Late Night Consoling
| Nintendo at ECTS Nintendo has announced the lineup of GBA and GameCube titles they will be showcasing at ECTS at the end of the month. No big surprises here, although the version of Mario Kart: Double Dash that they are bringing to the show has been updated since its E3 debut back in May. |
| Front Mission Headed to PSOne News fresh out of Japan (and subsequently reported on GamePro.com) is that SquareSoft is porting the original SNES Front Mission to the PSOne. The game is said to have added story elements, and will be bargain-priced when it comes out in Japan this October. No North American release has been announced as of yet. |
| KOTOR Still Selling Like Crazy More good news for BioWare and LucasArts...Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic continues to sell like hotcakes, and has already topped more than 270,000 units in its first two weeks on store shelves. Having just finished the game myself, I can honestly say that this game belongs on every Xbox owner's shelf, right next to Halo. |
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| Phantasy Star Online Updates Care of fan page PSO World, here's a trio of new Phantasy Star Online updates. First up is the news that a new patch has been released for European Xbox users, bringing it in line with the North American release of the game, followed by these details on the new quest that will be released for GameCube owners tomorrow and a slew of new media from Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution, taken from the current beta test of the game going on in Japan. |
| PS2, Xbox Ports of SNK vs. Capcom Announced According to The Magic Box, SNK Playmore has announced plans to release SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos for the PS2 early next year. An Xbox port will follow at an unknown time afterwards. |
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| More Killzone Details Clearly not slowing down on their Killzone exclusives now that the game has been formally announced by Sony Europe, Computer and Video Games has posted some new details from this upcoming first person shooter. Specifically they have new info about the four playable characters and how you'll interact with your AI-powered squad mates. |
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| Nintendo Announcing New Game? Metroid Prime 2 in 2004? A pair of vague Nintendo stories are up at GamerFeed tonight...the first says that Nintendo is holding a press conference on Thursday, possibly to announce a new game. The second has a bit more to work with, quoting a recent interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, where he says that Resident Evil chief Shinji Mikami has expressed interest in working with him on a project, and also that the sequel to Metroid Prime will be released sometime next year. |
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| THUG Q&A You gotta love that acronym...Computer and Video Games has posted a Q&A with Mark Ward, the producer at Activision on Tony Hawk's Underground, the next game in the venerable extreme sports title, which is surprisingly different from its predecessors. |
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| Misc. Media/Previews |
Console Game of the Evening: John Madden Football for the Sega Genesis. "The original, cause it was the first REALLY good football game for a console other than Tecmo Bowl, which wasn't very technically accurate. this was the first game where you could really have a slug fest as well as a good tactical game as well." (submitted by Antilles_Prime).
