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Disney Offers Adventures Under the Sea and Gives the Royal Treatment With New Handheld Video Games.


New 'The Little Mermaid' and 'Disney Princess' Video Games See video game console.  Available in Retail Stores

BURBANK, Calif. -- Disney Princesses and Ariel are joining the "Disney on the Go" portfolio of handheld video games. New handheld video game titles based on the "Disney Princess" and "The Little Mermaid little mermaid

the sacrifices her own life to save her beloved prince. [Dan. Lit.: Andersen’s Fairy Tales]

See : Self-Sacrifice
" franchises are now available at retail stores throughout North America.

The new line-up from Buena Vista Games includes:

* Disney's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure for the Nintendo DS(TM)

* Disney's The Little Mermaid: Magic in Two Kingdoms for the Game Boy[R] Advance

* Disney Princess: Royal Adventure for the Game Boy Advance

"Inspired by the award-winning film, 'The Little Mermaid' handheld games provide interactive adventures that kids can take with them on-the-go," said Craig Relyea, vice president of marketing, Buena Vista Games. "With the release of Disney's new two-disc 'The Little Mermaid' Platinum Edition DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 today, fans of Ariel and her friends will have ample opportunities to share in the fun this holiday season."

Featuring six of Disney's most beloved princesses, Disney Princess: Royal Adventure on the Game Boy Advance will be released alongside The Little Mermaid titles.

"Since its debut in 2000, the Disney Princess franchise has become a leading girls lifestyle brand," said Relyea. "Building on the franchise's popularity, the new Disney Princess: Royal Adventure game enables young girls to interact with their favorite characters in a new magical adventure."

About Disney's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure

Ariel, Flounder flounder: see flatfish.
flounder

Any of about 300 species of flatfishes (order Pleuronectiformes). When born, the flounder is bilaterally symmetrical, with an eye on each side, and it swims near the sea's surface.
 and Sebastian join some new friends on a mysterious aquatic adventure based on the beloved Disney movie. Developed by Gorilla Systems Corp., the game lets players dive into 16 levels of interactive gameplay, and use the unique Nintendo DS features that include:

* Playing music wirelessly with up to five friends in the "Barnacle barnacle, common name of the sedentary crustacean animals constituting the subclass Cirripedia. Barnacles are exclusively marine and are quite unlike any other crustacean because of the permanently attached, or sessile, mode of existence for which they are highly  Band"

* Singing into the Nintendo DS microphone to unlock treasure chests

* Using the Nintendo DS stylus to dig up hidden treasure

About Disney's The Little Mermaid: Magic in Two Kingdoms

Also developed by Gorilla Systems Corp., Disney's The Little Mermaid: Magic in Two Kingdoms lets players embark on a seafaring journey through some favorite "The Little Mermaid" movie moments. Explore as Ariel, Flounder, Sebastian or Prince Eric to unlock eight nautical games. Goals include racing to save Prince Eric from the sinking ship sinking ship

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, aiding Sebastian in escaping the French Chef and defeating Ursula, the evil sea-witch.

About Disney Princess: Royal Adventure

Developed by Human Soft, Inc., Disney Princess: Royal Adventure lets players explore an enchanted en·chant  
tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants
1. To cast a spell over; bewitch.

2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm.
 castle with secret portals leading to the worlds of the Disney Princesses -- Jasmine, Cinderella, Belle, Ariel, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty

sleeps for 100 years. [Fr. Fairy Tale, The Sleeping Beauty]

See : Enchantment


Sleeping Beauty

enchanted heroine awakened from century of slumber by prince’s kiss.
 -- on their quest to find a missing collection of special tiaras. Players can journey into a wonderful world inside the castle and a medley of unique environments in the surrounding village. The Disney Princesses will help players increase their skills while earning enchanted items that are used to solve a mystery that has been forgotten by the village for many years.

About Buena Vista Games

Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG BVG Bundesverfassungsgericht (highest German court)
BVG Bureau du Vérificateur Général du Canada (auditor general)
BVG Best Value Guarantee
BVG Berliner Verkehrs Gesellschaft
BVG Borrowdale Volcanic Group
) is the interactive entertainment affiliate of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: 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.

[c] Disney. Product names, release dates and features may be subject to change.

Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS are trademarks of Nintendo.
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