Gamequbed Archives (September 2001)
IGN PS2 has an interesting article about Square giving their Vice-President an unimportant position in the company.
From IGNPS2: “According to several sources, including those on the Gaming-Age Message Boards, the well-known executive director of the Final Fantasy series and Square’s Vice President Hironobu Sakaguchi is taking what’s called a “window seat” in the Square Hierarchy. Thanks to at least one very poor financial quarter, and possibly several other factors, including the fact that the Final Fantasy movie bombed, Sakaguchi will be redirected and given a rather unimportant position in the company, where he can do very little good. Because of these actions, Sakaguchi is believed to be planning on leaving Square and starting his own company.”
So he might start his own Company? It could be that he will be dealing with a company that Square doesn’t deal with hint hint.
Of course though, this is all rumors, so none of this is confirmed
Posted By: Jed
Date: September 29, 2001
Source: IGN PS2
GameQubed now has a new staff member. Josh Campbell is his name and he’ll be writting news updates. Reviews and Previews can be expected.
Posted By: Jed
Date: September 29, 2001
Source: N/A
Nintendo is planning to only ship 300,000 units of Gamecube hardware as opposed to the 600,000 to 700,000 planned. Unfortunately, retailers asked for more Gamecubes to meet the growing demand, and this has complicated issues. Furthermore, it doesn’t seem likely that Nintendo will shift over Gamecubes from its N.A. release to the Japanese market.
“It seems impossible for us to make any change to our GameCube shipment plan for this year given the limited production capacity,” said Hiroshi Imanishi, director at Nintendo Japan, to Reuters. “We can’t just shift some of the consoles which were made for the Japanese market to the U.S. market because such a move would upset Japanese retailers, who are also asking for more consoles.” IGNCube.com
Nintendo will monitor Gamecube demand here, and if all goes well, they may increase production to meet it.
Posted By: CoolAsIce
Date: September 25, 2001
Source: http://cube.ign.com
Activision announced today that Tony Hawk 3 will be available to Gamecube consumers before the holidays!
“We are excited to partner with Nintendo to bring this key franchise to the new platform,” stated 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.” IGNCube.com
This is great news for Gamecubers, and it will keep us company over the holidays as we’re snowed in up here in Canada.
Posted By: CoolAsIce
Date: September 25, 2001
Source: http://cube.ign.com
Cube Europe recently had a chat with the Product Manager of Nintendo. Here is a little excerpt from the interview…
Tim: Is there going to be any demo discs with the GCN or will they come free with a monthly official magazine?
Frank: There are plans for demo discs as well as monthly magazines, but nothing is definite yet. Nintendo will not make the magazines itself if there is going to be one, because that is not part of the core-business of our organization. The demo discs are a decision of Nintendo of Japan. They have not taken a decision yet. But I think it is pretty obvious that they will use it as mareketing tool.
So I guess we won’t know anything here until NOA and NOJ talk it over and decide whether to make them available here…
Posted By: CoolAsIce
Date: September 24, 2001
Source: http://www.cube-europe.com
Nintendo recently said that the Wavebird controller would follow the release of the GCN. However, it appears that things have changed.
Nintendo’s site has confirmed that the Wavebird won’t be released until sometime in 2002, and details are rather vague. The good news is that it may make it to Japan this year!
The Wavebird is a unique technology developed by Nintendo that transmits via RF (radio frequency) to your Gamecube for up to 10 metres, which eliminates the useless wire and clutter that most controllers create. For more info on the Wavebird, head over to our Gamecube Peripheral section and take a gander!
Posted By: CoolAsIce
Date: September 24, 2001
Source: http://www.cloudchaser.com
Microsoft announced that they would delay the release of the highly touted XBox from Nov. 8 to Nov. 15., a mere three days before the U.S. launch of Gamecube. Microsoft also went on to say that they would cut the initial units of shipment from 800,000 to 300,000.
Microsoft has already announced that they would delay the release of XBox in Japan to Feb. 22. They did this to see what kind of reception the XBox would get on the U.S. markets before launching in Japan. Usually this is reversed, but then again, Microsoft is the first non-Japanese console creator.
These delays give Nintendo plenty of time to build an installed userbase well before XBox’s launch, and Japanese game distributers are already asking for more Gamecube units to fill in the supply for Christmas.
Posted By: CoolAsIce
Date: September 24, 2001
Source: http://cube.ign.com
As most of you may already know, the GameCube has launched last week in Japan. IGNCube has more information
Posted By: Jed
Date: September 23, 2001
Source: IGNCube
Galleon: Islands of Mystery, by Interplay, has been delayed till spring of 2002. The game was suppossed to be delayed in December of 2001, and is caused because of financial issues. All games that were coming out by Interplay have also been set back, to spring of 2002 also. It saddens me that they have to push this game back, but it will obviously be a top game on the day of its release.
