Afrika coming to the U.S.

  • Posted May 27th, 2009 at 14:21 EDT by Adam Dolge
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It's been a long time since we first heard about the PlayStation 3-exclusive photography simulator Afrika back at E3 in 2006. The simulator was originally released in Japan and little information was passed on to the West. However, IGN has today uncovered news that Natsume will be bringing Afrika to the U.S. at some point in the near future.

In the game you are tasked with taking photos of wildlife and plants in the African wilderness. While it isn't a high-action game, some wannabe wildlife photographers will get the thrill of snapping shots of lions from the safety of their couches. The game is sure to attract a niche crowd of fans who are looking for a break from traditional videogames.

Developed by Rhino Studios, Afrika features licensing from Sony and National Geographic, among other companies. An exact release date has yet to be revealed, though we expect more info at E3 next week.

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  1. hyperslug | hyperslug

    • 2:28pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 1

    Pleeeease make it downloadable. I need more big games like Burnout, wipeout or siren on my HDD

  2. Sufi

    • 2:28pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 2

    about time.

  3. Large_Tonberry | Jon_Bright

    • 2:30pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 3

    @1 Why would you want to fill up your HD like that!?

  4. Chuckie619 | Dark_Raven_667

    • 2:31pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 4

     I want it to come to europe to!!

  5. ANIALATOR136 | ANIALATOR136

    • 2:32pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 5

    how about for UK???

  6. Silly8itch

    • 3:49pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 6

    How about buy it from a U.S. store?

  7. stef123

    • 3:58pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 7

    Has Europe not been found yet?

  8. Analyzer

    • 4:10pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 8

    Sony,

    Make it also as Downloadable game (like SOCOM and Warhawk) and I will buy it for sure.

     

     

  9. kmtburton

    • 4:29pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 9

    good ive been wanting to play this but wasnt willing to pay 80 bucks to import it

  10. -Raven

    • 5:30pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 10

    Do you get to see animals mate in this game??

  11. vinthedean

    • 5:34pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 11

     I am so glad.  This would be a great game to play with the young ones.

  12. Solrac | Solrac7688

    • 5:37pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 12

    This is Pokemon Snap all over again

  13. Sryche22 | Sryche

    • 5:39pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 13

     This will be a great addition to the games I have...something new and fresh...yay!

  14. xlr8ter | xlr8ter

    • 6:17pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 14

     Anyone else sense the irony in the title?

     

  15. BSprague | BSprague

    • 8:27pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 15

     @14

    I see what you mean, but its not ironic, it's simply funny.

  16. Lp Chris XII | NinjaMoose

    • 9:21pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 16

    I see what you both mean, but it's not funny at all.

  17. mixpix72 | MixPix72

    • 9:35pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 17

    how is this news. i thought this was confirmed like 5 times now. whatev i would rent this or buy it if it was relatively cheap.

  18. Kamahl | Kamahl_rg

    • 9:55pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 18

    @1

    why would you want to waste all your HDD space? thats probably the dumbest thing ever

  19. SecretSquirrel | SeventhAxes

    • 10:26pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 19

    Uh...people buy bigger hard drive so they can fill them, not so they can have hundreds of GB's free...

  20. D0nni3

    • 11:00pm BST - May 27th, 2009
    • 20

    @7

    These strange mystical lands of europe we live on seems the japs think were alittle too exotic to get there games yet

    sort it out wouldn't mind wasting some money on this!

  21. the_core44

    • 1:06am BST - May 28th, 2009
    • 21

    @everyone asking about europe....just make an american account...easy and best of both worlds!

  22. supamariobrotha | supamariobrotha

    • 10:00am BST - May 28th, 2009
    • 22

    i loved pokemon snap but this is just like pokemon snap only with real animals and hi def visuals i cant wait to get this

  23. rogerse63

    • 10:35am BST - May 28th, 2009
    • 23

    sweet....if its similar to pokemon snap, loved that game

  24. RuiyJR | Tseska_922

    • 2:13pm BST - May 28th, 2009
    • 24

    @14&15 like whole Afrikan population and every animals coming to America huh hahahaha

  25. FoolsFolly

    • 6:10am BST - May 29th, 2009
    • 25

    I was really looking forward to pokemon snap back in the day...then it turned out that you were limited to riding on a track, taking pictures of the exact same critters in the exact same places every time. Completely sucked all the fun out of it.

    I had high hopes that afrika would be free-roaming; that it would be what Snap should have been. But it's exactly the same. Ah well..

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