Animated advance. (Technology).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. has signed a deal with kids cable outlet Nickelodeon to develop a series of low-cost, portable video games See video game console. based on Nickelodeon properties. The TV Games product line will be developed and marketed through JAKKS' Toymax International subsidiary and will consist of single-game titles. The gaming systems will have control pads that plug into a television or VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. for single-player gaming. It sounds simplistic sim·plism n. The tendency to oversimplify an issue or a problem by ignoring complexities or complications. [French simplisme, from simple, simple, from Old French; see simple , and it is meant to be. A Nickeledeon spokeswoman said the games are not meant to compete with the sophisticated CD-running, Internet-accessing consoles from Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. JAKKS has a license to market products based on the likes of "Blues Clues," "Rugrats," "SpongeBob SquarePants This article is about the series. For the title character, see SpongeBob SquarePants (character). For other uses, see SpongeBob SquarePants (disambiguation). SpongeBob SquarePants is an Emmy-nominated American animated television series and media franchise. " and "Wild Thornberrys." Nickelodeon is a unit of Viacom Inc. Officials at Malibu-based JAKKS, which is in a quiet period while it is raising support for a secondary stock offering, would not comment on the deal. Staff reporter Christopher Keough can be reached at (323) 549-5225, ext. 235, or at ckeough@labusinessjournal.com. |
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