Producer Blog: The Elephant Hero

A new producer blog has been added to the SimAnimals website:

Hello! My name is Veronica Gonzalez and I'm an Associate Producer on SimAnimals Africa for the Wii™ platform. This game is all about making friends with animals and discovering what amazing things they can do. Each animal has a unique talent that shapes the world around them. Imagine a desert. It's very hot. Plants are dying and the animals are thirsty.

A herd of zebra is drinking at the only river, but they are not alone. The crocodiles are staying cool for now, but once their tummies start to rumble, zebras beware! There are patches of yummy grass, but all zebras know that tall grass often means hiding, hungry lions. If only there was a safe area for the zebras!

In the distance a funny trumpeting sound can be heard. The sound becomes louder until a mommy elephant and her baby appear. The mommy elephant has the ability to help the zebras but she cannot do so without you.

When you gain trust with her and become her best friend, she will let you steer her around the area. Before that, you need to make sure the mommy elephant has enough food and water in her tummy, as well as lots of fun. You can do this by feeding her, playing Ring Toss, or petting her until she trusts you completely. Through your interactions with her, she becomes stronger and more charming! Your friendship will also grow and she will trust you completely.

Once you're best friends, you can have the mommy elephant spray water from her trunk into a dried-up pond. The pond will fill, the zebras will drink safely from it, and grass will grow around the pond. Together the zebras and elephants can be friends and enjoy this rich land that you and the mommy elephant have made for them.