Review: Pilotwings Resort for 3DS Runs Out of Fuel Fast

Pilotwings has always been the game Nintendo suckers you into buying when there’s hardly anything else to play on your spanking new machine.

When the company launched the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 consoles, the casual flight simulator was one of the few games on shelves. If you wanted to take a break from pouring hours into the new Mario game, you could give your brain some variety by flying around in airplanes, rocket packs or hang gliders.

When the Nintendo 3DS launches in the United States this Sunday, there won’t be a new Mario title to command gamers’ attention. Pilotwings Resort will be the big launch title for gamers that crave action on the new 3-D handheld. (I’m assuming here that throwing a Frisbee to your Nintendog won’t be enough.)

Early adopters will therefore snap up copies of Pilotwings Resort. The good news is they’ll have fun with it; the bad news is the joy ride won’t last long.

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