Pilotwings Resort 15 Years Later: Still Worth the Trip?
From The Backlog Files by Adam Taylor
June 2, 2026 · 17 min
About this episode
Adam revisits Pilotwings Resort 15 years after its launch to evaluate its current standing and potential future.
Fifteen years after it launched alongside the Nintendo 3DS, does Pilotwings Resort still hold up? Adam revisits the dormant flight series Nintendo resurrected as a glasses-free-3D showcase, and digs into a launch window built almost entirely on tech demos and ports. The controls are still great, the game around them is still thin, and somehow they made Free Flight grindy. A look at what Pilotwings always was, why it probably should have come bundled in the box, and whether a Switch 2 entry could finally give this series the engine it deserves.
People in this episode
Host: Adam Taylor
Topics covered
- Pilotwings Resort
- Nintendo 3DS
- video game review
- game mechanics
- flight simulation
- gaming history
Keywords
- Pilotwings Resort
- Nintendo
- 3DS
- video games
- flight simulation
- game review
- Switch 2
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Nintendo
Products: Pilotwings Resort, Nintendo 3DS, Switch 2
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