G A M E C U B E

- Here are some new screens of Nintendo's upcoming GameCube titles: Wario World, Mario Party 4, 1080: White Storm, The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Sunshine.

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- Konami will release a new Disney sports game for GameCube called Disney All-Stars Soccer in Japan on July 18.

- RUMOR: Camelot's popular GameBoy Advance RPG Golden Sun will be heading to GameCube.

- Capcom has announced the release date of their GameCube fighting game Capcom Vs SNK 2 EO, the game is scheduled for release in Japan on July 4, for 6800 yen. A Capcom Vs SNK 2 EO + Memory Card 59 Bundle will be released on the same date.

- Here are some of the GameCube titles that will be available at E3 (some are unconfirmed):

• Wario World
• The Legend of Zelda
• NBA Ballers
• Mario Party 4
• Nascar Thunder 2003
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
• Gladius
• Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3
• 1080: White Storm
• Super Mario Sunshine
• Metroid Prime
• Star Fox Adventures
• Donkey Kong Racing
• Kameo: Elements of Power

H A N D H E L D

- Here are two images of Enix's new GameBoy Advance RPG Boshu, in this game the main character is a 14 year red hair boy named Masa, who is the son of a human and god.

- Kecmo announced they will be releasing a new MP3 player for GameBoy Advance, which enable you to play your favorite MP3 music on your GBA, through the built-in GBA speaker and headphone. The MP3 player will also have a built-in microphone, which hints of a possible karaoke function from the peripheral.

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- Arttoon, the maker of Pinobee, will release a new PlayStation 2 ghost hunting action adventure game in Japan this July, called Ghost Vibration. In this game you will enter a haunted mansion to hunt the ghosts with a ghost buster gun; at the same time you have to discover the mysteries behind the mansion. The game features over 200 ghosts in the mansion, each ghost has its own name and background story. The adventure is divided into the Walk Mode and Scope Mode. In the Walk Mode you can explore the mansion and examine each suspicious item and place, when you encounter a ghost, you will enter the Scope Mode, in which you can use your gun to battle with the ghost, when the ghost is weaken, you can suck it inside the gun. After you captured a ghost, you can browse the memories of the ghost before its death, and discover the secrets of the mansion.

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- Square announced that the shipment of their highly anticipated PS2 RPG Kingdom Hearts has exceeded 750,000 units in Japan, the sales of the game has also exceeded Square's forecast of 500,000 units.

- Capcom will release the PlayStation 2 cel-shaded action game Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Whirlwind of Gold in Japan on July 25, for 6800 yen.

- Sega will release the flight shooting game Aero Dancing 4 for PlayStation 2 in Japan on July 11, for 6800 yen.

A R C A D E   /   M U L T I

- The US Game Release Schedule is updated.

- The Dengeki Console Chart is updated, this week's best selling game is Konami's World Soccer Winning Eleven 6, sold 405,000+ units; Konami's GBA tennis game Prince of Tennis has also sold 88,700+ units this week, followed by Capcom's GBA action game Rockman Zero, sold 58,100+ units.

- SNK Neo Geo has released new details on their MVS arcade fighting game Rage of the Dragon, this game will feature a Partner Change System, there is a Tag Gauge under the life bar, when the gauge is full, you can swap the current character with another character in the background, during the character switch, the swap-out character will become invincible, while the swap-in character will enter the stage with an attack, which gives you a chance to counterattack the opponent. In addition, the game features Free Cancel System, Duplex Attack and Surrender System.....

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- Here are some latest Japanese game review scores:

PlayStation 2
Generation of Chaos Next: Lost Bonds (Idea Factory) - 29 / 40
Nechu Professional Baseball 2002 (Namco) - 32 / 40
Surveillance (Sony) - 32 / 40
Underwater Unit (Irem) - 30 / 40
World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 (Konami) - 36 / 40
Zettai Zetsumei (Irem) - 32 / 40

GameCube
Bloody Roar Extreme (Hudson) - 32 / 40
Rune (From Software) - 32 / 40

XBox
Halo (Microsoft) - 33 / 40
Ultimate Fighting Championship 2 Tapout (Capcom) - 30 / 40

PlayStation
Capcom Vs SNK Millennium Fight 2000 PRO (Capcom) - 27 / 40

GameBoy Advance
Game of Life Advance (Takara) - 28 / 40
Initial D Another Stage (Sammy) - 28 / 40
Rockman Zero (Capcom) - 26 / 40

- Tecmo announced record breaking profile forecast for the current fiscal year, the profit forecast is expected to increase by 25%, due to the sales of Dead or Alive 3 for XBox, the game has sold over 1 million units worldwide, in addition, game titles such as Zero / Fatal Frame and Monster Rancher Advance have also achieved better than expected sales. As a result, the sales forecast is increased by 1.7%, and the net profile forecast has increased by 23.8%. (Editor note: Seems like Microsoft's support has greatly lowered the development cost of Dead or Alive 3, therefore even though the sales has only increased by less than 2%, the profit still managed to increased by 25%)

- Here are the weekly sales of the Japanese game systems from Media Create:

• PlayStation 2 - 72,100
• GameBoy Advance - 43,200
• GameCube - 11,700
• PlayStation - 5,500
• Xbox - 4,700
• GameBoy Color - 2,200
• WonderSwan Color - 2,100
• Dreamcast - 600
• Nintendo 64 - 200
• WonderSwan - 100
• PocketStation - 50
• GameBoy - 20

- Namco has announced their E3 lineup, they will be showing the following games at the expo:

• Dead to Rights (Xbox)
• Namco Museum (XB, GC)
• Ninja Assault (PS2)
• Pac-Man Fever (PS2, GC)
• Pac-Man World 2 (XB)
• Tekken 4 (PS2)
• Xenosaga (PS2)

- Namco's Pac-Man Fever for GameCube and PlayStation 2 is a party game like Mario Party, featuring over 30 mini-games, and 3 gameboards, each with different themes.

- Activision announced a new mulitplatform 3rd person action game called Wolverine's Revenge, the game is based on the Marvel comic, where Wolverine attempts to stop a viral time bomb that has been discovered in his body, he must complete his mission within 48 hours by returning to Department H and locate the antidote. The game also features other supporting characters like Professor X, The Beast; and super-villains such as Juggernaut, Wendigo, Magneto and Sabretooth. Wolverine's Revenge is scheduled to release for PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox in 2003. (Source: PlayStation.Com)

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- Tecmo is planning to reveal a new Xbox featuring Dead or Alive characters at E3.