In an innocent little e-mail sent to
all members of the press attending E3, the expo's media relations team provide a list of some of the games that will
debut at that annual nexus of flashing lights, blaring noise and ludicrously dressed women. Hudson Entertainment
happens to be on the list, along with a brief description of their Revolution game, cleverly entitled "Flight
Game". "Flight Game" - Nintendo Revolution - Take to the skies in a way never before experienced on any home console. Using the Revolution's "Gesture System" built into their innovative controller, Hudson's new "Flight Game" allows total plane control as players pilot their planes through various acrobatic flight maneuvers ranging from sky artistry to bomb drops.
My claim? Flight Game is actually Pilotwings. The evidence? Well, it isn't difficult to make a connection between the above description, the Pilotwings rumors of the last few weeks and the recently announced relationship between Nintendo and Hudson regarding Virtual Console games. Add that to Nintendo's past habit of handing classic franchises to other Japanese developers (see: Sega and F-Zero GX), and it becomes a fairly reasonable claim to make.
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4-19-2006 @ 4:53PM
tactics said...
i guess i'm the only nintendo fanboy that never played pilotwings... it just seemed boring. what made that game so much fun? people seem to be pretty hyped about a sequel...
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4-19-2006 @ 4:53PM
Contin said...
I'll wait until official release and only then make my own conclusions. Also I can go to E3, but it's too far :)
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4-19-2006 @ 5:13PM
Adam said...
#1 - Pilotwings was a great game because it was easy to play but hard to master. There were a number of different things you could do (plane, parachute, hand glide) which kept it interesting. It is a really simple flight sim and an extremely complicated arcade style flying game.
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4-19-2006 @ 5:56PM
tactics said...
ahhh easy to learn, tough to master. my favorite type of game. very cool! thanks Adam!
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4-19-2006 @ 6:03PM
courtney said...
yeah I am excited. I want to look like a dumb ass playing this game. this is going to rock.
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4-19-2006 @ 6:56PM
Keith said...
I never played the original, but had alot of great times with Pilotwings 64. It's hard to find an experience more fun yet relaxing than flying around the mini-US as Birdman.
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4-19-2006 @ 8:25PM
jobias said...
1up.com (http://1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3149771) mentioned Hudson's flight game in their E3: First Looks article, but added that, "to folks who are pegging this as the new Pilotwings, rumors indicate that this isn't the game you're looking for."
So while I would personally love to see a new Pilotwings game, chances are I will have to keep waiting.
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4-21-2006 @ 2:59PM
Shiro said...
I'm fairly sure it'll look a wee bit better than the provided screen. FAIRLY sure.
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4-23-2006 @ 2:43PM
kyle said...
why do you have to look like a "dumb ass" playing this game? I think it's going to be great. as for playing the game, you'll simply use the controller as a flight joystick, and last time I checked, an aircraft's joystick doesn't require much movement, certainly not enough to make you look like a "dumb ass."
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