New Dragon Ball games for GBA and DS.ATARI UNLEASHES HOLIDAY DRAGON BALL LINEUP
-- NEW BUDOKAI ™ FIGHTER AND FIRST DBZ GAME FOR NINTENDO DS ™ HIGHLIGHT NEW OFFERINGS --
NEW YORK, NY, September 1, 2005 – Atari’s (NASDAQ: ATARI) upcoming line-up of Dragon Ball GT® and Dragon Ball Z® video games ushers in a year of DBZ® gameplay innovation. One of the most exciting and broadly-appealing video game franchises in recent years, Atari’s Dragon Ball Z ® video game franchise has sold more than eight million units in the U.S. alone since May 2002. Atari’s latest offerings introduce new features and game design enhancements that will change the ways DBZ fans “play the show.”
Dragon Ball Z® Budokai: Tenkaichi™ for the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system is the first title in the venerable series to allow players to battle in true 3D. This 3D fighting action game empowers players with over 50 playable characters, the most ever in a DBZ game, and never-seen-before combat styles and locations such as aerial and underwater. Atari will also introduce it’s first-ever DBZ title for the Nintendo DS™ , Dragon Ball Z ®: Supersonic Warriors ™ 2 . Rounding out the lineup is Dragon Ball GT ®: Transformation ™ , a Game Boy® Advance game that invites fans to play through the most exciting parts of the action-packed grand finale of the Dragon Ball epic.
“This is without a doubt our most exciting and aggressive Dragon Ball lineup to date, and represents a new era of collaboration between Atari, FUNimation and Bandai,” said Matt Collins, Director of Global Brand Management at Atari. “Our goal for the forthcoming Dragon Ball titles will be to ensure that the games remain authentic while simultaneously delivering innovation that will thrill and surprise fans and result in stand-out games within their respective video game genres.”
Highlights of Atari’s Dragon Ball lineup include:
§ Dragon Ball Z® Budokai™ : Tenkaichi (October 2005) -- From developer Spike, DBZ Budokai: Tenkaichi is the only 3D DBZ game to combine fighting and flying in wide open, destructible environments. With the ability to battle in the air or underwater, players have the unprecedented power and freedom to experience the intensity of DBZ in an all new way. Offering over 50 playable characters, multiple gameplay modes and a combination of melee and energy attacks, DBZ Budokai: Tenkaichi promises to be one of most exhilarating DBZ games yet.
§ Dragon Ball Z® : Supersonic Warriors 2 (November 2005) – Utilizing the technology of the Nintendo DS, Supersonic Warriors 2 incorporates dual-screen fighting action, touch-pad sensitivity and tag team fighting for teams of up to three characters. The game also offers unique DBZ plotlines and intriguing ‘what-if’ scenarios that provide fans with the chance to experience DBZ content in a new way via a single-player story mode whereby players create distinctive gaming adventures with each playable DBZ character.
§ Dragon Ball GT® : Transformation™ (August 2005) – The first-ever exclusively DBGT game in the U.S. and the franchise’s first action-adventure title for Game Boy® Advance, Dragon Ball GT: Transformation offers non-stop action for gaming on-the-go. Developed by WebFoot, the game will offer players total control of the most powerful GT warriors as they play through the first half of the DBGT animated series.
In addition, Atari will release Dragon Ball Z ®: Budokai ™ 3 in SCEA’s “Greatest Hits” program for the PlayStation® 2 game console with a bonus feature made especially for the series’ most passionate fans. For the first time ever in a Budokai game in the U.S. , fans will be able to unlock the original Japanese voiceover cast.
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