

But more than that, because you've inherited his spirit of curiosity and sense of wonder, and it just so happens the name of this island is wonder (in Spanish).Īrmed with little more than your trusty camera, your grandfather's journal, and open mind, you'll set off to survey Maravilla Island's three distinct ecological zones, each with its own checklist of unique flora and fauna to photodocument before moving onward. So as Marina, you're doin' it for the 'Gramps - obsessively snapping photos of every living thing on the island to prove once and for all he wasn't off his 'noculars. You'd have to see it to believe it - the problem is no one else had ever seen it, so his peers thought him a bit of a loon.

At the heart of that legacy was his expedition to the uncharted Maravilla Island, home to an incredible breadth of hitherto undiscovered species.

Players take control of budding wildlife photographer Marina Montez, who is on a mission to carry on her grandfather's legacy as an awestruck documentor of the natural world. Developed by Los Angeles-based indie developer Banana Bird Studios, the game follows in the wake of several recent entries to the burgeoning "photo safari" genre, most notably Nintendo's Pokémon Snap. Pokédex full and feeling empty inside? If you're on the hunt for more fantastic beasts and want to know where to find them, charter yourself a boat to Maravilla Island, the site of Erie-based video game publisher Whitethorn Studios' latest release, aptly titled Beasts of Maravilla Island.
