UPCOMING POKÉMON BATTLE REVOLUTION NAMED AS FIRST WI-FI GAME FOR WII

REDMOND, Wash., March 7, 2007 - Wii owners of all ages have discovered the fun of playing with a group of friends in the same room. Now for the first time players can compete with one another near and far with Pokémon® Battle Revolution, a game of remarkable firsts:

When Wii and Nintendo DS are linked, players can use their Nintendo DS units as controllers or import characters from the upcoming Nintendo DS games Pokémon® Diamond Version or Pokémon® Pearl Version. Pokémon Battle Revolution launches on June 25 exclusively for Wii and brings a dramatic new chapter to the Pokémon franchise, which has sold more than 155 million units worldwide. Pokémon Battle Revolution also serves as one of the standouts in Nintendo's second-quarter launch lineup, which the company revealed today in conjunction with the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Pokémon Battle Revolution will be joined by Super Paper Mario, the first Mario game for Wii; Mario Party® 8, a multiplayer party game; and Big Brain Academy, a brain-training game that builds on the phenomenal success of the Nintendo DS brain games. These will add to the ever-growing library of Wii games, which will total more than 50 by the end of June. Nintendo DS fans will see the arrival of Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version, two surefire smash-hits.

"With strong third-party support, Wii and Nintendo DS have games on the way for both casual and veteran gamers," says Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. "Our new ways to play have attracted millions of players around the world. This lineup demonstrates our commitment to leading the industry with the future of video gaming."

Third-party publishers also have stepped up their support of both Wii and Nintendo DS, recognizing these systems as the hottest things going in the video game industry. The list of games for April, May and June includes the following:

Wii

April 9 Super Paper Mario Nintendo

April Prince of Persia Rival Swords Ubisoft

April Bust-A-Move Bash Majesco

April Bioncle Heroes Eidos

May 15 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Midway

May 29 Mario Party 8 Nintendo

May Tamagotchi Party On Namco Bandai

May Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean at World's End Disney Interactive

May Escape from Bug Island Eidos

May Spider-Man The Movie 3 Activision

June 11 Big Brain Academy Nintendo

June 25 Pokémon Battle Revolution Nintendo

June Cosmic Family Ubisoft

Spring Heatseeker Codemasters

Q2 Legend of the Dragon American Game Factory

Summer Shrek the Third Activision

Summer Transformers the Game Activision

Nintendo DS

April 22 Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl Nintendo

May Pirates of the Caribbean 3 Buena Vista

May Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu Atari

May Pony Friends Eidos

May Diner Dash Eidos

May Touch the Dead Eidos

June 4 Nintendo DS browser Nintendo

June 4 Planet Puzzle League Nintendo

June 11 Touchmaster DS Midway

June Zendoku Eidos

Spring Naruto Ninja Council 3 Tomy

Spring Time Ace Konami

Spring Death Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom Konami

Q2 Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon Natsume

Summer Shrek the Third Activision

Summer Transformers: Autobots Activision

Summer Transformers: Decepticons Activision

Game Boy® Advance

Summer Shrek the Third Activision

The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii, Nintendo DS, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCube systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.2 billion video games and more than 387 million hardware units globally, and has created industry icons like Mario, Donkey Kong®, Metroid®, Zelda and Pokémon®. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's Web site at www.nintendo.com.

Pokémon USA, Inc., a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Asia which includes licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, an animated TV series, home entertainment, the official Pokémon Web site and an online retail center www.pokemoncenter.com. Just coming off its 10th worldwide anniversary in 2006, Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 for play on Nintendo's Game Boy® and has since evolved into a global cultural phenomenon. Pokémon was introduced in North America in September 1998 and today is one of the most popular toy and entertainment properties in the world. For more information, visit www.pokemon.com.