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One of my favourite games on the Nintendo 64, Pilotwings 64 conveyed a sublime and relaxing sense of flying that, in my view, has never since been equaled. With its reappearance and shift to the ‘Wuhu Island’ gaming space that features in Wii Spor...
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Pilotwings, originally released twenty-and-a-bit years ago on the Super Nintendo, challenged players to fly a variety of aircraft through a number of challenging situations, most of which involved little rings or targets in the sky. Compared to other t...
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Another Nintendo legacy title released for the 3DS. But is it any good?...
Beautiful looking with a good use of 3D when you need it, slick controls, charming sound effects and solid UI design.
No multiplayer, nothing too original and a little unbalanced in terms of difficulty.
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The original Pilotwings game was released on the SNES over 20-years ago and Pilotwings 64 is still one of the most fondly remembered games of the N64. So what better way to celebrate the launch of a new console then release its latest predecessor for...
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Yes, the 3D on the 3DS might very well revert the outer layer of your eyes inside out, but back in the 90's there was one game which required so much patience and precision that it posed a greater danger to my young eyes. Pilotwings on the SNES was a...
Tight flight controls make for great gameplay, Simple and fun objectives make for an addictive title, Lush graphics...
Doesn't make much of an effort to push the 3D capabilities, No great rewards for excelling at the mini-games...
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A chilled-out masterpiece or just plain boring? That’s the big question that has long plagued the PilotWings franchise; while most open-minded gamers can appreciate the serene charm of taking to the skies, others need more immediate and prescribed thri...
But for everyone else, Resort offers a briefly satisfying jaunt, which only fleetingly manages to recapture the magic of its predecessors. 6.5/10Print this pageComments (0)Share this pageNoticed something wrong? Report error/mistake...
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Quick review Full review Images (6) News Related The launch line-up of the 3DS leaves its buyers in a bit of a quandary: what game or games should you actually buy with the thing? Sure, there are some promising options, such as Streetfighter IV 3D Edi...
Plenty for fans to get into, a reasonable showcase of analogue control on the 3DS...
Price, not enough depth, 3D is hard on the eyes...
There really is a lot to love about the new Pilot Wings - particularly for fans of the previous titles - and anyone with an urge to play a more chilled-out, fun-loving game will find this a good first title for their new machine. All the same, there’s...
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Pilotwings has always been a tech demo series, but it’s also managed to be an incredibly fun tech demo series. The original helped launch the Super NES in 1991, introducing fancy new scaling and rotation effects not possible on earlier systems. This wa...
Skillbased aerial challenges, Mission sizes are perfect for portable gaming, Free Flight adds tons of hidden collectibles...
Possible to blast through in 24 hours, 3D doesn't enhance or help gameplay, Only one map, Wii Sports' Wuhu Island...
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Nintendo fans who've been yearning to return to the golden beaches of Wuhu Island in Wii Sports Resort can now finally do just that, but this time you'll be exploring the island from the air in the 3DS's Pilotwings Resort.With the launch of the world's...
Aside from not supporting any multiplayer options, Pilotwings Resort is a generally impressive and surprisingly enjoyable title. The game may seem simple at first, but it actually contains quite a large amount of content, with around 40 missions availa...
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The day I bought my 3DS, I also bought . This isn’t because I expected it to be tremendous fun but because I figured it’d be an accessible way to show off the 3DS to friends and family. That, then, is pretty much my review: isn’t tremendous fun but it’...
Logical and effective use of 3D, decent mission mode, Mii support, unlockables add incentive, good game for showing off the system.
Graphics sell the 3DS short, not much to do after a while.
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gaming-age.com Updated:
2012-01-25 05:43:59
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The 3DS has launched with quite a few titles, but none of the requisite must-have games that usually accompany one of Nintendo's launches. There's no Mario or Zelda game available, and while third parties seem to have picked up the slack, many are sequ...
