Wing Island

Wing Island (ウィングアイランド) is a flight simulator video game for the Wii. The game was developed by CAProduction and published in Japan by Hudson Soft, Konami in North America, and in Europe and Australia by Nintendo.

Wing Island
North American boxart for the Wii
Developer(s)CAProduction
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Wii
Release
  • JP: December 2, 2006
  • NA: March 23, 2007
  • AU: March 29, 2007
  • EU: April 13, 2007
Genre(s)Flight simulator
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

It is played using the gesture system in the Wii Remote. The player tilts the remote horizontally to turn, vertically to go up or down, and flick the Wii controller two times to the side to do a barrel-roll. If the player hits the ground, they will be stunned temporarily rather than exploding as is common in most flying games.

In addition to flying a single plane, players are also able to fly a squadron of planes, which are controlled simultaneously, in many formations.

Challenges include balloon popping, fire fighting, and cargo delivery.

The game also includes multi player mini game elements.

Development

According to Hudson Soft, development on Wing Island was inspired by Nintendo's flight simulator Pilotwings, as the two share some distinct similarities.[1]

Reception
Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings48.87%[2]
Metacritic47/100[3]
Review scores
PublicationScore
1Up.comD-[4]
Famitsu22/40[5]
GameSpot4.7/10[6]
GameSpy2/5[7]
GameTrailers5/10[8]
IGN5/10[9]

The game has received very poor reviews, with most on-line and magazine based reviewers giving the game under half marks. The game sold only 800 copies on December 2, 2006, the day of the Wii launch in Japan.[10]

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References
  1. Phillip Levin (March 6, 2007). "Wing Island Interview". Kombo. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
  2. "Wing Island". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  3. "Wing Island". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  4. "Wing Island (Wii)". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  5. "Famitsu Rates Wii". IGN. News Corporation. November 21, 2006. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  6. "Wing Island Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. March 23, 2007. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  7. "Wing Island". GameSpy. March 23, 2007. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  8. Game Trailers
  9. Matt Casamassina (March 20, 2006). "Wing Island Review". IGN. News Corporation. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  10. Anoop Gantayat (December 4, 2006). "Wii Sports Number One in Japan". IGN. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
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