KONAMI ANNOUNCES NEW GAME
BOY® ADVANCE TITLE IN THE MEGA-POPULAR
YU-GI-OH!(tm) VIDEOGAME SERIES
Yu-Gi-Oh!(tm)
Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel Set to Ship on
April
15, 2003
REDWOOD
CITY, CALIF. – February 14, 2003
–
Konami of America, Inc.
today revealed a brand new
title in the mega-popular
Yu-Gi-Oh!(tm) series
of videogames, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel for Nintendo
Game Boy® Advance. Slated for release on
April 15,
2003, Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the
Destined Duel will
ship with
three limited edition
Trading Game Cards inside the game box;
Harpie’s Feather Duster, Sinister Serpent and
Valkrion The Magna Warrior.
Worldwide Edition
is the most faithful re-creation of the
Yu-Gi-Oh!(tm)
Trading Card
Game, featuring over
1,000 game cards and updated Trading Card Game rules. The first handheld
Yu-Gi-Oh!(tm) videogame to feature
a single-player adventure mode, Worldwide
Edition brings players to
Battle
City,
an exciting metropolis that plays host to the ultimate
Yu-Gi-Oh!(tm) tournament. Players
will progress through the game by visiting various neighborhoods, interacting
with city folk, and challenging characters from the TV series to win the
championship.
With support for English,
French, Spanish, German, Japanese and Italian, players from around the globe
can now link up and compete against one another. Players can collect cards
from over 20 kinds of booster packs, import cards from the official Trading
Card Game or trade cards with friends
in an effort to build an unbeatable deck.
Yu-Gi-Oh!(tm) Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel
is rated E for Everyone and will be available at an SRP of $34.99.
About
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Konami has shipped a combined total of 3.1
million units of Yu-Gi-Oh! videogames in North America since the series’ debut
in March 2002. Konami has released four Yu-Gi-Oh! videogames that have each
consistently ranked in the Top 3 of their respective sales charts according to
industry analyst NPD TRST; Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories for Sony PlayStation®,
Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories Premium Edition for Sony PlayStation®, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Dark Duel Stories for Nintendo Game Boy
Color(tm) and Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul for Nintendo Game Boy®
Advance(tm). The games are recognized for accurately capturing the deeply
strategic and challenging gameplay of the mega-popular Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card
Game.
The
Yu-Gi-Oh!
franchise
is based on the "Yu-Gi-Oh!"
comic series from artist Kazuki Takahashi that first appeared in Japan in
1996. The comic spawned a hit cartoon TV show, a top-selling collectible card
game, several videogames 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.
4Kids Entertainment Inc. manages the
merchandising and television rights to Yu-Gi-Oh!
in the United States. The animated series,
Yu-Gi-Oh! King of Games is
broadcast 11-times per week on Kids WB.
About 4Kids Entertainment, Inc.
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.
