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Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories coming for GBC

KONAMI PREPARES NORTH AMERICA FOR JAPANESE PHENOMENON Smash Hit Cartoon Series Coming To Game Boy Color This Fall REDWOOD CITY, CA -- July 16, 2001 -

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KONAMI PREPARES NORTH AMERICA FOR JAPANESE PHENOMENON "YU-GI-OH! DARK DUEL STORIES"

Smash Hit Cartoon Series Coming To Game Boy Color This Fall

REDWOOD CITY, CA -- July 16, 2001 - Watch out, America, here comes Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories for Game Boy Color. Konami of America Inc. announced today that the Game Boy Color version of the hot comic book and cartoon series will arrive in stores this November for a suggested retail price of $29.99.

"After selling more than 7 million games and over 3.5 billion cards since 1998, Yu-Gi-Oh! has proven to be an unstoppable force," said Dick Wnuk, Executive Vice President of Konami of America Inc. "Yu-Gi-Oh! is so big in Japan that Americans are already getting excited about the launch of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories for Game Boy Color in the US"

In Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories, players can either compete against the game's artificial intelligence or battle against another Duel Monsters player via the Game Boy Link cable. Selecting from a deck of hundreds of unique battle cards with thousands of possible combinations, players must attack, defend, combine monsters and set traps in order to drain their opponents' life points and win the game. Players must carefully build up their 40 card deck, selecting from 8 different types of cards - Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, Dark, Light, Magic and Trap - in order to compete on the Duel Field.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories is based on the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" comic series from artist Kazuki Takahashi that appears in Shonen Jump, Japan's largest weekly comic book ("Manga"). Since Yu-Gi-Oh! first appeared in Jump in 1996, the comic has spawned a hit cartoon show, a hugely popular collectible card game, several Game Boy Color and Sony PlayStation™ games and other licensed merchandise. Yu-Gi-Oh! follows the adventures of Yuugi, a young boy who possesses the "Millennium Puzzle" that allows him to transform into the Game King whenever he is challenged. To date, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories Game Boy and Playstation titles have sold over seven million units in Japan.

4Kids Entertainment has obtained the merchandising and television rights to Yu-Gi-Oh!. The Yu-Gi-Oh! cartoon will be shown on Kids WB! starting this Fall, followed by the release of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories shortly thereafter.

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About 4Kids Headquartered in New York City with international offices in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a global provider of children's entertainment and merchandise licensing. 4Kids, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, provides domestic and international merchandise licensing and product development, television, film, music and home video production and distribution, media buying and planning and website development. For further information, please visit the company's Web site at www.4kidsEnt.com

About Konami Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties, specializing in the home video game market. Konami's action and adventure titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill and Castlevania, among other top sellers. In addition, the company has an agreement with ESPN to develop and publish sports games. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. Konami Corporation is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami of America, Inc. in the US and Konami of Europe in Frankfurt, Germany.

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