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Press Release
WizKids’ Pirates of the Spanish Main
Reigned At Origins
July 9, 2004 (SEATTLE) — WizKids Inc.,
makers of the best-selling HeroClix® and MLB™
SportsClix™ collectable miniatures games
(CMGs), reports that their Pirates of the
Spanish Main game was the runaway hit of the
2004 Origins gaming convention.
“We sold through our entire stock of Pirates
of the Spanish Main, even though we limited
the number of game packs people could buy,”
said Jordan Weisman, WizKids CEO. “Our demo
tables were constantly full, with people
lining up for a chance to get the Revenge
promotional ship. Everywhere you looked,
people were playing pickup games of
Pirates.”
“People were doing the demos, and then
rushing to see how quickly they could line
up to buy it,” said Marc Grossman, a new
Pirates player. “It was absolutely amazing
to watch.”
The Pirates of the Spanish Main game,
WizKids’ first Constructible Strategy Game,
is due to release July 28, 2004.
Learn more about Pirates of the Spanish Main
online at wizkidsgames.com/pirates/. The
game will be fully supported by WizKids’
Approved Play system with in-store leagues
beginning in September.
Press Release
WizKids Wins Six Origins Awards, Takes
Game of the Year
July 6, 2004 (SEATTLE) — WizKids Inc.,
makers of the best-selling HeroClix® and MLB™
SportsClix™ collectable miniatures games
(CMGs), won an amazing six statues at this
year’s 2004 Origins Awards ceremony,
including the coveted Game of the Year award
for Indy HeroClix.
“We couldn’t be happier,” said Jordan
Weisman, WizKids® CEO. “It’s an honor to be
recognized among the greatest games out
there, and even more of an honor to be
recognized by our peers in the gaming
industry.” This year’s Origins Awards were
voted on by other members of the Academy and
by members of the gaming public.
In addition to the Game of the Year award
for Indy HeroClix, WizKids won awards for
Best Game Aid or Accessory (Mage Knight™ 3D
Dungeons Tiles), Best Game-Related Fiction –
Short (Podo and the Magic Shield by Steve
Sullivan), Best SF Miniatures Rules (Shadowrun®
Duels), Best SF Miniatures Series (MechWarrior®:
Liao Incursion) and Best Miniatures Terrain
or Accessory (MechWarrior Aurora-class
DropShip).
All Eyes will be on Anime Properties at
COMIC-CON 2004:
New DUEL MASTERS Comic Books, TV Series,
Trading Card Game, Video Game and Action
Figures will have Fans Lining Up!
DUEL MASTERS(TM), the hot new anime property
from Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a
subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS -
News), will be everywhere at COMIC-CON 2004,
with comic books, a TV series, video games,
action figures and the newest expansion of
the trading card game being previewed at the
San Diego Convention Center July 22-25. As
it has for the past several shows, anime
will be in the spotlight at this year's
COMIC- CON and DUEL MASTERS, one of the
newest and most anticipated Japanese
imports, is expected to have show-goers
lining up. DUEL MASTERS has been the #1 game
in Japan for much of the past
year-and-a-half and already has thousands of
kids turning out for tournaments across the
U.S. and millions more tuning in to the
"DUEL MASTERS" TV series on Cartoon Network.
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screen shots in this article.
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Les fans de la saga vont pouvoir se réjouir.
Bandai continue sur sa lancée. La bande à
Sangoku reviennent pour de nouvelles bastons
toujours aussi impressionnantes. Pour vous
une flopée d'images et la vidéo de l'E3
dernier.
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Nintendo games have always been glossed over
with sunshine happiness and overall a sense
of cute, furry, fluffy things. However, if
you try and dive behind the childlike image,
sometimes you find a disturbing plot line.
Pikmin stripped down to the core sees the
invading Captain Olimar crash into the
Pikmin planet, pull Pikmin into large
groups, march them over the planet and force
them to rebuild his ship.
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Japan-only bonus packs combine two games
in one.
July 10, 2004 - A recent listing at the
Japanese version of Amazon.com reveals a new
marketing tactic by Nintendo for the
Japanese market: W Packs. A W Pack combines
two GameCube games in one at a lower price
than one would pay when buying both games
separately.
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NEW:
Dragon Booster trading card game from SCORE
Score Entertainment to introduce new Dragon
Booster trading card game
Arlington-based Score Entertainment will
introduce its newest trading card game,
Dragon Booster, along with the television
show of the same name at the San Diego
Comic-Con, July 22 to 25, Score said Monday.
Dragon Booster will debut in the United
States on Jetix (ABC Family's and Toon
Disney's branded block) on Oct. 23 and in
Canada on CBC on Oct. 26. The cartoon was
conceived by The Story Hat and the series
animation is being produced by Nerd Corps
Entertainment, a 3D animation facility based
in Vancouver, B.C.
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Japan: GBA Video Phone Peripheral
Announced
"Itza me - A Mario" ring tone not
included...Dial into some details inside...
Digital Act has announced that they will
offer a new video phone peripheral for use
with Nintendo's Game Boy Advance and GBA SP.
The peripheral, which is called the "Campho
Advance", features both camera and phone
technology and will plug into the GBA
cartridge slot. The device must also be
connected to a phone line and a power source
and will feature a camera resolution of
110,000 pixels, and a frame rate of five
frames per second.
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Runs on: PS2, Xbox and Gamecube
Spider-Man 2 has achieved the near
impossible, including every one of this
super-acrobat's vast library of moves,
without needing four hands and two
controllers to manage it.
Finally we now have true web-slinging, as
you must attach Spidy's web to various
landmarks and buildings to swing through the
city. You'll spend the first few hours
flying through the air with a grin spread
wide across your face, mastering this
impressive feat. Wall running, double web
jumps and flips are all executed in a manner
that would make our favourite mutant
arachnid proud.
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Revolution prepares for war
In the wake of Sony's confirmation that
PlayStation 3 will be shown in some form at
E3 next year, Nintendo Europe has reaffirmed
that its Revolution console - first
mentioned at E3 in May past - will be
"discussed" in greater depth at the LA event
in 2005 and will be released in a timely
fashion to compete with PlayStation 3 and
Xbox 2.
"In terms of PlayStation 3, 'exhibited at
E3' and 'coming to market' are two very
different things," said Nintendo Europe's
head of PR, Shelly Pearce today. "What we've
always said is that we'll be releasing
Revolution in the same timeframe as the
others. What that timeframe will be is very
up in the air at this point."
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Japan
Huge franchise gets an Emerald addition
this autumn
Nintendo is set to launch a new Pokemon game
for the Game Boy Advance in Japan this
September, with Pokemon Emerald set to carry
on from the massively successful Pokemon
Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire titles.
Details of the title emerged in Japanese
kids magazine CoroCoro Comic, which broke
news of the new game in a recent issue,
revealing that the game will once again
feature the popular characters from Pokemon
Ruby/Sapphire, along with a number of
relatively minor changes to the gameplay.
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Lovers.
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little more productive with their summer
than playing video games, like, maybe get
jobs?
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of applicants to be part of the Nintendo
Street Team. Right now, they're in gaming
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Nintendo DS Rumor
The upcoming two-screen handheld
from Nintendo is supposed to be released
this year, but we know very little about it,
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