YU-GI-OH! DUNGEON DICE MONSTERS, YU-GI-OH! THE IMMORTAL DUELISTS SOUL BRING EPIC DUELS AND FANTASTIC MONSTERS TO NINTENDO GAME BOY® ADVANCE
Electronic Entertainment Expo - Booth #900 - LOS ANGELES,
CA - May 22, 2002 - Konami of America Inc., today announced that two new
games in the mega-popular, top-selling Yu-Gi-Oh! series will debut on the
Nintendo Game Boy® Advance in Fall 2002.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters (working title) brings
all of the series' signature thrills and deep strategy to the popular handheld
console, while Yu-Gi-Oh! The Immortal Duelist Soul (working title) promises
to be a fun and exciting recreation of the official Trading Card Game.
"The Yu-Gi-Oh! phenomenon continues," said Dennis Lee,
Product Manager at Konami of America. "Now fans of the series and newcomers
to the world of Yugi and his friends will be able to enjoy strategic gameplay
and exciting battles at anytime, anywhere."
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters, based on the forthcoming
strategic board game, delivers a deep single-player mode in which gamers
enter tournaments and battle over 80 unique opponents from the animated
TV series. Players can also link two systems for head-to-head duels to
acquire new monsters and trading dice with friends. Over 100 monsters are
featured, including the powerful and mysterious "Blue-Eyes White Dragon"
and "Black Magician Girl".
The most accurate recreation of the official Trading
Card Game, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Immortal Duelist Soul enables players to engage
in heated, head-to-head duels, or simply trade valuable cards with friends.
By battling characters from the animated TV series, both beginners as well
as fans of the series can get up to speed and build up their card collections.
The Immortal Duelist Soul comes packaged with three exclusive Trading Card
Game Cards.
About Yu-Gi-Oh!
Yu-Gi-Oh! is based on the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" comic series from
artist Kazuki Takahashi that appears in Shonen Jump, Japan's largest weekly
comic book ("Manga"). Since Yu-Gi-Oh! first appeared in Jump in 1996, the
comic has spawned a hit cartoon show, a hugely popular collectible card
game, several Game Boy® Color and Sony PlayStation® games and other
licensed merchandise. Yu-Gi-Oh! follows the adventures of Yugi, a young
boy who possesses the "Millennium Puzzle" that allows him to transform
into the Game King whenever he is challenged. To date, the Game Boy®
and PlayStation® titles have sold over seven million units in Japan.
4Kids Entertainment has obtained the merchandising and
television rights to Yu-Gi-Oh! The animated series, Yu-Gi-Oh! King of Games
is broadcast 6-days a week on Kids WB.
About 4Kids
Headquartered in New York City with international offices
in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a global provider of
children's entertainment and merchandise licensing. 4Kids, through its
wholly owned subsidiaries, provides domestic and international merchandise
licensing and product development, television, film, music and home video
production and distribution, media buying and planning and website development.
For further information, please visit the company's Web site at www.4kidsEnt.com
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