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12 unusual facts about Ace Combat


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The planet is also located in the same solar system as the real-life Earth, with the same Sun, Moon, and apparently constellations; one particular constellation, Crux, plays a major role in the plot of Ace Combat X.

Strangereal also contains scattered and/or distorted Earth landmasses, such as a distorted Mediterranean near the equator, and Svalbard and Britain-like islands in the north.

Ace Combat 3 uses an electronic soundtrack similar to that of Namco's Ridge Racer series, but with more focus on atmosphere and dissonant synth instruments than electronic beats.

The main composers for the game series soundtrack are Keiki Kobayashi, Tetsukazu Nakanishi, Ryuichi Takada, Junichi Nakatsuru, and Hiroshi Okubo.

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon

Bishop keeps Markov locked in a duel, eventually ending up at the White House; Markov manages to fire the missile before being shot down and killed, but Bishop manages to intercept it and destroy it harmlessly onto the Tidal Basin.

The game takes place over a number of locations, including: Miami, East Africa, Dubai and the Middle East, Russia (Derbent, the Black Sea, Caucasus, and Moscow specifically), and Washington, D.C. Fictional towns and cities were also used, including Mogadiyu, Carruth, and Belyi Base (believed to be based on Belaya).

Macross creator Shouji Kawamori designed a fictional plane for the game, known as the "ASF-X Shinden II", which was released on October 25, 2011 and is currently being offered as downloadable content.

In the trailer the US Air Force is engaged in dogfighting with Russian fighters over Miami.

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy

Conservative military personnel in these countries engineer a coup on the day of the treaty signing, and even military forces in the other Usean nations join the rebellion.

Ace Combat: Joint Assault

As the IUPF prepares to attack the silos, Antares Squadron is hired to pilot Andre Olivieri's personal Boeing 747-200B over Valahia-controlled territory.

GameFan

The article discussed a Namco flight-simulator, Ace Combat, rather than College Football '96 (which was the topic of the article) and was extremely poorly written.

The Idolmaster

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon as well as the Ridge Racer series on PlayStaion 3, PlayStation Vita and Xbox 360 also include DLC for The Idolmaster series.