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Rumor: Afrika to use touch sensitive mat and devs want it out before WiiFit?

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15.08.07 - Here are some messages from the rumor column of the Japanese Game Labo, of which none was so far confirmed.

- Of Sony, Africa(PS3) a kind "search/investigation software" should be, which uses pressure and touch-sensitive mat for the input. The developers got the order to bring Africa before Nintendo Wiifit(Wii) on the market.

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Syko 360 - 863 days ago

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Details on this game are locked tighter than Fort Knox. Still good to hear at least a little new info.

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MK_Red - 863 days ago

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Good one. There no single preview or gameplay demonstration for this title.

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Omegasyde - 862 days 14 hours ago

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I pray that its either a big game hunting game or that you role play as a lion and chase animals.

That would be bad ass, if you could be a cheetah and chase a gazelle or even as a Crocodile and eat some dumb tourist. Wow perhaps that is it?

but, most likely its a stupid photo game where you watch a elephants scratch their behinds.

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Mu5afir - 863 days ago

3 - This might just be a huge game!

This game, it seems so awesome.. even though we know very little about it. It just seems like it's going to be pretty nice. People are speculating as to what type of game it will be, hopefully we get to know more about this game in the coming months.

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Syko 360 - 863 days ago

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Seriously I read on N4G.com daily and other sites too. All I know about this game is that The Zebras look kick ass, It's in Africa setting and the Rhinos are shiny and look great.

It is hard to ignore the fact that they are clearly taking there time and with the low hype they have been successful in flying under the radar. This means it is going to be a mega sleeper hit, or they are having a hard time working out problems in the game. Let's hope it's the former and not the latter.

Just need more info!

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GoLeafsGo - 863 days ago

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Wow..and I was having trouble figuring out how you'd play this game before!

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Agriel - 863 days ago

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maybe we will hear something next week at GC or next month at TGS

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cuco33 - 863 days ago

6 - I don't know anything about this game

or how to play it but it looks like it's using a touch sensitive mat which is hilarious since all the anti-wii sony guys were bashing the wii with it's new wiiboard. i mean it is an addon periferal right? so what's the difference?

can someone explain to me exactly what you do in this game?

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GoLeafsGo - 863 days ago

6.1 -

We still don't know...T_T!

***EDIT***
Cuco, just for the record, people were bashing WiiFit, not the balance board itself. Rightly so, too, because most of us don't want a game to be one that's just regular exercise.

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Mu5afir - 862 days 23 hours ago

6.2 -

People think Wii Fit is a lame, since it has nothing to do with GAMING. We do think the board could be used for some cool stuff like, skates or surfing etc.. at least I do.

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UJUSTLOSTONE - 862 days 22 hours ago

6.3 - well stated @Mu5afir

I don't know why,

but I am very intrigued as to find out what this game is going to be about. I hope they don't blow everyone's curiosity by being a lame photography game, or something like that, The possibilities with this title could be huge. If they squander it however, It will be a huge let down, and a laughable dissapointment.

No pressure though
no pressure

p.s. gave u a bubble

edit: this is in regards to comment 8.2 (my bad)

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cdawson - 862 days 18 hours ago

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It's the note the board that is the problem, it's the game Wiifit. It's ridiculous, almost as stupid a 'face training'.

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texism - 863 days ago

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First sixaxis, then wiimat? Wow Sony...just...wow. I just don't know anymore.

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Arkham - 862 days 22 hours ago

7.1 -

Okay, so to put the ball back in your court:

"First DDR mat, then WiiFit board..."

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Demon1980 - 862 days 19 hours ago

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ur such a fk!n duma$$, Afrika was in development before WiiFit was even announced.

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specialguest - 862 days 17 hours ago

7.3 - sigh...

I had a feeling some idiot would come along and make the "Sony Copied Aagin!" statement. Hey idiot, when a game uses a certain peripheral device as an important keypoint of the gameplay, developers just don't magically create a new peripheral in a matter of a couple of weeks!

This touch sensitive mat took planning and was in developement long before the announcement of the WiiFit. The developers want it out before WiiFit, because it's kids like you who will accuse it as being a Wiifit peripheral ripoff.

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Garfield - 863 days ago

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Um, sorry to ask a dumb question, but what is this game about? What do you do in Afrika?

