Atari's Freddi Fish: ABC Under the Sea Swims into Retail with Fun Games for Growing Brains

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Atari, one of the world's most recognized publishers and producers of interactive entertainment, announced today that it will publish the children's educational videogame Freddi Fish: ABC Under the Sea for Nintendo DS™. The ideal DS title for kids 3 and up, Freddi Fish: ABC Under the Sea offers engaging, fun-filled gameplay, and amusing scenarios that enable children to build fundamental skill sets including logical thinking, problem solving, and memory. Freddi Fish: ABC Under the Sea will swim its way to retail on October 12.

Freddi Fish: ABC Under the Sea marks the sixth title in the award winning Freddi Fish video game franchise which follows the adventures of Freddi, the anthropomorphic, yellow fish who takes on detective investigations with his pal, the green-colored Luther. Packed with 20+ hours of compelling stories and games, Freddi Fish: ABC Under the Sea inspires and challenges kids to explore Freddi's underwater world and use such skills as letter recognition, vocabulary, spelling, counting, directions, colors, and tracing to help Freddi solve his cases. Kids will also enjoy a wide range of fun mini-games such as Soup Stir, Counting Coral, and Bubble Bonanza.

"Since 1994, parents have trusted Freddi Fish as their child's first video game to provide educational yet entertaining characters, stories, and gameplay," said Jim Wilson, President of Atari. "Freddi Fish: ABC Under the Sea, which takes this generation of children on a new underwater adventure with Freddi and Luther, has been designed to promote early thinking and reasoning skills."

Developed by 1st Playable, Freddi Fish: ABC Under the Sea is rated E for Everyone and will carry a suggested retail price of $19.99.

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