Nintendo have a great list of surprises lined up for us in 2003. In wake of today's press release, we have their 2003 plans inside!

Here's a basic guide to what 2003 holds for Nintendo at this stage. Read on friends!

- Nintendo's New Game Boy Advance SP will launch in Europe on 28th March 2003. Click here for the tech specs: GBA SP

- The First ever online game for the GameCube in Europe, Phantasy Star Online from Sega, will launch on March 7th 2003. Finally, the GameCube's European online debut has been announced. Prices are not yet known, and the date the actual modems will go online have not been announced either. But as soon as we have this information, you'll be the first to know about it! There's sure to be more online software to be launched after this debut, so stay tuned!

- Over 80 new NINTENDO GAMECUBE games launching in 2003. We have plenty of fantastic games to look forward to this year including - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, 1080� Avalanche, Resident Evil 0, Metroid Prime, F-Zero, and of course Mario Kart!

- Over 60 new Game Boy Advance games launching in 2003 Nintendo haven't forgotten about the handheld wonder, in fact, with the announcement of the SP, it's just got a whole lot more attention! With big titles such as Golden Sun 2, Advance Wars 2, Super Monkey Ball jr (Infogrames), Formula One, and Need For Speed, you can be rest assured that there is plenty of life in that GBA of yours yet!

Stand-by Nintendo fans, things have started off this year with a bang! We'll of course keep you updated with all of Nintendo's announcements as the year progresses. It's looking like a big year for Nintendo.