KIM POSSIBLE MAKES DEBUT ON VIDEO GAME CONSOLE
Disney's Kim Possible: What's The Switch? Now Available Exclusively for PlayStation(R)2 System
BURBANK, Calif. - (November 9, 2006) - Kim Possible is taking her crime-fighting heroics and acrobatics to the PlayStation ® 2 computer entertainment system. "Disney's Kim Possible: What's The Switch?," developed exclusively for the PlayStation 2 system, is now available in retail stores throughout the United States.
In "Disney's Kim Possible: What's the Switch?," players control Kim, Shego or Rufus the naked mole rat as they traverse the globe to defeat enemies. Published by Buena Vista Games and developed by A2M, "Disney's Kim Possible: What's The Switch?" is rated E for Everyone and is available for a suggested price of $29.99.
"As the fifth video game starring Disney Channel favorite, Kim Possible, 'Disney's Kim Possible: What's The Switch?' is an exciting opportunity for video game players to follow the crime-fighting heroine's exploits on the living room TV," said Craig
Relyea, vice president of marketing, Buena Vista Games. "Kim Possible is an extremely successful handheld video game franchise and this game looks to repeat that success on the console by bringing more fun and thrills to this engaging PlayStation 2 title."
In "Disney's Kim Possible: What's the Switch?," Kim Possible must begrudgingly team up with her nemesis, Shego, to restore everything back to normal when the minds of Dr. Drakken and Ron Stoppable are switched. It's now up to Kim and Shego to save the day - together.
Features of "Disney's Kim Possible: What's The Switch?" include 11 missions as one of three characters (Kim Possible, Shego or Rufus); the ability to acquire and use six gadgets; and a two-player mode.
About the Kim Possible video game franchise
Based on the hit Disney Channel show, the Kim Possible video game franchise has sold more than 1 million units to date worldwide since its debut in 2002. The first three Kim Possible games appeared exclusively for the Game Boy® Advance. "Disney's Kim Possible: Kimmunicator," which was released in 2005, was the first Kim Possible title developed for the Nintendo DS TM .
"Disney's Kim Possible: Global Gemini" for the Nintendo DS is scheduled for release in February 2007 throughout the United States.
About Buena Vista Games
Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG) is the interactive entertainment affiliate of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS). BVG publishes, markets and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games and interactive entertainment worldwide.
The company also licenses properties and works directly with third-party interactive game publishers to bring products for all ages to market. For more information, please log on to www.bvg.com.
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