Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced today that Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel, an exciting RPG for the Nintendo DS, is now in development. Featuring an all-new original storyline, Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel promises original characters created exclusively for the game and an intuitive battle system based on action from the popular animated series.

“We are very excited to have an opportunity to add something all our own to the already amazing world of Inuyasha,” said Naruo Uchida, NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.’s Senior Vice President. “Having an established property to work on, while adding our own special creative vision, is truly a wonderful experience.”

Rumiko Takahashi’s popular animated TV and comic series Inuyasha comes to life in this brand new adventure for the Nintendo DS. Players will experience the intriguing origins and exciting stories of all-new characters as they join beloved well-known Inuyasha characters in the struggle to unlock the mystery of the Divine Jewel. Utilizing and uniting familiar faces like Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippo, players will battle hordes of monstrous demons in this epic RPG. With an intuitive command-based control scheme and the new Cover Fellow System (CFS), players will get Inuyasha and his friends to work together in ways never before seen. The chance to learn the secret of the Divine Jewel arrives in 2007 with Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel.