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Nintendo Announces new Zelda, Mario & Metroid
MonkeyBot writes "Nintendo has posted news from the E3 convention concerning big name titles and their release dates. The new Metroids for the Cube and GBA, Legend of Zelda for the Cube, and a new Mario Game for the Cube are just a few of the titles for which new information is available. It'll be just like I'm a kid again, but with better graphics (and beer)!"
Fact Sheet - Super Mario Sunshine
Format: NINTENDO GAMECUBETM
Launch Date: August 26, 2002
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)
Game Type: Action
Accessories: Memory Card
Players: 1
MSRP: $49.95
Game Summary
Seeking well-deserved rest and relaxation, MarioTM and Princess Peach travel to a beautiful remote island. It is said the local citizens are friendly and the weather forecast suggests year-round sunshine. However, when they get to the island, they quickly find out that the peaceful paradise has been polluted by a mysterious stranger. Worse still, the individual bears a striking resemblance to Mario! Determined to clear his reputation and clean up the island, Mario sets off on his greatest adventure yet.
Features
Discover the first Mario title for NINTENDO GAMECUBE, developed by a team under the supervision of Mario's celebrated creator Shigeru Miyamoto.
Explore the game's colorful 3-D world, filled with expansive environments.
Restore the power of Shine to keep the island clean.
Wash away island mess to restore the community to its pristine condition using Mario's new water pump device.
Perform a number of different jumps, bounce off walls, run, slide, climb, and fly to the highest reaches - more mobility than ever before.
Bask in cheery graphics, real-time lighting effects and stunning reflections that bathe the island in sunshine.
Visit Yoshi, Toad and a host of other friends as Mario encounters a collection of enemies bent on foiling his efforts to restore the island.
Fact Sheet - Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Format: NINTENDO GAMECUBETM
Launch Date: June 24, 2002
ESRB: M - Mature
Game Type: Psychological Thriller
Accessories: Memory Card
Players: 1
MSRP: $49.95
Game Summary
In a story that spans space and time, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem(TM) introduces 12 controllable characters through the last 2000 years of history, from ancient Rome to modern day. The story revolves around a young woman, Alexandra Rovias, who travels to Rhode Island to investigate the mysterious death of her grandfather. As the game unfolds, Alexandra experiences events through the game's other characters and eventually discovers the secret of human history.
Features
A smart and compelling storyline stretching through 20 centuries, intended for players 17 and older
Play as 12 different characters, each with their own special abilities
Sanity System - adds new levels of unpredictability to the game play experience, causing the player to question each step taken in the game
Each character battles enemies with historically accurate weapons and a unique enemy targeting system
Game features a groundbreaking animation engine; brings characters to life with emotional responses based on current situations
Superior 3D engine, including: bump-mapping, radiosity lightmaps, ray-traced lightmaps, volumetric fogging, 24-bit color, and 640x480 resolution running at
60 frames per second
Haunting musical score to completely envelope the players' experience
Music, sound effects, artwork, technology, story and game play combine in a way never before attempted in a video game
Character Preview List
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem is deep in story and character development. Below is a sample of the diverse characters players experience through the journey.
Alexandra Roivas - Student, 2000 AD, Rhode Island
A headstrong and independent spirit, Alexandra intends to further the field of numbers theory through her uncanny intellect. She is the type of woman who will never quit, and generally succeeds in her goals through sheer determination. A very intelligent and creative woman, Alexandra?s only weakness, perhaps, is her confidence, which often lands her in situations that, although she can handle, are probably in her best interests to leave alone.
Pious Augustus - Roman Centurion, 26 BC Persia
A nobleman conscripted into the army of the Roman Empire, Pious is a Centurion, a commander during the Empire?s campaigns in Persia. He is in his mid to late twenties, and is in good health, with features shaped by the grim horror of the wars he has fought. The conquest has taken its toll on him, and although still a loyal soldier, the novelty of his profession is beginning to wear tiresome. He believes there is more to his life than being a soldier.
