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Samson and Benny Need Help on Their Fur-Raising Adventure in ``Walt Disney Pictures Presents The Wild'' Game; Video Game Based on Disney CGI Animated Feature Film Now Available from Buena Vista Games.


BURBANK, Calif. -- Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG BVG Bundesverfassungsgericht (highest German court)
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), the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE NYSE

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:DIS), today announced "Walt Disney Pictures Presents The Wild" for the Game Boy(R) Advance system is now available at retail outlets across North America. A video game adventure that will test kids' animal instincts, "The Wild" is inspired by the upcoming animated feature film of the same name from Walt Disney Pictures. The game features Samson the Lion and Benny the squirrel, who must leave their pampered lives and set out on an adventure to save Samson's son, Ryan, who accidentally gets shipped from the New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
 Zoo to the wild.

"'The Wild' game is an exciting experience that offers kids the opportunity to take the characters and adventures from the movie along anywhere they go," said Dana Long, director of kids marketing for Buena Vista Games. "Kids who enjoyed the movie will be able to continue the journey of Samson and Benny long after they leave the theaters."

"The Wild" is a single-player, side-scrolling adventure game that allows players to take on the role of Samson and Benny through 18 levels of play. Both characters have their own unique levels, each tailored to their on-screen personalities. Kids 6-11 years old will have to guide the characters through stormy seas, erupting volcanoes, vicious dogs and angry wildebeests as they traverse land and sea to help Samson rescue Ryan. "The Wild" video game is released in conjunction with the feature film's April 14 theatrical opening.

About "Walt Disney Pictures Presents The Wild" film

"Walt Disney Pictures Presents The Wild" is an irreverent comedy that follows the life of an eclectic group of animals at the New York Zoo There are several New York Zoos
  • The Bronx Zoo, New York City's main zoo
  • The Buffalo Zoo is a zoo in Buffalo, New York
  • Central Park Zoo, in New York City
  • Queens Zoo, located in New York City
  • The Prospect Park Zoo is located in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York
. The voice talent includes Kiefer Sutherland (as the lion Samson), Greg Cipes (as Samson's son, Ryan), Jim Belushi (as Benny, the street smart squirrel), Janeane Garofalo (as Bridget the giraffe), Richard Kind (as Larry, a dim-witted adj. 1. mentally retarded; relatively slow in mental function.

Adj. 1. dim-witted - lacking mental capacity and subtlety
simple-minded, simple
 anaconda Anaconda, city, United States
Anaconda (ănəkŏn`də), city (1990 pop. 10,278), seat of Deer Lodge co., SW Mont.; inc. 1887.
 snake), William Shatner (as Kazar, a wicked wildebeest wildebeest: see gnu. ), and Eddie Izzard (as Nigel, an acerbic koala koala (kōä`lə), arboreal marsupial, or pouched mammal, Phascolarctos cinereus, native to Australia. Although it is sometimes called koala bear, or Australian bear, and is somewhat bearlike in appearance, it is not related to true ). Director Steve "Spaz spaz or spazz   Offensive Slang
n. pl. spazz·es
One who is considered clumsy or inept.

intr.v. spazzed, spazz·ing, spazz·es
To be clumsy or inept.
" Williams and producer Clint Goldman helped to revolutionize CG character animation during their long association with Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), which included such films as "Jurassic Park," "The Mask," "The Abyss" and "Terminator 2: Judgment Day."

About Buena Vista Games

Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG) is the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company. BVG publishes, markets and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games and interactive entertainment worldwide. The company also licenses properties and works directly with third-party interactive game publishers to bring products for all ages to market. For more information, please log on to www.buenavistagames.com.

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