SNEAKERS INVADES XBOX IN NORTH AMERICA

Gamers Lead the Way to Victory Through a Mouse Eye-view

Microsoft Game Studios announced today that Sneakers™ for the Xbox™ video game system is currently in development and scheduled for a North American release for holiday 2002.  Sneakers made its world premier as “Nezmix,” part of the successful launch portfolio in Japan, February 22.

Sneakers™ is a fun, comical adventure filled with cartoon combat.  Players take on the role of a mouse named Apollo, who must lead his friends through a human-sized town to battle the enemy.  Fights are comical battles where you throw wind-up punches and flying kicks while also directing the actions of your troops.  Being mouse-sized offers its own unique advantages and obstacles. A rolling apple could be as dangerous as a tumbling boulder while a small hole in a wall serves as an ideal shortcut. Players have to be cunning and quick to find and defeat the enemy.  Sneakers is being developed by Mediavision.

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