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Pilotwings 64 is the next N64 game coming to Switch Online | VGC

Nintendo’s flight sim will arrive on the subscription service next week…

www.videogameschronicle.com

The N64 flight sim will join the service on October 13 and will be available to Switch Online Expansion Pack subscribers.

 

[RAIDEN1]

Why not ACTUALLY bring out a new installment of Pilot wings for a change?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Loved it back then but I get the feeling this has aged really poorly.

 

[Spukc]

drip feeding n64 games in 2022

OmegaSupreme game still holds tho

wow don't sub for this kids

 

[Soltype]

Loved it back then but I get the feeling this has aged really poorly.

Played some last month on retroarch, it was pretty glitchy, but the game is still fun.

 

[Captain Toad]

Pilotwings 64 is one if those N64 games, such as Goldeneye and Turok, that people remember as being good. They aren't. And they never were.

Don't believe me? Go fire up the N64 and play Pilotwings or Goldeneye and honestly tell me that it's a quality videogame. It's not possible.

 

[6502]

Pilotwings 64 is one if those N64 games, such as Goldeneye and Turok, that people remember as being good. They aren't. And they never were.

Don't believe me? Go fire up the N64 and play Pilotwings or Goldeneye and honestly tell me that it's a quality videogame. It's not possible.

Incorrect.

 

[ManaByte]

Pilotwings 64 is one if those N64 games, such as Goldeneye and Turok, that people remember as being good. They aren't. And they never were.

Don't believe me? Go fire up the N64 and play Pilotwings or Goldeneye and honestly tell me that it's a quality videogame. It's not possible.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Pilotwings 64 is one if those N64 games, such as Goldeneye and Turok, that people remember as being good. They aren't. And they never were.

Don't believe me? Go fire up the N64 and play Pilotwings or Goldeneye and honestly tell me that it's a quality videogame. It's not possible.

 

[GigaBowser]

Pilot Wings 64 is a beast. This game and WaveRace 64 yes please.

 

[SpiceRacz]

Pilotwings 64 is one if those N64 games, such as Goldeneye and Turok, that people remember as being good. They aren't. And they never were.

Don't believe me? Go fire up the N64 and play Pilotwings or Goldeneye and honestly tell me that it's a quality videogame. It's not possible.

Hot take: Goldeneye has aged worse than Pilotwings 64.

 

[GigaBowser]

Hot take: Goldeneye has aged worse than Pilotwings 64.

True and not really a hot take at all.

Goldeneye is just one in a sea of shooters that came after.

Pilotwings 64 is it's own thing and hasn't been done quite the same since.

Pilotwings 64 is one if those N64 games, such as Goldeneye and Turok, that people remember as being good. They aren't. And they never were.

Don't believe me? Go fire up the N64 and play Pilotwings or Goldeneye and honestly tell me that it's a quality videogame. It's not possible.

Leave it up to someone who likes Nintendo baby games like Captain Toad to not appreciate when they made real games.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Pilotwings 64 is one if those N64 games, such as Goldeneye and Turok, that people remember as being good. They aren't. And they never were.

Don't believe me? Go fire up the N64 and play Pilotwings or Goldeneye and honestly tell me that it's a quality videogame. It's not possible.

In the case of Turok and Goldeneye, it does not apply here.

 

[PSYGN]

Never played the game before but that part seemed creepy and out of place

 

[GigaBowser]

Never played the game before but that part seemed creepy and out of place

Oh no that part of the game is awesome.

Hunt down a giant robo who's terrorising the countryside.

 

[PSYGN]

Oh no that part of the game is awesome.

Hunt down a giant robo who's terrorising the countryside.

I did not expect him to move that fast at that scale and got startled lol

 

[GigaBowser]

Playing. This actually looks great.

The first time Nintendo ever did more than the bare minimum with emulation.

But can you allow for full-screen next time? Holy shit.

 

[Punished Miku]

Pilotwings 64 is one if those N64 games, such as Goldeneye and Turok, that people remember as being good. They aren't. And they never were.

Don't believe me? Go fire up the N64 and play Pilotwings or Goldeneye and honestly tell me that it's a quality videogame. It's not possible.

Shit take

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Pilotwings 64 has hit Nintendo Switch via the Online Expansion Pack! But how'ds it hold up? Find out in our in-depth review!

