Fans Can Actually Become a Pokémon with Two New Nintendo DS Games

2008-04-23

REDMOND, Wash., April 23, 2008 – For more than a decade, fans of Pokémon video games have caught, trained and battled Pokémon. Now Pokémon fans will have the chance to experience life from a Pokémon’s point-of-view with Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness, two new games available this week for the top-selling Nintendo DS. Furthering the spirit of exploration, Pokémon fans are invited to an online sweepstakes where they will have the chance to uncover their very own treasure – a prize package filled with Pokémon and Nintendo goodies.

Between April 23 and May 21, Pokémon fans can visit www.PokemonMysteryDungeon.com, where they will be able to enter the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers online sweepstakes for a chance to win one of two Pokémon-inspired prize packages, including a limited-edition Pikachu Nintendo DS, a Wii console, a high-definition television and assorted Pokémon video games, including Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness, and more great Pokémon merchandise. For Pokémon loyalists looking for even more adventure, the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Web site is home to an online scavenger hunt where players will be tasked with discovering hidden icons to get access to an exclusive Pokémon wallpaper, giving their computer some extra flair.

“The new Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series delivers the most transformative Pokémon experience yet – the chance to become a Pokémon character,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. “Both new and returning players will relish the opportunity to embark on an endless journey through randomly generated dungeons on their Nintendo DS and discover their own hidden treasure through the online sweepstakes.”

In this new pair of epic adventures, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon players are transported to a secluded land inhabited only by Pokémon. After taking a personality test that determines which Pokémon best represents their own personalities, players will experience their adventure and explore the land as an actual Pokémon. In the course of their journey, players are charged with discovering why they’ve been turned into a Pokémon, all the while trying to thwart a Pokémon bent on stopping time and plunging the world into darkness.

Pokémon players in need of assistance have a great new way to call for help using the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Rescue friends in trouble, or send out an SOS Mail if you are in need of rescue! You can even receive friend rescue-notification e-mails on your PC or cell phone so you always know when a friend is in trouble.

To satiate Pokémon fans looking for new adventures at every turn, the games feature randomly generated dungeons that make every mission unique. And with more than 490 Pokémon populating both games, players are sure to find their favorite Pokémon, giving them limitless options when forming their teams in preparation for their next journey.

The new Pokémon Mystery Dungeon titles are exclusively available for the Nintendo DS system. The compelling storyline and enhanced graphics of these new Pokémon titles provide even more reasons for Game Boy Advance owners to upgrade to Nintendo DS.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness for Nintendo DS are rated E for Everyone. For more information about these new titles, visit www.PokemonMysteryDungeon.com.

More than 175 million Pokémon games have been sold worldwide. For more information about these games, visit www.Pokemon-Games.com.