THQ ANNOUNCES FAIRLY ODDPARENTS!™ FOR GAME BOY® ADVANCE
Latest Breakout Hit from Nickelodeon To Make Its Interactive Entertainment Debut
"As part of our master publishing agreement with Nickelodeon, THQ gets an early look at great up-and-coming licenses like Fairly OddParents. We are thrilled to bring this top-rated Nickelodeon television show to the growing Game Boy Advance audience -- now approaching 12 million in North America," stated Germaine Gioia, vice president, licensing, THQ. "This property will translate perfectly to the play patterns, as well as the target audience, that the portable platform delivers."
“The retro stylized animation of ‘Fairly OddParents!’ will look great on Game Boy Advance,” said Steve Youngwood, Vice President, Media Products Group, Nickelodeon Consumer Products. “Over our longstanding relationship, THQ has always turned out compelling Game Boy Advance software, which is a valuable brand extension for Nickelodeon properties, and in this case may even pull in some new fans for the ‘Fairly OddParents’ show.”
The player will control Timmy, who enters the world of his favorite comic book hero, the Crimson Chin. When Timmy discovers Chin has been kidnapped, the only person to save the day is Chin’s sidekick, Cleft the Boy Chin Wonder, who just happens to be Timmy in costume. The player must release Chin from captivity by defeating enemies and overcoming obstacles along the way in this side-scrolling, action-packed videogame. Timmy’s quirky Fairy Godparents, Cosmo and Wanda, appear throughout the 20 game stages to offer their own strange attempts at assistance. Cosmo and Wanda will supply Timmy/Cleft items to use in his journey -- some of which are key in defeating the captors. Throughout Fairly OddParents, gamers will move through several environments, including the Comic World, the Primitive Age, the Present World and the Future World.
THQ is the exclusive videogame publisher for Nickelodeon’s individual television and movie properties targeting kids 6-11. For more information about THQ and Nickelodeon’s 2002 videogame lineup, please visit the THQ website at www.thq.com.
About Nickelodeon:
Nickelodeon, now in its 23rd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in more than 84 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic-cable network for more than six consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.
About THQ:THQ Inc. develops and publishes interactive entertainment software worldwide for a variety of hardware platforms including PC CD-ROM, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. The THQ web site is located at www.thq.com.