0:00 Intro
0:39 60 Frames Per Second BOOST POWER
1:25 Aged Visuals
2:48 Controls & Feel
3:46 Gameplay & Vehicles
4:58 Rad Music
5:08 Replay Value
5:52 Verdict

 

[Northeastmonk]

I love this series. The gyro plane was one of my favorites on 64. I wish they’d bring this series back.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Impressive-looking port. Kudos to Nintendo for doing something extra this time. It'd be nice to get a modern one.

 

[Chukhopops]

Replaying the jetpack and birdman parts made me really nostalgic. The game looks like a 96 game and the flying model is really simplistic but it’s still as fun as it was on the N64.

Didn’t remember it was that short.

 

[Spukc]

Pilotwings 64 is one if those N64 games, such as Goldeneye and Turok, that people remember as being good. They aren't. And they never were.

Don't believe me? Go fire up the N64 and play Pilotwings or Goldeneye and honestly tell me that it's a quality videogame. It's not possible.

golden eye has a cod like control set up.. game holds up. pilotwings is still chill to play. fuck turok lol

 

[jaysius]

If you’re excited by the release of an old ROM then here’s something else to excite you.

 

[bender]

If you’re excited by the release of an old ROM then here’s something else to excite you.

 

[Ristifer]

Pilotwings 64 is one if those N64 games, such as Goldeneye and Turok, that people remember as being good. They aren't. And they never were.

Don't believe me? Go fire up the N64 and play Pilotwings or Goldeneye and honestly tell me that it's a quality videogame. It's not possible.

 

[nkarafo]

Goldeneye is just one in a sea of shooters that came after.

 

[Trazyn the Infinite]

Pilotwings 64 is one if those N64 games, such as Goldeneye and Turok, that people remember as being good. They aren't. And they never were.

Don't believe me? Go fire up the N64 and play Pilotwings or Goldeneye and honestly tell me that it's a quality videogame. It's not possible.

I did. I enjoyed hte hell out of it and I never played the game as a kid. Never owned an N64 growing up.

But then again, you are a warrior so I shouldn’t be surprised to see idiotic posts such as this from you.

 

[Neff]

Pilotwings 64 is it's own thing and hasn't been done quite the same since.

If not for Perfect Dark I'd say the same for GoldenEye 007.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

If you’re excited by the release of an old ROM then here’s something else to excite you.

One of these days you should tell us just how many of your pets Nintendo murdered.

 

[nkarafo]

I kinda prefer the low-res N64 look for this game. Bumping the resolution so high only shows how poor the texturing and even the modeling is. This is not Banjo-Kazooie.

It also looks like they tried to upscale the textures using AI? Dunno, that's the impression i get because the textures look a bit messy.

The softness of the original could be emulated even at higher-resolutions if they used decent emulation, like how Parallel RDP can emulate all N64 filters. This one looks as sharp as a PC game though. To be fair, Parallel RDP is a demanding solution that the Switch probably couldn't handle.

IMO, they should have kept a lower resolution (480p at most) and maybe an optional CRT shader (a proper one, not just a bunch of horizontal lines over the picture) to make it look good enough on high-res displays. The frame rate update is always a good thing as well.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Pilotwings 64 is one if those N64 games, such as Goldeneye and Turok, that people remember as being good. They aren't. And they never were.

Don't believe me? Go fire up the N64 and play Pilotwings or Goldeneye and honestly tell me that it's a quality videogame. It's not possible.

Worst take I've seen in a while.

 

[JimboJones]

It's nice to see some effort being put into these, even if it is pretty bare minimum. Still not enough value to get me to buy into the expansion service.

 

[jaysius]

It's nice to see some effort being put into these, even if it is pretty bare minimum. Still not enough value to get me to buy into the expansion service.

What do you mean!!?? This is like the SECOND rom they added in months, there’s so much value in that expansion service. /s

 

[OmegaSupreme]

What do you mean!!?? This is like the SECOND rom they added in months, there’s so much value in that expansion service. /s

What would please you?

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

What would please you?

Nintendo going bankrupt and being erased from existence, if his post history is anything to go by.

 

[93xfan]

If you’re excited by the release of an old ROM then here’s something else to excite you.

Yeah, because only new games are good, right? Everyone here games on a PC and has all the ROMs ready to go.

 

[nush]

Finally!

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/why-does-nintendo-hate-pilotwings-64.937948/