Press Release:
Mestro! Green Groove is First Musical Platform Game Available on Nintendo DSiWare

PARIS, FRANCE – July 6th, 2010 - Neko Entertainment a leading independent video game developer and publisher announced today that it’s musical platform adventure game Maestro! Green Groove is now available throughout Europe from the Nintendo Shop Channel on Nintendo DSiWare™. Blending two exquisite flavours, Maestro! Green Groove is a unique concept combining the standards of platform gaming with the pleasure of musical creation in a unique and astonishing way.

“We are pleased to announce the launch of Maestro! Green Groove for Nintendo DSiWare™ owners throughout Europe”, said Laurent Lichnewsky, Managing Director of Neko Entertainment, “Its perfect mix of platform adventure gaming and musical creation featuring some of the world’s best known compositions will appeal to players both you and old”.

Lovingly crafted by Pastagames, in Maestro! Green Groove gives players the power to create a symphony with the touch of the Nintendo DS-stylus. Set in the deep, dark tropical forests of the Green Groove World, players take control of Presto a colourful music loving bird. Using the DSi stylus players strum, run and tap to the rhythm of a Bollywood musical orchestra whose reinterpretation of classics such as Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Chopin's Nocturne n°2 and Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” will drive you wild. Just like the world’s best conductors, to move Prestro through Maestro! Green Groove players will need to stick as close as possible to the original composition to progress.

Featuring challenges including special strings, goofy enemies and crazy targets that need to be knocked down as fast as lightning, Presto will need to defeat his jealous rival Staccato and his spider gang in epic musical battles. Utilizing the Nintendo DSi microphone Maestro! Green Groove is one of the first DSiWare games to truly make the most of the Nintendo DSi microphone, allowing players to let their vocal cords loose with the melodies featured in the game.

Maestro! Green Groove is rated 3+ in Europe with no age limit in Germany and will be available on the Nintendo Shop Channel.