E3: Natsume Takes PlayStation 3 and Wii Owners on a Photo Safari
Natsume, traditional publisher of all things farming with the evergreen Harvest Moon series, is branching out to a new kind of environment this year with two sun-drenched safari titles. Originally released in 2008 by Sony in Japan, Afrika on the PlayStation 3 has remained as elusive as a Liger on these shores but Natsume has finally wrangled in the rights and will be bringing the photorealistic photo safari to the U.S. this fall. I have personally been longing for this game for years; the idea of exploring the vast savannahs of Africa with nothing more than a camera sounds like a wonderful change of pace from the glut of gritty sci-fi shooters we’re currently trodding through.
Click through to NfamousGamers for more on Natsume’s Animal Kingdom: Wildlife Expedition for the Wii.
It seems like it’s been a while since a quirky little indie game has come along, grabbed my interested, and then disappeared. Lately everything has made it to a release in one form or another so this is a little like picking open a nearly-healed wound. Above is one of the first screens from Flip’s Twisted World for the Wii from Majesco. It’ll be officially unveiled at E3 but the press release bills it as a gravity-defying, mind-bending puzzle platformer. It also appears to borrow heavily from Super Mario Galaxy but there’s another game that it reminds of, Youropa.
