Gamedumppodcast

If you were told that a launch title for a brand new console was going to be a flight simulator, you’d probably laugh. Flight simulators have always had that niche placement in the gaming world. Sure, you could class them as a game, but their drive for accuracy separates them above and apart from what you would usually class as a game. So when Pilotwings made its Japanese debut in 1990 alongside Nintendo’s new Famicom system, gamers were left to wonder, why is this game a launch title? Tweet: @gamedumppodcast