Pilotwings for VC this Friday! News
Wii DS News by Robert Purchese
Nintendo plans to add Pilotwings to the Virtual Console and Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! to DSiWare this coming Friday. Both will cost 800 Nintendo Points (approx £5.60 / €8).
Pilotwings was made for the SNES by Shigeru Miyamoto, who's done some other games since then - notably Wii Music. The idea is to master various aerial pursuits by flying through hoops and then landing perfectly. There's sky-diving, biplane flying and even an experiment Rocketbelt to get to grips with. It was great (still is - Ed.).
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! is a sequel to Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis, would you believe. That game was decent, but the new one should be better, because Again! has new levels and a Construction Zone to make your own in. And creations can be shared over Wi-Fi with the world, or locally with a friend.
Those of you trekking out to gamescom in Cologne, Germany this week should head to the Nintendo stand for an early play. And that's definitely what we would do in a hall full of the latest and greatest games.
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20charactersmax
18/08/09 @ 10:20
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Pilotwings Wii, just like Wave Race Wii sadly, is in Wii Sports Resort.
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For reasons best known to Nintendo (greed ?) DSiware points are more than Wiiware points.
1000 Wii points = £7 1000 DSi ware points = £9 Therefore Pilotwings = £5.60 March Of The Minis = £7.20 btw - wasn't Bit.Trip Core meant to be out this week ?
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Der_tolle_Emil
18/08/09 @ 10:27
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Pilotwings on the SNES was great but I can imagine that playing it after Pilotwings 64 will give you the wrong impression. PW64 was much more relaxed while the SNES original was quite tough as far as the challenges are concerned. It's still a great game but personally I prefer PW64 as well; I also really hope that we will get PW64 on VC. I've put countless hours into that game, back then when 3d was new flying around as Birdman for hours was an absolutely incredible experience.
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seasidebaz
18/08/09 @ 10:29
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@speedjack:
Don't be silly. Nintendo points cards can be used on either system. Don't buy direct from the console. |
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KrissAkabusi
18/08/09 @ 10:55
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Great news. Really looking forward to this. Don't think I've played it since around 1995. And I second calls for Pilotwings 64 to be added, that was an amazing game in its time. I don't think they should do a Wii version of Pilotwings as such, they should hold off and do one for the Wii HD because the graphics were an important part of the 64 bit version.
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@speedjack - it's the same on XBox Live - never buy via the console, you'll get bummed. Don't do the monthly direct debit XBox Live Gold subscription either - you pay way more. Don't know why either Nintendo or MS work in this way, but there you go.
This is so purchased. It's about time Nintendo released another AAA on the VC. What's still missing? Yoshi's Island? Super Mario Kart SNES? Pilotwings 64? Perfect Dark/Goldeneye (may never happen) Super Mario All Stars Final Fantasy 3/6? |
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Some games, Mario Kart and Pilotwings (others I think too?) had that special DSP chip in addition to using the native Mode 7 functionality, to produce those snazzy graphics. I heard it was emulation of this additional DSP function that had prevented other DSP games being released on the VC?
Hopefully Starfox and Stunt Race FX might see the light of day when they sort out the emulation of the Super FX chip too... |
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scouserfuller9
20/08/09 @ 09:45
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@lazydan - Starwing is an awsome SNES game we're still waiting for!!! Would like to see DK 64 and Diddy Kong Racing appearing too but whether we will or not depends on those stupid agreements between Nintendo and Microsoft. I'll be amazed if we see Banjo's and Conker's games on the N64 appearing on the Wii Shop too!?
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