If you can’t get enough

, then this announcement will make you smile. Bandai announced today that a new addition to the franchise, called

, will be released in 2006 and a teaser trailer will debut at E3.

Cyber Connect 2, the development team behind the initial 4-part

series, will handle the same duties here. Also returning are Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Kazunori Ito; Sadamoto was the character designer for

and contributed designs for

, while Ito wrote

and developed the storyline for

.

The original

series sold a collective 1.7 million copies worldwide, and Bandai is betting on more success with this game. We’ll bring you more details on this story as they become available.