N-Europe

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N-Europe (or known for short simply as "N-E") facilitates Nintendo news and information from a European perspective. It is the latest named incarnation of a series of websites run by roughly the same staff, previously named to reflect the current Nintendo home console of the time: N64 Europe, Cube-Europe, and then Revo-Europe in anticipation of the Wii's release.

[edit] Site description

N-Europe.com main page.

Despite being primarily a Nintendo site for Europe, N-Europe reports on all Nintendo developments worldwide, including news on the GameCube and Nintendo DS, major stories about the Game Boy Advance handhelds as well as the Wii. The site is currently owned and hosted by the Advanced Media Network.

[edit] History

The website began life in 1998 as a small site created by Tim Symons and Gerben Stavast which became N64 Europe. When Nintendo announced the GameCube in 2001, the pair decided to rename and relaunch as Cube-Europe. The site was one of the first to break news of Nintendo's European launch plans for the GameCube, and over the years grew in status.

In 2002, co-owner Gerben decided to leave, and Tim became the sole Director. Three years later, staff member Conor Smyth became his co-Director, before Tim left the site himself in September 2005 at the second relaunch of the site to take a position at Nintendo Europe in Germany.

On September 16, 2005, near-simultaneous with the unveiling of the unique Wii (then still codenamed Nintendo Revolution) controller by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata in his Tokyo Games Show address, Cube-Europe was re-launched as Revolution-Europe, complete with new forums.

As of 27th August 2006, the site is now named N-Europe in order to avoid having to change the name of the site to reflect each console generation. The name also conveys the website's coverage of all Nintendo news, not just relating to a specific console.

The site is currently overseen by Conor Smyth, along with a large staff who provide news, previews and reviews, articles and comics about gaming in general and a team of mods and admins who police the forums.