Nintendo Unveils Plan to Arm Woodland Animals; Foxes, Toads and Falcons to Receive All Means of Assault Artillery.REDMOND, Wash. -- For too long, foxes and other small woodland creatures have been the targets of hunters. Now the hunted will become the hunters. In coordination with the Society for the Arming of Endangered Animals, Nintendo will provide a defense system to a limited number of these animals in the form of high-tech assault weaponry. "Too often the smallest creatures are the most defenseless, subject to the ravages rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. of nature and human encroachment on their habitats," says Reynard Vulpine, Nintendo of America's senior vice president of animal-human reconciliation. "By arming woodland creatures with sophisticated assault technologies, Nintendo aims to level the playing field." Nintendo will begin the program on a trial basis, through the launch of Star Fox(R): Assault for the Nintendo GameCube The Nintendo GameCube (GCN) is Nintendo's fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. The system itself is the most compact and least expensive, next to the Dreamcast, of the sixth generation era consoles. (TM), by arming a test group comprised of two foxes, a hare, a toad and a falcon with a variety of weapons, including automatic blasters, sniper rifles Sniper rifles: Regular 'sniper' rifles. Including scoped variants of regular weapons, dedicated designs, dedicated marksman variants, etc..
Nintendo already has conducted a field test of the program. To see the results, pick up a copy of Star Fox: Assault, made exclusively for Nintendo GameCube, available Feb. 14. Up to four players can compete in head-to-head combat as animal characters like Fox McCloud, Slippy slip·py adj. Slippery. slip  pi·ly adv. Toad, Peppy Hare and Falco Lombardi.
In single-player mode, Fox uses the help of his colleagues to thwart an
infestation infestation /in·fes·ta·tion/ (-fes-ta´shun) parasitic attack or subsistence on the skin and/or its appendages, as by insects, mites, or ticks; sometimes used to denote parasitic invasion of the organs and tissues, as by helminths. of mechanized mech·a·nize tr.v. mech·a·nized, mech·a·niz·ing, mech·a·niz·es 1. To equip with machinery: mechanize a factory. 2. insects and biomechanical beings. The results of the pilot program can be screened at www.starfox.com, and a short documentary can be viewed at www.nintendo.com. Star Fox: Assault is Rated T for Teen. The worldwide leader and innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home and portable video game systems. Each year, hundreds of all-new titles for the best-selling Game Boy(R) Advance SP, Nintendo DS “NDS” redirects here. For other uses, see NDS (disambiguation). The Nintendo DS (sometimes abbreviated NDS or DS) is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in 2004 in Canada, U.S., and Japan. (TM) and Nintendo GameCube(TM) systems extend Nintendo's vast game library and continue the tradition of delivering a rich, diverse mix of quality video games See video game console. for players of all ages. Since the release of its first home video game system in 1983, Nintendo has sold more than 1.9 billion video games and more than 336 million hardware units globally, creating enduring industry icons such as Mario(TM) and Donkey Kong(R) and launching popular culture franchise phenomena such as Metroid(R), Zelda(TM) and Pokemon(R). A wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's Web site at www.nintendo.com. Note to editors: Nintendo press materials are available at press.nintendo.com. Note that press.nintendo.com is a password-protected site; to receive a password, please contact Cory D. Lewis at 213-438-8839 or clewis@golinharris.com. No animals were harmed in the production of this video game. |
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