A popular animated character has jumped the fence, grazing his way from the TV screen to the handheld video game for a series of woolly adventures. Since July 2007, American audiences have been tickled by the barnyard shenanigans of Shaun the Sheep, another lovable creation from Aardman Studios (Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, etc.). Already a ratings hit on Disney Channel, Shaun and his ovine friends are now finding green pastures on the dual-screen Nintendo DS system.
D3Publisher has confirmed that it will release a DS game based on the Shaun the Sheep TV show before the year is out.
The company, who previously distributed PS3/360 title Dark Sector and Puzzle Quest, will be working closely with Aardman Animation to authentically bring the personality and humour of the series to life.
In the game, the sheep have all escaped and Shaun must find them before the Farmer comes home. He