- Publisher: Sega
- Release Date: Nov 17, 2009
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Official Nintendo Magazine UKA bit sloppy, but a fun game for safari-obsessed youngsters and arcade enthusiasts. [Jan 2010, p.74]
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AceGamezFor all its flaws, terrible graphics and Wii friendly gameplay mechanics, Jambo! Safari is still an extremely enjoyable experience.
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Jambo Safari is a fun game, ideal for children aged 3 to 12. They can learn about African wildlife in a playful way. Family members and friends will be able to enjoy the minigames for a few hours, but replayability for them is rather low, making the graphically sub-par Jambo Safari more a treat for young kids or wildlife lovers.
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And viewed as what it's meant to be - a game for kids - Jambo! Safari isn't too bad. It's simple to understand and there's plenty of stuff to do. You get to drive a big car and throw ropes about and pat lions. There are no guns or scary bits. You might even learn something, although nothing you learn will be very interesting.
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Accompanied by four awful multiplayer minigames, the single player mode offers a good number of different missions, but the "hunting" sessions have lost much of their charm due to the low level of challenge and pretty inaccurate controls.
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A forgettable safari experience due to its dull and unchallenging gameplay. Unless you’re looking at getting this for your child then there’s nothing that will hold your interest for long.
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Poor decisions in the wardrobe department, tedious animal treatment sections, useless "party games" and bad QA take a lot away from what could have been a pretty fun game to play with your kids.
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Not the fast action arcade game you might remember, but a low budget animal-fancying sim for girls.
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games(TM)The soul of the game ripped out. [Issue#91, p.120]
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So as Jambo Safari threatens to reinvent itself it becomes a jack of all trades, though master only of what it originally was: an arcade cabinet that this old codger loved back in the day but one that should have probably stayed there.
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Overall, it's a bit lacking, but this is a nice original game that could feasibly keep the family entertained for part of a rainy day.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 2 out of 6
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Aug 2, 2020This game is a masterpiece. I’m just writing this part to reach the character requirement.
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MarkelPNov 26, 2009What a laugh! Such a good time was had, really colorful and addictive.