The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces

The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces

Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces is a game published by XSeed Games for the Wii game console. It is an air combat game developed by the Project ACES team of Ace Combat fame. Based on a novel series by Hiroshi MORI and adapted into an animated film directed by Mamoru Oshii, the game premise is told with a combination of animated cut-scenes and voiced in-game sequences during battle. Players assume the role of a rookie pilot, code-named "Lynx," and is part of the pilot group known as the Sky Crawlers. The game features dogfighting simulation and flight that mirrors a unique gameplay mechanic. The game uses the Wii remote and Nunchuck, where players hold the Nunchuk in the right hand as the flight control stick, tilted to roll, pitch, and yaw, while the Wii Remote, is the throttle, and is held in the left hand and is tilted up to accelerate and down to decelerate.

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The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, which has a "T" for teen rating from ESRB, is available across North America at the suggested retail price of $29.99. It is an air combat game that follows the journeys and tribulations of a group of young fighter pilots in aerial dogfighting using propeller-driven fighter planes. In a world that is at peace, private corporations contract fighter pilots stage combat operations against each other, in order to ease the tension of a populace accustomed to war and aggression. Gamers assume the role of Lynx, a rookie pilot who works to gain acceptance in his team. Along the way Lynx and the Sky Crawlers become embroiled in a mystery revolving around the a group of seemingly immortal fighter pilots.