The snappily-titled Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy+ isn't far away, hitting 3DS on 13th February - that's a big day for the portable, with the New Nintendo 3DS, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate all arriving on that day. As we outlined in our first impressions, this Bandai Namco title will certainly be one to consider for those that want some fast-paced action, as it provides an improved version of the original.
One of the enhancements is the use of amiibo - the NFC figurines unlock plane skins, and though these can be found and unlocked in-game the toys provide a handy shortcut. Each amiibo / skin is tied to a specific plane, too, and supported characters include Donkey Kong, Zelda, Captain Falcon, Samus, Mario, Bowser and Pac-Man.
Bandai Namco has sent out a whole load of screens showing these off, and as they look good enough to feature in high-octane and cheesy '80s movies, we thought we'd share them.
Enjoy!
Are you planning to pick this up on 13th February? Let us know.
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For some reason I like the Mario-colored one. The ones that include their pictures aren't that good.
The Pac Man one looks cool.I quite like the green Bowser and Mario coloured one too.
wow that pac-man and i think its bowser, the one with the shark teeth, awesome!!!!
I'd love a game like this on my Wii U with online dog fighting......hopefully Star Fox helps fill that want
I was in GAME this morning, to pre order my new XL, they stated the launch of this game has been pushed back to to the 20/02/2015.
Yeahhh I'm gonna have to have this. Now if only Bamco would put Tekken 3D Prime and Ridge Racer 3D on the eShop....
What, No Link? I only have one of those and I'm not buying anymore when you can unlock them. What the point of Amiibo again if you can unlock the content?
Shouldnt there be some mention in the article that this will only work on "new" 3DS b/c the morons at Nintendo havent put out a 3DS portal yet even though amiibo have been out for months and they showed that little white portal long before the new 3DS?
OK, maybe Nintendo wants to drive new 3DS sales on the back of amiibo, but the article should still point it out.
@rjejr
"OK, maybe Nintendo wants to drive new 3DS sales on the back of amiibo, but the article should still point it out."
Yes, you would be calling them morons if they released the portal before the New 3DS as that gives even less incentive for the upgrade.
And to Tom's credit, the article states that all of these are available without the amiibo. The toys kinda act like a f2p scheme, getting you early access. So this works for the old 3DS.
The Pacman skin looks fantastic!
@sinalefa - Yes, but TW should still have mentioned the lack of amiibo support on the old 3DS models, the article title doesn't say "unlockable planes", it reads "amiibo Planes", but amiibo can't be used w/ any of the old 3DS or 2DS models, so that should have been mentioned in the article, otherwise people might think this thing Nintnedo showed us last year actually exists:
From what I've read there is still no online in this game, so I'm confused as to why minor tweaks justifies a brand new game price for what could probably be released as a patch.
Here's the link to the original release of anyone's interested https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2012/01/ace_combat_assault_horizon_legacy_3ds
That Pac man skin looks awesome! Is this game worth a buy in release or will it drop to €10 pretty soon?
Yeah… the Amiibo situation is stupid enough. If these planes aren't unlockable able by other means, they are basically the equivalent of $13+ each DLC. Kind of b.s.
"Scarface Squadron — head out!!"
"You're stalling! regain control!"
"Unidentified red aricraft destroyed!"
"And another thing... drop the 'pops' crap!"
can't wait to hear all those lines over and over again.
Is it just me or it's written HD on top of the FZERO f16 on the last picture ???
Could this hint to an HD version of a FZERO game ????? :D:D:D:D
....the need......to buy some more Amiibos!
Ok, bad wordplay aside, I'm getting really confused here. They originally showed off a few skins saying 2 (Mario & Bowser) would be unlockables in game, the other 4 or so needed Amiibos.
Then they say all can be unlocked in game, but then they reveal much more in a trailer including multiple schemes from certain characters splitting them up between those that are in game and those they imply "need" Amiibos.
Now we hear they all can be unlocked at Amiibos merely provide a shortcut.
Forgive my whining but can we have some official clarification Bandai Namco!!
At first I thought they should have put Cap Falcon on the F-2 as its nicknamed the Viper Zero. Then I remembered his skin is on an F-16 Fighting Falcon and so all is right with the world.
How is this game? Looks kinda interesting...
@JaxonH It plays like the classic Ace Combats on the PS1 / PS2 with a few tricks added and some customisation inspired from the PSP titles. It's a pretty standard yet still enjoyable Arcade Flightsim with a good variety of missions, large assortment of jets, unlockables colour schemes (beyond those shown above), elite enemy ace squadrons, local score rankings and a few branched campaign paths (though they return to the main story path so only a single ending).
All in all I like it a lot but I'm biased cod I love the traditional Ace Combat series. The advantages of this version over the original other than Amiibo support is you can use the c-stick to look around (helpful in dogfights) and the rudder can be mapped to the extra shoulder buttons rather than the d-pad, allowing simultaneous three degrees of motion, which helps a lot in aerial combat.
Arguably its biggest flaw is lack of any form of multiplayer (if that's important to you).
Thanks for repeating which amiibos can be used with this game since Ninty's American page doesn't list it yet.
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