Partnership with Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation Brings Fun Centers with Wii Consoles to Hospitals Nationwide

REDMOND, Wash., June 24, 2008 � Determined to help lift the spirits of seriously ill children and their families, Nintendo of America Inc. and Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation have committed to placing hundreds of popular Fun Centers, now featuring Wii� game systems, in hospitals across the United States and Canada this year. Nintendo of America is manufacturing 1,250 new Fun Centers in their first run, and Starlight expects to have about 500 of them placed in hospitals by the end of the year. In a continuation of the organizations’ 16-year partnership, the portable Fun Centers with the new Wii technology will be enjoyed by thousands of hospitalized kids.

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Portly plumber Mario can lay claim to being the greatest gaming icon of all time, beating off stiff competition from the likes of Master Chief, Solid Snake, Lara Croft and Sonic the Hedgehog in GAME.co.uk’s Greatest Games of All Time vote and securing an impressive 11% of the overall top 100.

His 1995 Super Mario 64 at number 5 is his highest ranked title, while other Mario games in the top 25 include Mario Kart Wii at number 13, the beloved NES (and later SNES) platformer Super Mario Bros. 3 at 16 and the stunning Nintedo Wii game Super Mario Galaxy at 21.

In comparison, arch-rival Sonic the Hedgehog’s best entry is at number 19, while only three Sonic titles made the cut, one of which, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, also stars the moustachioed, squeaky-voiced Nintendo mascot.
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New York, NY— June 17, 2008 — Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) today responded to Electronic Arts Inc.’s (NASDAQ:ERTS) announcement that it is extending for a fourth time its unsolicited conditional tender offer to acquire all of Take-Two’s outstanding shares.

As reported by EA, only 6,139,824 of Take-Two’s outstanding shares, or approximately 7.9% of the total, tendered into EA’s offer as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on June 16, 2008.

“The latest extension of EA’s unsolicited, highly conditional tender offer does not alter the fact that their proposal still significantly undervalues Take-Two, a fact that is reflected in the overwhelming number of stockholders who still have not tendered their shares,” said Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of the Board of Take-Two. “Our Board of Directors remains in unanimous agreement that the proposal is contrary to the best interests of Take-Two stockholders, and the Board continues to recommend that stockholders not tender their shares to EA. The Board remains focused on the strategic process that began formally on April 30 to consider all alternatives to maximize value. We believe that these alternatives, which may include a business combination or remaining independent, will deliver greater value to stockholders than the current EA offer.”

Ben Feder, Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Take-Two’s vast potential to create and enhance stockholder value has become even more evident in recent weeks, with the runaway success of Grand Theft Auto IV, a product pipeline that is one of the strongest and most creative in our history, and continued operational and financial progress. We believe that any alternative we consider must fully reflect the value we are creating and capture that value for the benefit of our stockholders.”
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Battle it out to prove you are the biggest and best brawler of them all at Gamestation Stores nationwide in the Super Smash Bros. Brawl Showdown

Pick your favourite character, choose your controller and get ready to jump into Nintendo’s biggest and baddest brawl ever! On 28th June, selected Gamestation stores nationwide will host the ‘Super Smash Bros. Brawl Showdown’. Be one of 64 players in each of our 20 chosen stores to battle it out not only to prove you are the biggest and best brawler of them all and be crowned a Super Smash champion, but to compete for the ultimate prize - a Samsung Home Entertainment Centre.

In order to be eligible to brawl, you’ll need to register online before the 21st June at www.gamestation.co.uk/supersmashshowdown - you’ll then be contacted by someone at Nintendo to confirm your entry into the tournament.
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1 Call of Duty 4 (Multiformat)
2 Zelda Ocarina of Time (N64)
3 Final Fantasy VII (PSone)
4 Grand Theft Auto IV (Multiformat)
5 Super Mario 64 (N64)
6 007 Goldeneye (N64)
7 Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
8 Metal Gear Solid (PSone)
9 Half Life 2 (Multiformat)
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“I don’t agree that [Nintendo] were on a downward trend, but I do agree that they wanted to reach more customers than they were reaching.

Depending on how you look at it, Nintendo arguably won last generation in terms of return on investment, if you think about how much they spend, versus how much they made.

Microsoft was in second place in installed units… They were like a billion and change in the hole with Xbox 1.

Sony was profitable late in the PlayStation 2’s existence. They were very profitable, though, because they had such an install base and so much software, and they were selling the software so well.”

Continuing on his ruminations about Nintendo’s place in the market transitioning from the Gamecube to the Wii, Pitchford noted:

“Nintendo, though, in terms of return on investment, might have been in the best spot.

The Gamecube itself, they’re making money on their games, they’re making money on the hardware, they’re making money in every single place. Meanwhile, everyone else is losing money.

Sony and Microsoft both initially lost money on hardware and had to spend the marketing on top just to get it installed. Then they had to make it up over time with software. Microsoft is still trying to make it up…

…but [Microsoft is] having positive quarterly balance sheets now. We’ve seen a couple of those. By the way, I love the Xbox 360 platform. I’m a big fan of it.”

Finally, Pitchford addresses the Wii’s success in the market, explaining:

“Nintendo had some goals there, so they took a risk, and it’s nice that they took a risk instead of doing the same thing.

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- They talk about the iPhone 3G and Super Monkey Ball
- Bozon thinks the iPhone will become a good gaming platform
- Craig wants an air hockey game for iPhone like the demo that was shown at E3 a while back
- NCAA and Top Spin coverage coming tomorrow
- Madden 09 is looking good and has good Wiimote capabilities, feels like PES08
- Matt says it’s running at 30FPS, but “really solid,” looks noticeably better than 08
- Rock Band guitar is wireless and drums are wired, take up both USBs

- The Guitar Hero guitar won’t work on Rock Band Wii
- Hulk for Wii is horrible, has “epic fog” like in Superman 64, controls suck
- Tiger Woods > We Love Golf
- Craig downloaded My Pokemon Ranch, he can’t “find a game in there”
- The game will give you missions where you catch ___ Pokemon and bring them back
- Spyborgs is built heavily around co-op play
- Damon says it’s like a combination of Ratchet & Clank and Lego Star Wars, isn’t very excited about it
- Star Wars: Force Unleashed doesn’t look hideous, though they think some of it is bullshots
- Tenchu for Wii “came out of nowhere,” hasn’t been good since the first game, though it looks decent
- Wild Earth is basically Afrika if you “put on glasses with vasoline on them and if you were really drunk and your whole world looked sluggish,” like Pokemon Snap

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NEW YORK: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO - News) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended April 30, 2008.

Net revenue for the second fiscal quarter was $539.8 million, compared to $205.4 million for the same quarter of fiscal 2007. Second quarter sales were led by the blockbuster, critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto IV for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.

Net income for the second quarter was $98.2 million or $1.29 per share, compared to a net loss of $51.2 million or $0.71 per share in the second quarter of fiscal 2007.

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I have to say that this is a pretty good list. I do not 100% agree with the order of it, but I did not make is so my opinion doesn’t matter.

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