Go Diego Go: Safari Rescue

"For Go, Diego, Go!: Safari Rescue, we've created an entirely new interactive experience for preschoolers that is only possible on the Wii," said Steve Lux, Vice President of Business Development for 2K Play. "Nickelodeon's intensive study of how two through six-year-olds experience the new technologies offered by the Wii helped us create an all-new play pattern that extends beyond current games. Physical activity is an integral part of the fun and the new title is perfectly suited for the younger gamer."

There will be 13 types of motion-based activities, which will include: stomping to scare away lions, jumping with a Baby Jaguar, painting stripes on zebras, climbing up ladders, swimming across a jungle river and pumping up hot air balloons. The game isn't only designed as a tool to engage the young ones.

The press release states: "Research findings show that parents often chose to stay in the room and participate in gameplay; accordingly, the game has a unique feature which allows parents to collaborate with younger gamers by using the special Safari Guide Helper Feature and a second Wii Remote."

That's right, it'll keep you engaged as well. So gamers out there with young children (including you, CheapyD), start 'em young! Be sure to get one of these just incase.

Tomorrow afternoon, 2/9/08 from 12-4 PM at the Nintendo World Store in New York City's Rockefeller Center, 2K Play, Nickelodeon, and Nintendo will host a preview/promotional event for Go Diego Go: Safari Rescue.

Press release:

Nintendo World Event in New York to Offer 'Sneak Peak' of Groundbreaking
Go, Diego, Go! Themed Game

NEW YORK, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- 2K Play, a publishing label of
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTWO), and Nickelodeon, the
number one entertainment brand for kids, today announced that Go, Diego,
Go!: Safari Rescue(TM) for the Wii(TM) home video game system and
PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system will be available at
retailers in North America beginning on February 12, 2008. The title
represents 2K Play's first Wii game engineered specifically for
preschoolers and is based on extensive Nickelodeon in-home research that
focused on how to best match the abilities and needs of younger children
with the capabilities of the platform.

To celebrate the game's launch, 2K Play, Nickelodeon, and Nintendo(R)
World will host a special sneak preview for families in the New York area.
The event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008 at the Nintendo World
Store in New York City's Rockefeller Center from 12 to 4 pm.

"For Go, Diego, Go!: Safari Rescue, we've created an entirely new
interactive experience for preschoolers that is only possible on the Wii,"
said Steve Lux, Vice President of Business Development for 2K Play.
"Nickelodeon's intensive study of how two through six-year-olds experience
the new technologies offered by the Wii helped us create an all-new play
pattern that extends beyond current games. Physical activity is an integral
part of the fun and the new title is perfectly suited for the younger
gamer."

"We are thrilled to combine the fun and adventure of our top-rated
Diego property with true gaming innovation for the Wii," said Steve
Youngwood, Executive Vice President, Digital Media for Nickelodeon/MTVN
Kids and Family. "By combining Nickelodeon's kid expertise with 2K Play's
creativity, we have engineered a game that allows preschoolers to develop
their playing skills by turning up the fun, building confidence and
bringing parents and older siblings into the gameplay experience."

Based on Nickelodeon research with preschoolers and their families to
determine how the platform's motion-play capabilities are absorbed by
younger children, Go, Diego, Go!: Safari Rescue was designed with 13
intuitive Wii- centric motions that maximize the engineering of the Wii
Remote(TM) for a preschooler. Taking on the role of Diego in a race across
Africa, gamers stomp to scare away lions, jump with Baby Jaguar, paint
stripes on zebras, climb up ladders and swim across the jungle river by
mimicking those actions with the Wii Remote.

Research findings show that parents often chose to stay in the room and
participate in gameplay; accordingly, the game has a unique feature which
allows parents to collaborate with younger gamers by using the special
Safari Guide Helper Feature and a second Wii Remote. Preschoolers can, by
themselves, help Diego blow up a hot air balloon by pumping up and down,
but their actions are enhanced with speed and vibrant animations when
assisted.

Also available on February 12 is 2K Play's Dora the Explorer: Dora
Saves the Mermaids(TM) for the PlayStation 2 system. In the new title, Dora
and Boots need help bringing a Magic Crown to Marianna the Mermaid. By
swinging, sliding and bouncing through the game, players travel over
tropical land and sea to save Mermaid Kingdom. Along the way, Dora
magically becomes a mermaid herself.

The Go, Diego, Go!: Safari Rescue and Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the
Mermaids games feature the same voice actors as the popular Nick Jr. TV
shows. In addition to pre-development research, the games were also tested
by children and moms for age-appropriateness, fun factor and overall
quality. The packaging on both titles features a "Kid-Tested" seal.

Go, Diego, Go!: Safari Rescue was developed by High Voltage and will be
available for the Wii for a suggested retail price of $39.99 and the
PlayStation 2 system for $29.99. Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Mermaids
was developed by Totally Games and will be available for the PlayStation 2
system for a suggested retail price of $29.99. All games are rated E for
Everyone. For more information, please visit http://www.2kgames.com/2kplay.

A national marketing program will support the games' launch, which will
include TV commercials on Nick Jr., Toon Disney, and Treehouse; print
advertising in Nick Jr. Magazine; and web support and cross-promotions with
Nickelodeon licensees.

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