Play Wii, Become a Better Surgeon

drew30319 writes "NPR reports that a team of researchers at the University of Rome required a group of surgical residents to play video games on a Nintendo Wii for an hour a day, five days a week, for four weeks resulting in 'statistically better' performance than a control group for laparoscopic skills. The study includes some interesting stats (e.g. while the control group showed a 10% improvement in accuracy, the Wii-playing group's accuracy improved by 83%). The study's authors add that '[t]he Nintendo Wii may be adopted in lower-budget Institutions or at home by younger surgeons to optimize their training on simulators before performing real procedures.'"

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What is this "Battle at high altitude"?

[damn_registrars]

If you download the full published research paper (available free to everyone), you see they mention three games

• Wii Sports Tennis
• Wii Sports Resort Table Tennis
• Battle at high altitude

I can't figure out the identity of the third game, and it doesn't list a publisher. It mentions

Battle at high altitude is set in an archipelago: the player moves his aircraft with 20 balloons attached to the tail and the goal is to stay with as many balloons as possible within 3 minutes or to burst the opponent's balloons. This game requires precision of movements and an excellent 3D visualization rather than other skills.

Has anyone heard of this game before?