XSeed Announces Sky Crawlers Release Date

XSeed Games has announced that The Sky Crawlers Innocent Aces will begin hitting store shelves on January 12th for $29.99.  The somber story of a world that needs war to survive, based on a novel series by Hiroshi MORI and adapted into an animated film directed by Mamoru Oshii and released by Sony Pictures in the US, is told with a combination of animated cut scenes and voiced in-game sequences during battle.  Players take on the role of a rookie pilot new to the combat pilot group known as the Sky Crawlers.  Dog-fighting simulation and flight is mirrored by a unique gameplay mechanic; players hold the Nunchuk in the right hand as the flight control stick, tilted to roll, pitch, and yaw, while the Wii Remote, acting as the throttle, is held in the left hand and is tilted up to accelerate and down to decelerate.

Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.