Ace Combat team making Wii flight sim

by Chris Greenhough { Mar 18th 2008 at 5:00PM }

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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.

Tags: bandai-namco, famitsu, flight, flight-simulator, scan, sky-crawlers, world-war-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tom @ Mar 18th 2008 6:11PM

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.