May 10^th, 2002 (12:00am) - TOKYO -- Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Namco Limited announced today they have joined forces to bring multiple Namco software titles to the Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance systems.

A total of six Namco Nintendo GameCube titles are slated for release on the Nintendo GameCube by the end of 2003, including the highly acclaimed Soul Calibur and Mr. Driller series. Under the agreement, Nintendo and Namco will jointly develop a Nintendo GameCube space shooter game based on Nintendo’s popular Star Fox franchise.

Additionally, eight Namco titles are scheduled to appear on the Game Boy Advance by the end of 2002.

Specific launch details for the U.S. market were not announced.

Titles in development include:

Nintendo GameCube
Mr. Driller (working title) - November 2002
Soul Calibur 2 - January 2003
Ridge Series Racing Game (title to be announced) - March 2003
Star Fox (working title) - April 2003
Tales RPG (title to be announced) - July 2003
Original RPG (title to be announced) - December 2003

Game Boy Advance
Family Tennis Advance - June 2002
Famista Advance - June 2002
Mr. Driller Ace - August 2002
Klonoa of the Wind G2 - August 2002
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 - October 2002
Klonoa of the Wind (title to be announced) - November 2002
Puzzle Game (title to be announced) - December 2002
Tales of Phantasia - December 2002