Namco's Ace Combat team bringing 'Sky Crawlers' to Wii

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Jun 20th 2008 at 8:00PM }

According to Game|Life and Dengeki Online, Namco Bandai is bringing Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii's latest film, "The Sky Crawlers," to the Wii in the form of a flight combat sim. The genre (not to mention Namco's Ace Combat team) makes for a perfect fit given the movie's focus on a group of fighter pilots, albeit in an alternate setting.

Though it won't be measured in Japan until fall, the success of Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces will likely hinge on how well the controls are implemented -- the Wiimote functions as the throttle and the nunchuck acts as the control stick -- and how popular the film ends up being. At least the game will let us skip all the existential chatter, right?

Tags: Flight-Sim, Japan, Mamoru-Oshii, Namco, Namco-Bandai, Sky-Crawlers, Sky-Crawlers-Innocent-Aces

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

WiiFTW @ Jun 20th 2008 8:06PM

DO A BARREL ROLL!!!

Microswirl (MKWii:1676- 4270-3674) @ Jun 20th 2008 8:11PM

"Wiimote functions as the throttle"

Wow, finally someone gets it.

Fernando Rocker @ Jun 20th 2008 8:15PM

The japanese voice acting is very good.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/32426.html

And here is the gallery... looks very good.

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/photos/sky-crawlers/713484/full/

Fernando Rocker @ Jun 20th 2008 8:17PM

IR Pointer aiming FTW!

This is similar to the controls I want for Star Fox. Move the plane with the analog stick, and the camera/aim with the IR Pointer, with a small bounding box, like Metroid Prime 3.

Undead Priest @ Jun 20th 2008 10:17PM

Graphically, that looks fantastic. And not "for a Wii game", either.

liquidninja @ Jun 20th 2008 11:21PM

Yay! New Star F--Wait, never mind.

Charlie_Six @ Jun 21st 2008 1:58AM

SWEET. I had no idea Mamoru Oshii did an air combat movi either. So DOUBLE SWEET!!!

Charlie_Six @ Jun 21st 2008 2:05AM

I'm gonna be sad if this doesn't come to the US. Like.. really sad.

BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ Jun 21st 2008 3:52AM

I've never played an Ace Combat game (never really seemed like my cup o' tea), but given the rave reviews the series has gotten, should I be excited for this (since it is by the same team, and I'd hate to see another possibly-quality Wii third-party game divebomb)?