From Sports to Art to World History Questions, EA Brings Trivia to the Wii
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2007--Electronic Arts Inc.
(NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that Smarty Pants™, the first trivia
game for the Wii™, has shipped to store shelves in North America
and will ship to retailers throughout Europe on November 16. So go
ahead and take the challenge! Do you know more than your Grandma about
world history? Does your little sister know more than your Dad about
sports? Find out by playing Smarty Pants, the trivia game that levels
the playing field for friends and family, combining age-targeted
trivia with action-based gestures, making for a truly
trans-generational game exclusively for the Wii.
In Smarty Pants, questions are tailored to the contestant's age,
allowing friends and family members ages eight to eighty to play
simultaneously. Choose to play in Friends Mode, a rapid-fire
competitive trivia showdown, or Family Mode, in which players team up
in a race against the clock. As you play, the game tracks everyone's
answers and adjusts the difficulty level to provide continuous
stimulation and challenge. Exciting Wii gestures make everything a
game, from spinning the category wheel and tug-of-wars to "dance-offs"
for additional points. With both competitive and collaborative game
modes and thousands questions in multiple categories, Smarty Pants
brings virtually endless fun and replayability for families and
friends alike.
Categories and questions are also fully localized with country
appropriate content for North America, UK, France, Germany, Spain and
Italy.
Smarty Pants is produced at EA Los Angeles and developed in
conjunction with Planet Moon Studios. The game is rated "E" for
Everyone by the ESRB and 3+ by PEGI. For more information on Smarty
Pants, please visit the official website at www.smartypants.ea.com.
For screenshots and other artwork, please visit www.info.ea.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City,
California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software
company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and
distributes interactive software worldwide for videogame systems,
personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic
Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™,
EA™, EA SPORTS BIG™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2007, EA posted
revenue of $3.09 billion and had 24 titles that sold more than one
million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More
information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be
found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG, POGO, and Smarty Pants are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the
U.S. and/or other countries. Wii is a trademark of Nintendo. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: EA Los Angeles
Brooke Cahalane, 310-754-7312
Public Relations Manager
bcahalane@ea.com
Palmira Farrow, 310-754-7189
Public Relations
pfarrow@ea.com
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.