ACES Semifinals
Eyes in the skies, peeps! The semifinal round between Team Iceland, Team Cooper and Team Belgium is now underway. The fangs are out! Dogfight action, great action! Rarr-rarr-rarr!
― Dimitri, the moment the dogfight begins[src]
"ACES Semifinals" is a job for Sly Cooper in "Flight of Fancy" of Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves. With Team Iceland and Team Belgium gunning for each other, Sly's goal was to defeat them both in the ACES semifinal round to qualify for the finals.
Synopsis
Sly goes over to the team hangar to suit up and prep his plane for the semifinals. Prepared for take-off, Sly is in the plane, positioned at the top of the ramp. Bentley first warns Sly to stay sharp, as he is still outnumbered, even though Iceland and Belgium are going to be at each other's throats. Sly shows no fear as he flies down the ramp and takes off to the dogfighting arena, expressing his excitement in competing in the event.
Once at the arena, Sly is up against 25 planes, with Bentley giving him some safety tips while Dimitri gives commentary throughout the competition. Once Sly defeats all of his opponents via the planes, Dimitri declares Team Cooper's qualification for the finals.
Behind the scenes
During the game's development, the lights around the dogfighting arena flashed red, and there was no background noise. There were also extra barns the player could fly through.[citation needed]
During the episode's first slideshow, Bentley notes that the odds are 30 to 1, although the actual odds are 25 to 1. This, however, was how many opponents there were in the demo mission "Fly the Biplane."