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Ripping open a GameCube and Wii


It's OK, this was done for science!

But seriously, for those of you with an eye for tech, we just might have something for you. Embedded past the break are a pair of videos that show both the GameCube and Wii being disassembled, allowing one to compare the guts of one to the other. Hmm, looks like that Wii isn't just two GameCubes duct taped together ...

[Via Siliconera]

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Nintendo UK: GameCube is SO not dead!

Looks like Perrin may have jumped the gun a bit when she said that the company would not be manufacturing any more GameCubes and we should all just consider the thing to be dead. At least, that's according to Nintendo UK spokesperson who recently told Europgamer "I can confirm that globally, Nintendo is still continuing production of GameCube hardware and GameCube software."

He said, she said ... it makes our head spin.

[via Joystiq]

Aussies get Twilight Princess on Cube this year also

With all of the ridiculous news involving the GameCube version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess lately, it feels good to report something fans should be delighted to know, rather than the mind-boggling mess of last week. This news, which is Australia receiving the GameCube version of Twilight Princess this year, hitting retail on December the 14th. No longer is lefty Link to be left to languish until leaping to retail in 2007 (try saying that 3 times fast), instead falling in line with the retail release schedules adopted by other regions.

The game is still on track to release in Japan on December the 2nd, the United States on December the 11th, and in Europe on December the 15th.

Wii and the 480p connection

Confirming that 480p would be a go for launch, Nintendo stated that certain games would support component cables for progressive scan output. What we hadn't heard, however, was whether or not gamers with component cables for their GameCube would be able to utilize them with their Wii. Well, we finally got the answer, although it was not the exact answer we had been searching, and hoping, for.

Component cables will have to be purchased for the console, which are only available for purchase online, and those with GC component cables will not be able to plug them into their Wii for use. Sad news for all the hopeful, we know. Online retail outlets where the cables may be purchased, for a sum of $29.99 US, are Best Buy, Circuit City, EB Games, and Nintendo's own online store.

[Thanks WiiBoy2000 and Hiro!]

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