[1] Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Disney Feature Animation, and DisneyToon Studios produced four Virtual Safari games, including: This series marked the first time that Buena Vista Home Entertainment collaborated with Disney Feature Animation and DisneyToon Studios to create a game of this type.
[1] Andy Siditsky, Disney's Senior VP of Worldwide DVD production and Creative Services, explained that he wanted set a higher benchmark with what could be done within a DVD set top experience: "We started thinking about various theme park rides land Timon and Pumbaa were our natural hosts.
"[1] Siditsky brainstormed ideas with a small team including re-recording mixer Terry Porter, discussing different types of tours.
[1] As part of the research, the team traveled to Walt Disney World, hung around The Jungle Cruise and read some of scripts of the rides, using them as a guide.
[1] Part of the challenge was in making it an engaging theme park ride while being relevant to The Lion King franchise and including some adult humour.
[1] The first Virtual Safari game was released on The Lion King special edition after six months of work, which combined traditional and CG elements.