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

Players Chat and Make Friends With More Than 380 Other Pokemon

REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- 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.

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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.

For more information, visit www.pokemon.com. SOURCE Nintendo