Find Your Escape in Nintendo's Super Mario World

Luigi Joins Mario and Yoshi On a Trip To Star Road via Game Boy Advance

REDMOND, Wash.--Feb. 11, 2002--The Game Boy(R) Advance portable

game system and Super Mario Advance(TM) video game topped the sales

charts in 2001, selling through nearly 5 million hardware units and

more than 1.2 million software units respectively.

Poised to carry this momentum through 2002, Super Mario World:

Super Mario Advance 2(TM) launches today with a suggested retail price

of $29.95.

Built pixel-by-pixel to recreate all 96 levels from the original

Super Nintendo Entertainment System(R) mega-hit Super Mario World(TM),

the new Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 will ignite a gaming

frenzy, as the 11-year old classic designed by Shigeru Miyamoto is

reborn.

"The hand-held video game category is hotter than ever with

software unit sales representing 23 percent of the market," says Peter

MacDougall, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Nintendo of

America Inc. "With the design updates in our new Super Mario World

game, coupled with the lower price point of Game Boy Advance, fans

won't be able to resist the fun and appeal of portable gaming."

Considered one of the most influential titles in video game

history, 1991's Super Mario World offered everything a video game

player could want from an action adventure game with 96 levels to

explore across nine vast worlds. Mario befriends a new pal, Yoshi, who

helps the grateful plumber navigate through each of the stages. Mario

even learns to glide with a new cape. Yet something or someone was

missing. Now with Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Luigi

joins his brother Mario to kick some Koopa shell and save Princess

Peach from Bowser and his minions.

Players now have the choice to play as Luigi, offering a

compelling variation on the original game, as different brothers have

different strengths. Luigi can jump higher and glide farther, creating

a unique approach to completing a level. Players must strategically

decide which brother will be the best to complete different levels and

defeat certain enemies.

Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 is also compatible with

Super Mario Advance, allowing players with either cartridge to team up

with three other friends and play the original Mario Bros. (TM) arcade

game in multi-player, multi-pak action.

Launching simultaneously with the game, the official Super Mario

World web site (www.gameboy.com/smw) offers a complete travel guide to

Dinosaur Island, including secret game tips, movies and much more.

Adventurous visitors can search the site for hidden Stars and enter

the Dinosaur Island Sweepstakes.

As the worldwide leader and innovator in the creation of

interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co. Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan,

manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home

video game systems. The systems include Game Boy, Nintendo(R) 64, Game

Boy Advance and the NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM). Since the release of its

first home video game system in 1983, Nintendo has sold more than 1.4

billion video games worldwide, creating enduring industry icons such

as Mario(TM) and Donkey Kong(R) and launching such franchises as

Zelda(TM) and Pokemon(R). As a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of

America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for

Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. All names are

trademarks of Nintendo.

For more information about Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance

2 or other Nintendo products, visit the company's web site,

www.nintendo.com, or www.gameboyadvance.com.