- - - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - - - TOUCH DETECTIVE 2½ SLEUTHS INTO STORES TODAY! Join Mackenzie and Funghi on an all-new adventure! IRVINE, CALIFORNIA — OCTOBER 9th, 2007 — Atlus U.S.A., Inc., a leading publisher of interactive entertainment, today announced that, Touch Detective 2½, the upcoming adventure game for the Nintendo DS™, is now shipping to stores across North America! Don your detective’s hat and take your magnifying glass in hand, intrepid investigators: Mackenzie and Funghi need your help! Through five all-new chapters, meet new characters (and say hello to your old favorites), encounter new mysteries, explore a bigger game world, and confront the series’ first super-villain: The Cornstalker! Get ready for brain- tickling puzzles, zany characters, hilarious dialogue, and plenty of twists and turns along the way! Check out the official site at: http://www.atlus.com/touchdetective2/ Touch Detective 2½ has been rated “E” for Everyone with Comic Mischief by the ESRB. About Touch Detective 2 ½: Accepted into the Great Detective Society, Mackenzie has become a fully-accredited sleuth! Trouble is, people still do not take her seriously. All that changes when a string of strange thefts pulls her into a puzzling plot, and she’ll have to use all of her skills and intuition to discover the motive behind the crimes and solve the mystery! Key Features: • A hilariously off-beat story spanning 5 Episodes! Longer, wittier, and more entertaining than the first Touch Detective, the new plot develops over the course of 5 interrelated chapters, each playing off the one before. • Over twice the locations to visit and all-new characters to compliment the returning cast from the original! Cromwell, Penelope, and even your trusty sidekick Funghi all make a return in Touch Detective 2½, and if you want to get to the bottom of the mystery, you will need their help! • More unlockables! Solve side quests and complete an all-new Touch List and Investigation Report to gain access to new music and art! # # # About Atlus U.S.A., Inc. Located in Irvine, California and founded in 1991, Atlus U.S.A., Inc. is a publisher of compelling video games for a variety of platforms, including the Nintendo DS™, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Wii™, Xbox™, and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Atlus U.S.A, Inc.'s library of critically acclaimed video games includes Odin Sphere, Trauma Center: Second Opinion, Magna Carta: Tears of Blood, and the award-winning Shin Megami Tensei series. For more information, visit http://www.atlus.com. ©2006 SUCCESS/Beeworks. Touch Detective is a trademark of Atlus USA. Licensed to and Published by Atlus USA. Nintendo and Nintendo DS are trademarks of Nintendo. MEDIA CONTACT: Aram Jabbari Atlus U.S.A., Inc. 949-788-0455 (x102) [email protected] .