Gamespot writes:
"The people in charge of Afrika at Sony must be kicking themselves right about now. If they don't hurry up and get the wildlife-tech-demo-turned-vaporware-safari-simulator onto shelves soon, Majesco will beat them to the punch with Wild Earth: African Safari on the Wii. In a Majesco rep's own words, Wild Earth is exactly what the elusive Afrika has been rumored for months to be: a safari-themed Pokémon Snap in which you quietly hunt down and grab pictures of the many beasts that inhabit the savannah."
Alas, all is not well with Wild Earth. While the controls have naturally transferred over well, the graphics have suffered a fatal blow. The engine just can't seem to cope – ever. There's a shocking amount of pop-up, sometimes trees and rocks don't appear until you've actually walked into them and started to wonder why you're not moving anymore. The frame rate is a nightmare, too. It really hurts the overall experience, as this game is all about trying to lose yourself in its virtual world. Unless the real Africa actually does stutter and suffer from screen-tearing. That'd... that'd be pretty amazing.
GI.net: "Wild Earth: African Safari for the Wii casts you as a wildlife photographer. You're working for a magazine and are sent into the wild to get pictures for various articles. Yes, there are minigames you can unlock as you finish each assignment, and there's a cooperative play mode, but the real meat of the game is in the photography assignments.
You begin the game in game. There's a nice tutorial to help you learn how to move around, look around and, most importantly, take great pictures of what's around you. This is all handled with the combination of the Wii nunchuk and Wii-mote. It's quick and easy to look around you and equally easy to zoom in and zoom out for your shots.
Each assignment has a specific overall theme - which makes sense because you're taking picture to accompany an article, but you'll be taking more pictures than just that. In the upper left corner of the screen, you'll see a list of pictures for you to try and get. Some are mission critical and will stay there longer, while others are bonus shots for flavor (and additional points) and will only be options for a short period of time. Flavor shots might be "three frogs" or "termite mound."
While the game isn't the same as riding in a jeep with a guide, marveling at the wonders of the Serengeti, it does create an interactive nature simulation that is very compelling. Instead of watching an elephant charge you and wondering if you will survive, you can experience that adrenaline rush from the safety of your sofa.
The game puts you in charge of your exploration around the Serengeti. Using the Wii Remote and the Wii Nunchuk controller, it's easy to point and then use the control stick to move. You can travel at a pretty good clip, as if you were sitting in a jeep. One assignment even puts you inside a helicopter flying over the Ngorongoro Crater to film animals in migration.
Yeah, but the graphics... I'm biologist, I know what I'll look up in this kind of game, but anyway, this genre would just sell more on Nintendo platform on any circunstances anyway.
my PS3. I'll leave it at that..Ha
Good think I have Discovery and Animal channel. I'm good.
I wonder if this game will be $60.
that what its about different games for different people to enjoy
I may or may not play this game, I liked snap when it came out on the n64. On the other hand my point is how quick people are to point out when sony borrows somthing from other companies and if wild earth launches first it will be another thing for ps3 haters to latch onto... I've played the wii and personally I dont like it. I've tried mario galaxy, zelda, excite truck and a couple others and none of them piqued my interest. Nintendo lost its appeal to me in the n64 days and have yet to give me somthing that I want. Maybe cause i'm older, I dont know but my fav franchises as of today are all sony related. I guess that makes me a fanboy, but this is one extremely happy fanboy.
I couldnt really care about the game, but I will say the wii is a grab bag of unique titles, good titles and terrble sh!t. Though there is something for everyone on it and that will only continue.