Nintendo said it will start a campaign in the USA to promote its GameCube console and software to a larger number of users, part of a strategy by the world's second-largest video-game maker to unseat bigger rival Sony Corp.

''This year we want as many as users as possible to experience our games,'' Nintendo spokesman Yasuhiro Minagawa said in a telephone interview. ''We can't afford to hold big promotional events everywhere in the country.''

Besides highlighting the features of the GameCube, the campaign will also provide a preview of the game titles that will be available for the console later this year, he said.

We will keep you posted! Maybe there will be some extra European promotion also... you never know.