Video Gaming News - April 2003
San Francisco, CA (April 25, 2003) - Ubi Soft Entertainment today
announced that Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell has shipped for the Nintendo Game Boy
Advance.
From Ubi Soft:
Game Boy Advance owners can now experience the thrill of the award-winning
espionage thriller. Game Boy Advance fans can enjoy the original tension-filled
storyline - complete with characters and locations endorsed by famous author Tom
Clancy - plus something special just for Nintendo fans. By connecting the
Nintendo GameCube to the Game Boy Advance and completing the Nintendo GameCube
version, players will be treated to five exclusive levels on the Game Boy
Advance.
First Stealth Action Game on the Game Boy Advance
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is the first stealth action game to release on the
Game Boy Advance. Following in suit with the original Xbox game, the Game Boy
Advance version continues to thrill players with extreme action-intensive
gameplay. Using three-layer management, the game creates a 3-layer background
that allows for an interactive environment and the use of safe zones, simulating
the gameplay of the original platforms. The combination of the tension-filled
gameplay and graphical environment captures the spy thriller essence of Tom
Clancy's Splinter Cell.
"Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell delivers something unique to each platform," said
Tony Kee, vice president of marketing for Ubi Soft Entertainment. "Exclusive
gadgets and levels-even the linked play opportunities available only to players
connecting their Nintendo GameCubes and Game Boy Advances-are our way of
satisfying our fans on various platforms. So far gamers have been really
enthusiastic, especially the hardcore Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell fans who play
it on all platforms just to get a taste of the features exclusive to each
version."
Storyline:
You are Sam Fisher. A lone shadow-operative in a world where lost seconds can
allow terrorist plans to become deadly reality. You operate in the heart of
hostile territory. Spy. Steal. Destroy. Assassinate. Just don't ever be seen.
Because when the stakes are this high, the choice between leaving a witness or a
corpse is no choice at all. When two CIA agents mysteriously vanish in the
former Soviet republic of Georgia, the NSA's secret sub agency, Third Echelon,
deploys Sam Fisher-its most capable splinter cell operative-to recover them.
Fisher soon uncovers a deeper conspiracy: a plot that threatens to destabilize
the world order and spark nuclear conflict.
Standout Game Features
- Comprehensive stealth techniques and action moves including split jumps,
zip-lining, rappelling and using human shields make gameplay creative and fun.
- Experimental intelligence gadgets based on real-life technologies such as
night vision/thermal goggles, prototype weapons, non-lethal weapons, and
surveillance gear give Fisher the edge against his enemies.
- Eleven missions-featuring one training mission and one special
mission-through eight realistic environments based on those from the Xbox
version
- Hide in the shadows thanks to an original depth management system that
simulates 3D environments.
- Three "boss fight" gameplay moments available only on the Game Boy Advance
that allows players to go head to head against enemies.
- Five new levels players can unlock after beating the game on the Game Boy
Advance.
- Five new levels players can unlock by completing the Nintendo GameCube
version and linking the Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance connectivity.
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