NINTENDO SCOOP BAFTA DOUBLE

Pikmin and Luigi’s Mansion victorious

NINTENDO GAMECUBE titles PIKMIN and LUIGI’S MANSION have been crowned kings ofthe consoles at the UK video games industry’s prestigious awards.

The Interactivity Award was won by NINTENDO GAMECUBE favourite PIKMIN. The gamewas honoured for the best use of interactive media to deliver an immersiveinteractive experience.

Hailed as a “cultural masterpiece,” Pikmin is an enchanting yet frantic gameof real-time strategy where players take on the role of a spaceman namedCaptain Olimar who has crash-landed on an unusual planet. The goal of the gameis to help Olimar collect his spaceship’s lost parts, which have beenscattered all over the planet and you have eager little plant-like creaturescalled Pikmin to help you do it. Each type of Pikmin has unique strengths,which Olimar must use to his advantage. Players can control the Pikminsprouts individually, in groups, or in one large Pikmin posse of 100 creatures.

In addition, NINTENDO GAMECUBE launch title LUIGI’S MANSION won the Audiocategory at the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards, being picked out forthe best use of sound, dialogue and music in an interactive production.

Both games are the brainchild of legendary Nintendo game developer ShigeruMiyamoto and with the charming characters, amazing special effects andcompelling gameplay in both, PIKMIN and LUIGI’S MANSION highlight once againthe outstanding brilliance of gameplay available on NINTENDO GAMECUBE.

This is another addition to the rave reviews that these games have alreadyreceived which include:

• “Luigi’s Mansion is one of the most imaginative titles to come out of Japanfor some time. The visuals are exceptional and the transparency effects showoff the GameCube’s power with some aplomb. One of the first games you shouldconsider purchasing.” – Arena
• “I’ve played (Pikmin) and I can tell you, once you start you don’t wantto stop. You think about it when you’re not playing it and you find you’drather be playing it. (I’d rather be playing it now, instead of writing this)….It’s an astonishing game.” – David Phelan, Time Out

The BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards are now in their 5th year and areconsidered to be the largest and most prestigious entertainment awards in theworld. Recognising and rewarding creative talent, the categories endeavour torepresent all areas of new media.

There will be over 100 NINTENDO GAMECUBE games available by Christmas.NINTENDO GAMECUBE software retails at around 60 Euros.