Egg Mania puzzle games ship for Gamecube and PS2
by Jolex Del Pilar

Sunday, September 22, 2002

Gamecube version of game will feature GBA connectivity.

Japanese publisher and developer Kemco has shipped
Egg Mania� and Egg Mania�: Eggstreme Madness. The addictive pick-up-and-play action-puzzle game was developed by HotGen Studios Limited for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo GameCube� video game system and Xbox� video game system from Microsoft and will hit retail outlets nationwide with an SRP of $39.99. Egg Mania hits stores on the Game Boy® Advance with an SRP of $29.99.

In the Egg Mania series, players strive to be the quickest to build a tower out of falling blocks. While facing challenges such as rising moat water, wobbling towers and harmful enemies, players must keep building to prevent from drowning. Players must also maintain stability on the towers to avoid falling while using quickness and efficiency to advance towards the top of the board.

“We made the Egg Mania series to be quick, pick-up-and-play fun. We never anticipated people picking it up and not being able to put it down!” said Glenn Halseth, vice president of sales and marketing for Kemco. “Egg Mania has the fun, addictive gameplay of a sure-to-be classic game.”

The original animation action spans more than five different backdrops, including a haunted house, jungle, fairground, prehistoric volcanoes and beneath the skies of Arabian nights.
Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness can be played as a single player game and support up to eight players via tournament mode, while handheld version can be played with two players via a GBA cable link.

--- Jolex Del Pilar