Safari's up: PS3 stunner Afrika detailed, dated for Japan

by Randy Nelson on Jun 4th 2008 10:30PM

Is it a game? Is it interactive art? Is it Ludwig's most anticipated PS3 release of 2008? 1UP has shed new light on Afrika, the long-awaited safari-themed title from Rhino Studios.

Digging through the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, they discovered that the game – now officially slated for August 28 in Japan – will allow players (or, um ... viewers?) to switch between first-person, overhead, and animal-eye-views of the gorgeous African plains. What's more, players will be able to travel on foot or behind the wheel of off-road vehicles while snapping photos.

The prettiness that is Afrika will hopefully hit the US this year, be it as a boxed or PSN release. We expect to hear more on Sony's plans for this unique title at next month's E3 expo.

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Tags: afrika, playstation3, ps3, rhino-studios, sony

Reader Comments (59)

Gonna take a lot to drag me awayyyy from youuuuuu

Well played Journey ref!

CM, it's a Toto song. :P

there's nothin that a hundred men or more could ever doooooo

I miss the rains down in... well, you know.

$60 dollar coaster wow this is what I always wanted.

No interaction with the animals? if so, can we wrestle them Ludwig style?

I couldn't be more apathetic about this title. I suppose I see the point of it, but it certainly seems like an odd choice for a game.

Are you kidding me... an interactive screensaver. I thought there would be more to it....

I actually liked pokemon snap, i would love to buy this. It would be sweet if the pics saved to our harddrive and we could copy them to our computers.

So Pokemon Snap sans Pokemon?

That's what I'm wondering. What exactly is the point (or is there one)? This game might actually be neat if there is a scoring system for pictures a la Pokémon Snap.

U CNT SHOOT TEH AMINALS DETS SUM BULLSH!@#TT

POACHERS UNITE! I want a big'ol, gas-guzzling Land Rover that I can rifle smack rhinos on the ass and blast elephants for their ivory tusks! There's your stunner, folks!

...Or at least a nifty chase sequence where I've got to out run or drive away from some kind of crazed animal stampede.

That post made me laugh! +1

I think this "game" will be a fun diversion if they really make them look true to life. Besides, I shoot people and stuff in every other game.

As long as I get to take pictures of Ludwig in the wild I'm sold.

Okay, so it is basically a hunting game without the hunting. Treehugger game of the year!

actually, it would be more of a safari game (like mentioned by Randy)

Could be like Endless Ocean, which wouldn't be so bad. Just a nice relaxing game.

that is, until you wake up the lions....right Ludwig?

Its fucking AFRICA sony not this afrKa bullshit you're trying to be clever with.

for some is Africa, for some others is Afrika...because it might not be right on your dictionary does not necessarily mean that it is misspelled

Technically "Afrika" is the correct spelling.

Maybe if The Getaway and Eight Days let you take pictures of zebras they may not have been cancelled. ;)

Such an idiot.

thank you chalky mcgee.

I one of you PS3 fanboys told me this would be on of the "Wait until..." games. Would you please rase your hand now so we can commence the public shaming.

Sony, I don't want digital animals on my PS3 unless I can be a tiger and eat a gazelle or something. Want me to buy a screensaver? Give me something with Japanese girls and boobies. I swear to you, you could beat the 360 by 100,000 units if you released this.

BOOB JIGGLE PHYSICS FTW!

"Give me something with Japanese girls and boobies. I swear to you, you could beat the 360 by 100,000 units if you released this."

Nah, we can't, Itagaki is most likely going to be hired by Microsoft Game Studios...

"I one of you PS3 fanboys told me this would be on of the "Wait until..." games."

Link or you're making that up.

I never said it was a "Wait until..." game but I'm actually interested in this. Don't get me wrong, I love killing, shooting, and sex in my video games but if they get realistic animal behaviors down, then it might be neat to run around the African plains trying to get a cool pictures that you can upload to some online Africa server for others to see.

