Pearl Harbor Trilogy - WiiWare

Hi guys,

For those of you who don't know me, I'm Dan and I'm the PR manager for Legendo Entertainment. We've just announced the Pearl Harbor Trilogy and I was wondering if you guys would care to post any opinions that you may have.

I'll throw the press release here so you're able to get the full information:

Buckle up and prepare to pilot some of the deadliest aircraft of WWII's Pacific Theater!

Gothenburg, Sweden (September 17th, 2009) – Legendo Entertainment, an independent publisher of computer and video games head-quartered in Sweden, today announced that Pearl Harbor Trilogy, an episodic air combat action game series, is in development for Wii™. Pearl Harbor Trilogy is a re-interpretation of Legendo's popular PC title "Attack on Pearl Harbor" – with the first episode, "Red Sun Rising," planned for a winter 2009 release on WiiWare™. The game is being developed by Legendo in cooperation with Arcade Moon, the Wii specialist label of 3D People, an independent game developer located in Slovakia.

A website for the game has been launched at http://pearlharbor-game.com where news and other information will be posted continuously throughout the development phase.

Stanislav Petri, Aerial Star Programmer at Arcade Moon had this to offer, "We have tamed the innards of the Wii to make its GPU glow red-hot as we're shooting for 60 FPS aerial dogfight action using all the tricks in the book."

Bjorn Larsson, Executive Producer and head of lots of other things at Legendo Entertainment said, "The Wii Remote™ controller is a perfect match for aerial combat – we are currently trying a variety of control-schemes to see what works best, we want to bring players as close as possible to flying in their living rooms."

In the premiere episode, "Red Sun Rising," players will be dropped into the cockpit of famous USAAF World War II fighter aircraft — including the legendary P-40 Warhawk and the carrier-capable F4U Corsair as they battle with Japanese A6M2 Zero fighters and Aichi D3A Val dive-bombers in daring dogfights during bitterly contested air battles of the Pacific Theater, including Pearl Harbor, Wake Island and the Battle of Midway.

Nintendo trademarks used under license. WiiWare is available only through the Wii console.

About Legendo Entertainment
Legendo Entertainment is an independent publisher and developer of computer and video games based on myths, legends, ****c novels and historical events. Though its headquarters are located in Sweden, Legendo uses a distributed development model employing top talent from across the world. Legendo currently publishes and develops for the PC and Nintendo's Wii system.

About Arcade Moon
Arcade Moon is the downloadable games label of 3D People, an independent game development company headquartered in Košice, Slovak Republic. 3D People is a licensed developer for Nintendo's Wii system and Xbox 360 with multiple titles currently under development by 3D People's internal and external development teams in the region.Legendo Entertainment

Wow the graphics are really good for a wiiware game so great job on that.

Only tip I'd say is add Online for the game.

i think it looks great.

Flying a dive bomber against the Japanese carriers at Midway ought to be exciting. Flying a torpedo bomber against the Japanese carriers at Midway won't be that fun.

yea add online i will buy then

I love the concept. I have always loved flight combat games. I bought ALL of the Rogue Squadron games from the N64 and the Gamecube. On the Wii, I feel that I have been starved for flight combat and this game looks like something that could help alleviate that. I hope that it turns out great. Good luck.

Hiya chaps. Officially I'm not actually allowed to reveal anything else, other than what's currently in the press release! Otherwise I'll get one awful god smack! I don't really want that, I go on my holidays next week!

All I can say is keep your eyes open and sign up to the fan page on FaceBook, you'll not be disappointed. We'll be revealing more and more as the release date approaches to keep you all on tenter hooks! I'm also going to run a competition on the fan page (which will be open to all major territories)for some followers towin a copy of the game and possibly something else...can't say just what yet!

Thank you for your kind comments, the game really is shaping up beautifully. On a few other forums I have had comments on the usage of fogging in the game, but people don't seem to realise that this is the Wii we're talking about and it's really not on the market as a powerhouse:) With the fogging, it's allowing us to keep the 60FP/s framerate stable; which gives the player the smoothest action possible!

In the excitement, I didn't realise I'd not posted a link to the page! Apologies, please find it below:)

http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=728226006&share_id=159973239782#div_story_159973239782_159973239782

Great avatar there squire:)

I'll try that one, I'll try not tosmile too much as I type it! There's so much that I want to waffle about regarding the game but can't:( Bah.

