After last night's Neo Geo confession, I received a few letters pointing me towards some emulators. I appreciate the thought, but I'm not a big fan of emulators beyond admiration for the technical prowess involved in their creation. When I do eventually get a Neo Geo (and rest assured it will happen someday), I'll want to play those games the way they were meant to be played. Just like I can't imagine playing Mario 64 without the N64 gamepad or NiGHTS without the Saturn's analog controller, those games were made to be played with those awesome enormous joysticks.

• With the releases of Sonic Advance and Super Mario Advance 2 so close to each other, Mario and Sonic are appearing on Japanese television together.
• Pocket.IGN's hands-on look at the GBATV adapter is now open to the public (has been for a few days, but I missed it).
• Good news for PS2 owners, EA has announced two more games that will feature their real-time DTS surround sound technology.
• Don't be too surprised: the next Dragon Quest/Warrior game is going to take two to three years to complete. Compared to Dragon Warrior VII, that's downright speedy. That means by the time it's out, we'll be playing Final Fantasy XIII.
• The full interview with Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii referenced above can be found (translated into English) at Video-Senki. Note that he says VIII will be, "like nothing you've seen before." That's a pretty dramatic difference from VII, which is everything we've seen before, but really, really long.
• Here's November's NPD software sales charts...Metal Gear Solid 2 is #1, followed by Grand Theft Auto III in second, with Luigi's Mansion and Halo at #3 and #4 respectively.
• Nintendo has announced ten new GameCube and GBA developers. Among the notables are NovaLogic, Big Ape and Cyberlore Studios.
• GameSpot has a new preview of State of Emergency online tonight.
• Reviews: GameSpot has new reviews of Shadow Hearts (7.9) and The Legend of Alon D'ar f(3.5 - yikes!) for the PS2 and Driven for the GBA (7.1), and The GIA has a new review up of Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth (2 out of 5).

Console Game of the Evening: Gangster Town for the Sega Master System. A solid, fun light shooter, and one of the few for the SMS that were two player capable.