Nintendo - Kirby, LAN, Paper Mario, Pikmin 2

Thanks to several sources for illuminating Nintendo's first-party software plans for the next few months. There's a preview of Kirby's Air Ride over at GameSpy, discussing the "very odd" GameCube racer which only uses "...the analog control stick for steering, and the A-button... for everything else." Nintendo has also confirmed Paper Mario for a GameCube release, say IGN Cube, following on from the excellent N64 version. Also, Nintendojo has news that 1080 Avalanche and StarFox 2 will also feature multiplayer LAN gameplay, as well as the already-confirmed Kirby and Mario Kart - the site suggests elsewhere that "GameSpy promised to enable Internet play for any Nintendo LAN games to be released via GameSpy Arcade", so... fingers crossed? Finally, IGN has a hands-on preview of Pikmin 2 - go, go Captain Olimar!

Comments

Paper Mario !!!

[JensR]

I really liked Paper Mario. It's really a pity that it arrived so late in the N64's lifespan, it really deserves a bigger audience.
It would be nice if more games would be re-released on Gamecube. What about Sin & Punishment?

Re:Paper Mario !!!

[Radix37]

To me it seems dumb that they would simply port the game to gamecube. I just bought the thing off ebay three weeks ago and got thorougly addicted to it. After eight days I finished it and my play time was 37 hours and 37 minutes... a nice coincedence for me. I'm replaying it now to try to find the rest of the items and do other challenges. But why release a game only three years old for a new system? A sequel would be a lot better.