It looks great. Good Job on that. Only thing I noticed is that there is no Online play. Please make it Co-op online play and Compatible with the Classic Controller and Gamecube Controller, also add Online Voice Chat with Squadmates and the ability to jack into the opposing teams radio once you have a special item or if you're a specific pilot type that comes with that ability standard so you can hear what they are planning to do.

Also, please make sure that no one jet is better than all of the rest. That will turn into a disaster of cheaters like it did with CoDWaW's MP40. Give all the planes equal Advantages and Disadvantages (For example, the Radar Jamming planes will be slow but have good defense but crappy offense, the fighter planes will have decent defense but good offense but no ability to do something that the Radar Jamming Plane can do).

Please take this post into consideration.

P.S. I think on the main page, it says "Don your outfits", I think that needs to be "Dawn your outfits". I'm not 100% sure on that though.

Also, release a Beta of this game so we can try it out and get a hands on feel of what it's like, that way, we can tell you in more detail what you can do to offer a better gaming experience. Just a thought. Thanks. Great looking game though. Especially for WiiWare. The Wii needs developers like you.

It looks great. Good Job on that. Only thing I noticed is that there is no Online play. Please make it Co-op online play and Compatible with the Classic Controller and Gamecube Controller, also add Online Voice Chat with Squadmates and the ability to jack into the opposing teams radio once you have a special item or if you're a specific pilot type that comes with that ability standard so you can hear what they are planning to do.

Also, please make sure that no one jet is better than all of the rest. That will turn into a disaster of cheaters like it did with CoDWaW's MP40. Give all the planes equal Advantages and Disadvantages (For example, the Radar Jamming planes will be slow but have good defense but crappy offense, the fighter planes will have decent defense but good offense but no ability to do something that the Radar Jamming Plane can do).

Please take this post into consideration.

P.S. I think on the main page, it says "Don your outfits", I think that needs to be "Dawn your outfits". I'm not 100% sure on that though.

Also, release a Beta of this game so we can try it out and get a hands on feel of what it's like, that way, we can tell you in more detail what you can do to offer a better gaming experience. Just a thought. Thanks. Great looking game though. Especially for WiiWare. The Wii needs developers like you.

nini200

Also, please make sure that no one jet is better than all of the rest. That will turn into a disaster of cheaters like it did with CoDWaW's MP40. Give all the planes equal Advantages and Disadvantages (For example, the Radar Jamming planes will be slow but have good defense but crappy offense, the fighter planes will have decent defense but good offense but no ability to do something that the Radar Jamming Plane can do).

P.S. I think on the main page, it says "Don your outfits", I think that needs to be "Dawn your outfits". I'm not 100% sure on that though.

nini200

Ah come on now, serious discussion dude. No need to be so harsh on the wee fella:)

Ah come on now, serious discussion dude. No need to be so harsh on the wee fella:)

legendo_dan

Sounds good that a developer is actually taking the Wii seriously and asking what gamers want. You have my respect.

Personally I'd like co-op play and a multiplayer both offline and online. Also GC support for the multiplayer would be nice.

I'm merely the PR dude really, although I do review gamesas another means of bringing in the money:) So I always look at our games seriously and voice my opinion not only from the PR point of view, but also from the perspective of a gamer/reviewer. You wouldn't believe me if I said that I know a huge percentage of people who work in the PR industry, looking after gaming IPs that don't actually play! It's a crime.

I like floating around the forums and listening to feedback. It's an important part of my job, crucial infact. After all, if I didn't listen to you guys and we corrected the mistakes that were made in previous titles or didn'tpass on the compliments given to the developers then I'm not really doing my job! It's rather frustrating for me at the moment, because I know a few things that'll certainly pique the interest of you guys but I'm not allowed to reveal anything more as of yet. More and more will be revealed as we get closer to the release and of course, the FanPage is a great little way of passing on your comments, questions or suggestions directly to the powers that be!

