With the likes of Cooking Mama, Cake Mania and numerous brain training releases, Majesco has certainly been making a successful name for itself in the casual gaming sphere of late. Their latest Nintendo Wii effort (first announced in December 2007) is Wild Earth: African Safari, for which the firm has just confirmed a European release is on the cards.

In Wild Earth: African Safari, players assume the role of a photo-journalist on a journey to visually chronicle 30 different wild animals inhabiting the Serengeti National Park. Kudos will be awarded for magazine-worthy snaps, although get too close and nerves will take over, making a steady capture of the local rhinoceros that much more difficult. It’s a bit like a real world Pokemon Snap, we suppose - although unlike Nintendo, here’s hoping Majesco haven’t cut out half of the wildlife due to disk space or any other reason.

Features:

• Complete 11 picture-taking missions with both primary and secondary objectives. Investigate the bold hyena during a midday thunderstorm. Observe gentle giraffes in the hidden valley from the aerial view of a helicopter. Meet a family of elephants as they take care of their young, etc.
• An exclusive new Safari Mini-Game mode only for the Wii lets you use the Wii Remote to play from the animal’s perspective in 11 different games
• Includes more than 30 African animals including: cheetah, crocodile, crowned crane, elephant, flamingo, frog, bat, gazelle, giraffe, hippo, hyrax, leopard, lion, ostrich, oxpecker, pangolin, rhinoceros, suricate, tortoise, trout, vulture, warthog, wildebeest and zebra
• Brand new cooperative multiplayer mode gives players the choice to drive the vehicle or snap photos while playing with anywhere from 1 to 3 friends.
• Photos collected are placed into an animated slide show presentation of informative articles. In addition, players can select their own favorite photos to keep in their portfolio.
• The Impact Meter tracks how much of a disturbance you are to the natural habitat. If you disturb too many animals or get to close to them, your Wii Remote will rumble at varying degrees, making it harder to take a steady picture. If the Impact Meter becomes completely depleted, you fail the mission.
• Experience accurately presented flora and terrain from the Serengeti National Park in Africa, at different times of day and in varied weather. Grasses, shrubs, flowers, kopjes (rocky outcroppings), streams and lakes provide a life-like experience and terrific photo opportunities.
• Features hours of inspiring soundtrack from the world music label Talking Drum Records in Santa Monica, CA

As reported by Wiiz, Wild Earth: African Safari will amble into Europe in the third quarter of 2008. A North American release is currently scheduled for this April.