Ellia - Dancer of the Court of Suryavarman II, 1152 AD Cambodia
Ellia was born into servitude during the 12th century in the dank jungles of Cambodia. As part Khmer working class, she was destined to be a dancing/slave girl in the City Temple that had been built to honor the Hindu gods. Now a teenager in the employ of the Priesthood of the Temple, she witnesses things she is not meant to. Discovering this, she desperately wants no part of it and attempts to escape.
Fact Sheet - Metroid Prime
Format: NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM)
Launch Date: November 18, 2002
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)
Game Type: Action/Adventure
Accessories: Memory Card
Players: 1
MSRP: $49.95
Game Summary
Samus first stopped the evil Space Pirates and Mother Brain from amassing an army of Metroids on the planet Zebes. Then she was called on to finish the job on SR388, ultimately ridding the universe of all but a single Metroid larva. In Super Metroid, for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Samus thwarted Mother Brain's attempt to snatch the captive Metroid larva from the scientists on Ceres. Now, Samus is once again called to investigate Space Pirate activities on the unexplored Tallon IV. Her adventure begins as she enters a mysterious derelict spaceship.
Features
Traverse a crippled spaceship and explore the vast worlds of Tallon IV in an all-new first-person perspective!
Take advantage of Samus's many powers using new suits that enable her to gain new abilities and revisit earlier worlds to uncover many hidden secrets.
Master Samus's combat, scan, and visors -- elements crucial to your success.
Explore each area to find many familiar weapons, such as the Wave Beam and Freeze Beam, and some all-new ones as well.
Choose the right weapon or ability carefully for the situation at hand. Samus will need to use all of the suit and visor abilities as well as many specialized weapons to navigate deadly Tallon IV!
Fact Sheet - Star Fox Adventures
Format: NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM)
Launch Date: September 30, 2002
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)
Game Type: Action/Adventure
Accessories: Memory Card
Players: 1
MSRP: $49.95
Game Summary
Nintendo and Rare® Ltd. join forces to bring Fox McCloud and friends to NINTENDO GAMECUBE. Eight years after the defeat of Andross, the Star Fox team discovers a beautiful prehistoric planet ruled by a sinister tyrant known as General Scales. Players take charge of Star Fox team leader Fox McCloud to free inhabitants from Scales's evil clutches and restore peace to the primal paradise.
Features
Step out of Fox's Arwing and explore a vast, 3-D world lush in forestry, animals, puzzles and adventure.
Learn the secrets of a mystical staff to fend off enemies and use it to cast a variety of spells.
Battle enemies without skipping a beat with the game's intuitive targeting system that locks combat action.
Traverse land and water or fight through space using Fox's trusty Arwing fighter.
Build clever strategies to defeat huge boss enemies.
Witness technologically advanced graphics with Rare's fur-rendering techniques and lavish effects including shimmering water, real-time lighting, depth-of-field blurring and a sophisticated facial animation system.
Enjoy in-depth, life-like voice-overs and an atmospheric musical score that enhance this whimsical story.
Fact Sheet - Mario Party 4
Format: NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM)
Launch Date: October 28, 2002
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)
Game Type: Board Game/Multiple Genre
Accessories: Memory Card
Players: 1-4
MSRP: $49.95
Game Summary
Multi-player pandemonium hits NINTENDO GAMECUBE with Mario Party 4, which includes 50 all-new mini-games and multiple fully rendered 3-D game boards. Nintendo's favorite bunch of characters is back; Koopa, Toad and the others have prepared many maps inside the Party Cube. By rolling the virtual dice and advancing through mini-game trickery, you'll play for the hidden stars.
Features
Choose favorite Nintendo video game characters and compete in a series of contests to win the birthday present.
Take advantage of the Mini-Giant system - players can use items on the boards to grow larger or smaller in order to access different areas of the game boards and trigger special events.