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okcomputer - 862 days 23 hours ago

8.1 -

Thats the funny part. No one knows anything about this game at all. No one knows even what basic genre it is. Yet it still gets attention because its a sony exclusive. It reminds me of when xbox fanboys suddenly got excited over katamari when it went exclusive. Fanboys are funny. They'll claim to be hyped over anything so long as its exclusive to their console.

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Mu5afir - 862 days 23 hours ago

8.2 - @ okcomputer

I am excited about the game, because of the mystery behind it. Katamari is a known game, we know how it plays etc.. We don't know how this game will play. And a lot of us want to get our hands on it. We already KNOW that the graphics are going to be awesome.

Now we are patently waiting to find out how the game will actually play. Some people are speculating it might be a hunting game, others think it might be like Home, but you take a part as an Animal etc.. what ever it is, we are just excited to know what this game is about.

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Veritanimus - 862 days 23 hours ago

9 - Question...

Um...where the hell is the article?

EDIT: Nevermind...

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junk56 - 862 days 23 hours ago

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it was shown at e3 06 and everybody was like WTF? i seriously thought it was scrapped because there was no mention on it ever after that. well, we might see it again next e3 or tgs, who knows

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resistance100 - 862 days 18 hours ago

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well it does give us hope that the amazing looking Eight days is still in development as we haven't heard anything about that since E3 2006.

Still with most games sony have a habit of not telling you much until its a few weeks before release

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killer_trap - 862 days 23 hours ago

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i like animals, specially horses. if there are horses in this game I'm sold

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Mu5afir - 862 days 23 hours ago

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They have Zebras well that do?.. xD

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The Preacher - 862 days 22 hours ago

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Anyone know exactly what are you supposed to do in this game?

Looks incredible is all I have to say.

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Fighter - 862 days 22 hours ago

13 - Please don't rush it

I would prefer if they took their time to perfect the game rather than bring it out quickly to compete with that krappy Wiifit gimmick. As long as it's not delayed till 2009.

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supnub5 - 862 days 22 hours ago

14 - excuse me but

what is touch sensitive mat.

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BaMYouRDeaD - 862 days 22 hours ago

15 - Please don't rush the game.

Sony, don't rush it just to compete with Nintendo's little gimmick (although that gimmick will probably be successful).

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texism - 862 days 17 hours ago

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Oh...so it's not a gimmick when the company you like makes it.....wow.

Has anyone else read the book 1984? This is the perfect example of doublethink: simultaneously accepting and refusing the exact same idea.

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BaMYouRDeaD - 861 days 16 hours ago

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Did I ever say this WASN'T a gimmick? No. I think it is a gimmick, but I'm just trying to say that Sony shouldn't rush it if they want it to compete with WiiFit.

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Solbadguy - 862 days 22 hours ago

16 - I've always wanted

a game where i get to travel in Afrika in a Jeep with machine guns and mow down as many zebras, lions, monkeys, gazelles, etc. LOL

Funny if that were the case but highly doubt it. Sony needs to tell us where their going with this game or I will keep on using that vision of what I think Afrika is going to be.

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Omegasyde - 862 days 13 hours ago

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that would be bad ass. I would pre order if all you did was run animals over! Perhaps they could make it a Co-op game where player 2 rides shotgun and shoots?

Now I must run away before PETA starts trying to hit me with their bow and arrows.

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Yosking - 862 days 22 hours ago

17 - Afrika...

I like this game its very original. It adds variety to the ps3's game line-up. Great to hear something. Looks to me developers are working hard too busy to talk about their games. keep up the good work

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Shadow Flare - 862 days 21 hours ago

18 - Dunno how true this is

but i heard a while ago that Afrika was to be integrated into Home and that it was to serve as a sort of holiday resort for the users.

If true, expect other landscapes to follow such as Amazon, Alaska or Carribean or something

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Danega_Sciphor - 862 days 21 hours ago

19 - wtf is this game about

the graphics are amzin though

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Iceman100x - 862 days 20 hours ago

20 - A picture game?

Now since they ran out of ideas their making a safari game, and it's coming with a gimmicky floor mat that won't be supported lol.

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FirstknighT - 862 days 20 hours ago

21 - Shadow Flare...

"...but i heard a while ago that Afrika was to be integrated into Home and that it was to serve as a sort of holiday resort for the users.

