KONAMI AND DISNEY INTERACTIVE ANNOUNCE DISNEY SPORTS
INITIATIVE
Video Game Series
Features Mickey and His Pals In Team and Extreme Sports
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. –
May 9, 2002 –
KONAMI CORPORATION and Disney Interactive today announced an agreement to
develop and market a video game series of sports product tentatively titled
Disney All-Star Sports,
featuring
Mickey and his pals. The series will feature both team sports and extreme
sports games, starring popular Disney characters as athletic all-stars. The
six sport agreement includes;
football, basketball, soccer, snowboarding, skateboarding and motocross, which
will be available only on Nintendo Game Cube(tm)
and Nintendo Game Boy(r) Advance(tm)
this Fall.
Combining the high-energy
fun of each sport with the storytelling, humor and imagination of Disney,
Disney All-Star Sports
puts an
extreme twist on sports console games, helping players get into the action
with their favorite animated athletes. Disney All-Star Sports
will deliver
arcade-style action, multiplayer gaming, stunning graphics and a hip new
attitude for some of the best-loved Disney personalities, including Mickey,
Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, Max and Big
Bad Pete.
“Konami is excited to bring
a whole new experience to console sports fans,” said Tomofumi
Gotsubo, president, Konami of
America, Inc. “Disney’s all-star cast of beloved characters combined with
arcade-style sports games will yield incredible success for this new series.”
“Gamers, sports fans, and
Disney fans alike will enjoy playing the Disney All-Star Sports games with
their favorite Disney characters,"
said Jan Smith, president, Disney Interactive. ”Disney Interactive is pleased
to be working with Konami on this important company initiative.”
About Konami
CORPORATION
Konami CORPORATION
is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic
entertainment properties, specializing in the home video game market. Konami
CORPORATION’s action and adventure titles include the popular
franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill and Castlevania, among
other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web
at www.konami.com. Konami
Corporation is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary
offices, Konami of America, Inc. in the US and Konami of Europe in Frankfurt,
Germany.
About Disney Interactive
Disney Interactive, part of
the Disney Consumer Products division of The Walt Disney Company, develops,
markets, and globally distributes a wide variety of interactive entertainment,
educational and sports CD-ROMs and video games. For more information on Disney
Interactive’s products, visit
www.disneyinteractive.com.
Konami is a registered
trademark of Konami Co., Ltd. 2001 2002 Konami of America, Inc. Nintendo and
Game Boy Advance are trademarks of Nintendo Co, Ltd. All rights reserved. All
other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. DISNEY.
