Bandai Updates Classic, Casual Games for the Mobile Platform

September 5, 2006

Bandai Updates Classic, Casual Games for the Mobile
Platform

Board Game Othello, Classic Favorite Magical Drop II and Award-Winning GUNPEY
EX Provide Causal Mobile Phone Users with Addictive Gameplay

For anyone who owns a mobile phone and has ever found themselves waiting for
a friend, standing in a line or needing to kill time between meetings, Bandai
America, Inc. brings two classic casual games and one new game to the mobile
platform.

Known in game-enthusiast circles worldwide as a tribute to game industry
pioneer, Yokoi Gunpei, the person responsible for designing many of the game
pads for classic portable gaming devices. Already named an Editor’s Choice Award
Winner from IGN.com in early reviews, the GUNPEY EX game challenges players with
a unique twist on the "connect and clear" puzzle game strategy. The player must
connect falling colored lines to create and ignite a circuit. During the
explosion, players can connect additional circuits for a bigger score.

GUNPEY was originally released for the Bandai Wonderswan, a top-selling
handheld game system available only in Japan. Nearly half of all Wonderswans
owners had GUNPEY as part of their game collection. Nintendo DS and PSP game
platform versions of the game will be launched under the name GUNPEY later this
year.

"Our idea was to provide people with mobile phones the opportunity to have
access to classic, familiar, uncomplicated game titles that they could play most
anywhere for a few minutes of fun down time," said Masao Ohata, vice president
of Network Entertainment for Bandai America.

From the bedrooms and basement playrooms across America to the mobile phone
comes Othello, one of the most recognizable staples in classic board-gaming. It
is estimated that the Othello board game can be found in one out of every three
American homes. Through years of constant refinement, Othello arrives on the
mobile platform as familiar and addictive as players remember it.

Magical Drop II provides mobile game players with an updated version of the
classic gem-popping puzzler, which was a worldwide hit in its original arcade
form and spawned multiple sequels on numerous gaming platforms. In Magical Drop
II, players are challenged to strategically launch like-colored gems in vertical
columns, and utilize the special gems to burst full rows and even full screens
of gems. Colorful cartoon graphics are easy to play with, but mastering the use
of numerous special item gems and creating technical combo gem-bursts will
entertain any level of player.

Complete information on how to download Othello, Magical Drop II and GUNPEY
EX can be found at www.BandaiWireless.com along with details on the entire mobile game catalog
from Bandai America.