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New Japanese venture to heavily promote GBA video playback

malebolgia   on 17 June 2004 - 15:54 · 7 comments & 266 views

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am3 Inc, a joint venture between Toshiba and a number of other companies, is to start selling videos designed for playback on the Game Boy Advance console in Japan this June. The first title to be launched will be Pokemon movie Pikachu's Summer Vacation, which will be priced at 4,980 Yen - around 38 Euro, which is quite expensive but does include a connection device for playback. It's not clear what the pricing on subsequent titles will be.

The am3 venture eventually hopes to release 500 films in the Pokemon series on the format, as well as other TV and theatrical movies and episodes - primarily focused at elementary school children. Interestingly, the company has signed deals which will see its products being distributed in a large number of cinemas as well as in traditional retail outlets, and it expects to have the movies on sale at over 200 cinema outlets thanks to a deal with movie distribution companies Toho and Warner Mycal.

News source: gamesindustry.biz


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(1 reply) #1 WeeJames on 17 Jun 2004 - 16:12
Where the hell is an elementary school kid meant to get 38 Euros to buy a Pokemon video?
#1.1 Wolfsglen on 17 Jun 2004 - 16:33
Same place they get their GBA's from...the poor sucker parents
#2 deiong15 on 17 Jun 2004 - 17:36
with that tiny azz screen and poor coloring not worth it
#3 n3urotic on 17 Jun 2004 - 19:48
Wow, they are copying GP32, except GP32 can play DIVX, lol
#4 muzzle79 on 17 Jun 2004 - 21:34
best buy currently sells a few tv episodes for GBA. Spongebob, pokemon etc..
#5 njlouch on 17 Jun 2004 - 22:41
I quite fancy buying a GBA-SP and the movie addon from Liksang. Looks cool!
#6 Lanky on 18 Jun 2004 - 06:45
Quality is utter ****e

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