packs of 12-ounce cans.
09/24/01
Update: Square To Announce GameCube Support at TGS? - GameCube
According to unconfirmed reports Square will announce full support for Nintendo GameCube during the Tokyo Game Show. The remakes of Final Fantasy 7, 8 and 9 may become GameCube exclusives. The remakes are expected to take full advantage of the GameCube's capabilities. In the Spring Square said they would like to bring every SNES (Super Famicom) Final Fantasy game to the Game Boy Advance.
Tokyo Game Show 2001 - October 12-14..
09/27/01
Win a GameCube Indigo Luigi Pack
Enter the GameCube Giveaway now for a chance to win a complete Indigo Luigi Pack. The Indigo Luigi Pack includes the GameCube game system (Nintendo GameCube console, one controller, and all the cables), the adventure game Luigi's Mansion, the popular football simulation Madden NFL 2002, and the space combat game Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II. It also includes an extra controller, a memory card, and a six-month trial subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine. The contest is sponsored by Toys R Us, Amazon.com and EGM.
09/25/01
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 Coming Soon - GameCube
"We are excited to partner with Nintendo to bring this key franchise to the new platform," states Ron Doornink, President and COO, Activision, Inc. "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 will be one of the handful of third-party titles available for the Nintendo GameCube this holiday season. The game takes full advantage of the hardware's advanced technological and graphics capabilities to offer Nintendo consumers a revolutionary gaming experience."
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 lets players once again ride as the legendary Tony Hawk or one of 12 other top pros. Building on the franchise's intuitive control scheme, the game lets players perform hundreds of tricks and combos in some of the world's most popular skate locations including Los Angeles, Canada and Tokyo. Players navigate through eight obstacle filled levels that include intelligent traffic and pedestrians. The game's all new goals and rewards system offer hours of endless challenges.
"The full-screen anti-aliasing looks extremely nice on the GameCube, and many of our special effects have been rewritten for the GameCube. Because we had the advantage of learning from the PS2 engine, the GCN engine is faster, and pedestrians, cars, and objects are always drawn at their highest level of detail on the GameCube."
Source Activision
09/19/01
ATI logo on the Nintendo GameCube
"To acknowledge ATI's partnership and technological expertise in the Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo has positioned the ATI logo on the console," said Genyo Takeda, Corporate Director and General Manager of Integrated Research and Development, Nintendo Co., Ltd. "Nintendo recognizes ATI as a world leader in the development of innovative and high performance graphics technology for consumers."
Nintendo GameCube features a revolutionary graphics processor, called the 'Flipper' chip, from ATI. The highly integrated processor includes both a 2D and 3D graphics engine, a DSP for audio processing and an on-chip high bandwidth frame buffer.
Source Business Wire
09/16/01
Square Returns? - GameCube
An interesting rummor has recently appeared on several international videogame sites:
Next week, Square plans to hold a press conference with Nintendo. Square is expected to reveal several GameCube games that are in development. It is rumored that Final Fantasy XI, a remake of Final Fantasy VII and one exclusive Square RPG will be announced for GameCube. The exclusive RPG may be a sequel to the Secret of Mana. Also remember that Square has stated that they want to bring Final Fantasy III to the Game Boy Advance.
09/05/01
Nintendo GameCube: Born To Play
Very soon Nintendo will reveal dates and cities for its upcoming Nintendo GameCube Tour, which will stop in 13 cities in the US. Those lucky enough to catch the Tour will be able to play the GameCube and some of the launch titles and experience the Nintendo Difference before the November 18th launch. Toys "R" Us will setup in-store GameCube demo kiosks by October 15th, with playable demos of Luigi's Mansion and Wave Race: Blue Storm.
In recent commercials promoting Toonami Lockdown on Cartoon Network, the slogan Born to Play has appeared with a link directing viewers to www.nintendogamecube.com. The weeklong serialized story stars on September 17th and is sponsored by Nintendo. Be sure to tune in and see the first GameCube TV commercial in the US.
Source Nintendo
09/08/01
SEGA: Yu Suzuki Talks About GameCube
At a recent press conference in Japan, Yu Suzuki said "I am beyond impressed with Nintendo GameCube, more so than the other consoles." He also revealed that AM2 has several games in development for GameCube. Recent SEGA AM2 designed games include Virtua Fighter 4 for the arcade and Shenmue 2 for Dreamcast.
Source SEGA
09/02/01
Nintendo GameCube Attracts Third Party Support
During a Space World Press Conference Nintendo admitted that the N64 had poor third party support. When the N64 was launched 5 years ago, looking at the financial risks involved in developing games on cartridges, many of our 3rd party companies said, "We'd have to be crazy to develop for Nintendo 64!" Today, with the playing field level financially, seeing Nintendo's incomparable exclusive titles and above all, a retail price point that's only two thirds of those competing machines, those same developers are now saying, "Develop for Nintendo? We'd be crazy not to!"
By choosing to drop cartridges in favor of Panasonic custom 3" mini-DVD's, Nintendo is able to offer publishers media that is pirate proof, quickly manufactured and with a competitive price. With GameCube publishers will make more profit per game sold than they did in the N64 days. third party companies such as: Capcom, Konami, Namco, EA and Sega have announced support for GameCube. Even Square has publicly announced their desire to make GameCube and Game Boy Advance games. Nintendo stated that there are more Third party companies developing games for GameCube than have been revealed. On November 18 the GameCube will launch in the US with 7 to 8 games, of which 3 will be Nintendo games and possibly 4 to 5 third party games.
Source Nintendo
09/01/01
Konami's Rave The Grove - GameCube
Konami's first GameCube game is called Rave the Grove Adventure. The game is a 3D adventure game based on the popular Japanese comic book named Rave. An anime version of the comic book will be on Japanese TV this fall. Rave follows the adventures of a boy named Haru who is on a quest to find the light stone and bring peace to his world.
Rave the Grove Adventure is expected to ship Spring 2002 in Japan and is being developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan. KCEJ is the same development house that created MGS2 and Z.O.E. for the PS2. Konami will show Rave the Groove Adventure and reveal more GameCube games's at the Tokyo Game Show in October.
