Pokemon Animated Episodes Now Portable Using a GBAPosted on Monday, June 21, 2004 @ 04:21:11 pm E.S.T
On a plane, in a car, in the park
or at the beach, for the first time ever fans can enjoy their favorite
Pokemon(R) episodes using a Game Boy(R) Advance. Game Boy Advance
Video lets users watch their favorite animated shows on their Game Boy
Advance systems at an affordable price and with no need to buy
additional hardware.
Pokemon episodes include "Playing with Fire!" and "Johto Photo
Finish" on one video pak and "A Hot Water Bottle" and "For Ho-Oh The
Bells Toll!" on another. The Pokemon titles will be offered at an MSRP
of $19.99. They join a lineup of other recently released cartoon
favorites such as SpongeBob SquarePants(TM) and The Fairly
OddParents(TM).
"Consumers and retailers are clearly thrilled by this portable,
skip-proof video technology," says George Harrison, Nintendo of
America's senior vice president, marketing and corporate
communications. "Whether it's the novelty of an exciting new product
or the need for something to pass the time during the summer travel
season, fans have been grabbing Game Boy Advance Video products off
the shelves."
The video paks look identical to Game Boy Advance game paks,
fitting into the same slot. The plus button fast forwards or rewinds
through the video, while the right and left shoulder buttons skip
entire scenes. The start button pauses the action, while the select
button returns to the main menu. The A and B buttons adjust the
brightness.
Game Boy Advance Video enters the market with a massive built-in
user base, with more than 170 million Game Boy Advance units sold
worldwide, including more than 21 million in the United States. In the
future, Nintendo expects to offer animated content with Game Boy
Advance Video that appeals to an older demographic.
The Pokemon franchise continues to be incredibly popular. Pokemon
Colosseum(TM) for Nintendo GameCube(TM) sold 400,000 copies in just
four weeks after its March 2004 launch in the United States.
Pokemon(R) Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire, launched in 2003 for Game Boy
Advance, have sold more than 3.6 million units in the United States.
And Pokemon FireRed and Pokemon LeafGreen, coming Sept. 7 for Game Boy
Advance, will keep Pokemon all the rage.
Pokemon USA, Inc., a subsidiary of The Pokemon Company in Japan,
manages and oversees the property outside of Asia, which includes
licensing activities, brand promotions, publication of the trading
card game, TV animation, home video entertainment, the official
Pokemon Web site, the Pokemon Center NY in Rockefeller Center and
pokemoncenter.com, an e-commerce site. Pokemon was launched in Japan
in 1996 for play on Nintendo's Game Boy(R) and has evolved into a
global cultural phenomenon. Pokemon was introduced in North America in
September 1998 and has since generated more than $15 billion in
worldwide retail sales. More than 38 million Pokemon video games have
been sold in the United States, including Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon
Sapphire, which were the No. 2 and No. 3 best-selling video games of
2003, according to the NPD Group. The trading card game, fueled by
organized play programs around the world, has spurred global sales of
more than 13 billion cards to date, while the Pokemon animated series
on Kids' WB!, now in its sixth season, consistently ranks within the
top three shows for boys ages 6 to 11. For more information, visit
http://www.pokemon.com .
The worldwide leader and innovator in the creation of interactive
entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and
markets hardware and software for its popular home and portable video
game systems. Each year, hundreds of all-new titles for the
best-selling Game Boy(R)Advance and Nintendo GameCube(TM)systems
extend Nintendo's vast game library and continue the tradition of
delivering a rich, diverse mix of quality video games for players of
all ages. Since the release of its first home video game system in
1983, Nintendo has sold more than 1.8 billion video games globally,
creating enduring industry icons such as Mario(TM) and Donkey Kong(R)
and launching popular culture franchise phenomena such as Metroid(R),
Zelda(TM) and Pokemon(R). A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of
America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for
Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere.
For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's Web site
at http://www.nintendo.com . Posted By: Adam Paoli - 459 Reads
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