Strange, the IGN review marked it down for being too hard.

Ot's funny, we've had a real mixed bag concerning the difficulty. The IGN review states that it's a difficult game!

Still, you got a 7 from IGN. IGN!!

I finished the japanese campaign and the game is great just to short and to easy. I cant imagine how someone can say that it is a hard game!?! I really hope that the game sells enough to get the second part of the trilogy.

I did find the campaings pretty easy. But the dog fights are really difficult.

I think it's quite hard.. in fact I'm stuck relatively early in.... the mission where you have to fight off 3 waves... is it Wake island? I get to the third wave and they get me in a crossfire and if I don't concentrate solely on dodging I die...

I'm a n00b though.

Hm. On the one side a lot of people say it is to hard and on the other side it is to easy. That is really a big difference.

There's a new trailer for all of you who haven't taken the plunge and want to know about control schemes etc and how they're applied:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq7gk_oKeyM

I'm on the fence right now, as I'm with Oregano in that the levels with three waves of enemy fighters are difficult. I haven't finished the campaign yet, but I haven't played it a lot; blogging and editing the video over the weekend took a good bit of my time.

@Nintendo-64:
By any chance, have you played other arcade flying games in the past, on a more regular basis? The last one I played was Rogue Squadron II on the GameCube, and it has been a few years since I sat down with that one.

Excellent new trailer for the game! Was that already in the works? Or did another video help inspire that one?!

A 7 from ign is 2.5 points less than everyone place else. lol

That's maybe turtlelink but anything that's less than diamond encrusted platinum, mined from the ears of the Giant Dwarves of planet Poink, doesn't generally garner a really high score. I'm quite chuffed that they threw us a 7!

@Coffee sorry I didn't see your question hiding there!

The video was put together in order to help clarify some controller questions that would-be purchasers have, so hopefully they'll see a control scheme that they like the look of and take the plunge. No idea about Ep2 yet, as always it'll be determined by sales.

Showing the controls is a good idea as the game has unorthodox controls, I was really surprised when I saw them, they work well though but I think the camera snaps too much with the CC Pro control scheme.

I don´t want to leave the "FREE FLIGHT" mode. I actually like it very much, because it is the only chance to fly with my 2 years old son. It is a good choice for kids without the dogfight stress and difficulty. So, please include the FREE FLIGHT option in the next installment too!!!

@eripmav Can you tell us the sales numbers from time to time? Because im really interested in it because i want a second part.

I really like this game! Great fun and looks good. And the difficulty level seems to be pretty much right for me. I usually have to try a few times, but I'll make it after that. As it should be.

Also, I really agree on these two points of improvement for Episode 2. Especially the co-op part :

I see a lot of people mentioning online play.
Perhaps if multi-player isn't added to the first sequel, something like online leaderboards/stat tracking could be?
Each level could be timed, number of planes shot down, shots fired, bombs/missiles/torpedos fired?

The timer wouldn't even have to be visible on the screen, maybe an option to toggle it on/off for those that wouldn't care.

Anyway, I'm about to go play some of it now!

*EDIT! I just finished the American campaign about 10 minutes ago. On the the Japanese now.

I got wii points today specifically for this game (also bought Ocarnia of Time) and played it for probably 4hrs in total and found it a bit hard at first and i maybe die once each mission ( if u notice when you can select your plane there are different missions ) im on the second last mission of the american side and iam finding that iam getting better but i do notice it is getting harder.

My request that i would like in the other games is online! Either make it 2player co-op where you do missions together or make it maybe a 3v3 or hopefully a 4v4. But i do think online would be a major improvement.
Also maybe giving Each plane their own stats like Health, Power, Speed, Speed of Overheating stuff like that. Also maybe to make your own plane!

I think im forgetting its only WiiWare

One thing, this is from a personal pov. I've not really seen 'that' many WiiWare games that are online MP. Developers I've worked for in the past have always said that the online infrastructure of the Wii, although sound, is a pain to develop for.

At this moment in time, I don't know what Legendo have up their sleeves should Ep1 sell in significant enough numbers. Only time will tell I s'pose:)

If there are so few online games, then don't you think filling that void would work to your advantage?

Games with online MP that immediately come to mind are Water Warfare, Onslaught, Overturn, and Dr. Mario Online RX. I own the first three and, if it's worth anything, they all work extremely well. :3

btw eripmav, I was on the shop channel last night and this was on the #3 spot. :3