On safari with Amazing Animals
by Chris Greenhough 
{ Mar 7th 2008 at 6:00PM }
Amazing Animals may sound like another slice of god-awful Wii shovelware, but the first screens hint at something more promising. Based on a Japanese TV show about animal tricks, Amazing Animals (or Doubutsu Kisou Tengai as it's known in its homeland) sees players don their best khaki and take to the plains of a freshly discovered, totally uncharted island near to Japan, accompanied by a robot as a guide (visible in the screens after the break).
Things become a bit murky from this point onwards, though Siliconera recently speculated that photography could be involved, or that players become the animals in a series of minigames. That last one sounds a little too close to Wild Earth: African Safari for our liking, and there's only room for one totally ludicrous animal-themed minigame series in our collection! Follow the post-break trail for more shots.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TheOverlord#2 @ Mar 7th 2008 6:51PM
Looks like a Japanese exclusive to me. The graphics look good for it's style though.
But i'm a bit concerned...Why do you guys like Wild Earth: African Safari so much?
hvnlysoldr @ Mar 7th 2008 7:29PM
Because it'll probably beat Sony's Afrika. Definitely not in graphics but probably gameplay.
Jumbo @ Mar 8th 2008 6:33AM
I really hope the floppy fish is back in smash bros.
Shadow31 @ Mar 8th 2008 9:27AM
Hmm... because it's like Pokemon Snap without the Pokemon. That game was very popular for its gameplay. To remove the Pokemon and keep the photography element gives it an even wider audience. I still am cautious about African Safari, but it looks like it has potential.
Dannybuoy @ Mar 8th 2008 3:21PM
Why does the main character remind me of the guy from Pang.... remember that? Now that needs to be remade on the wii....
Mr Khan @ Mar 8th 2008 5:11PM
So, its like Afrika, except it actually exists, and is a licensed game?
Hmm, the former gives it an advantage over Afrika, but the latter does not
Perverted @ Mar 9th 2008 6:06AM
The robot seems out of place....
And it's just Pokemon Snap without the Pokemon, I think that lowers the audience, lets not forget there's ALOT of Pokenerds out there....
It does look interesting...sort of...Maybe worth a rent?