Nekomiya Hinata Downs a Land Battleship, Then Defends a Shuttle Launch in Ace Combat 8

INDEPENDENT — Nekomiya Hinata destroyed an enemy land battleship in Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve on Wednesday, the third installment of her playthrough, and went on to clear several more missions in a stream of about two hours and 40 minutes.

She opened by saying she had played about seven hours the day before and did not plan a long session. The mission she started with centered on stopping the enemy from launching new weapons satellites up an orbital elevator and on destroying the battleship parked near its base. She fired at a climber car through the elevator’s glass, and the battleship’s last target went down at about 51 minutes in. Chat answered with a wave of applause, and one viewer joked about rubble.

“It’s so fun I just keep playing it.” — Nekomiya Hinata, near the end of the stream

She later spent in-game funds on a Lightning II jet and flew it through a shuttle escort mission, in which the game left her character to face an ambushing enemy squadron alone. Chat filled with “We can do it” messages as the odds turned, and applause followed when the last threat went down. She also told viewers she had weighed using a gamepad but chose to play on keyboard and mouse, which drew admiring comments. Later she stopped to take screenshots of the jet.

The session ran on through the defense of the shuttle’s launch site, where chat cheered “Liftoff” as the shuttle rose, and a low-altitude attack on a huge enemy aircraft guarded by drones. Chat applauded again when the strike succeeded.

Signing off, Hinata said the game was so enjoyable that she kept playing, and that she planned to continue the next day at about the same time. She also said she would start another stream at about 11:30 p.m.