Thrilling Flight Action Game Based on Acclaimed Japanese Anime Feature Film Available Now Across EMEA and Asia-Pacific Exclusively for Wii. Following final systems check and a go from the ground crew, NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S today announced the EMEA and Asia-Pacific launch ofTheSky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, the Wii flight action game based on the acclaimed 2008 Japanese anime feature film from internationally renowned director Mamoru Oshii.With its original combination of sky-high fighter action and captivating Japanese anime production, TheSky Crawlers: Innocent Aces blazes its way into retailers from today to bring fierce action to the skies.
The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces iscreated by Project Aces, the team responsible for the all-conquering Ace Combat series of flight action games at NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. in Japan. The game pushes the technical capabilities of Wii to the max, delivering an impressively hi-fidelity rendition of intense arcade-style aerial combat with players intuitively using the Wii Nunchuk as a joystick to control the aircraft. Over 30 minutes of exclusive beautifully rendered anime cinematics help to tell the original story which was written by the team at Project Aces working in close collaboration with the licensor to ensure an experience faithful to The Sky Crawlers universe.
In a world where there is no more war, corporations stage fictional war 'shows' on a massive scale to avoid people’s desire to create real conflicts. In The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, the player takes the role of a top ranked pilot transferred to a new base of the Rostock Corporation, an enterprise of war that has recently welcomed a batch of intriguing new pilots into their ace squadron. Not even the officers at the base are able to hide their confusion at these new recruits who appear to be mere children. One girl, Maumi Orishina, stands out from the rest. In the sky reflected in her eyes, the dogfight begins.
Directed by Mamoru Oshii and animated by Production I.G, the film The Sky Crawlers was rapturously received in Japan and overseas, winning the Future Film Festival Digital Award at the 65th Venice International Film Festival amongst a brace of other awards. Following its release in the US, the DVD and Blu-ray of the film is coming to Europe and other territories worldwide in 2010.
An original and engrossing arcade flight action adventure, The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces is available now at retailers across EMEA and Asia-Pacific exclusively for Wii.