Unlock The Secret Of Manaphy

22 May 2007- Saturday 2nd June is Manaphy Day! Get down to any GAME store in the UK with your copy of Pokémon Ranger to receive your limited edition chocolate PokeBall containing a unique code that lets you unlock Manaphy's Egg in Pokémon Ranger and transfer it to the upcoming Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl game and hatch the 'prince of the ocean' himself - Manaphy! Alongside your chocolate PokeBall you'll also receive a stunning A3 Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl poster.

Manaphy's Day also means that whilst you are in store you'll be able to pre-order your very own copy of the hugely anticipated Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl for the first time. When you pre-order Pokémon Diamond & Pearl from GAME not only do you guarantee getting hold of a copy of the game on launch day but you'll also receive a very special limited edition Pokémon Diamond or Pokémon Pearl character stylus at launch. *

When you present your copy of Pokémon Ranger at any GAME store (regardless of where it was purchased) on Manaphy Day you will receive your boxed chocolate PokeBall. Within the box there will be an instruction leaflet offering a step by step guide of how to retrieve Manaphy's Egg, as well as the required password.

Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl is the hugely anticipated next instalment in the Pokémon video game series and has already sold over five million copies in Japan in less than one year. In its first week of release in the US in April, Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl sold over one million copies in launch week alone.

*Stylus is only awarded on collection of the game within GAME stores.

For further information please contact:

Kate Fayers or Kirsty Burgess at the Nintendo Press Office on 0207 307 3103

Click onto www.nintendo-europe-media.com /> for all of the most up to date official information on Nintendo.

About Nintendo

The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii, Nintendo DS, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCube systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.2 billion video games and more than 387 million hardware units globally, and has created industry icons like Mario, Donkey Kong®, Metroid®, Zelda and Pokémon®. As a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of Europe, based in Grossostheim, Germany, was established in 1990 and serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in Europe.

About Pokémon

Pokémon UK, a branch of Pokémon USA, Inc., based in London, UK, manages and oversees the Pokémon franchise in UK, Europe and Africa which includes licensing, merchandising, TV animation, theatrical releases, home video entertainment and publication. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 for the Game Boy®, the world's best-selling video game system. The Pokémon franchise is now a worldwide phenomenon. Since Pokémon was first introduced into Europe in October 1999, nearly 35 million Pokémon video games have been sold across Europe, making it the fastest selling video games ever. Pokémon merchandise has generated over $25 billion in worldwide retail sales to date. The Trading Card Game, fuelled by organized play programmes in 47 countries, has spurred global sales of 14 billion cards to date.

About GAME

GAME is Europe's leading specialist retailer of computer software and video games. The Group currently operates from over 400 stores in the UK and Eire and 400 stores in continental Europe and Australia. For further corporate information log onto www.gamegroup.plc.uk, and for the on-line store log onto www.game.co.uk <http://www.game.co.uk/>