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Nintendo - Kirby, LAN, Paper Mario, Pikmin 2

Posted by simoniker on from the tightly-packed-nintendo-nuggets dept.

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!

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  1. Mario Tennis by Hedonist123 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Tell me when that game is coming out!!!! Too bad tennis is so limiting that you can't really justify getting it LAN functional. Mario tennis is so much fun that even those that have never touched a tennis racket love it, especially multi-player. Great college drinking game, the big N can't release it fast enough. Hed.

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  2. huzzah! duh! and fallout by MORTAR_COMBAT! · · Score: 3, Interesting

    huzzah: It's about time I found a use for my broadband adapter. With 5 games now (PSO, Kirby, Mario Kart, 1080, Star Fox) it looks like I'll be interested in at least a couple of them.

    duh: from the article: you will need another copy of these respective games for each extra GameCube

    fallout: expect even more work to be poured into the efforts for creating "backup" copies of GameCube games now. For one, people want to do it anyway, and now, they'll feel morally OK with it because hey, they've already shelled out $200 for the Cube and LAN setup to Nintendo, why shouldn't they copy the game?

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  3. Just wanted to add a game to the list by PaleZer0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I remember hearing the Monkey Ball 3 would also have lan capabilities sometime next marchish when it is launched. Can't find a link for it though.

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