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May 11, 2003 Edition   


Where are the updates?

01-04-2003
11-18-2000

   Hello, Your site is pretty good but you should put more updates to the release dates and preview some of the newer games.
  - Andy

Paul Responds: Thanks, I'm glad you like the site. When you sent this e-mail we were in the process of updating our layout so we didn't do any updates except for the news. Now as the new layout is up you will be seeing more release date updates and definitely more previews for the best upcoming games.


Donkey Kong Racing MIA?
   I was just wondering if Donkey Kong Racing is ever going to be released for the Nintendo GameCube. With Rare working for Microsoft now, has the game been cancelled? Also, since Rare has made so many Donkey Kong games, are they going to be making DK games for the X-Box? Thanks in advance for your response.
  - Virtualboy

Paul Responds: At this point in time its hard to say whether or not Donkey Kong Racing will ever be released. Many of the games Rare was working on for Nintendo are sort of missing in action, nobody except for Nintendo or Rare know about it and they aren't talking either. There is chance we may see it in the future, but I wouldn't keep my hopes up.

And to answer your second question even though Rare made many Donkey Kong games Nintendo owns the rights to him. They have since they created him in 1981 and they will continue to own him. So, no Rare won't be making any Donkey Kong games for the XBox.


Resident Evil Redux
  
OK, With Resident Evil 2 and 3 on the GameCube, I heard that nothing has changed, so I just wanted to ask, have they made the graphics any better, if so are they as good as Resident Evil Remake's graphics???
 - DigitalSyntax

Paul Responds:
I do believe that Resident Evil 2 and 3 are basically ports of the Dreamcast versions of the games. And they weren't updated that much either and they aren't remade as the original Resident Evil was for GameCube. 


Cubes Versus Boxes Part II
   What is it with x-box fan boys only being able to talk about graphics? I don't understand "casual" gamers that sprung up in the PSX era and I was just wondering why the fan boys of other systems always look at graphics and advertisement. I mean "Lunchbox?" is that "Ccot of Langley" guy kidding??? Anyway do you guys understand the minds of Xbox fan boys?
 - Anonymous

Paul Responds: Nobody can understand the minds of any kinds of fan boys, well maybe people can but there is no reason too. No offense to fan boys (or girls) but are they are the hardcore gamers that have strong loyalties to one console or company. They're kind of thinking is set in stone, nothing can make them change their minds. Its best to just nod your head and smile whenever they try to bash another console.


A Question from Down Under
   Does anyone know if there is any information about a Dragon Ball Z GameCube Game, even if it is just a rumor I would still like to know, also do you know when StarFox Armada, and Animal Crossing's will be released in Australia. THANX.
 - DigitalSyntax

Paul Responds: Well according to the software release lists that came out back in January, a version of the PS2 game Dragon Ball Z Budokai is headed to the GameCube in late August. And we do not know when StarFox Armada will be released in Australia, we're not even too sure when it will be released in North America or Japan for that matter. 

To answer your last question, Animal Crossing won't be released in Australia or in any of the PAL territories, in Australia's case there is different holidays and the seasons are different so it would be too much work to localize it and the same goes for Europe. 


A Question that Burns the Soul
  
Will Wind Waker have Ganondorf and some of the old bosses in it? Also I was wondering what Soul Caliber is. Is it just a game with different Nintendo characters fighting with a weapon they own?
  - Carter Sacry

Paul Responds: Will Wind Waker have Ganondorf or the other old bosses? Hmmm, I wouldn't want to spoil it for you. Oh well..........

Soul Caliber II is a sequel to the Dreamcast smash hit Soul Caliber which was a sequel to the arcade hit Soul Edge, and they are developed and published by Namco of Tekken fame. And SCII is the first non-Nintendo fighting game to feature a Nintendo character which we all know is Link. There are no other known Nintendo characters in the game, none that we know of at least.



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