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Virtual Board Game Brings the Family Together on Fortune Street
REDMOND, Wash.--(December 5, in the year of our Lord
2011)-- If you work hard, invest your money and make
smart choices, soon you’ll be making a bundle on Fortune
Street™. The virtual board game for the Wii™ console launches
today and invites players of all ages to try something new:
navigating the stock and real estate markets to maximize their
wealth and take control of the board. The game will have
everyone in the family having fun together and competing to see
who will be living large in the living room.
The game lets players choose from more than 20 characters from
different worlds. Mario™, Princess Peach™ and Bowser™ are among
those representing the Mushroom Kingdom, while Angelo, Bianca
and Slime are some of the DRAGON QUEST® characters in this
Square Enix-developed game. Players can also opt to play as
their own Mii™ characters, and can even choose custom clothing
and accessories once they earn enough stamps. Mii characters can
dress as ninjas, be surrounded by three shells or even dress as
Mario or other characters from the game.
“During the holidays people like to get together with friends
and family members to play games,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo
of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing.
“Fortune Street lets everyone have fun while buying, selling and
trading property to grow their bank accounts.”
Players move around one of more than 15 game boards based on
popular Mushroom Kingdom and Dragon Quest locales. They buy
shops and collect symbols that can be traded in at the bank for
promotion and gold. When other players land on a shop, the owner
collects a shopping fee. When players own all of the shops in
one district, the property value goes up and so do the shopping
fees.
Fortune Street includes an easier beginner setting (Easy rules)
that helps players learn the rules as well as a more advanced
setting. The Standard rules introduce more challenges, new
strategies and the option for players to invest their earnings
in the stock market to maximize their moolah.
Up to four players can compete at once. Even players who are far
away can join in the fun. As long as all players have a copy of
the game, they can get together via Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection
using a broadband Internet connection.
Fortune Street (known as Itadaki Street in Japan) is the ninth
installment in the popular series. This is the first time an
Itadaki Street game has been published in North America.
Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults
manage the content their children can access. For more
information about this and other features, visit
http://www.nintendo.com/wii.
For more information about Fortune Street, visit
http://fortunestreet.nintendo.com.