Konami Announce Disney All-Star Sports News

Konami and Disney have announced an agreement to develop and market Disney All-Star Sports, a new video game series featuring Mickey and his pals. The series will feature both team sports and extreme sports games, starring popular Disney characters as athletic all-stars. The six-sport agreement includes, football, basketball, soccer, snowboarding, skateboarding and motocross, which will be available only on the GameCube and GameBoy Advance this Autumn. <br /> <br /> The first games to be released in Japan on Jul 18th are Disney All-Star Sports: Soccer for both the GameCube and GameBoy Advance. These will be followed by Disney All-Star Sports: Skateboarding and Disney All-Star sports: American Football for the GameBoy Advance on July 25th in Japan. <br /> <br /> “Konami is excited to bring a whole new experience to console sports fans,” said Kunio Neo, president of Konami of Europe. “Disney's all-star cast of beloved characters combined with arcade-style sports games will yield incredible success for this new series.” <br /> <br /> “Gamers, sports fans, and Disney fans alike will enjoy playing the Disney All-Star Sports games with their favorite Disney characters,” said Jan Smith, president, Disney Interactive. “Disney Interactive is pleased to be working with Konami on this important company initiative.”