Sega Revives Jambo! Safari for Wii, DS

Sega have revived arcade classic Jambo! Safari with a new version for Nintendo's Wii and DS. It's jungle time, people!

The original game was an arcade shooter back in the 1990s, and SEGA are bringing back the same ranger-action from the original, this time letting you customise your characters in a bid to become a fully qualified ranger.

You'll be chomping up free-roaming African landscapes using one of four different vehicles to find and rescue animals, snapping photos and even taking to the skies in hot air balloons. You'll be swinging Wii remotes like lasso, driving with the nunchuck and getting closer to your animal buddies with the DS stylus. A friend can also jump in on the action through a co-op mode on the Wii.

Jambo! Safari was a much loved SEGA arcade game that has lent itself perfectly to the unique way of playing games on Nintendo platforms. Jambo! Safari makes learning fun, whilst children are playing the game and rescuing the wild animals they collect information cards, meaning they learn the characteristics of the animals and their natural habitat as they play.

Gary Knight, European Marketing Director SEGA Europe

Jambo! Safari is due late 2009 for Wii and DS.