Mario Golf and Starfox Armada | New Details!

Now then, who remembers the portly plumber's golfing escapades? The N64 game was perhaps one of Mario's greatest games and was praised for its excellent gameplay and physics. Now we have the next in the series, and it is just asking to be played. With the GameCube's superb graphics and amazing prospects as being creative goes we can be sure for a real cracker of a game! Whilst no more shots have been released, we now have the name: Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour promises to be one super little title and will be shown in some form, and juding the amount of time it has been in development we would expect it to be playable!

Computer and Video Games has discovered that in Star Fox Armada you will be able to take to foot in a third-person perspective. This will allow Fox McCloud or any of the other Star Fox team you will be able to use high-powered, bazooka-like weapons.

The game was originally expected to be combat in space only, but these new land dogfights bring a whole new perspective to the game. With this feature this game is screaming for an online feature and could be something to really get gamers excited.

Multi-player dogfights will take place on land, foot and in tanks with heavy powered weapons. The game is set to feature the classic characters such as Fox McCloud and Slippy the Toad as well as Star Fox Adventures characters. Whilst little else is known we will get a much better idea when we see the game in action...

Media Create have published the latest Japanese charts for the week ending April 27th.

Game Boy Advance SP: 60,900 (Annual: 835,600)
PlayStation 2: 51,000 (Annual: 1,118,300)
Game Boy Advance: 11,800 (Annual: 829,500)
GameCube: 7,500 (Annual: 250,100)
Xbox: 1,000 (Annual: 52,100)
PSOne: 820 (Annual: 35,900)
Wonder Swan Crystal: 610 (Annual: 19,900)
Game Boy Color: 310 (Annual: 11,000)
Wonder Swan Color: 170 (Annual: 10,800)

As you can see the SP is still going strong outselling the equally impressive PS2 by quite a margin. Whilst the GameCube seems to be selling poorly, it is the software side of thing where Nintendo are doing better in Japan. The GBA is doing very nicely indeed and is still selling despite being pissed all over by its replacement. The XBOX is still underperforming, selling just a few more units than the PSone. With E3 just around the corner things will only improve for Nintendo, we can't wait!