If true, expect other landscapes to follow such as Amazon, Alaska or Carribean or something"

That is thee DUMBEST thing I have ever heard. Home is already is going to be a hit with kids that have low esteem and no friends but if your statement is true....I expect obesity to skyrocket!

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Shadow Flare - 862 days 19 hours ago

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You know what i think is dumb? Paying $50 for Xbox Live for essentially the same features PSN offers for free. And then continuing to pay $50 while we enjoy Home FOR FREE. Enjoy yourself

You're just starting with me cos i insulted the last avatar you had. And then you changed it. Aw, guess you must be one of those little kids who have no friends. Sorry if i hurt your feelings. Actually im not. Go get your head stuck through a fence

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Bill Gates - 862 days 17 hours ago

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Hey Shadow,
that would most definitely be different, if what you mentioned is true. Don't pay any attention to FirstNight. He's yet to have a "firstnight" with a girl that's why his feelings were hurt....AHAAHA

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Bathyj - 862 days 12 hours ago

21.3 - Careful Shadow Flare.

You dont want to make him angry.

You wouldn't like him when he's angry.

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djt23 - 862 days 19 hours ago

22 - This might just be a huge game! hell yea

i would also like to see it too

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texism - 862 days 17 hours ago

23 - Im just saying

Ok, so maybe my earlier post was fanboyish...but isn't it funny that Sony kinda announces stuff that the competition is using kinda a little after the competition?

Im not trying to hate the PS3. I mean yeah, I'm not a fan of the PS3, but this is a genuine question. Why didn't we know about this feature in Afrika until now when coincidentally Wiifit was just announced? Just like we never knew of the SIXAXIS right up until the Wiimote was shown?

Is this just coincidence? Or is Sony trying to disrupt/steal thunder? That would make sense, especially since they are pushing this thing out before Wiifit.

I guess I can't really just jump to conclusions yet. I wonder how they are going to use it in a game like Afrika. Like do you use it to walk to animals? That was one of the things that kinda made me think they are just trying to steal thunder. How would a motion sensing mat be implemented in a "sim" game like Afrika. To me it doesn't make sense.

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Mu5afir - 862 days 15 hours ago

23.1 - Sony isn't stealing, as you are implying.

Sony had motion controllers patented in 2001, they didn't "steal" from the Wii as you are implying. I am sure the technology on the touch sensitive mat, is not going to be anything like Wiifit. Wiifit has more to do with balance and pressure then "motion sensing."

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codeazrael - 862 days 16 hours ago

24 - If this is going to be a huge game, it will not come out before WiiFit

WiiFit is set to come out New Years Day or something like that. Normally, you have to promote a game, especially if it is a AAA title or even AA. Afrika hasnt been seen anywhere, so for them to just throw it into the market without any type of beforehand campaign for it, that would be a terrible move for whoever is trying to make sales for it.

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resistance100 - 862 days 9 hours ago

24.1 -

to be fair i doubt this will be an AAA title, however i know alot of people who want to know more about this game and have stated they will pick up a PS3 for it

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specialguest - 862 days 16 hours ago

25 - about rushing the touch sensitive mat

I think this touch sensitive mat was suppose to be Afrika's top secret gameplay keypoints device. Maybe that's why there was not much known about the damn game. Now that Wiimat has been introduced, the devs of Afrika might have felt a sudden urgency to rush this out before all of that work on their new peripheral device end up loosing it's "pa-zazz" and spotlight by the Wiimat.

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DrWan - 862 days 15 hours ago

26 - This is what you do on the Mat

You see an animal on screen like a zebra, then u "pick" what animal you want to be by putting all fours on the mat like a lion. Then you make special movements to "attack it", then if you do it right u score!! The screen will give you specific movements to do as well, you need to copy it faster on faster animals.

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Bathyj - 862 days 12 hours ago

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This game has intrigued me from the start. I'd always hope to got to play as a predator and had to hunt to survive, actually stalking prey and keeping down wind type of stuff. You'd able you be different animals but there would be a whole eco system that reacted to you.

I wonder what Sony have in mind. No doubt something unusual, they're keeping for a surprise. Notice the last 3 game shows, Sony has brought out something to surprise us with. Granted at E3 we knew it was going to be KZ2, the surprise was just how good it is. I wonder if this game is still one of the aces up their sleeve, along with 8 days and a few other titles they've gone quiet on.

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daydream - 862 days 10 hours ago

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I hope the AI for the animals are superb and I can't wait for some more info.

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