SEGA brings the 1999 NAOMI arcade game 'Jambo! Safari' home to both Nintendo Wii and DS in remade form
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Sega Unveils Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue for Wii and DS
May 20, 2009 at 11:04 PDT – Source: Press Release
Sega's safari-themed arcade game returns in updated form.
Today, Sega announced that Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue will be
arriving on the Wii and DS late this year. In 1999, Jambo! Safari was
first released as an arcade title powered by the NAOMI arcade board,
which is based on Dreamcast technology. Players will once again find
themselves in the role of a safari park ranger who must rescue and
care for animals, except this time with updated graphics and more
depth than its arcade predecessor.
Taking place in the lush African Plains, Jambo! Safari will throw
players into a free-roaming world filled with missions to tackle such
as helping animals, taking photographs, and traveling in hot air
balloons. Customization options will be available for the four
selectable park rangers and the vehicles, such as the Land Rover
Defender.
Each version of the game is being designed to harness the unique
features of their respective system. Instead of using a lever to
capture animals like in the arcade version, Wii owners will be able to
lasso them by swinging the Wii Remote. The DS version will let players
use the stylus to diagnose and treat the animals.
In addition, there will be multiplayer modes in the Wii version where
friends can work together to complete missions or race ostriches.
In Europe, the game will be titled Ranger Adventure.
JOIN SEGA ON A JAMBO! SAFARI
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (May 20th, 2009) -- SEGA of America, Inc.,
and SEGA Europe Ltd., today announced Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue, an
action packed African adventure exclusively for the Wii and Nintendo
DS system. Hitting stores late in 2009, Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue
takes the fun and excitement of the classic 1990's arcade title and
reinvents it with modern graphics and deeper gameplay.
As with the original, the new Jambo! Safari allows you to play as
one of four safari park rangers, but this time they are fully
customizable. With the ultimate goal of becoming a fully qualified
ranger, players must take on high speed challenges and exciting rescue
missions across the rich and varied free-roaming landscapes of the
African Plains. Using one of the four customizable vehicles, including
the licensed Land Rover Defender 90 and 110, rangers will need to
drive around and ensure the animals in their park are healthy and
happy. Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue missions include rescuing animals
in need, diagnosing and treating them before releasing them back to
the wild, wildlife photography, sight seeing adventures and even hot
air balloon rides!
In the Wii version of game, Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue (known as
Ranger Adventure in Europe), players will immerse themselves in a true
safari experience by swinging the Wii Remote like a lasso and using
the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to drive through the beautiful plains of
Africa. Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue for Nintendo DS has been adapted
to make full use of the stylus and dual screens while interacting and
caring for the animals of the African Plains.
"Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue lends itself perfectly to the
Nintendo platforms with motion sensitive controls and touch screen
capabilities that translate all the action from the arcade into an
expanded game universe", commented Sean Ratcliffe, V.P. of Marketing
SEGA of America. "Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue is the perfect
combination of education and fun as players collect animal fact
informational cards during the course of the game which can teach
children all about their favourite animals."
Alongside the single player adventure to become a ranger, Jambo!
Safari Animal Rescue for Wii will also contain a co-op mode enabling
players to share certain missions with a friend. Party games are also
included which can be enjoyed by up to four people with a series of
mini-games which include Ostrich Racing and Meerkat Madness among
others.
Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue will be released for the Wii and the
Nintendo DS system late in 2009.
Jared Rosenberg, Staff Writer