Become a Pokemon for the First Time in Nintendo's New Pokemon Mystery Dungeon

Pokemon(R) fans have dreamed of this moment, and now Nintendo is making it a reality. Starting Sept. 20, players who pick up a copy of the new Pokemon(R) Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team for Nintendo DS(TM) or Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team for Game Boy(R) Advance SP will for the first time experience the game as an actual Pokemon character, which allows them to interact with -- and even talk to -- other Pokemon.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon asks the question, "what if you woke up one day and you were a Pokemon?" Pokemon Mystery Dungeon starts players on an adventure unlike those found in any previous Pokemon game. Players awake to find that they have been transformed into a Pokemon. They choose one other Pokemon as a partner and set off to form a rescue team in a land ravaged by natural disasters. The players chat with Pokemon and make friends with more than 380 other Pokemon along the way. Players can accept rescue jobs to help fellow Pokemon who are in trouble. The deep storyline draws players in, while
randomly generated dungeons keep them coming back for more.

An exciting feature in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon lets friends who each have a copy of the game come to each other's aid. If a player loses a battle in a dungeon, another player can come to his or her rescue. Fallen players who are rescued do not lose their money or items, and can restart their games from where they left off.

"Pokemon Mystery Dungeon offers millions of our Pokemon fans the chance of a lifetime," says George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "There's no better way to experience the world of Pokemon than by actually becoming one."

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team for Nintendo DS and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team for Game Boy Advance SP will be available Sept. 20, and are Rated E for Everyone. Both games are almost identical in content, allowing the players to choose either one for the system they want to use. The Official Nintendo Power Player's Guide for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is now available at retail. For more information about the games, visit www.PokemonMysteryDungeon.com.

The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Nintendo DS(TM), Game Boy(R) Advance and Nintendo GameCube(TM) systems, and upcoming Wii(TM) console. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.2 billion video games and more than 375 million hardware units globally, and has created industry icons like Mario(TM), Donkey Kong(R), Metroid(R), Zelda(TM) and Pokemon(R). A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's Web site at www.nintendo.com.

Pokemon USA, Inc., a subsidiary of The Pokemon Company in Japan, manages and oversees the property outside of Asia, which includes licensing activities, brand promotions, publication of the Pokemon Trading Card Game, TV animation, home video entertainment, the official Pokemon.com Web site and PokemonCenter.com, an e-commerce site. Nintendo of America manages marketing and distribution of Pokemon video games.

Pokemon was launched in Japan in 1996 for play on Nintendo's Game Boy(R) and has evolved into a global cultural phenomenon. Pokemon was introduced in North America in September 1998 and has since generated more than $26 billion
in worldwide retail sales. More than 40 million Pokemon video games have been sold in the United States, including Pokemon Emerald, which was the No. 2 best-selling video game of 2005, according to the NPD Group. The Pokemon Trading Card Game, fueled by Pokemon Organized Play programs around the world, has spurred global sales of more than 14 billion cards to date, while the Pokemon animated series set to debut its ninth season, Pokemon: Battle Frontier, on Cartoon Network this fall, consistently ranks within the top three shows for boys ages 6 to 11.

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