Noby Noby Boy Release Date Announced

January 22, 2009

NAMCO BANDAI GAMES ANNOUNCES
RELEASE DATE AND PRICE FOR NOBY NOBY BOY IN NORTH AMERICA

Unique PLAYSTATION 3 system Game
from the Creator of Katamari Damacy Available for Download from PlayStation
Network on February 19 for $4.99

Leading video games publisher and
developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced that NOBY NOBY BOY™
will be available for download from the PlayStation Network for the PLAYSTATION
3 computer entertainment system in North America on February 19 for a price of
$4.99. The latest game from Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi, NOBY NOBY
BOY lets players expand their imaginations as they stretch a creature named BOY
to incredible lengths across the playground-like planets of the solar system.

Offering a unique play experience
from one of the video game industry’s most creative minds, NOBY NOBY BOY gives
players complete freedom to create gameplay suited to their tastes. As BOY,
players can eat and spit out nearly everything they encounter in the game, from
people and animals to trees and buildings, helping them to gain length as they
stretch their elongated body. Players can control BOY’s front and back ends
using the PLAYSTATION 3 controller’s two analog sticks, allowing for incredibly
detailed movements such as tying themselves into knots or threading BOY through
holes in the environment. NOBY NOBY BOY allows players to record video footage
as they play and upload it directly to YouTube™ for easy viewing.

Delivering a new and innovate
approach to online gaming, NOBY NOBY BOY lets players collaborate to unlock new
game stages. As players stretch BOY in their individual play sessions, the
lengths to which they grow are uploaded to a persistent character known as GIRL,
who grows at the same rate as the combined length of all the players in the
world. GIRL starts at Earth and expands through the solar system as more games
are played and BOYs from all players continue to grow. When GIRL reaches a new
milestone in the solar system, these areas are unlocked as playable stages in
the game for everyone around the world.