SHONEN JUMP's NARUTO Coming To North America!

D3Publisher of America & TOMY Corporation

Announce Co-Publishing Agreement For

Nintendo GameCube™ & Game Boy®Advance

Four Games To Be Released Based on Mega Hit Ninja Series

LOS ANGELES - Oct. 17, 2005 - D3Publisher of America, Inc. (D3PA), a

publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, today

announced a North American co-publishing agreement with TOMY Corporation for

video games based on VIZ Media's hit anime series - SHONEN JUMP's NARUTO.

The agreement calls for the release of four games: one title each for the

Nintendo GameCube™ and Game Boy® Advance in early 2006, and in the second

half of 2006.

Featured exclusively in the monthly SHONEN JUMP Magazine, NARUTO adventures

by creator Masashi Kishimoto are read by over 750,000 readers in the US.

NARUTO stories are also available in graphic novels from VIZ Media at

bookstores and retailers nationwide. NARUTO recently debuted on Cartoon

Network in the US and YTV in Canada, achieving phenomenal launch ratings

with Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14. In Japan, since publication began in 1999 in

Weekly Shonen Jump, and based on the manga's popularity, the anime made its

debut on TV TOKYO in 2002. Since then, NARUTO has become one of the most

popular animated shows achieving immense success as a TV title as well as a

licensed property for toys, trading card games and video games.

"The co-publishing agreement with TOMY represents an excellent opportunity

for D3PA to leverage a superb property in SHONEN JUMP's NARUTO," commented

Yoji Takenaka, executive vice president and COO for D3PA. "The success of

NARUTO in Japan has eclipsed the Dragonball Z franchise, so we are looking

forward to these releases in North America and the prospect of working with

VIZ Media and TOMY."

NARUTO takes place in a world where ninja hold the ultimate power. Infused

with the spirit of a once fearsome Nine-Tailed Fox, Naruto Uzumaki is a

ninja-in-training who is learning the art of Ninjutsu with his classmates

Sakura and Sasuke. The trio studies under the instruction of their teacher,

Kakashi, who helps the group face dangerous and daunting tests and

challenges. Through their adventures, the young ninjas learn the importance

of friendship, teamwork, loyalty, hard work, creativity, ingenuity, and

right versus wrong.

"We already knew we had a potential hit on our hands based on our experience

with NARUTO in Japan" said Isamu Takahashi, Managing Director & Chief

International Operating officer of TOMY Company, Ltd. "However, we needed

to translate not only the games, but the compelling qualities of the NARUTO

property. We met with many publishers in the U.S. and were impressed by

D3Publisher of America's knowledge of interactive entertainment, awareness

and enthusiasm for TOMY's Naruto titles and the enthusiasm with which they

pursued the arrangement. We are confident that along with VIZ Media and

Nintendo, the partnership with D3PA will recreate in North America the

phenomenal success NARUTO enjoyed in Japan."

A smash-hit when originally released in Japan, TOMY and D3PA will release

several of the popular titles in 2006 including: NARUTO: Clash of Ninja

(Gekito Ninja Taisen) and NARUTO: Clash of Ninja 2: (Gekito Ninja Taisen 2)

for the Nintendo GameCube™ and NARUTO: Ninja Council (Saikyuo Ninja

Daikesshu) and an additional title for Game Boy® Advance.