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Welcome To Anime Zone... "Site Update's"
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Anime Zone is a fan site where you can find information on... Games,Movies,T.V Series, and more, I will be looking for staff shortley, So if you want to be part of my staff please go to the "Staff Page".
E-mail me if needed at FoxNick2001@aol.com
- The new crave Game Boy Advanced has been released and there is a confirmation that a Dragon Ball Z game will be coming out for it. (No set date yet.)More to come!!
- In more new's about the Dreamcast, Sega have announced that they have sold all their stock and will no longer be making Dreamcasts! Sega will now be a 3rd party producer making games like Sonic for the GameBoy Advance. There may still be some Dreamcasts at your local store, but once they're sold that's it. Don't worry Dreamcast owners because games for the console will still be produced.!
- In other news Sega Japan announced today that it's working with game maker Sony Computer Entertainment to promote a cross-platform online strategy that enables gamers of both the PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast to play games online together. (also no set date)!
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is released on June 11 for the GameBoy Advance and if your a fan of the PS, DC or PC versions you'll be drooling when you see the GBA version in action. With 13 pro skaters and 6 skateparks, including the excellent "The Warehouse" from the original game, this sequel is a must buy!
- Now that production of the Dreamcast console has finished Sega will be concentrating on realising some amazing Dreamcast games. One of the most anticipated of these is Sonic Adventure 2 which is currently 90% complete and will be released soon. For more information read the interview with Sonic Adventure 2 Director Takashi Iizuka!
- With Cartoon Network screening the Original Dragon Ball from June 25th the official website has been opened. The site has the same basic layout as the Dragonball Z site and is worth visiting when you get a chance. Some of the voices used in the series will be decided by a poll of fans which means the series should be excellent!
- We got some interesting news and juice rumours about the sequel to the smash film American Pie.
1) The Official American Pie II site has posted a teaser trailer for the upcoming movie.
2) 'Flute Girl' is making a return and this time it seems we'll get to go to band camp. Could this be why there's talk of a lesbian scene?
3) Lastly check out this shot of Biggs caught with his pants down...again!
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- Today Nintendo announced pricing information for GameCube's hardware and software. The company will sell GameCube for $199.95 in the U.S. This doesn't come as a surprise at all, as Nintendo has been touting its focus on a mass-market price, using this philosophy as a reason for not including DVD movie playback in the console. The price is a sharp contrast to Sony's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox launch prices, which were announced to retail at the $300 mark. Nikkei English News reports GameCube will sell for 25,000 yen in Japan (about $204).
To compliment this mass-market hardware price, Nintendo will sell GameCube software for around $49.95 in the U.S. Again, this is an effort to maintain a mass-market price on software, where production costs are drastically rising. All three next-generation systems -- PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube -- will retail software at this price. Again, Nikkei English News cites an anonymous source reporting that GameCube software will sell for 6800 yen (about $55) in Japan
"The response to Nintendo GameCube at E3 was phenomenal," says Peter Main, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Nintendo of America Inc. "Game developers expressed over and over that our games are of unmatched quality, especially Luigi's Mansion, Super Smash Bros. Melee and Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II. Pikmin also spiked interest for its incredibly unique game content and approach. This is all very exciting."
Nintendo plans on launching the system with six exclusive games of its own on top of third-party endeavors. One problem the PlayStation 2 faced, and the Xbox could possibly face is a shortage of consoles at launch. In the case of the PlayStation 2, Sony failed to deliver almost half of its promised quantity. Currently Microsoft is facing hardware design issues that could jeopardize the availability of the Xbox console at launch. In Nintendo's case, though, final hardware development kits are in the hands of many developers and production facilities are gearing up for manufacturing. According to Nikkei English News the Big N plans on selling 2.5 million units to the U.S. and Japanese market combined by the end of the year. It can meet these high production volumes via its ability to produce 600,000 GameCube systems each month.
Nintendo is planning on issuing an official press release on the matter at noon today. Even more information will be detailed in Nintendo's financials report, which is scheduled to take place in Japan on May 24th.
More as it breaks.
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