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Wing Island (Screenshots)

Mar 20, 2007

Wing Island (Review)

Mar 20, 2007

Carrying out acts of daring missions through the bright sunny skies is an attractively heroic concept, played out to a glorious fanfare reminiscent of Studio Ghiblis superb flying pig movie Porco Rosso. Alas, in reality it has all the flying finesse of holding a plastic spoon full of baby food and faking plane noises to pilot it into a babys mouth. The Wii remote handles like a miniplane in your hand; you dip the it, the plane dips instantaneously; you twist it, the plane twists ...

Wii Wing Island Details Emerge (News)

Jan 26, 2007

Hudson claims that "As the first flying game for the dynamic Wii Console, Wing Island is like no other flying game out there. Using the Wii's ground-breaking motion sensitive controls, players can feel as if they really are flying their plane."

More Oz Nintendo DS and Wii Release Dates (News)

Jan 24, 2007

Diddy Kong Racing and Wing Island get street dates.

Last week Nintendo Australia released plans for the next few months, and now we're able to confirm exact dates for the remaining two titles on the list. Wing Island for Wii will be hitting Australian stores on March 29th, at an RRP of $79.95, while Diddy Kong Racing DS will be available on April 5th for $69.95.

Wing Island takes flight (News)

Jan 23, 2007

Out now in Japan, this plane-based remote-waver aims to fill the void until Nintendo finally releases a proper Pilotwings (soon, fingers crossed). Its not just about aerobatics and formation flying - among other things youve got to bomb rocky outcrops, ferret out cows and attack battleships. It looks basic, but it controls wonderfully. ...

Famitsu Reviews Zelda and Japanese Wii launch lineup (News)

Nov 21, 2006

Famous Japanese magazine Famitsu has reviewed some of the Wii games for Japanese launch, the main one of course being The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess for both the Wii and GameCube.

Zelda The Twilight Princess (Wii, Nintendo): 9 / 10 / 9 / 10 - (38/40)

Zelda The Twilight Princess (GC, Nintendo): 10 / 10 / 9 / 9 - (38/40)

Necro-Nesia (Wii, Spike): 8 / 7 / 6 / 7 - (28/40)

Wing Island (Wii, Hudwon): 5 / 6 / 6 / 5 - (22/40)

Kororinpa (Wii, Hudson): 6 / 6 / 6 / 6 - (24/40)

SD Gundam: Scad Hammers (Wii, Hudson): 8 / 8 / 9 / 8 - (33/40)

Ennichi no Tatsujin (Wii, Bandai Namco): 7 / 7 / 7 / 6 - (27/40)

Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daitouryou (Wii, Bandao Namco): 7 / 7 / 7 / 5 - (26/40)

Red Steel (Wii, Ubisoft): 8 / 9 / 9 / 8 - (34/40)

Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii, Atlus): 8 / 9 / 8 / 7 - (32/40)

Elebits (Wii, Konami): 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (32/40)

Swing Golf Pangya (Wii, Tecmo): 8 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (29/40)

WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Wii, Nintendo): 8 / 9 / 8 / 9 - (34/40)

Crayon Shin-Chan: Saikyou Kazoku Kasukabe King Wii (Wii, Banpresto): 7 / 8 / 7 / 6 - (28/40)

Wing Island images touch down (News)

Oct 23, 2006

Wing Island is a novel flight sim swooping to Wii this year and here's the first handful of shots to give you an idea of the quaint, non-violent missions you can expect to fly through. Hit the Images tab above for more airborne views. Wing Island's appeal is in its unique controls - you hold the Wii-mote just like a toy plane, tipping, pitching and rolling your hand to pilot your on-screen bi-plane through a selection of missions, including Spot the Cows, Deliver the Medicine and a checkpoint ...