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Sky Crawlers landing in Europe this February

November 19th, 2009 at 03:50pm Under Wii / Nintendo

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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XSEED bringing The Sky Crawlers to North American Wiis

July 5th, 2009 at 09:30pm Under Wii / Nintendo

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.