Why is this game so cheap everywhere online?
Also, Pilotwings thread.
It was a launch title. That means tons of copies available.
I've always wanted a copy of this game for no other reason than to see Nester again.
>>2874791
I could never get into it even though I really liked the rocketman-missions. The rest was just too uninteresting for me, but I really liked the prequel.
>>2874808
did you play it back at release?
I can understand that a lot of the initial wow factor vanished over the years.
>>2874791
>dat soundtrack
>>2874904
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFRqhktLckg
>tfw the composer comments on a lot of pilotwings 64 soundtrack videos
I just picked this up and played it for the first time the other day. Pretty amazing experience
WHO G O O S E B O Y Z
>>2875040
Roger Klutz, is that you?
Love this game.
As a kid I loved it, but it was too hard for me, I didn't have the patience required. I just fucked around with the gyrocopter, firing missiles to the twin towers and the whale.
I picked this game again as an adult and actually got into it a lot, the controls are amazing and it has the perfect balance between arcade gameplay and real simulation.
I got gold medals and perfect 100pts score in all but one mission (one of the cannon ones)
>>2875348
nah, just the character everyone played
How do you folks feel about the SNES game?
>>2875631
Mode 7 gets my dick hard.
>>2875661
all the time?
This game is so relaxing. It's hard to explain, but the scenery looks amazing to me for some reason. It might just be the charm of early 3D, but I love the way everything looks. Of course, the soundtrack is top notch, but that goes without saying. All in all, it's a severly underlooked game and series.
Speaking of which,was the newest installment any good?
>>2875631
Could never pass second license, and I really wanted to try out the helicopter mission.
>>2875394
I always played as Lark because I was a huge Nintendo Power fan as a kid and he's pretty much Nester with a name change. I wonder if he was officially in any other Nintendo games.
My favorite mode was the Jumble Hopper because you could pretty much free-roam each map as you pleased. But fuck it was hard to unlock, I don't know if I'd have the patience to do it now. I'd probably get stuck on the title screen fapping to Robin like I did as a teen.
>>2874791
>launch title
>greatest hits title
>always on sale on N64 bargain bin for entire lifespan of console
>surplus cart inventory at EB games / Gamestop back in the early 2000s
thats one game I was never able to unsee, even if i liked it.
>>2875918
>I wonder if he was officially in any other Nintendo games.
Nester's funky bowling on virtual boy
and I agree jumble hopper was awesome.
>>2875884
>was the newest installment any good?
op here, I got Resort for christmas, so far it's ok, and so far it seems there's only three vehicles.
It's still kind of difficult to get a perfect score and there's still a lot of locations to explore, downside is that there's only one item and nintendo for some reason did away with the characters from the first two.
>>2876002
>item
I mean island
does anyone know if nintendo or paradigm did the character designs?
>>2877114
The second page you posted says that the characters came from Nintendo.
Nice interview by the way.
>>2877162
well shit, I can't read
64 is still my favorite of the games, but the islands in SNES are cool andResortis worth playing for the Pedal Glider alone.
>>2874909
Dan Hess seems cool.
>>2875884Resort's mission design and music is awesome, definitely worth it despite the Wii Sports Resort assets making for a repetitive background.
>>2875918
You can also get crafty and land the Gyrocopter in many different places rather than platforming everywhere. Little States is perfect for Gyrocopter runs; still, you have Birdman for a reason.
>>2877114
>>2877162
I always thought Paradigm did the characters, and that Ibis and Goose were supposed to reflect the staff's demographic (being a North Texas developer with some Asian employees). Good to know that's just headcanon.
>>2877485
>bis and Goose were supposed to reflect the staff's demographic (being a North Texas developer with some Asian employees).
isn't Ibis egyptian though?
She looks like every other Elizabeth Taylor Cleopatra caricature.
>>2877490
Doesn't matter now that we know they're spitball designs from Nintendo. I still want them back if a new game comes out, plus side missions that significantly change based on who you pick (given weight + new abilities?).
>>2877496
yeah, I suppose it's kind of bizarre that nintendo thinks that miis are better than solid and unique character designs.
It doesn't matter, it's not as if nintendo was shooting for some awe inspiring memorable game/tech demo/flight sim like the first two
cover art for Sept 1996 Super Play magazine, issue 47. Focused on N64 launch
It's a lovely, lovely game.
But if you're autistic about 100% it could turn you into a snarling, embittered mess, it doesn't always seem fair at the 100% level.
>>2879543
>>2875352 here
while some of the missions were really hard to get a perfect score, it was still enjoyable and relaxing. Mostly it requires patience and being very observant of the wind and the height, it requires some calculation as well.
>>2875661
This
>>2874791
Pilotwings (SNES and N64) was one of those titles where I couldn't have nostalgia for it, since I played both of them decades after release and when I got older, yet I feel very sentimental playing either.