Bump, whack and bang away in the newly introduced Tag Battle, which lets players pair up in two-man teams and compete at collecting stars.
Set a handicap that allows players of all ages and abilities to compete against each other.
Dash through an unmatched variety of game play with challenges that pit one player against three, two against two, each player against each other or four players against a common enemy.
Fact Sheet - Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse
Format: NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM)
Launch Date: August 2002
ESRB: E (Everyone)
Game Type: Adventure
Accessories: NINTENDO GAMECUBE Game Boy Advance cable
Memory Card
Players: 1
MSRP: $49.95
Game Summary
Everyone's favorite character, Mickey Mouse, makes his NINTENDO GAMECUBE debut in this interactive story. Trapped in a magical mirror, he finds himself in an alternate universe that strangely resembles his house. Mickey yearns to get through the mirror, back to his bed and his peaceful dreams! Getting there won't be easy though, because he will need to recover the broken mirror pieces strewn about the house by a mischievous, troublemaking ghost.
Features
Join Mickey Mouse in his starring role in a video game exclusively on the NINTENDO GAMECUBE.
Guide Mickey from room to room and solve puzzles, trick enemies and pull gags to locate the scattered mirror pieces.
Rebuild the broken mirror and stop the ghosts' tomfoolery to get Mickey home.
Collect souvenirs - such as Pluto's collar or Minnie's bow - which are all displayed in Mickey's room at the end of the game.
Connect with Disney's Magical Quest Starring Mickey and Minnie for Game Boy Advance using the NINTENDO GAMECUBE Game Boy Advance cable to find some extra help for Mickey on his adventures.
Product names, images, features and release dates relate to product in development and may be subject to changes.
Metroid. (Insane)
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Zelda. (Cel-da? SWEET JESUS it looks great!) asd sda asd dasasd
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Mario Sunshine. Wow asd sda asd dasasd
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Metroid Fusion (GBA - Oh.. my... f'ing .. god! 2d SNES love baby!)
http://media.nintendo.com/nintendo/content s/gamepa ge/gamecontent/images/e3/metroid_fusion/e3_metroid fusion_agb_mov01.wmv
Zelda GBA (4 player CO-OP multiplayer! INSANE. - Screenshots only)
http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/screensh
Nintendo hands down has ended the console war with this lineup. Look at every single one of those. Infriggensane.
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Zelda GBA Screenshots - Co-op Multiplayer!
You havent played Mario on the N64 or Zelda ont he N64 have you? They were right on par and just as fun as the originals! Thats all Nintendo cares about: FUN. Obviously you havent tried the Gamecube yet.. Go grab it and pick up SSMB. Good times..
Its called Diddy Kong Racing. And yes, its coming. You didn't think it wouldn't be, did you? :) Check www.planetgamecube.com
"Old man yells at systemd"
The new Contra is 2D! Just look!
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.
Metroid Prime is decidedly NOT 2D. It's an FPS w/3rd person for the ball sections.
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.
I hope a GBA Zelda is in the works
You'll find Miyamoto demonstrating one here. It's multiplayer, even.
--Jeremy
Jesus was a liberal
A GBA Zelda is indeed in the works, but it appears that it won't be a new title. Instead, it's gonna be a remix of the SNES Zelda: Link to the Past, but with multiplayer support for co-op play.
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You mean like the four player linked GBA Zelda shown in Nintendo's press conference?
Cause that might just hit the spot.
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.
What you really want is the Gamespot impressions from guys who have actually played these games:
Impressions
Perhaps its best the Zelda comes out next year. More time for Metroid and Mario.
Here are a few quick Gamespot coverage links. They contain much more information than the Nintendo links and provide screenshots.
Metroid Prime hands-on
Super Mario Sunshine hands-on
The Zelda title gamespace
There's a great collection of screenshots and videos up on the ign website.
:-)
Personally I can't wait for Mario Sunshine.. Mario64 was easily one of the most entertaining games I've ever played and it can only get better from there
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