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December 10th, 2009 at 06:15pm
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Do you like airplanes? Do you like anime stereotypes? Then The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces is what you’ve been waiting for! XSEED released the above trailer, featuring lots of awesome planes, and lots of inexplicably young people flying them. Well, not inexplicably — though the details may constitute a spoiler, there is a really weird explanation for everyone’s age. Beyond “it’s anime.”
The Sky Crawlers will be one of the first Wii releases of 2010 — it’s due out on January 5.
Prepare for takeoff with this Sky Crawlers trailer originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 19th, 2009 at 03:50pm
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Namco Bandai declined to publish The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces in North America, licensing the game out to XSEED instead. However, the company is handling the game itself for the European release, due in February. The game is a flight action game developed by Ace Combat dev Project Aces, and based on both the novel and the Mamoru Ishii-directed anime film of the same name.
In addition to the game, the movie is planned for a DVD and Blu-Ray release in PAL territories at an unspecified future date (”coming soon”). That seems like a good idea — licensed games probably work better when people know what the source material is.
Sky Crawlers landing in Europe this February originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 21st, 2009 at 03:15pm
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Finally! XSEED is bringing the long-awaited Sky Crawlers to American shores. We’ve been eying this game for quite some time, and having gotten some hands-on time, we’d have to say it was (almost) worth the wait. Sky Crawlers expands upon the thought-provoking Mamoru Oshii film, exploring a world that perpetuates war for the entertainment (and comfort) of its docile citizens. With Namco’s esteemed Ace Combat team at the helm, quality seems assured.
The controls are both the game’s strongest and weakest aspect. Project Aces takes advantage of the Wii Remote to simulate the feel of having cockpit controls. The Wii Remote and Nunchuk are meant to represent the throttle and the thrust — to some success. The idea is certainly innovative, but for those unaccustomed to plane simulators, the learning curve can be quite high. There are, however, some concessions made to make the experience a bit more accommodating for newcomers.
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Hands-on: The Sky Crawlers originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 21st, 2009 at 03:15pm
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Finally! XSEED is bringing the long-awaited Sky Crawlers to American shores. We’ve been eying this game for quite some time, and having gotten some hands-on time, we’d have to say it was (almost) worth the wait. Sky Crawlers expands upon the thought-provoking Mamoru Oshii film, exploring a world that perpetuates war for the entertainment (and comfort) of its docile citizens. With Namco’s esteemed Ace Combat team at the helm, quality seems assured.
The controls are both the game’s strongest and weakest aspect. Project Aces takes advantage of the Wii Remote to simulate the feel of having cockpit controls. The Wii Remote and Nunchuk are meant to represent the throttle and the thrust — to some success. The idea is certainly innovative, but for those unaccustomed to plane simulators, the learning curve can be quite high. There are, however, some concessions made to make the experience a bit more accommodating for newcomers.
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Hands-on: The Sky Crawlers originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 5th, 2009 at 09:30pm
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If you have a comprehensive knowledge of Japanese literature or flight combat games that never saw an American release, you probably already know about The Sky Crawlers. We fell in love with Namco-Bandai’s book-to-game adaptation when we were teased with tons of gameplay footage last year — sadly, the game was never visited by the localization fairy, and never made it to the States. Since then, we’ve been sad all over.
Fortunately, a recent XSEED press release has turned our melancholy into melan-jolly (ugh) — the capitalized company has purchased the North American publishing rights for The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, due out this holiday season on the Wii. The game, which was developed by Ace Combat veterans Project Aces, will have players using the Wiimote and Nunchuck to simulate actual flight controls. It’s a bit overdue, but we’re thrilled about the Americanization of this aeronautical gem nonetheless.
XSEED bringing The Sky Crawlers to North American Wiis originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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