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Gearbox: The Wii U Will Get The Best-Looking Version Of Aliens: Colonial Marines Chances are very slim that PS3 safari title Hakuna Matata – or Afrika, as it’s better known – will ever get an Australian release. But you can score an English-language version for thirty bucks over on Play Asia.
Afrika, first released in Japan last year, has often been compared to Pokemon Snap. Both fairly and unfairly. And guess what? Those comparisons are totally on the money.
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Sony Computer Entertainment and Rhino Studios’ safari and photography sim Afrika is finally coming to North America, publisher Natsume has announced, giving PlayStation 3 owners a chance to experience the gorgeous game on Western shores.
Games have long preferred visual innovation to audio. I mean, they’re called video games, not video and audio games. But that’s not to say game audio doesn’t deserve recognition!
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan’s Afrika, the photojournalist on safari PlayStation 3 title, may have had its North American publishing details stealth announced yesterday. National Geographic issued a press release on Tuesday announcing its upcoming plans to publish a series of games for the Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 (and PlayStation Network), PC and iPhone under the National Geographic Games label.
No, Pangea is not reforming, things aren’t that bad. Take this one with a hippo sized grain of salt for now, my European friends, but CVG is reporting that hope for a European Afrika release sounds like it might actually, despite reports to the contrary. According to other sources, the title was on display at the Photokina trade fair in Cologne, Germany, with Sony reps there saying that the title will be Euro-bound in the Spring.
Will it arrive with the much goofier, but potentially more marketable title of Hakuna Matata? Oh, we can hardly wait to find out!
Afrika coming to Europe? [CVG]
We’ve heard little about Afrika‘s chances of coming to PlayStation 3s outside of Japan. It’s been said that Europe won’t be getting it via SCEE. The Asian release of the title will arrive under a different, slightly more puzzling name, according to a product listing dug up by Siliconera. What was once known as Afrika looks like it will be rechristened Hakuna Matata (aka “No Worries”) at least in Asia. We’re more than a little flabbergasted right now. Perhaps some custom box art is in order, for integrity reasons.
Have a listen of the Afrika soundtrack, scored by composer Wataru Hokoyama. His website notes the composer’s background in film and TV composing. While the music does make us want to march around Kotaku Tower, we do imagine that playing something as exciting as this while safari picture takin’ would frighten the wild critters.
First Look (Listen) To The Music of PS3 Afrika [MTV Multi-Player]
Afrika details? Real ones, that actually tell you something about how the game’s going to play? Wonderful. Taiwanese site GNN had a chance to play the game at a recent Sony press event, and are able to tell us all about it. Seems Afrika’s driven by missions, sent to your camp via email, which require you to snap certain shots of scenes/animals (though it seems, thankfully, with no time limit). To get out into the wilderness for said shots, you have to use a jeep, though sadly you won’t be driving it, as that’s taken care of by your “AI/tour guide”.
