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'Egg Mania' (PS2/XBX/GC) Ships To Stores

by Rainier on Sept. 20, 2002 @ 7:50 p.m. PDT

Japanese publisher and developer Kemco has shipped Egg Mania and Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness. The addictive pick-up-and-play action-puzzle game was developed by HotGen Studios Limited for PS2, GameCube video game system and Xbox and will hit retail outlets nationwide with an SRP of $39.99. Egg Mania hits stores on the Game Boy Advance with an SRP of $29.99.
In the Egg Mania series, players strive to be the quickest to build a tower out of falling blocks. While facing challenges such as rising moat water, wobbling towers and harmful enemies, players must keep building to prevent from drowning. Players must also maintain stability on the towers to avoid falling while using quickness and efficiency to advance towards the top of the board.

“We made the Egg Mania series to be quick, pick-up-and-play fun. We never anticipated people picking it up and not being able to put it down!” said Glenn Halseth, vice president of sales and marketing for Kemco. “Egg Mania has the fun, addictive gameplay of a sure-to-be classic game.”

The original animation action spans more than five different backdrops, including a haunted house, jungle, fairground, prehistoric volcanoes and beneath the skies of Arabian nights.

Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness can be played as a single player game and support up to eight players via tournament mode, while handheld version can be played with two players via a GBA cable link.

Check our previously posted Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness REVIEW

ABOUT THE EGG MANIA SERIES

Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness is a game that evolves around the concept of racing to build towers from randomly falling blocks while avoiding nasty foes and rising moat water. The game delivers an amazing array of customisable options for balanced gameplay and optimum challenge and includes dozens of new characters and modes that offer puzzle game depth and replay value. Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness will ship in September 2002 for the PlayStation®2, Xbox and GameCube video game systems. Egg Mania ships in September 2002 for Game Boy® Advance.

ABOUT KEMCO

Since 1984, Kemco has produced over 100 titles including the popular Top Gear racing games and Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle series for a wide variety of video game platforms. An original Nintendo licensee, Kemco works closely with DC comics, Warner Bros. and Universal Studios on ongoing video game projects. Currently Kemco’s development teams are creating games for Nintendo’s next generation platforms, as well as Sony PlayStation®2 and Microsoft’s Xbox.

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