Majesco
Entertainment
Announces
Lineup for
2008
Electronic
Entertainment
Expo
EDISON,
N.J., July
9, 2008
- Majesco
Entertainment
Company
(NASDAQ:
COOL), today
revealed its
product
lineup for
the 2008
Electronic
Entertainment
Expo (E3) in
Los Angeles
from July
15th - 17th
at booths
#421 and
423.
Featuring
Wii and
Nintendo DS
games that
offer fun
for the
entire
family, the
lineup
reinforces
Majesco's
position as
an
innovative
provider of
video games
for the mass
market.
"Majesco's
2008 E3
lineup is
filled with
fun games
that
capitalize
on the broad
appeal and
reach of
casual games
platforms
like Wii and
DS," said
Gui Karyo,
Executive
Vice
President of
Operations,
Majesco "We
are
showcasing
the sequel
to our
best-selling
original
cooking
franchise,
Cooking Mama
World
Kitchen, as
well as
featuring
strong new
IP including
Our House
and Major
Minor's
Majestic
March from
the creative
team behind
PaRappa the
Rapper. In
short, we
have
something
for the
entire
family."
Below is
additional
information
on Majesco's
E3 2008
lineup:
Major
Minor's
Majestic
March
Release
date:
Holiday 2008
Platform:
Wii
Designed
exclusively
for Wii,
Major
Minor's
Majestic
March marks
the return
of the
creative
team behind
the renowned
PaRappa the
Rapper
franchise-legendary
game
designer and
multimedia
musician
Masaya
Matsuura and
famed New
York artist
Rodney Alan
Greenblat.
This
innovative
rhythm-based
music game
turns the
Wii RemoteÔ
into a
"magic"
baton that
bandleader
Major Minor
uses to keep
tempo,
recruit new
band members
and pick up
valuable
items.
Players can
add up to 15
different
instruments
to their
dynamic
procession-including
brass,
woodwinds,
and
percussion-to
alter its
composition
and
resulting
performance.
Cooking
Mama World
Kitchen
Release
Date:
Holiday 2008
Platform:
Wii
The
best-selling,
award-winning
cooking
franchise
returns! In
Cooking Mama
World
Kitchen,
Mama brings
a lot more
to the
table,
including
all new 3D
graphics,
all new
recipes from
parfait to
shrimp au
gratin,
comedic
kitchen
mini-games,
new gameplay
modes and
much more.
Cook with
Mama and her
friends by
using the
Wii Remote
as your
universal
cooking
utensil in
this fun,
family-friendly
sequel to
last year's
Cooking Mama
Cook Off.
Our House
Release
Date: Q1
2009
Platform:
Wii
Our House is
the only
game that
lets players
build and
remodel
their homes
into their
own unique
customized
creations.
Players use
their Wii
Remote to
hammer, saw,
paint, tile
and much
more as they
assemble and
decorate
their family
dwelling.
Compete with
friends in
the
four-player
"build-off"
mode or
share
creations
with others
via a
WiiConnect24
community-building
feature. If
you dream
it, you can
build it!
Zoo Hospital
Release
Date:
September
2008
Platform:
Wii
Zoo Hospital
is the first
game of its
kind on Wii
that lets
players
experience a
veterinarian's
job. Players
use the Wii
Remote in
surgical
procedures
to eliminate
parasitic
pests,
perform
dentistry,
and remove
foreign
bodies like
gallstones
to restore
the health
of 48 ailing
zoo mammals,
reptiles and
birds.
Soothing and
feeding each
animal while
following up
on post
surgical
patients in
their
enclosures
is as
important as
precise
operations,
since happy,
healthy
animals
increase the
Zoo Rating
which in
turn affects
the number
of visitors
patronizing
the zoo.
AWAY
Shuffle
Dungeon
Release
Date:
Fall 2008
Platform:
Nintendo DS
Featuring
creative
contributions
from RPG
creator
Hironobu
Sakaguchi,
character
designer
Naoto Oshima
and composer
Nobuo
Uematsu,
AWAY Shuffle
Dungeon for
Nintendo DS
is a
groundbreaking
role playing
saga
co-developed
by
Mistwalker
and AQ
Interactive.
Players take
control of
the young
hero
"Sword," the
sole
resident
left of the
once booming
Webb
Village, who
must rescue
as many
kidnapped
townsfolk as
possible
from a
mysterious
unknown that
has trapped
them within
underground
dungeons.
Saved
villagers
will lend
assistance
to Sword's
quest, as
will the
magical
‘Fupongs'
and dungeon
treasure he
finds that
lets him
shop in the
village
specialty
stores for
armor,
weapons,
health,
medical aid
and more.
Wonder World
Amusement
Park
Release
Date:
Holiday 2008
Platform:
Nintendo DS
In Wonder
World
Amusement
Park,
players
experience
the thrill
of a day at
the park
anytime and
anywhere!
Using the
Touch
Screen,
players will
toss, drive,
shoot,
whack, fish
and spin in
30 different
mini-games
scattered
throughout
six themed
zones:
Carnival,
Spookyville,
Prehistoric,
Pirate,
Fairy Tale
and Space.
Players can
also unlock
six
interactive
rides
through
gameplay or
challenge a
friend via
local Wi-Fi
multiplayer.
Babysitting
Mania
Release
Date:
September
2008
Platform:
DS
Based on the
hit online
simulation,
Babysitting
Mania lets
players
progress
through more
than 100
levels of
fast-paced,
overlapping
challenges
as they
feed,
entertain
and clean up
after unruly
kids in 20
chaotic
houses.
Players use
the Touch
Screen to
manage every
aspect of
the
household
with speed
and
precision,
from
strategically
employing
"timeouts"
to
overseeing
bonus
birthday
party levels
that add
neighborhood
party guests
to the
mania.
Marker
Man
Adventures
Release
Date:
November
2008
Platform:
DS
Guide
loveable
stick
figure,
Marker Man,
through
hundreds of
physics-based
puzzles
using the
stylus as a
creative
tool to draw
simple
machines
that help
him safely
bring Doodle
Dog home.
Players will
collect
power-ups,
discover
hidden areas
and use
logic to
progress
through a
scrolling
world of
various
themes
About
Majesco
Entertainment
Company
Majesco
Entertainment
Company is a
provider of
video games
for the mass
market.
Building on
22 years of
operating
history, the
company is
focused on
developing
and
publishing a
wide range
of casual
and family
oriented
video games
on leading
console and
portable
systems.
Product
highlights
include
Nancy Drew,
Cooking Mama
and Cake
Mania 2 for
Nintendo DS
and Cooking
Mama: Cook
Off for the
Wii system.
The
company's
shares are
traded on
the Nasdaq
Stock Market
under the
symbol:
COOL.
Majesco is
headquartered
in Edison,
NJ and has
an
international
office in
Bristol, UK.
More
information
about
Majesco can
be found
online at
http://www.majescoentertainment.com/.