Read a history book, and a dictionary.

aransom

[QUOTE="legendo_dan"]

Ah come on now, serious discussion dude. No need to be so harsh on the wee fella:)

aransom

Add Online and I will defenitly get this. Looks great though!

the only thing I think you guys should add is online, co op, and maybe two campaigns, mainly because I want to know what that battle felt like from a japanese perspective.

yeah online would make it a must.

I wanted to make some maps based on the events of these years in Advance Wars Days of Ruin (DS). But this is way better.

the only thing I think you guys should add is online, co op, and maybe two campaigns, mainly because I want to know what that battle felt like from a japanese perspective.

reveiwer

That's a great idea.

Only problem with doing that though is that you'd cause a hell of alot of backlash from potential customers, not all are as open minded sadly!

Online would be great. This is the type of game I wouldn't be compelled to buy without online because once the campaign is finished I'd be left wwith nothing to do.

Surely alot of WiiWare games, if not games in general, once you've finished them...you're left with nothing?

I can't say what's happening regarding MP etc etc, you can always try to squeeze some answers out of the devs on FB!

Sounds good that a developer is actually taking the Wii seriously and asking what gamers want. You have my respect.

Personally I'd like co-op play and a multiplayer both offline and online. Also GC support for the multiplayer would be nice.

bobcheeseball

Absolutely the reason why I'm doing what I am. It's important to hear from you guys and to get ideas of what we could viably include in forthcoming titles:)

Can we hold the Wiimote like we would hold the yoke of a real airplane (i.e. straight up and down)? I never understood why there are no flying games that do this -- it should be obvious.psychobrew

So I have to do that so one person will believe me?:P

Point me in the right direction and I'll do it. I think you'll find if you look on the previously aforementioned pages, you'll see my name crop up quite a bit;)

A quick update guys.

A few new screens have been added to our fanpage for you all to take a look at, the game's truly shaping up nicely!

For those of you who don't know, we're also running a competition with NintendoLife, head on over to their siteto enter:)

Ey up chaps! This is one of the last things to do before I go and snore in bed...annoying the wife:)

We've just updated our site in terms of both look and content. We've added some new screens of Pearl for you all to enjoy.

http://pearlharbor-game.com/wii/

For those of you who haven't already signed up, head on over to the Facebook FanPage. Help us make the game a success by suggesting what you'd like to see featured in game, leave your comments on what you've seen so far and chat with fellow friends. I look forward to seeing you there!

BED TIME! YAY!

Thanks for keeping us up to date on the game's progress. I'm going to keep an eye out for this title.

Looking Great Legendo. And Again, I say, THANK YOU and other Devs for actually asking our opinions of what we'd like in the game. It'll help the game be better in the end. Hopefully sequels will follow.

Ah man, I love WWII fighter sims, I'm a big fan of IL-2, but am always open to new sims, even more arcade style ones. As seems to be the constant drum you have gotten so far, online play would cinch the deal for me, a things that has been lacking in PC sims. Lets see, add joystick support? Yeah, I know that's practically impossible. Oh, one other thing, I joined that awful facebook site to see your fanpage, but the link on your footer thing, oh I forgot what that was called, that thing at the end of all your posts, is wrong, it takes me here:

http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=728226006&share_id=159973239782#div_story_159973239782_159973239782

The profile of of Björn Larsson, one of the Devs?

It should be this:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pearl-Harbor-Trilogy/142812465776

Hi people.

May I first just apologise on the lack of updates, things have been so busy as you can probably understand! We're still on track for a Q1 release, development is coming along wonderfully and we've been interviewed on a few websites that may help with some of the questions that you have in relation to Pearl Harbor Red Sun Rising!

Nintendo Life- An interview with the Legendo Head Honcho, Bjorn Larsson.

Nintendo World Report- An interview with my good self and it's the most recent, I hope you find it an interesting read!

Now currently on our Facebook Fanpage, we're asking all of our fans a serious question and I'm looking for you guys to pop over and offer your advice. We're seeing whether or not you'd be interested in a certain campaign being included in the game, so please feel free to head over to the Facebook Fanpageand let us know what you think!

Also for those of you interested, we were hacked last year and the chap managed to get his/her hands on a video of the early stages of the game's development. If you want an idea of how the game looks (but obviously please bear in mind that this is an early grab), head over to YouTube.

I look forward to hearing your comments and feedback!


Dan