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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
HI and Bandai Networks Supply New 3D Wireless Games for Vodafone live!
HI Corporation and Bandai Networks to Provide the First 3D Mobile Content on Vodafone live!
TOKYO--April 17, 2003--Bandai Networks Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Satoshi Oshita; hereafter Bandai Networks) and HI Corporation (Meguro-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kazuo Kawabata; hereafter HI) announced today that the companies will supply three 3D games to Vodafone Group (hereafter Vodafone) for its consumer service, Vodafone live!, with distribution beginning at the end of April. The three titles are, "3D Darts", "3D Bass Fishing", and "3D Boxing", Java(TM) games that are already popular in Japan. These games will be the first 3D mobile games on Vodafone live! and the first of their kind in Europe.
Vodafone live! launched in Europe in October 2002 and brings together the best in technology, games, ringtones and information. Using Vodafone's unique interface, customers can access the range of services simply at the touch of a single button. In the Games Arcade section of Vodafone live!, users can download games.
Details on "3D Darts", "3D Bass Fishing" and "3D Boxing" follow below. These 3D games will be the first 3D games available in Europe, provided by HI and Bandai Networks through Bandai S.A. and Bandai Networks for Vodafone Live!
Those who need a screen shot need to go here http://www.mascotcapsule.com/index-e.html.
3D Darts
An entertaining, addictive darts game featuring authentic 501 rules, 3D graphics and fast-paced action.
3D Bass Fishing
A bass fishing game enhanced with 3D graphics. Players check the weather, wind conditions, and water temperature to pick the perfect spot, select a lure, and start fishing! All aspects of the game, from casting to reeling in, have been faithfully simulated. The fish are 3D graphics.
3D Boxing
Lead your 3D-rendered boxer counterpart through round after pulse-pounding round in this intense action game. Set your sights on the Hall of Fame in this mobile phone version, featuring unprecedented, realistic interaction.
Launch date: end of April, 2003
Consumer payment: Pay-per-download
Price: Games will be charged in the range of EUR 3 to 7, depending on the market. (approximately 350 to 900 JPY)
About Vodafone
Vodafone Group Plc provides a full range of mobile telecommunications services, including voice and data communications. Vodafone has equity interests in 28 countries and Partner Networks in a further 7 countries, serving over 112 million proportionate customers.
Vodafone is a truly global organisation, recognised worldwide for its quality of service and product innovation. Vodafone's latest global service offering, Vodafone live! opens up a world of mobile colour communication, bringing news, information, e-mail, chat, location-based services, games and shopping to customers' mobile devices. Vodafone live! is available in 10 countries across Europe and in just five months Vodafone has sold over a million Vodafone live! handsets.
About HI Corporation
Established in 1989, Meguro-ku, Tokyo. Paid-in capital: 289 million yen. President: Kazuo Kawabata. The company is actively involved in the development of packaged software, systems, and games, and in seminar instruction to professional engineers. With a mission to present solutions for a "second nature" computing lifestyle, HI Corporation is seeing its results grow steadily as the developer of Mascot Capsule(R) Engine. This essential software engine enables realtime 3D rendering on the PC desktop, Web pages, embedded devices, handheld game devices, and mobile handsets. Initially adopted by J-PHONE for their mobile handsets, Mascot Capsule(R) Engine was the recipient of the 2001 Tokyo Metropolitan Venture Technology Grand Prize. Mascot Capsule(R) Engine is available for licensing to countless platforms for use in a myriad of application products.
About Bandai Networks Co., Ltd.
Established as a subsidiary of Bandai Co., Ltd. in September of 2000, Bandai Networks builds on its parent company's strength in character merchandising and adds an expertise in server management and applications, innovative concepts, and strategic business partnering to operate a wide variety of mobile phone and Internet content services. Bandai Networks currently boasts 4 million subscribers to its domestic pay mobile phone services.
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