Disney announces Planes video game being released in August

Disney’s Planes game will be exclusively on Nintendo platforms starting in August, Disney Interactive has announced.

Inspired by the upcoming animated film, the game will allow gamers to play as one of the 10 cast characters from the film through mission-based objectives Players will test their piloting precision in mini games, navigate through story mode and race against friends in Air Rallies and explore the sky in Free Flight on Nintendo Wii and Wii U.

The Free Flight mode and racing-based Air Rallies mode are exclusive to the consoles and the objective-achieving Challenge mode is only being offered via the handheld platforms.

The game is scheduled for release on August 6.