Wing Island (Wii) - Nintendo Wii

The lowdown:
If there's one game Nintendo fans have been dying to see get a new sequel it's PilotWings and that's pretty much exactly what Hudson are providing with this game. Like PilotWings the game presents a huge range of largely laid back missions for you to dabble in, from photographing flocks of birds to air dropping medicine crates. There are a few combat missions, but even these tend to be non violent, such as popping balloons or blowing up rock formations. The Wii Remote is great for controlling your flying machine of choice, with the controller being held something like a joystick, with the pointer aimed at the screen. Barrel rolls and the loop-the-loops are simply a matter of flicking your wrist in the right direction and fun enough that just flying around the large levels is perfectly entertaining on its own.

Most exciting moment:
Although most of the missions have you flying a single aircraft some of them put you in charge of a whole formation of five aeroplanes. The controls are the same but tight turns and manoeuvres in enclosed spaces become that much more difficult - and exciting.

Since you ask:
Developer Hudson Soft, creator of the long-runing Bomberman series, are one of the most prolific early supporters of the Wii, with more then seven titles already scheduled. They're also working with Nintendo on a new entry in the popular Mario Party franchise for Wii.

The bottom line:
PilotWings returns in all but name with the Wii's first flight sim.- HARRISON DENT