Ok I am not able to get passed this misssion or any objective. Ok the bombers come in practically as the game starts and so I start to shoot those down, but then it says to go protect the 169th and destroy the tanks. So I fly over there and working on destroying the tanks when all the sdden the mission fails b/c the 176th regiment died. Plz help. I am about to go crazy over this though would never throw out the game it's fun.

I have finally finished all the campaign missions on the Wii version and am going back to try and improve my rating on several. In the New Georgia Mission, I found it best to fly as fast as possible to the Island taking out as many tanks and ground targets as possible until the Jap bomber squadron comes in to attack the 172nd. Once this happens the best thing is to leave the ground targets alone and basically fly right over the 172nd position to protect them blowing all the bombers out of the sky. Try not to chase off after any bombers leaving the troops unprotected. The 169th should be able to hold out long enough for you to finish off protecting the 172nd. Also, I had my best results on this mission with the Beaufighter. Its slow enough to stay in a small area for troop protection and has LOTS of firepower. Anyway, that's my advice.

Thanks I actually found that mission to be a lot easier than I thought and got passed it. Would u by any chance have any idea how to get passed the Top Secret Mission. Which plane is the best to use?

Ah yes, the dreaded Top Secret mission. The most frustrating, infuriating, difficult mission by far of the entire campaign. This one requires two ingredients to pass, lots of time and lots of patience (unless you are a lot more skilled than me). I finally got through it over a 2 to 3 day period of playing the game on and off and leaving the game on during that time so I could remain at the present checkpoint and not have to start the mission over again. I used the default FW190a without upgrading it but in hindsight maybe I should have gone to arcade mode and upgraded my plane before starting. You will need plenty of repetitions through the different canyon runs just to learn the path through. Sometimes you have to go over things, sometimes under and sometimes find small passageways that aren't obvious. I remember on I believe the third canyon run towards the end that I almost threw my controller across the room because I kept slamming into the top of a mountain ridge after a sharp left turn only to finally figure that WAY at the base there is a small passageway you have to fly down to and through. You will need to go as fast as possible through the straightways of the canyon runs and then time your braking to navigate the sharp turns to beat the clock on those. By the time I finished all the segments of the mission I think I only graded out as a one star pilot. Now, having seen everything, I would like to go back and get a 3 star veteran ranking on that one, but I seriously doubt I could ever do any better without spending a LOT of effort on it. Another headache is that I use the nunchuk sensitive control and on that mission if you ever get just the least little bit of slop in the control response to your hand tilt motions you are dead. That seemed to happen to me at certain times making my runs. One thing about it, if you get through this one, ALL the other missions appear to be a piece of cake or at least they did to me.

Thanks I haven't gotten past but am ready to throw the controller at the tv, but won't

Battle of New Georgia
Having problems getting through. I fly over the 172nd and out to meet the first wave following them back in and getting about 4 before I'm back over the 172nd. Sometimes I reach the first check but the 172nd is so badly hit I'm wasted by the time I go to the 169th. Tried hanging around at 172 and clearing them all up there first but doesn't work.
Which aircraft is best?
(Choice of Helldiver, Buccanneer, Val and the Dauntless. I don't see the 'Beaufighter - do you mean the Buccaneer?!)
Tell me some more hints!

ptflyer64, I can't thank you enough for your response to the New Georgia posts. your instruction has kept me from tossing my nunchuk and remote through the tv. I finally completed the objective after months of trying. drove me absolutely nuts.

I'll look for more of your posts if I get into another tight spot while finishing the campaign.

thanks again.

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In the New Georgia Mission, I found it best to fly as fast as possible to the Island taking out as many tanks and ground targets as possible until the Jap bomber squadron comes in to attack the 172nd. Once this happens the best thing is to leave the ground targets alone and basically fly right over the 172nd position to protect them blowing all the bombers out of the sky. Try not to chase off after any bombers leaving the troops unprotected. The 169th should be able to hold out long enough for you to finish off protecting the 172nd. Also, I had my best results on this mission with the Beaufighter. Its slow enough to stay in a small area for troop protection and has LOTS of firepower. Anyway, that's my advice.

thanks for the tips on the New Georgia..I keep timing out and it is driving me bonkers...

More thanks to ptflyer64... I too was going nuts. Here are some more details for those who are out of their minds about now!

The bars in the upper right corner during the mission show the health of each division. You'll see it go down if you're not hitting the right targets, up if you are.

Next, I flew to the island where the 172nd was. I started out on the opposite end of the island from where they landed in . I quickly knocked out the AA tanks as I made my way to the 172. Just as ptflyer64 said, I then circled over the 172nd knocking out planes that were attempting to bomb them. I avoided the temptation to chase a few planes knowing that they would take me away from the division.

Make sure you are in attack mode and keep frank busy.

TIPS
1. Make sure that you nail every bomber out of the sky before you leave the island.
2. Ignore the "checkpoint reached" message that happens after you knock out most of the bombers. I used to leave the island and fly to the 169th when I saw that. I was wrongly thinking I was done with the 172nd - I wasn't.
3. When you knock out all the bombers clean up the island - get rid of the aa tanks and even a few bunkers.
4. Leave the island right when you hear the 169th shout out that they need some help.

Surprisingly, saving the 169th is actually a breeze

how do you find the tanks? IN my game they don't show up on the radar until the 172 is almost decimated. I've looked around and can't find them until there are orders given to attack the tanks. thn it shows up on the radar.

aslo, the beaufighter is not an option for me. I can only shoose betwen the dauntless and um...some other plane...but thats it.

i am playing this game on a Wii console.

thanks

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In the New Georgia Mission, I found it best to fly as fast as possible to the Island taking out as many tanks and ground targets as possible until the Jap bomber squadron comes in to attack the 172nd. Once this happens the best thing is to leave the ground targets alone and basically fly right over the 172nd position to protect them blowing all the bombers out of the sky. Try not to chase off after any bombers leaving the troops unprotected. The 169th should be able to hold out long enough for you to finish off protecting the 172nd. Also, I had my best results on this mission with the Beaufighter. Its slow enough to stay in a small area for troop protection and has LOTS of firepower. Anyway, that's my advice.

to people who can't get the beaufighter:

it's the 2nd plane you unlock in the desert rats mission, along with the f40 and i think you need **** or ace (*****) rating to unlock both the planes.

I finally finished all campaign missions on the wii also how i got thur New Georgia I still don't know hours of playing. Is there any one can tell that the tanks show up on radar. Iam trying to better my rank. Let me know if there tanks appear then dissapear.