Top flight.
This review originally went live in 2013, and we’re updating and republishing it to mark the game’s arrival in Switch’s N64 library via the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack.
Releasing alongside Super Mario 64 when the Nintendo 64 launched back in 1996 (1997 if you’re European), it was somewhat inevitable that Pilotwings 64 was never going to see the same commercial or critical success. Simply put, Mario’s first 64-bit adventure was a masterpiece and proved that Nintendo could recreate its flagship franchise for the next generation of gaming. While the portly plumber delivered a much-needed killer app to Nintendo’s advanced system, its amateur flight simulator counterpart was considered little more than a glorified tech demo by many observers at the time.
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