Giant robots now available on your favorite Nintendo systems.
TDK MEDIACTIVE SHIPS ROBOTECH® GAMES FOR NINTENDO® ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS
Robotech®: Battlecry Comes to Nintendo® GameCube and Robotech®: The Macross Saga to Game Boy® Advance
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – October 16, 2002 – TDK Mediactive Inc. (OTC: TDKM.OB), a global publisher of entertainment software, announced that its highly anticipated Robotech games have shipped for the Nintendo entertainment systems. Robotech®: Battlecry for the Nintendo® GameCube video game system and Robotech®: The Macross Saga for the Game Boy® Advance are on their way to store shelves. Robotech: Battlecry is also available for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Xbox video game system from Microsoft.
“We are very excited to bring these Robotech action-adventure titles to the Nintendo platforms,” said Stefan Serwe, vice president of marketing, TDK Mediactive. “We are confident that the many Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance owners will have an equally enjoyable gaming experience as will the legion of loyal Robotech fans.”
The titles are based on Robotech, the animated television series from Harmony Gold, which first aired in 1985. The popular show combined giant transforming robots with compelling sci-fi narratives and was the first major exposure to Japanese animation for many in the United States. After 17 years, Robotech maintains global fan support and continues to be broadcast in numerous countries worldwide.
While supplies last, a special Collectors Edition of Robotech: Battlecry is available exclusively through Electronics Boutique and GameStop. The limited edition box set is packed with extra features, including the game’s soundtrack, an exclusive t-shirt, art and more.
About Robotech: Battlecry
Robotech: Battlecry, developed by Vicious Cycle, is a fast paced, third-person action shooter based on the extremely popular animated TV series. Players assume the role of a new character Jack Archer, a fighter pilot in the Robotech Defense Force. As the intense storyline unfolds, Jack battles it out with the invading Zentraedi alien armada utilizing his versatile Veritech Fighter, a giant transformable mechanized robot that can convert into a high-flying jet fighter, a 40-foot tall humanoid robot, or a hybrid unit that combines elements of both. With a plot set in parallel to the original TV show, Jack encounters classic Robotech characters including, Rick Hunter, Lynn Minmei, Lisa Hayes and even old foes such as Khyron. The stylized, cel shaded animation game spans more than 45 missions set in city ruins, canyons, the skies above Macross City, space, foreign planets and the rings of Saturn.
About Robotech: The Macross Saga
Robotech: The Macross Saga, developed by Lucky Chicken, is a classic shooter that artfully mixes side-scrolling and forced perspective gameplay, where players control one of the characters from the Robotech series, as they try to save Earth. Players battle it out against Zentraedi forces in the transformable Veritech or armored Destroids with up to two people taking on the alien armada in co-op play. A multiplayer option allows up to four players to go head to head via a cable link.
