Ace Combat team making Wii flight sim
Remove Petit Copter from the equation, and pickings are awfully slim when it comes to Wii flight sims. So what's a budding Biggles to do? Pray for a Wii update to the absolutely flawless* Pilotwings 64? Well, that's one option (and something we do on a daily basis anyway), but Bandai Namco is hoping to provide another in the form of Sky Crawlers, a flight game based on an animated film that's to be released on August 2nd in Japan.
The latest edition of Famitsu has the first shots of the title, in which the Wiimote doubles up as your throttle, and the nunchuk is used to steer. Even though the film is based on a fantastical premise -- youngsters fighting a war organized by adults as a form of entertainment -- the game features realistic visuals.
In summary, we're keen to see more of this, particularly as it's developed by the same team behind the Ace Combat series. With any luck, we'll be able to banish the craptacular likes of Wing Island from our memories forever.
* Seriously, don't argue with me here. Like, seriously. I have maimed for less.














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3-18-2008 @ 6:11PM
Tom said...
YES!!!! Man, am I amped for that! Hopefully it'll control well, and have fun combat like Crimson Skies. Blazing angels was fun, just too realistic in relation to speed, controls, etc. The premise for this game actually sounds kinda cool, in that alternate universe-y kinda way. I'll have to keep my eyes on this one.
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3-18-2008 @ 6:20PM
TendoMan said...
Are those volumetric clouds I see in those screens? 0_o
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3-18-2008 @ 6:47PM
JimmyB said...
What? People didn't like the squeaky chickens and only-there-enough-to-irritate storyline of Wing Island?
OTOH, this one looks good...
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3-18-2008 @ 8:40PM
Perverted said...
Could be good, I mean, proper controls(don't use it for the heck of it!), non-port graphics....based on presumably a good movie....
I hope it's fun also ^^
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3-19-2008 @ 3:24PM
CJLopez said...
I rather have them doing a port of Time Crisis 2 and 3, but, o well, hope they get Sega as an example and make this game as good as it sounds and sees
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3-19-2008 @ 8:46PM
wiiomatic said...
GOD IS REAL!
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