ADVISORY/Best Buy to Pre-sell Game Boy Advance Software Titles; Game Boy Advance Kiosks Available In-store to Preview Hardware and Software.

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ADVISORY...for Sunday (May 6)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

      What: Nintendo will launch Game Boy Advance and 15 new software
          titles on June 13. The portable unit, available in three
          colors Arctic (white), Glacier (translucent blue), and
          Indigo (violet), offers a bigger screen size, 32-bit color
          graphics, extended battery life and is compatible with
          previous Game Boy software titles. Players will also be able
          to hook four Game Boy Advance units together for a
          multi-player mode and the unit will act as a controller for
          Nintendo's upcoming console, Game Cube.

            Beginning May 6, Best Buy customers will be able to preview
          Game Boy Advance in stores nationwide. Best Buy stores and
          BestBuy.com will also be pre-selling four software titles
          available at launch. The titles include:

              --  Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2

              --  Iridion

              --  Super Mario Advance

              --  F-Zero Maximum Velocity

            For a deposit of $5, customers can reserve copies of Game
          Boy Advance software titles available on launch day.

      When: Sunday, May 6. Stores open at 11 a.m.

      Where: Best Buy stores nationwide.

             Media are welcome in store for photographs and interviews.

Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) is the nation's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Company operates retail stores and commercial web sites under the names: Best Buy (BestBuy.com), Magnolia Hi-Fi (MagnoliaHiFi.com), Media Play (MediaPlay.com), On Cue (OnCue.com), Sam Goody (SamGoody.com), and Suncoast (Suncoast.com). The Company reaches consumers through more than 1,700 retail stores nationwide, in Puerto Rico and in the U.S. Virgin Islands.