Posted By: Mitch
Date: September 22, 2001
Source: N-Gaming Network
EA has just announced that the Simpsons Road Rage will now be headed to Nintendo Gamecube! Even better, it’s gonna be ready for the American launch in November! The title that was thought to only make it to Microsoft’s X-Box, is now headed to PS2 and Gamecube also! Note: All games being identical.
Posted By: StarFox
Date: September 15, 2001
Source: IGN
A terrible tragedy has occured in the United States of America today. It’s not surprising if you’ve heard of it because it’s all over TV and most websites. An airplane has hit the world trade center, and some time later, a 2nd plane hit the other World Trade center building. Washington also got hit by a plane. The pentagon got hit by one (this is where in Washington). If you watch the NEWS, you’ll have more details. I would like to send out my condolences to all Americans who are affected by this (GameQubed does the same as me) as well as any other nation who feels bad (like Canada). I feel terrible about this, and I’m a Canadian, so I’m imagining that Americans are feeling very terrible and scared. I give my condolences.
Posted By: Jed
Date: September 11, 2001
Source: http://www.cnn.com
A Canadian Future Shop worker has gotten a list from Nintendo on the prices of Gamecube games and accessories. Remember the prices are in Canadian funds…
- Gamecube System $299.99
- First Party Games $69.99
- Extra Controller $49.99
- Memory Card $24.95
Just be warned if you’re a Sears Shopper. Because they sell their games for ten dollars more and the system for fifty dollars more!
Posted By: StarFox
Date: September 5, 2001
Source: Game Tavern
On September 24th, 2001, the Gamecube will be at the popular toy store, Toys R’ Us. Rumor has it that the games that we will be able to play are Luigi’s Mansion, and Wave Race: Blue Storm. There could be more games on demo’s, but it is unknown right now. Nintendo might decide to release a few games on demo, that could possibly be SSB:M, Pikmon, or Rogue Leader.
Posted By: Mitch
Date: September 5, 2001
Source: Nth Power Online
Infrogames recently announced that the latest version of Test Drive Off-Road series, Test Drive Wide Open will be released for the Play Station 2 and on the Nintendo Gamecube. Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open includes a soundtrack featuring Fear Factory, Digital Assassins, Unloco, and Metallica. The best new feature is the 30 open tracks you are able to race on. On the Play Station 2 the game has recently been released in stores, and will be released on the Gamecube in Mid-January. Both games have a retail price of $49.99 (US), and are rated E for everyone.
Posted By: Mitch
Date: September 4, 2001
Source: PrimaGames
Well, its finally here. The updated game list and prices! I was looking at the Gamecube section at Buy.com, and noticed a new list of games and the prices of the games. There are a few games on the Cube that were only suppossed to be released on Microsoft’s Xbox, the most popular being Dark Summit…the major snowboarding game being released on the Xbox. This is not the complete list of the games, we are still waiting for THQ to release the completed list of the games. For now, check it out by clicking here!
Posted By: Mitch
Date: September 3, 2001
Source: Buy.com
GameQubed welcomes it’s newest staff member, Mitch Kostelecky. He’ll be updating news on GameQubed and maybe he’ll throw in some extras.
Posted By: Jed
Date: September 2, 2001
Source: GameQubed
Does anyone here want to work at GameQubed? If you do, head on over to our staff page and see what positions are available.
For your convenience, I have listed what positions are available at the moment on this page:
- Full Time News Updater Someone who can continually update our news and keep the site fresh
- Columnists People who are very opinionated and are good at expressing their feelings towards the gaming industry
- Reviews/Previews Editor Someone who can write good GBA and/or GC previews and reviews
You will need good writting skills. What I mean, is that you’ll need to be able to write without lots of mistakes. What if I made a bunch of mistakes? This is what this past paragraph would look like:
“you well need good riting skils. what i mean is that youll need to be abel to rite without lots of mistakes.”
Heh, kinda funny…
Anywho, if you feel you meet the requirements(good writting skills, good attitude), then email me at jedcross2@aol.com and show me you have good writting skills by making a good letter.
Or you can contact me on aim at the following screename: Jed Cross
Posted By: Jed
Date: September 2, 2001
Source: Gamequbed Staff
Gamequbed is pleased to annouce that we have a contest in the works! More details will be announced soon, so keep your eyes and ears open around the site. We have also made a few changes around GQ. The first is the Most Wanted list, in which you’ll have an opportunity to vote once every two weeks for your personal favorite video game for the Gamecube. e have also discovered the source of our email problems, and rest assured we are working on fixing it! Keep looking around the site for more updates to be announced!
Posted By: CoolAsIce
Date: September 2, 2001
Source: http://www.gamequbed.com
IGNCube recently found out that it took a lot of work to make the FMV for Super Smash Bros. Melee at E32001. At the bottom of the article, they’ve been told that not all characters shown in the demo are playable. So who could these guys be? I have a strange feeling that Bowser won’t be playable.
Posted By: Jed
Date: September 1, 2001
Source: IGNCube