A penguin floating in blue nothingness. A penguin from the future, then.
You remember the innocent magic of Pokemon Snap? Jambo Safari? Afrika? Well, that same [ tourism + videogames = fun ] alchemy is BACK. Taito is offering to take everybody to its very own wet zoo: the aquarium! The game? Minna no Suizokukan. (Didn’t you read the headline?!)
Taito is promising some grand stuff here: you get to play as a lad or a lass who helps out at the local aquarium, looking after the fishes and animals, catching occasional shows in which dolphins dance and prance and so on, and ultimately acquiring “Aqua Stars”. Collecting these is the object of the game, but to get there you have to first successfully feed the fish, train them until they can perform in outdoor shows for punters who wanted to go to the circus but tickets were already sold out, etc. Sounds like a right laugh. The hilarity begins on your DS in March.
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