``WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role'' and ``WWF No Mercy'' Top the Console Sales Charts as the Holiday Season Kicks Off.Business/Entertainment Editors CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000 "WWF See Windows Workflow Foundation. SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role" Smashes UK Sales Record THQ THQ Toy Headquarters THQ Territorial Headquarters THQ Tehsil Headquarters (Pakistan) THQ The Holy Quran THQ Theater Headquarters Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :THQI) and JAKKS Pacific JAKKS Pacific, Inc. NASDAQ: JAKK is is a multi-brand company that designs and markets a broad range of toys and consumer products and is based in Malibu, California. Its product categories include action figures, art activity kits, stationery, writing instruments, performance , Inc. (NASDAQ:JAKK) today announced that the two newest World Wrestling Federation(R) (WWFE WWFE World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc. ) licensed video games have both soared to the top of the sales charts. According to NPD NPD New Product Development NPD Nouveau Parti Démocratique (Canada) NPD Narcissistic Personality Disorder NPD Norwegian Petroleum Directorate NPD Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands TRSTS data for North America, "WWF SmackDown!(TM) 2: Know Your Role," which released on Nov. 20, holds the No. 1 spot on the PlayStation(R) charts and "WWF No Mercy This article is about the video game. For the professional wrestling pay-per-view event, see WWE No Mercy. WWF No Mercy is a professional wrestling video game released in 2000 on the Nintendo 64 console and published by THQ. (TM)," which released on Nov. 13, ranked as the top selling Nintendo(R) 64 game. Overseas the news is equally encouraging, as MCV MCV mean corpuscular volume. MCV abbr. mean corpuscular volume Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) A measure of the average volume of a red blood cell. UK recently reported that "WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role" has broken all sales records to become the first title to sell 150,000 units in the UK during a one week period. "Both `WWF No Mercy' and `WWF SmackDown! 2' shot to the No. 1 positions immediately upon their release," said Tom Alfonsi, senior vice president of merchandising, K-B Toys. "Based upon our experiences with the previous World Wrestling Federation titles, we expect them to remain top sellers through the New Year." "WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role" and "WWF No Mercy" are also garnering strong critical acclaim. IGN-PSX calls "WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role" "clearly the best wrestling game on the PlayStation." Meanwhile, DailyRadar.com says "(`WWF No Mercy' is) the best wrestling game ever made and one of the best games ever to appear on the N64." About "WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role": Released on Nov. 20, "WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role" is the sequel to the highly successful "WWF SmackDown!(TM)." Developed by Yuke's Co. Ltd. of Japan, it boasts expanded features including all- new storylines and gameplay modes such as Ladder Matches, Hell in a Cell, Casket Matches, Tornado Tag Team Matches, and Special Tournaments. Players will have the opportunity to brawl not only in the ring, but also backstage, in the VIP room, in the parking lot, and even in the WWF New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Square Entertainment complex. About "WWF No Mercy": Released on Nov. 13 and developed by Aki Corporation of Japan, "WWF No Mercy" has more than 65 World Wrestling Federation Superstars to choose from. With new double-team moves, backstage areas, and enhanced graphics plus all-new gameplay modes including Ladder Match and Tag Team Match, "WWF No Mercy players" will enjoy even more of what makes World Wrestling Federation bedlam so popular. The Create-A-Superstar feature is back and more robust than ever, allowing players to design characters in unprecedented detail, from physical size and appearance, to personality, attitude, and of course, signature moves. "WWF No Mercy" will also offer all-new storylines, a Special Referee feature, and even a Create a Pay-Per-View Event. JAKKS Pacific is a multi-brand toy company that designs, develops, produces and markets toys and related products, including (1) action figures and accessories featuring licensed characters, principally from the World Wrestling Federation(R), (2) Flying Colors(R) molded plastic activity sets, clay compound playsets and lunch boxes, (3) Road Champs(R) die-cast collectible and toy vehicles and Remco(R) toy vehicles and role-playing toys and accessories, (4) Child Guidance(R) infant and pre-school electronic toys, toy foam puzzle mats, block activity sets and outdoor products and (5) fashion and mini dolls and related accessories. THQ Inc. develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software worldwide for a variety of hardware platforms including PC CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , and those manufactured by Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sega. The THQ Web site is located at http://www.thq.com. The statements contained in this release that are not historical facts may be deemed to constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in such statements due to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, demand and competition for the Company's products and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and as more specifically set forth in the company's most recent Form 8-K Form 8-K The form required by the SEC when a publicly held company incurs any event that might affect its financial situation or the share value of its stock. Form 8-K See 8-K. filed on Nov. 13, 2000. |
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