I haven't seen this on a wait until... list for a while, but it was certainly on almost all of them shortly after it was announced. Why do people choose to remember so little of the wait until... lists? They aren't thrown around a lot now (though they still flare up), but they were everywhere not too long ago. He isn't lying about this, I'm not going to find a link but it did happen, a lot.

Lameduck, David...

Those lists haven't been seen in nearly a year. Normally it's the fucking trolls like yourself bringing them up. Most of the people who kept generating the lists have long since gotten tired of banning. So seriously, STFU about the list. It's about as relevant to Joystiq Culture nowadays as Banhammer Monday.

Mr. Wong,

You misunderstand me, sir. I do not hate nor love the PS3. I don't not radicly push my love of the Wii or 360. What my problem is, is that I'm sick of the "Wait until..." list of games that will suposably bring about the end for all gaming platforms, excipt the PS3. When I bring up this list or make a post about crossing games off it, I'm being a sarcastic jackass. I think the PS3 and 360 are mostly evenly matched. You can preach to me about "ZE POWA O' DA CELLZ!" all you want and I will be quick to point out that while something may give you 3000% gain in proformance, it will never be fully used if it is hard to program for.

I have no ideal why this makes me a fanboy, but apprently it does if you say so. The only fanboyism you can acuse me of is when it comes to SNES and SNES RPGs. I think that was the best time to be an RPG gamer. After a while, you get tired of " will make the PS3 sell of consoles! IT'S THE OF THE PS3!!!" and "fufufufu njoy ur hloz2.5 playaz wile i has teh powur of da sellz! lololololxbotlolololol". After a while, I just want to call these idiots out.

I don't remember if it was here or another gaming site I visit, but I will try to find that so you can shame him/her too.

P.S. I still want a game with Japanese girls and boobies.

Can we run the animals over with the off-road vehicles?

Pokemon Snap wasn't really about looking at the environment, it was about taking the correct pictures for maximum points.

And Pokemon > real animals.

Trust me, you DO NOT want to live in a world infested with Pokemon. They are sentient beings with the power to electricute you, hypnotize you, and/or set you on fire. That's even worse than Jurassic Park! We cannot allow these freaks to run loose. We gotta catchem all!

Pokemon > real animals. I would love to leave home at 10 and become a pokemon master.

Well, at least it isn't spelled with a Q.

I will get this if it has Animal Planet-like voice overs. Or maybe even epic fights like Lion Pride vs. Adult Giraffe.

As someone who thought 'Pokemon Snap' sounded cool when it was announced on the N64, bought and played, and loved 'Aquanaut's Holiday' for the PS1, loved the camera aspect of the Gamecube's 'Beyond Good and Evil,' and sat through the abysmal 'Cabela's African Safari' on the 360, I will buy this. I love weird things like this.

If you think that's bad, I have two import Japanese games where you PLAY as a cameraman for a TV News program as the female reporters try to solve a haunted house mystery. You have to live up dramatic shots, etc. Was a bitch to play in a language I didn't know...

But yeah, I'm still psyched about this game.

So... No Poaching? Forget THIS game!

It's Sony's version of Pokemon Snap!

Opps....guess others have mention Snap also....damn you Humming bird.... a note to advertisers... annoying ads make me want your product less and less...

Forget Africa, this is the nature game to be waiting for:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/25153.html

To really make this a game they need to allow you take control of the animals. Then you could chase down zebras as a lion or run for your life in the reverse situation. Probably not going to happen though.

either that or give you full control of the human and also interactivity with the animals, that way if I wake up a lion, I will get my ass chased...

Noshino... I'm thinking Home integration. But again, I want that lion to chase me home. I wanna trap that Lion in the pantry or something. Other people show off their trophies, I'll be like, "Hey, thats great, you've played a lot of games. I have a lion."

SonicRift ---
LoL I swear that reminds me of Dante in GRANDMA'S BOY.

For a game that is based around observing animals, all of those Zebras look pretty much the same.

Seen one, seen them all?

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