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In the last four weeks alone, almost 20 games have joined the roster of titles likely to arrive within months of Gamecube’s launch, the most exciting of which is a rumoured sequel to 1080 Snowboarding from Excitebike supremos Leftfield. Elsewhere, a video of Turok 4 is reportedly doing the rounds at Acclaim’s HQ; Camelot – the Mario Golf and tennis team – are planning at least one Gamecube RPG; survival horror specialists Capcom are in the works with a Resident Evil 4 to follow the GC-exclusive Resi 0; and titles featuring characters as diverse as Mickey Mouse, Lego Technics robots and the 64DD’s Doshin the Giant are all underway.In fact, there’s barely a developer on the planet who isn’t working on Gamecube. Rumors claim that over 500 development kits were delivered to coders just before Christmas, and since then, Metrowerks have put the finishing touches to the first GC version of ‘Codewarrior’, a set of tools that enables pain-free programming of games. By contrast, developers for Microsoft’s X-box – have yet to receive finished dev. Kits, making a mockery of Bill Gates’ affirmation that the black box of tricks and its launch titles will be ready for sale around the same time as Gamecube.
Even more excitingly, the Japan and US launch dates look almost certain to stick. The fact that Nintendo’s release dates are increasingly trustworthy makes a pre-Christmast appearance by NGC in the UK much more likely.
Mystery still surrounds what will be on show at this years E3, but I hope that it will be well worth the wait!!!
In the last four weeks alone, almost 20 games have joined the roster of titles likely to arrive within months of Gamecube’s launch, the most exciting of which is a rumoured sequel to 1080 Snowboarding from Excitebike supremos Leftfield. Elsewhere, a video of Turok 4 is reportedly doing the rounds at Acclaim’s HQ; Camelot – the Mario Golf and tennis team – are planning at least one Gamecube RPG; survival horror specialists Capcom are in the works with a Resident Evil 4 to follow the GC-exclusive Resi 0; and titles featuring characters as diverse as Mickey Mouse, Lego Technics robots and the 64DD’s Doshin the Giant are all underway.In fact, there’s barely a developer on the planet who isn’t working on Gamecube. Rumors claim that over 500 development kits were delivered to coders just before Christmas, and since then, Metrowerks have put the finishing touches to the first GC version of ‘Codewarrior’, a set of tools that enables pain-free programming of games. By contrast, developers for Microsoft’s X-box – have yet to receive finished dev. Kits, making a mockery of Bill Gates’ affirmation that the black box of tricks and its launch titles will be ready for sale around the same time as Gamecube.
Even more excitingly, the Japan and US launch dates look almost certain to stick. The fact that Nintendo’s release dates are increasingly trustworthy makes a pre-Christmast appearance by NGC in the UK much more likely.
Mystery still surrounds what will be on show at this years E3, but I hope that it will be well worth the wait!!!