Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games and digital entertainment products for the mass market, today announced it has shipped Holly Hobbie™ & Friends for the Nintendo DS™. Developed by Frontline Studios, Inc., Holly Hobbie™ & Friends allows girls to play along with Holly Hobbie™ and her friends and family in a series of fun summertime mini-games.
“A new generation of girls can now enjoy the contemporized Holly Hobbie™ via an interactive experience that reinforces the positive themes of the brand,” said Ken Gold, vice president of Marketing, Majesco.
In Holly Hobbie™ & Friends, players will get to know Holly’s family, her two best friends Carrie & Amy, and their pets Bonnet, Doodles, Cheddar and Cider as they enjoy summer vacation together. Players will enjoy a variety of Touch Screen mini-games including cooking, in-line skating, biking, dancing, coloring posters, dressing up, selling fruit juice, finding lost treasures and more. A Holly Hobbie™ Journal lets players record secret notes and high scores, while a Holly Pop Quiz tests how well players know their brand trivia.
Holly Hobbie™ & Friends has a suggested retail price of $29.99 and is rated E for Everyone. More information about the game and Majesco’s exciting line of products can be found online at www.majescoentertainment.com.
About American Greetings Properties
American Greetings intellectual property and outbound licensing division, American Greetings Properties, was established to develop multi-platform entertainment, licensing, merchandising and promotional campaigns for its classic properties, as well as develop a new series of character brands. The impetus for setting up the division was inspired by the success of two properties, Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake, which have each made $2 billion in retail sales, $4 billion collectively. For more information, visit www.agpbrands.com
About Majesco Entertainment Company
Headquartered in Edison, NJ, with an international office based in Bristol, UK, Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL) is an innovative provider of video games and digital entertainment products for the mass market, with a focus on publishing video games for leading portable systems and the Wii™ console. Product highlights include Nancy Drew™,Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends and Zoo Hospital™ for the Nintendo DS™ and Cooking Mama: Cook Off for the Wii™ console. More information about Majesco can be found online at www.majescoentertainment.com.
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