WWE Survivor Series Ships for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance; WWE Franchise Returns to Handheld Market This Holiday

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2004--THQ(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:THQI) and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (Nasdaq:JAKK) today announced the release of their newest World Wrestling Entertainment(TM) (NYSE:WWE) licensed video game, WWE Survivor Series(R) for the Nintendo(R) Game Boy(R) Advance. Developed by Natsume, the game is now available at major retail outlets nationwide and features 16 WWE Superstars, an original story mode and eight different match types.

"We're thrilled to bring all the action, excitement and attitude of the WWE to the Game Boy Advance," said Peter Dille, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, THQ. "Bringing major entertainment brands like WWE to Nintendo's handheld systems have been key to building our dominant position in that market"

"Building on our past successes of our WWE video game titles to date, we're excited to launch WWE Survivor Series for Game Boy Advance before the busy holiday season," stated Nelo Lucich, Vice President of Interactive, JAKKS Pacific, Inc.

"We are very enthusiastic about the release of WWE Survivor Series for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance and are very excited to be back in the handheld category once again," said Donna Goldsmith, Senior Vice President of Consumer Products at World Wrestling Entertainment.

About WWE Survivor Series

Developed by Natsume, WWE Survivor Series allows players to get in the ring with 16 of the WWE's top Superstars from both RAW(R) and SmackDown!(TM) including, John Cena(TM), Randy Orton(TM), Eddie Guerrero(TM) and Rey Mysterio(TM). An original story mode allows players to fight their way up the ranks and challenge to become the WWE champion. WWE Survivor Series features several WWE PPV's including, WrestleMania(R), Royal Rumble(R), SummerSlam(R) and Survivor Series. Players will also have the ability to challenge friends in 8 match types including Cage, Tag Team and Fatal 4 Way(TM) using the GBA Link cable.