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Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII
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From: City Interactive
Category: Video Games

Buy New: $39.99
as of 9/22/2011 17:10 CDT details
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Sales Rank: 5,006

Language: English (Unknown)
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: military_and_espionage_action_games
ESRB: Rating Pending
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.6 x 5.7 x 7.5

MPN: 00238
Model: 00238
UPC: 897749002385
EAN: 0897749002385

Release Date: November 15, 2011  (In 54 Days)
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Not yet released
Features:
  •  Can be played in either single or multi-player mode
  •  Unique system of mission performance evaluation, and the possibility to upgrade your airplane based on that
  •  Over 20 combat missions featuring main battlefronts of world war II (Battle of Britain, Eastern Front, Pacific)
  •  Several types of missions to perform - from dogfights and escorts to bomb runs using over 25 airplanes, including American, British and Russian machines
  •  Wii Remote oriented controls in 2 modes: simulation and arcade
Accessories:

2-Year Replacement Service Plan - Covers Electronic Items $0–$49.99
2-Year Replacement Service Plan - Covers Electronic Items $0–$49.99
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Product Description
When millions of soldiers and thousands of tanks clashed on the fronts of World War II, an even more dramatic battle was being fought above the blood soaked earth. All across the globe, heroic allied pilots desperately tried to gain air dominance. Defend Great Britain against the German Luftwaffe, take part in the monumental efforts of the Red Army on the east, or exact revenge on the Japanese air forces as an American pilot over the Pacific. Stay focused, as split-seconds decide victory or death. Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII, an action packed shooter coming soon to the Nintendo Wii system.

Amazon.com Product Description
Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII is an aerial shooter for Nintendo Wii which places players in the vanguard of Allied forces in the most crucial air battles of WWII. Featuring more than 25 historically authentic and upgradable American, British and Russian aircraft, players can choose to take command in the all-out fun of arcade mode or opt for the tactically diverse 20+ combat missions that make up the game's simulation mode as they relive classic aerial World War II scenarios including the Battle of Britain, the Eastern Front and the battles of the Pacific theater.

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Story
When millions of soldiers and thousands of tanks clashed on the fronts of World War II, an even more dramatic battle was being fought above the blood soaked battlefield of the Earth. All across the globe, heroic allied pilots desperately tried to gain air dominance. In Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII players join that historic struggle as they defend Great Britain against the German Luftwaffe, take part in the monumental efforts of the Red Army on the eastern front, or exact revenge on the Japanese air forces as an American pilot over the Pacific. Regardless of the theater of battle players must stay focused, as split-second decisions provide the difference between victory or death in the air.

RAF squadron coming up on a fight in progress in Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII
Dominate the sky for the Allies.
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Gameplay
Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII, an action-packed aerial shooter for Nintendo Wii featuring both simulation and arcade modes. The game contains more than 20 combat missions that run the gamut from providing escort and cover for bombers being used as target practice by enemy bogies, to head-to-head dogfights against aces of the axis powers. In these missions players have access to over 25 historically correct airplanes, including American, British and Russian machines. All of these can be upgraded with success in the air and pilots performance in the cockpit is rated by a unique mission performance evaluation system.

Key Game Features

  • Over 20 combat missions featuring main battlefronts of world war II (Battle of Britain, Eastern Front, Pacific).
  • Several types of missions to perform - from dogfights and escorts to bomb runs.
  • Over 25 airplanes, including American, British and Russian machines.
  • Wii Remote oriented controls in 2 modes: simulation and arcade.
  • Unique system of mission performance evaluation.
  • Possibility to upgrade your airplane.
Additional Screenshots:
Inside the cockpit of a British plane looking out over the cliffs of Dover in Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII
Realistic action & settings.
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Britsh plane shot down while pursuing a German light bomber in Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII
25+ planes to fly.
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A torpedo bomber making a run against a battleship at night in Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII
20+ diverse missions.
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British Spitfire blasting a wing off a German Stuka dive bomber in Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII
Arcade & simulation modes.
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