After a successful debut in the arcades on the Sammy Atomiswave system, SNK Playmore and Ignition Entertainment are pleased to announce NeoGeo Battle Coliseum for the PlayStation® 2

Drawing characters from some of SNK's biggest and well loved franchises, NeoGeo Battle Coliseum allows the use of the new 2–on–2 Tag Team battle system. This new system allows the player to switch characters during play and to perform ‘team' attacks on their opponent.

The character roster has 40 characters represented by well known faces from the likes of World Heroes, Art of Fighting, Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown, Last Blade, Metal Slug and Kizuna Encounter.

‘NeoGeo Battle Coliseum , due to the diverse characters and new fighting system, will appeal to all fans of the genre' says Peter Rollinson, Product Manager, Ignition Entertainment Ltd ‘personally, I can't wait to team up Marco from Metal Slug and Fuuma from World Heroes…'

Key Features:

• 40 Characters taken from SNK's most popular franchises including Metal Slug, King Of Fighters, Samurai Shodown and World Heroes.

• Fight using the new 2-on-2 tag team battle format. Switch Tag Team partners during the match.

• 6 Hidden Characters to unlock

• Exclusive new game mode ‘Tag Play'

• New and improved background graphics and newly arranged background music

• Colour edit mode. Modify the appearances of your favourite characters.

• Exclusive new playable character not found in the arcade version

• Additional command edit function
  
  

For further information please visit: www.ignitionent.com/ngbc

NeoGeo Battle Coliseum will be available Autumn ‘06 for the PlayStation® 2

 

For more information, please contact:

Peter Rollinson or Derek Reeve, Ignition Entertainment

01992 70 39 70

Peter@ignitionent.com
Derek@ignitionent.com

About I GNITION ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
Ignition Entertainment Limited is a privately owned software developer and publisher. Ignition was created by a core team of gaming industry veterans with the purpose of building upon their successful track record within the international games industry, and to bring a fresh new approach to both the development and distribution of original gaming product. You can find more information about IGNITION ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED at http://www.ignitionent.com

About SNK PLAYMORE/SNK NEOGEO & SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION
Over the past 15 years, SNK has published classic arcade titles such as THE KING OF FIGHTERS, BASEBALL STARS, METAL SLUG, SAMURAI SHODOWN, and FATAL FURY on a wide variety of home gaming and handhelds systems. In June 2003, SNK opened SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION in Wall, New Jersey to again publish arcade classics on the current home and portable gaming systems.

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http://www.snkplaymore.co.jp/

You can find more information about SNK NEOGEO USA CONSUMER CORPORATION games at http://www.snkneogeousaconsumer.com

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