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Nintendo's high-flying flight sim is a fun and varied launch title, but it suffers from wonky 3D effects and a notable lack of multiplayer features.For whatever reason, Pilotwings wasn't part of the Nintendo Wii launch lineup, making Pilotwings Resort...
Impressive visuals; good variety of missions; great soundtrack; lots of collectibles and extra challenges; interesting new flight vehicles.
No online gameplay or leaderboards; depth and targeting is hard to judge when the 3D is turned on; no adhoc multiplayer; short replay value; time limit on Free Flight mode is annoying.
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The Nintendo 3DS launched without a must-have title. The closest thing to one, and the best game on the system so far, is Super Street Fighter IV 3D, but that’s a port of a very good game from other consoles. If you are looking for a 3DS-only game, and...
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When you first start playing Pilotwings Resort, you receive a simple tutorial on flying. Then you can take the game's three aircraft types out for a spin and test out your innate flying ability. As you pilot the rocket-belt, airplane, and glider around...
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It seems fitting Nintendo has chosen Pilotwings Resort as one of the launch games for the Nintendo 3DS. Pilotwings was one of the original launch titles for the SNES back in 1991 and helped launch the Nintendo 64 in 1996 with its updated pseudo-3D Mode...
Pilotwings Resort is a great game to introduce gamers to the Nintendo 3DS. It truly showcases the glasses free 3D effect Nintendo is so proud of. Mix that with fun game mechanics and whimsical missions and you can see why the Pilotwings franchise has b...
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It's a testament to how intuitive the controls are in Pilotwings Resort that, after signing up your Mii for flight school, it's very easy to take a plane, a rocket belt, or a hang glider for a test flight over Wuhu Island. Before you even think about a...
Intuitive controls, Pleasing visuals that really pop when viewed in 3D, Enjoyable missions with great difficulty curve.
Not enough variety in vehicles and missions, You could conceivably beat every mission in under two hours, High score tables only support scores from a single profile.
Pilotwings Resort is fun while it lasts, but it fails to reach the same heights as its predecessors...
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Cracking open the crisp cellophane on a fresh copy of the original PilotWings 20 years ago, I remember getting pleasantly lost in the pixilated clouds and skydiving to my doom over and over again -- but not until after I'd already clocked dozens of hou...
3D enhances gameplay; responsive controls; lots to unlock.
No multiplayer; short length; some mission repetition.
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Minnesota-based developer Monster Games is no stranger to resurrecting long-dormant franchises for Nintendo.In 2006 it released the spiritual successor to the NES classic Excitebike, Excite Truck for the Wii. Then, just three years later it veered wi...
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ign.com
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2012-01-25 05:43:59
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Wii Sports Resort is back. Did you miss it? Nintendo is hoping that's the case, as it's bringing the aesthetic and general feel of that juggernaut franchise to the veteran PilotWings series. The result is PilotWings Resort for the Nintendo 3DS, a game...
PilotWings Resort might seem like a restricted version of Wii Sports. That’s not really the case. There is much more to this game, and the variety of tasks and vehicles certainly adds enough spice to the mix that you won’t find yourself bored any time...
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Wuhu Island is a lovely, picturesque place, complete with beautiful blue skies and calm seas, but we've seen it more than once before. Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto seems to love it so much that he even said that the island is becoming its own character...
Pretty island location, Fun while it lasts, Island has been seen before, Not enough to do...
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Pilotwings Resort is, at its base, a wonderful showpiece for the 3DS. The graphics pop almost literally, and the 3D actually affects the gameplay in subtle ways, giving you a wondrous sense of depth. In more detail, Pilotwings Resort is a playful fligh...
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1up.com
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2012-01-25 05:44:00
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Reviewers have a tendency, I think, to conflate reviews of a new system's launch titles with their critiques of the hardware itself. It's not a good habit, but it's an understandable one: Everything that seems good or bad about a platform is often dist...
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