Pearl Harbor Trilogy • Gaming • Wii • Eurogamer.net

Deleted user 1 May 2010 14:56:40

Very good graphics for a 40MB WiiWare game. Too good, probably, as indicated by the mouse cursor in the video.

eripmav 2 May 2010 00:52:35 17 posts
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Hi Spam,

I'm Dan and I'm the PR manager for Legendo.

The game's actual engine is shown in the trailer. The mouse cursor's there because it was captured using the NDev unit which in turn runs through a PC

A small booboo our end but I can assure you that the graphics you see in that teaser are a total representation of the game's engine.

Deleted user 2 May 2010 11:58:42

Well the graphics are impressive. Seems to be better than Sky Crawlers, but the trailer is a bit too motion blurry to notice the ground textures. This was a weakness in Sky Crawlers.

The cell shaded like intro would make a good game too.

By the way, since you're the PR person, "highly anticipated" in the PR is wrong. By very few dedicated Legendo fans maybe, if it was announced previously at all. I know this is standard in PR but still.

eripmav 2 May 2010 15:13:43 17 posts
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Hi Spam.

You have to take a couple of things into consideration. The Wii's no power house in terms of crunching, so sacrifices have to be made and the obvious choice are the ground textures. To keep a consistent and stable frame rate. Remember, unlike SkyCrawlers we're within a 40MB confine. Adding higher resolution textures for the ground would not only impede on fps but also on overall load times.

The game is highly anticipated believe me

. I make it my purpose to visit forums to talk about our games, answer questions and such. Take Nintendo Life for example, the game has a 15+ page thread on there full of guys hankering to get their hands on our game

. Over 3,000 views on the teaser that's on YouTube and nearly 3,000 fans on our Facebook page, not bad when you consider that although we announced the game quite some time ago, we've been playing things very close to our chest up until now. I've been trying to establish contact with the chap in charge of WiiWare here at EG for quite some time to get the trailer up and with the offer to interview us about the game but as of yet no joy.

eripmav 2 May 2010 15:19:35 17 posts
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Oh sorry I forgot to say!

As beautiful as the celshading is, the Wii simply couldn't handle textures of that resolution

. It was the first thing I asked when saw the teaser myself!

Deleted user 2 May 2010 16:50:33

eripmav wrote:
I've been trying to establish contact with the chap in charge of WiiWare here at EG for quite some time to get the trailer up and with the offer to interview us about the game but as of yet no joy.

I'd be interested in a Digital Foundry interview about the challenges to make a 40MB game, but I doubt DF is.

Jazzy_Geoff 2 May 2010 17:03:41 8,068 posts
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not unless they can make snidey comparisons to lolbox live

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eripmav 2 May 2010 17:23:47 17 posts
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Well we'd be up for a serious interview. If they're willing to conduct one here at EF, we're more than happy!

If all the forumites that are interested in reading a piece with us, show your support here and I'll get back in touch with the staff. I'll point out that it's something that their readers would be interested in

Deleted user 2 May 2010 17:36:04

I would be interested in reading more about the game, looks very good, would like to know more about the use of the Wii controls.

I have to admit that in a way Sky Crawlers sounded like a bit of a fudge, of not quite changing up an existing series for a new setting. The use of special moves to instantly get behind other planes rather than adapting their series to a missle free dogfighting style of play. It seems like it would take away from the thrills of flying WWII era fighters.

So I'd like to hear how the team went about creating that exciting dogfighting experience with this game, many thanks.

jellyhead 2 May 2010 17:36:57 24,356 posts
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That looks pretty sweet for a 40mb limit. Good luck with the game it reminds me of the Battlestations:Midway/Pacific series. I'll have my beady eye on this and i'd be up for a DF article on the Wiiware & general DD small footprint challenge.

rock27gr 2 May 2010 17:44:50 6,439 posts
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Vertical Stand wrote:
I would be interested in reading more about the game, looks very good, would be interested to know more about the use of the Wii controls.

I have to admit that in a way Sky Crawlers sounded like a bit of a fudge, of not quite changing up an existing series for a new setting. The use of special moves to instantly get behind other planes rather than adapting their series to a missle free dogfighting style of play seems to take away from the thrills of flying WWII era fighters.

So I'd like to hear how the team went about creating that exciting dogfighting experience with this game, many thanks.

I agree with this post!

I'd also be interested in finding out more about how the game plays; I assume it's more arcade rather than simulation, which suits me fine, what remains to be seen is how good the Wiimote controls are.

eripmav 3 May 2010 15:41:20 17 posts
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Thanks guys!

I've tried emailing serveral staff (I know it's Bank Hols here in Blighty) but no reply yet. I'm keen to get something sorted. If you know of any staff who haunt the forums, send them here!

Tonka 3 May 2010 15:45:53 31,980 posts
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Looks HAWT! Will it have some strategic element to it or is it an Arcade shooter?

eripmav 3 May 2010 16:10:43 17 posts
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It's an arcade shooter. We wanted to offer the best we could visually with the game but keeping the element of fun within

eripmav 6 May 2010 16:28:26 17 posts
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Hi guys! I can't seem to be able to post screenshots here, so please feel free to head over to the Facebook Fanpage in order to check them out! You DON'T have to be registered with FB in order to see them, so have a look and let me know what you think!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pearl-Harbor-Trilogy/142812465776

Deleted user 6 May 2010 20:50:14

Details on the ground are a bit low, like Sky Crawlers, but otherwise still looks good.

eripmav 6 May 2010 23:56:58 17 posts
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Very true but you have to remember the Wii's limitations sadly

figaro7 14 Aug 2011 13:01:35 1,396 posts
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Massive bump, just downloaded this and its bloody great although quite tough! Basically an arcade flight shooter, much like the rogue squadron games and it controls like a dream. Anyone pick this up?