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SEGA has announced it’s bringing back its much loved 1990’s arcade title Jambo! Safari, with the game to be reinvented on Wii and Nintendo DS.
Jambo! Safari allows players take control of one of four fully customisable safari park rangers. With the ultimate aim of becoming a fully qualified ranger, players must take on high speed challenges and exciting rescue missions across varied free-roaming landscapes of the African Plains. Rangers will need to ensure the animals in their park are healthy and happy, with missions including rescuing animals in need, diagnosing and treating them before releasing them back to the wild, wildlife photography, sight seeing adventures and hot air balloon rides!
The DS version has been adapted to make full use of the stylus and dual screens, while the Wii game will have players using the Wii Remote like a lasso.
“Jambo! Safari was a much loved SEGA arcade game that has lent itself perfectly to the unique way of playing games on Nintendo platforms”, commented Gary Knight, European Marketing Director SEGA Europe. “Jambo! Safari makes learning fun, whilst children are playing the game and rescuing the wild animals they collect information cards, meaning they learn the characteristics of the animals and their natural habitat as they play.”
In addition to a single-player adventure, Jambo! Safari for Wii will also contain a co-op mode enabling players to share certain missions with a friend. A series of party games will also be included, allowing up to four players to compete in games such as Ostrich Racing and Meerkat Madness.
Jambo! Safari is scheduled for release on Wii and Nintendo DS late in 2009.
