GBA News and Announcements - Page 3

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June 2, 2003 Aliens vs. Predator
June 2, 2003 Wizardry Summoner
June 3, 2003 Crushed Baseball 2004
June 9, 2003 Donkey Kong Country
June 10, 2003 Ice Nine
June 11, 2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Return of the Dark King
June 17, 2003 Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II
June 17, 2003 Lego Drome Racers
June 17, 2003 Space Channel 5
June 23, 2003 Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
June 23, 2003 Jet Grind Radio
June 23, 2003 The Simpsons Road Rage
June 24, 2003 Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue
June 24, 2003 Mega Man Battle Network 3 White
June 24, 2003 Rock 'n Roll Racing
June 24, 2003 Stuntman
June 24, 2004 High Heat Baseball 2004
July 7, 2003 Monster Truck Madness 2.0
July 15, 2003 Spy Kids 3
July 30, 2003 Cartoon Network Speedway
August 1, 2003 Freekstyle
August 1, 2003 Madden NFL 2004
August 1, 2003 Road Rash: Jailbreak
August 12, 2003 Lizzie McGuire
August 15, 2003 Quad Desert Fury
August 25, 2003 Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition
August 25, 2003 Pokemon Pinball
August 26, 2003 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
September 1, 2003 Need For Speed: Porsche Unleashed
September 2, 2003 Disney Extreme Skate Adventure
September 3, 2003 Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
September 16, 2003 Woody Woodpecker in Crazy Castle 5
September 22, 2003 Scooby-Doo 3
September 22, 2003 Super Mario Advance 4
September 23, 2003 Blackthorne
September 23, 2003 CT Special Forces
September 23. 2003 The Hobbit
September 30, 2003 Boktai Konami
September 30, 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Advance
October 3, 2003 Mega Man Zero 2
October 7, 2003 Pitfall Harry
October 2003 Digimon: Battle Spirits 2
October 2003 Disney's Aladdin
November 3, 2003 Sword of Mana Square
November 30, 2003 Ozzy & Drix
November 2003 Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu
November 2003 Digimon Racing
November 2003 Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword
November 2003 Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
November 2003 James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
November 2003 Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Sacred Cards Konami RPG
November 30, 2003 Double Dragon Advance
November 30, 2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action
November 30, 2003 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
November 30, 2003 River City Ransom Advance
November 30, 2003 Spyro the Dragon: Attack of the Rhynocs
November 30, 2003 Super Duper Sumos
December 7, 2003 Hamtaro: Rainbow Rescue Nintendo Adventure
December 2003 Cima: The Enemy
December 15, 2003 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
TBA 2003 BMX Trick Racer
TBA 2003 Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
TBA 2003 Barbarian
TBA 2003 Black Rodeo!
TBA 2003 Bomb Jack World
TBA 2003 Bubble Bobble: Old and New
TBA 2003 Charlie's Angels
TBA 2003 Darius R Pacific
TBA 2003 Demon Hunter
TBA 2003 Downforce
TBA 2003 Evo
TBA 2003 Exile
TBA 2003 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
TBA 2003 Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
TBA 2003 Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi
TBA 2003 GB Rally Advance
TBA 2003 GP Advance
TBA 2003 Gekido Advance
TBA 2003 Grand Theft Auto III
TBA 2003 JailBreak
TBA 2003 James Pond
TBA 2003 Legend of Zelda GBA
TBA 2003 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
TBA 2003 Mario Golf GBA
TBA 2003 Mario and Luigi
TBA 2003 Metal Slug Survival Mission
TBA 2003 Moto-X
TBA 2003 Mythri Variant
TBA 2003 Onimusha Tactics
TBA 2003 Palladium
TBA 2003 Payback
TBA 2003 Pinball Advance
TBA 2003 R-Type III: The Third Lighting
TBA 2003 Rick Dangerous
TBA 2003 Robocop
TBA 2003 Rolling
TBA 2003 Sabrewulf
TBA 2003 Safari Joe: The Dark Continent
TBA 2003 Shantae Advance
TBA 2003 Slam Dunk: Streetball
TBA 2003 Speedball 2 Wanadoo
TBA 2003 Spiralstone
TBA 2003 Starsky & Hutch
TBA 2003 Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2
TBA 2003 Terminator 3 Movie
TBA 2003 The Fast and the Furious
TBA 2003 The Sims
TBA 2003 U.S. Youth Soccer: Power-Up Soccer
TBA 2003 Urban Reflex
TBA 2003 Wade Hixton's Sucker Punch
TBA 2003 Worms 3
February 2, 2004 A Sound of Thunder
March 2004 Sonic Battle

