I really was hoping it was a remastering of Ace Combat 3, but it seems to not be the case.

I mean who could blame them, though. I mean if they didn't butcher Ace Combat 3's story line to hell, stripe out over a quarter of the levels and remove the branching story arcs how would Americans deal with that? It's a well known fact that Americans hate stories and the ability to freely choose their paths in a story and ace combat in general! Yeah, the choice to butcher Ace Combat 3 was stupid as hell and I can only hope the team who localized it can no longer butcher good games.