Flying like on the N64?

GENERAL:
After it already was on the SNES and the N64 a "Pilot Wings", there is now finally a third part.
On the SNES I found Flight Games ("Pilot Wings", "Starfox" ...) laughable. As "Pilotwings 64" as one of the two Star Title ("Wave Race 64" came a few days later!) Appeared on the N64, I had to have it.
The feeling was great and the music awesome. Indeed, even the graphics was a stunner. The snow and ice island looked partially photorealistic. (Clear, white snow ground can always be easily represent!) And the reduced US offered many attractions like "Nessi" in the lake, a Mario version of Mount Rushmore, a space shuttle launch, etc. Even a flight through the Grand Canyon became a experience.
The only downside of the game was the difficulty. There were some tasks that I would have thrown the controllers prefer out of the window. And if after so-and-so-vielten attempt everything worked well enough, you have messed up the landing ... But it was motivating enough to try it again and again until they had unlocked everything ...

Gameplay:
There are two game modes: the mission mode and the free-flight mode.
In mission mode, you can switch through consist of different tasks freely up to 40 missions. And of course, one or the other vehicle.
The difficulty is clearly settled under the N64 version.
Lightweight vehicle touches of obstacles is not acknowledged immediately with a crash at "Pilotwings Resort". After a crash, we must continue to fly by an invisible checkpoint, but receives deduction of points on the overall standings. Also, I feel that I'm getting better, point accurate landings by the 3D effect when still on the N64.
Generally, you fly in "Pilotwings" Although with a simplified control, each is but have been expelled itself, noted that the feeling of flying per se but is realistic. This may beginners first put off, thanks to the good management and the above-mentioned checkpoints, they should also be able to play the missions well enough to unlock all missions (This calls up to the beginning of the section 2 of 3 stars per mission!) And the last to survive, at least.
In the missions most different rings or balloons to fly through, abeschoßen balloons or goals or at different landing platforms (Jetpack) driven and landed Finally.
Outdoors Flight Mode. If you have 2 minutes to collect interest and (per Vehikelart) 40 balloons. For enough balloons time free-flight-time is increased by 30 seconds up to a maximum of 5 minutes.
In addition, you can with any Vehikelart (trick) rings to fly through (collect) or collect gifts.

Personally, I have to say that I think it's good that the difficulty of the N64 version was lowered for the 3DS (One should the missions can be made without too much frustration. Those who want more should try to better ratings. You create the game from prescribed maximum points (!) a mission you can try the mission again. Unless new, but now you can do even more (!!!) get points for the mission!
Just a pity that you can not even compare them directly with a different profile on the same game highscores and neither online. Here one has presented long-term motivation.

The three launch vehicle (a small aircraft [Cessna], a jetpack and a hang glider) control is different but all very precise.
Different pilots like you've known from the N64 version, there is no longer unfortunately. Instead, you have to be content with his Mii.

GAME SCOPE:
Here it comes but to crash! The only island is from Wii Fit (Plus) and Wii Sports Resort is known (although I'm not sure if it there were also these little "Golf-Club Island" ...)
The missions I had in less than 2 hours on average with 2 - completed 3 stars. The highscore hunt does not irritate me as I am with my friends so can not compare online.
Outdoors Flight Mode I even spent more than 6 hours, although I'm still missing 3 gifts and a ring that should I collect. In general, it is also fun to fly spectacular maneuvers outdoors-flight mode, but leaves it the environment just does not really. Hach, I miss the Grand Canyon from the N64 predecessor but very ...
Although the level of difficulty suits me, so I would have liked more missions and islands (on the N64 there were 4!). And most importantly, more islands, such as the "Little States" from the N64 predecessor !!!
Even with the vehicles it looks bleak.
In N64, you could also freely play with the three standard vehicle (Gyrocopter, jetpack Dragon flyers) mini-missions, in which one was fired as a human cannonball in a goal, had to jump with giant leaps over the country, representing as a paratrooper figures in the sky and then had to land properly and as Birdman free as a bird could explore the island.
SPOILER
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On the 3DS, you only get three more versions (jet, stronger and Jetpack Dragon with "Cycle") of the existing vehicle. Oh yes; in a mission we must also - more or less - to fly through rings in freefall. That's it!

GRAPHICS:
The generally great.
I have at the beginning, the highest depth effect enabled. Although the overall picture thus looks great, I've noticed that I sometimes "shadow" of, for example, saw the rings have often that I should fly through. Or the "player card" that you created in the beginning, raises - for me - a huge "shadow", if you let it turn (exactly turning over!), To look at his statistics. In less depth effect, there was no "shadow". Nevertheless, I play with the greatest depth effect because me the big picture so much better like, as with less depth. Every now and then occurring "shadow error" I suppose there gladly accept.
As described above, I even be able to land the feeling thanks to the 3D effect better and more accurate than in the predecessor.
(Head or eye pain I have, incidentally, did not get)

Little things like that when the hang glider wing Plane begins to flap, if you like to plunge into the depths of me very well.
That the vehicle really stands out from the screen ... I do not see that. Rather, I see a small toy airplane that you would like to remove it from the device.
If you look at the second diorama of the aircraft (you can unlock in the open-air mode), zooms up close and rotate the camera a little bit so that you look more of the top of it, you get the feeling that the aircraft, that there circling, coming out of the screen. This is particularly striking when one holds out his thumb against the left side of the screen. As one might think, the airplane might fly into the thumb into it!

SOUND:
The sticks in such a game, of course, back nobly. Here's a sprotzender aircraft engine, because sometimes wind noise ...
But what is extremely struck me is that at least one song of the N64 version comes through again and again in the old original for a few sounds before it is made again floored by the new version. Anyone who has played at that time in the hang glider photo missions on the N64 version, will know what song I mean.
I wish they had taken over unchanged the music of the N64 version.

CONCLUSION:
Has the game now worth?
Now, from the game feeling her already. For a short round in between and for show, it's great.
If you can "only" buy a game, I would rather "Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars" recommend, which is the surprise hit of the 3DS launch games for me.
(Although I also like "Ridge Racer" very good, but I have only played two hours and can still allow me no more accurate judgment ... "Super Monkey Ball" again unfortunately is also very short)

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