I suppose it's something about both being launch titles, making as much as they can out of an unexplored system, and being such a lighthearted and different game. I find both visually very well done.
I can't get the same feeling about the new one though, I'm sure it's a fine game but it just seems to lack soul.
>>2874909
I frequently cite this as one of the comfiest themes I could ever imagine. Also yes the composer seems like a cool guy.
>>2874796
Why does Mario 64 cost 3 times as much then?
>>2882190
Probably because PW is a much less popular series.
But if it's so cheap, then that's good, anyone who owns a N64 must own this game, since I don't think it would feel as good playing it with any other controller than the N64 one, the 3D stick's precision really makes a difference especially on hang glider missions.
>>2882164
I have yet to play the SNES game, although I've heard music from it and it's really nice.
I bought PW64 back in release and when I play it or listen to its music it brings me back to that summer of 1996 instantly.
>>2882164
I doubt it has anything to do with being launch titles. I really don't get why people are so fast to pin their feelings towards a game to some incidental facts totally independent of the game itself.
A good game is a good game. It has nothing to do with when it was released or an unexplored system. How are those things going to drastically change your feeling towards a game? Give yourself more credit.
>pilotwings thread
based
if you have 25 mins to spare you should watch this too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0L7RfvvqUw
some day i might do a 100% run too
>>2882831
>i
Are you Graviton?
>>2882862
yeah
>>2882805
Which software do I need to make these?
>>2883217
assuming you have the capture card already, I use AmarecTV to record losslessly and handbrake to encode video. then webm for retards to make the webm
>>2882864
cool.
I remember your run from one the GDQ a few years ago, when the announcer stopped the clock early on accident so everyone thought you got a world record.
and then you got the japanese cart.
>>2883814
it was still a world record by like 40 seconds after the time finish correction
back then the run was unoptimized as fuck and ive found like a dozen 30+ second timesavers since, which is how the record went from 33 at that GDQ to 24 now
>>2882828
Whoa, what's the reason for this?
>>2885216
theres a barrier at some elevation that you arent supposed to go above. if you are fast enough, you can go above it and the game freaks out i guess. i didnt actually do this... i found it on nicovideo so I dont really know much about it
>>2885271
That's pretty cool. I love glitches like that for some reason.
>>2882828
...engaging hyperdrive
>>2882164
All three Pilotwings are tops. The 3DS one is lacking in individual charm compared to the other two but it's still a comfy game with great music and tight gameplay. It was also a launch title, come to think of it.
I wish Nintendo would throw PW64 on the Virtual Console. Haven't had an N64 for years and don't have anything else to emulate it on really.
>>2875884
Wasn't really overlooked... You had this and Mario 64, you had nothing else.
>>2888002
This is true, but Super Mario 64 was strong enough to overshadow PW64, and a few weeks/months after the console release, other popular games released like Mortal Kombat Trilogy, KI Gold, Wave Race 64, Cruisin' USA, Shadows of the Empire. PW64 being a simulation game didn't get enough attention I guess, but I still think it's considered a classic series, it's not obscure, just not popular either.
Reminds me when I got this game and SM64 on my birthday in early 1997.
I honesty played and enjoyed this game more than SM64. The music, gameplay, and openness was wonderful. Also I was really into flight games at the time, so it was right up my alley.
>>2888002
>You had this and Mario 64, you had nothing else.
Wasn't SotE released around that time as well.
>>2874909
sick tune
>>2875631
a solid game.
played it after the n64 version.
its welll designed
>>2882805
damn wtf I never got more than 15 seconds through that cave as a youngin
Going into non-/vr/ territory, but I wish they had put a Pilotwings 64 character in Sm4sh. 64 was the only one ignored in the stage and it's the only one in the series that has actual characters to play as instead of "you".
Maybe 5mash will provide.
oh i forgot to post this
this is the only texture difference between japanese and american version that i know of
i flew all over the caves and the rest seems the same.
>>2888753
Would be a cool representative. Probably would have one of if not the best recovery abilities in the game and probably weak strength wise but a lot of diverse abilities. Final smash I'm sure would be the SNES helicopter with missles or Gyrocopter w/ missles because it's an iconic vehicle.
>>2888786
CENSORSHIP!Nah just kidding, I love finding out these small arbitrary changes.
>>2888786
Rock texture looks like Jesus in the Japanese version.
>>2888884
I don't see Jesus, but I do see a face there which is in hindsight pretty fucking creepy.
>>2888786
lol, I'm not sure the cross would stand out that much while you're doing missions. That kind of stuff adds mystery to the in-game environments. A new Pilotwings game ought to expand on 64's approach by having a few ludicrously-detailed islands you can explore (a la Wuhu but less generic) during missions/free flight.
Loved this game, snes pilotwings was great too. Think i might play this one tonight.
>>2874791
cus its absolute dog shit?
>>2889590
no u lol
>>2882805
100/100
>>2882805
impressive
