Post by: WindyMan on September 07, 2006, 01:38:39 PM
A Culinary Crisis Heads to the Nintendo DS™ as Majesco Entertainment Announces 'Cake Mania'
Runaway #1 Hit Online Game Goes Handheld
EDISON, N.J., Sept. 7 /PR Newswire -- Let the flour fly in Cake Mania, an addictive online game coming to the Nintendo DS courtesy of Majesco Entertainment Company (Nasdaq: COOL), an innovative provider of digital entertainment products and content. Based on the original title from one of the leading casual games publishers, Sandlot Games, Cake Mania combines a new Touch Screen element with the same fast-paced cake-baking fun that has captivated millions of online players worldwide. As an added bonus, Cake Mania for the Nintendo DS includes the full online game plus the Back to the Bakery expansion pack.
"Mania is the key word here, because what starts as a manageable day at the bakery quickly blossoms into a chaotic flurry of customer service, baking, frosting and decorating," said Ken Gold, vice president of Marketing, Majesco Entertainment. "Given its tremendous popularity and mouse-driven mechanics, Cake Mania was the perfect title to offer Nintendo DS owners looking for a portable experience that makes the most of their stylus."
"Cake Mania is a natural fit for the Nintendo DS platform," said Daniel Bernstein, President and CEO, Sandlot Games. "We are confident that through our partnership with Majesco, baking cakes will be the new rage on the DS in 2007."
Players assume the role of Jill who returns from culinary school to find her beloved grandparents' bakery closed down because a new Mega-Mart store opened in the neighborhood. Players must upgrade Jill's kitchen with state-of- the-art baking tools while serving her increasingly difficult customers so she can ultimately earn enough money to re-open her grandparents' bakery. Offering more than 80 levels of progressively frenetic baking, Cake Mania challenges gamers to simultaneously handle all aspects of customer service via the Touch Screen, from handing out menus and collecting cash, to baking, frosting and decorating cakes. As her customer base grows, so does the frantic pace of the bakery until Jill is a cake-making maniac!
Developed by Digital Embryo that was represented in this deal by Union Entertainment, Cake Mania will be available in early 2007 for a suggested retail price of $19.99. For more information, please visit http://www.majescoentertainment.com.
About Sandlot Games
Sandlot Games® Corporation is a premier publisher and developer of entertaining casual games across a variety of platforms. Sandlot Games provides a wide variety of popular game titles including Tradewinds™, Ballistik™, Super Granny™, Orbital™, Slyder™, Snail Mail™, Tradewinds 2™, Granny in Paradise™, Tradewinds Legends™ and the recently released Cake Mania™. Sandlot Games reaches millions of users worldwide through a variety of distribution channels, including web portals and desktop computers. Founded in 2002 by video game veteran Daniel Bernstein, Sandlot Games is headquartered in Bothell, Wash. For more information, please visit us at http://www.sandlotgames.com.
To clarify the wording of the press release, Cake Mania is not a Wi-Fi game. The DS version will be a port of the original and the expansion from the original web-based game.
Post by: wandering on September 07, 2006, 02:45:24 PM
Post by: Kairon on September 07, 2006, 03:08:21 PM
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Post by: WindyMan on September 07, 2006, 04:41:23 PM
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Sweet.
This is exactly what I was thinking of as I was posting this.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on September 07, 2006, 04:59:04 PM
Post by: IceCold on September 07, 2006, 05:50:29 PM
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coming to the Nintendo DS courtesy of Majesco Entertainment Company (Nasdaq: COOL),
Post by: Svevan on September 07, 2006, 10:21:53 PM
Post by: WindyMan on September 08, 2006, 09:10:21 AM
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Okay, what the HELL is that YouTube video?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Town
Post by: Ceric on September 08, 2006, 09:21:28 AM
Because at night it turns into The N
Which is the anti-Noggin.
Post by: Kairon on September 09, 2006, 01:59:16 PM
Still pumped though, for both the game and my future profits turning what were once minigames into full blown internet casual gaming hits.
Still more excited for Maple Story on DS though.
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