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The Game Boy® Advance SP is the hottest selling video game system in Canada, selling over 100,000 units in less than ten weeks since launch on March 22. Nintendo of Canada Ltd. is planning to build on that success with the
launch of two new colours on September 8, 2003. Onyx (black) and Flame (copper red) will be joining the current Platinum and Cobalt colours for a suggested retail price of $149.95

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3D Chip For GBA

Nintendo of Europe will reveal the 3D chip for GameBoy Advance in summer at ECTS in Europe. The chip will boost the 3D capabilities of GameBoy Advance, like the Super FX chip for Super Nintendo.

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Lik Sang will pay more than $600,000 in damages for Game Boy counterfeiting.

June 19, 2003 - The High Court of Hong Kong has ruled against Lik Sang International Limited, a worldwide distributor of game copying devices that are capable of counterfeiting Game Boy cartridges.

In the decision, the judge ruled in favor of Nintendo Co. Ltd and Nintendo of America Inc. against Lik Sang and Visoly as well as their principals, Ahlswede Nils and Alexander Peter Kampl. The judge ordered an interim payment of approximately $641,000 be paid to Nintendo and further ordered them to pay Nintendo's legal expenses. The amount of actual damages will be awarded at a later hearing.

The recent judgment comes as a direct result of a civil action Nintendo initiated against Lik Sang International Limited last fall. Nintendo was granted a seizure order on September 17, 2002 by the High Court of Hong Kong. Hong Kong courts have since given Nintendo authority to confiscate all offending products and related business documentation that could lead to further lawsuits against offending manufacturers and distributors. Nintendo obtained an injunction order against the worldwide assets of Lik Sang International Limited including a seizure of its bank accounts. Following the raid, Lik Sang International Limited ceased distribution of the illegal products.

"These devices have been distributed to at least 30 countries around the world. Nintendo will take all steps necessary to stop the manufacturing and distribution of counterfeit Nintendo products," says Jodi Daugherty, director of anti-piracy for Nintendo of America Inc. "Nintendo has the best game developers in the world. They have spent years developing unique and creative games. Their respective efforts deserve to be protected and respected, not stolen."

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June 24, 2003 - Nintendo Europe released a tidbit of information regarding what could possibly be included in the next batch of NES games released on e-Reader cards in the US. On both Nintendo's European website, as well as the Nintendo Official Magazine released in that territory, it has been revealed that Volleyball, Ice Hockey, Soccer, and F-1 are soon to be moved to the e-Reader card format. The e-Reader will ship in Europe on November 7th
So far there have been 13 games released in three series of e-Reader cards, including Balloon Fight, Baseball, Clu Clu Land, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3, Excitebike, Golf, Ice Climber, Mario Bros., Pinball, Tennis, and Urban Champion. It's currently unclear if the four new games will be released as a new set, or released across multiple sets with other NES games.

No US or European release date was revealed on these four newly-announced NES games, but we'll keep an eye out for any future announcements regarding these games.

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Medal Of Honor Infiltrates the GBA Again
Posted at 12:12 am by Dan
HotGen Studios has partnered with Electronic Arts to deliver Medal of Honor: Infiltrator for the GBA later this year. Players will control Corporal Jake Murphy through five harrowing and famous WWII battles. Gameplay will be primarily from an overhead position with some fixed-positioned first person portions. Mission objectives include sabotage, capture and firefights which will put the Murphy on the ground, in tanks and in disguise. The game will also have a two player link-up mode, along with connectivity with Medal of Honor: Rising Sun on the GameCube, with a real-time map of the console game's levels being displayed on the GBA. Expect screenshots and more information soon.