Nintendo Shuffles Release Dates

Just to reassure you, Perfect Dark has NOT been delayed. Oddly enough, neither has StarCraft 64 (the game with more than six different release dates thus far), still set for June 12th. Nintendo, however, bumped Kirby 64 two weeks to June 24th, and finally pinned a date on Banjo-Tooie -- July 26th. Additionally, Nintendo gave Pikachu VRS (Voice Recognition System), a new name - Hey You, Pikachu! Unfortunately, Nintendo has not given Mini Racers, despite reportedly being complete, a final release date.

On the Game Boy front, Nintendo actually moved Perfect Dark forward. Previously scheduled for a holiday release, Nintendo now plans to release the game July 24th, the same day as the GBC's first real-time strategy game, Warlocked will be available. Nintendo has suddenly morphed its mysterious Donkey Kong Country into Donkey Kong Country 2 and delayed it until August 28th. The game press has assumed based on what little information we know that the title is a port of the Super NES game by the same name, although up until now, SNES ports to GBC were considered impossible due to the limited GB technology. Nintendo released a colorized version of Donkey Kong Land 3 recently in Japan, but it appears to us that this is not the same game we've known to be in development.

A complete list of Nintendo releases for N64 and Game Boy Color:

Nintendo 64

Excitebike 64 - May 1Perfect Dark - May 22StarCraft 64 - June 12Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards - June 26Banjo-Tooie - July 24The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Fall 2000Hey You, Pikachu! - Holiday 2000Conker's Bad Fur Day - Holiday 2000Mickey Racing - Holiday 2000Eternal Darkness - TBDMini Racers - TBD

Game Boy Color

Pokémon Trading Card Game - April 10Wario Land 3 - May 30Crystalis - June 26Perfect Dark - July 24Warlocked - July 24Donkey Kong Country 2 - August 28Pokémon Attack - Summer 2000Legend of Zelda Triforce Series (Three games) - Summer, Fall,Holiday 2000Little Mermaid 2 - Fall 2000