Press Release: Atari Unleashes Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu
From Video Game Morgue File
ATARI UNLEASHES DRAGON BALL Z: TAIKETSU
Legendary Super Saiyan 'Broly' Makes U.S. Video Game Debut in First DBZ Fighting Game for Game Boy Advance
BEVERLY, MA – November 24, 2003 – Featuring many of the most popular and powerful Dragon Ball Z® warriors of all time, DBZ® battles come alive as Atari (Nasdaq: ATAR) today announced they have shipped Dragon Ball Z®: Taiketsu™ for the Game Boy® Advance. Created by WebFoot Technologies, Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu™ features 15 DBZ fighters, including, for the first time in the U.S., the Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly™. “Dragon Ball Z® is the consummate tale of good versus evil, and nothing depicts that tension better than Atari’s newest DBZ® fighting game, Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu,” said Nancy MacIntyre, vice president of marketing for Atari. Dragon Ball Z®: Taiketsu™ allows players to choose from single-player mode or challenge friends using the Game Boy® Advance Game Link® cable in multiplayer mode, and unleash blistering combos and super moves. Battle opponents on the ground or in the air with DBZ flight action and power-up well-known characters such as Goku®, Vegeta®, Cell® and Buu® into their strongest forms. Can you fight your way to the top? Rated “T” for Teen, Dragon Ball Z: Taiketsu for the Game Boy Advance is currently available for a suggested retail price of $29.99. For additional information on Dragon Ball Z, visit www.dbzgamer.com. About FUNimation Focusing on providing the best in high-quality entertainment properties, FUNimation Productions, Ltd. is a full-service brand management company with in-house production, licensing, Internet, marketing, and home video sales and distribution divisions. The company manages brands such as the international phenomenon Dragon Ball Z®; Dragon Ball®, now airing on Cartoon Network's Toonami block; Dragon Ball GT®, the highly anticipated sequel to Dragon Ball Z that is now showing on Cartoon Network; Yu Yu Hakusho®, a popular series seen by millions on Cartoon Network; Blue Gender™, a true sci-fi anime airing on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim; movies for Lupin the 3rd™, one of the longest running anime classics; Fruits Basket™, based on the top-selling comic book in Japan; recently announced mega-hit known in Japan as Detective Conan; and fan favorites like Kiddy Grade, Tenchi Muyo! GXP and Sakura Taisen. For more information on FUNimation or any of its properties, contact Jeff Dronen at 817-788-0627, ext. 251 or jeff.dronen@funimation.com. About Atari New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company’s 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining games such as Driver™, Enter the Matrix™, Neverwinter Nights™, Stuntman™, Test Drive®, Unreal® Tournament 2003, and Unreal® Championship; and mass-market and children’s games such as Backyard Sports™, Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues™ and Dora the Explorer™, Civilization®, Dragon Ball Z® and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.atari.com. # # # ®2003 Atari, Inc. All rights reserved. © 2003 BIRD STUDIO/SHUEISHA, TOEI ANIMATION. Licensed by FUNimationâ Productions, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Dragon Ball Z and all logos, character names and distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of TOEI ANIMATION. Nintendo, Game Boy and Game Boy Advance are trademarks of Nintendo. ® 2001. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
