THQ and Nickelodeon Ship Rocket Power: Gettin' Air for Game Boy Color

March 21 -- THQ and Nickelodeon today announced the release of "Rocket Power: Gettin' Air" for Game Boy Color. "Rocket Power: Gettin' Air" is based on Nickelodeon's hit show, Rocket Power, which features four friends competing together in a variety of extreme sports including skateboarding, surfing, and roller hockey in the beachside town of Ocean Shores. Each week, 18.7 million kids tune in to Rocket Power, beating all other kids cable and network programs in its time slot. "Rocket Power: Gettin' Air" is now available at major retail outlets nationwide.
"THQ's Nickelodeon Rugrats franchise has exceeded $125 million at retail with over 4,000,000 units sold since November 1998," stated Alison Locke, executive vice president, North American Publishing, THQ. "The fun characters and extreme sports action in Rocket Power provide a great video game premise with tremendous re-play value for kids of all ages. We look forward to working with Nickelodeon in creating another successful kids video game franchise with Rocket Power."

"'Rocket Power' marks the third breakout hit from the enormously talented Klasky Csupo team, creators of 'Rugrats' and 'Wild Thornberrys,'" stated Steve Youngwood, Vice President of Nickelodeon Interactive and Book Publishing. "THQ is the ideal publishing partner to create games that allow kids to play as their favorite Rocket Power characters."

In "Rocket Power: Getting' Air" for Game Boy Color, players join Otto, Rocket, Twister and Sam on an all-new adventure that puts their extreme sports skills to the test. Players can snowboard with Reggie, roller blade with Otto, hang ten with Sam and get some wicked BMX air with Twister. At the end of each competition, players can check out Reggie's extreme sports magazine to find out their results. Winners may even find themselves on the cover!

For more information on "Rocket Power: Gettin' Air" and the rest of THQ's 2001 line-up, please visit http://www.thq.com.

SOURCE Nickelodeon
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