You can also play a game of naughts and crosses with the surprising uncompetitive Rafiki. It may be the exact same thing as what's come before but the Lion King images surprisingly make up for it. The same feature-packed paint studio is also found here and makes for a fun distraction for the little ones. It doesn't make it any more interesting for those past Primary School, but at least it differs from what Aladdin gave us. The puzzle is no longer of the sliding variety but an actual jigsaw. In the Great Tree resides the best selection of diversions. The mazes are designed with one solution makes any wrong turn a death sentence, especially in the more complex harder levels. The latter adds a Pac-Man like element where you have to avoid the hyenas that run after you. There's the Simon Says game, pairs and a selection of mazes. The Elephant Graveyard plays host to three more games that have come before. When you solve it by guesswork as opposed to observation, it feels like a false victory. The line thickness varies depending on the difficulty, but it makes the puzzle either incredibly easy or nigh-on impossible. Instead, line drawings of animals that featured in the movie are randomly placed over the 256-colour background image. They don't even have the same charm or invention as something like Where's Wally (aka Where's Waldo). These aren't as clever or unique as the hidden image paintings that can be found all over the internet. You are shown a nicely drawn vista in which to find a number of animals. The Jungle houses hangman featuring Pumbaa (which had my nephew in stitches) and the traditional spot the difference along with the new addition of a hidden image puzzle. This time each has their own collection of games as opposed to a re-skinned variant. A nearby lake also doubles as a theatre to view clips. There are three areas to explore: the Great Tree, the Jungle and the Elephant Graveyard. It's is still a collection of movie clips, mini-games and an age-appropriate paint programme, but if you take a closer look you see just how little has changed. Not much has changed over the first game in the series. That being said, The Lion King was such a phenomenon that it didn't hurt this delayed tie-in. It also came out a year after the movie it is based on hit cinemas. The second Activity Centre based on a Disney property came out a year after Aladdin's translation to a kid-friendly CD-Rom.
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