Legendary Wings

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Legendary Wings

Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Release date(s)	1986
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter, platform
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players, simultaneous
Platform(s)	Arcade, NES
Input	8-way Joystick, 2 buttons
Arcade cabinet	Upright
Arcade CPU(s)	2x Zilog Z80 (6 & 4 MHz)
Arcade sound system(s)	2x YM2203 (1.5 MHz)
Arcade display	240 × 256

Legendary Wings is a video game released by Capcom in 1986. The game, which contains both vertical shooter stages and horizontal platformer stages, is known as Ares no Tsubasa - The Legendary Soldiers. Ares no Tsubasa (アレスの翼) roughly translates to "The Wings of Ares" in English.

Legendary Wings takes place 20,000 years in the future in a Greek mythos-themed world. The player controls a soldier wearing mechanical wings who flies across the landscape while shooting various flying and stationary machines with a weapon that improves with power-ups. During each level, the player enters a cave; once inside the cave, the player walks along various platforms, shooting fire-breathing monsters before reaching a boss. Upon defeating the boss, the player returns to flight to complete the level. The game features 5 separate levels, which loop upon completion.

The original Japanese version of the game featured a female protagonist named Michelle Heart and a male sidekick named Kevin Walker. Certain North American versions of the game (including the one contained on Capcom Classics Collection) replaced Michelle with an unnamed male counterpart, while other versions kept Michelle.

In the 1998 game Marvel vs. Capcom, Michelle Heart is included as a "striker" character. She fires a machine gun at opponents when called upon.

In the 2005 Playstation 2 game Namco x Capcom, Sylphie (the shopkeeper from Forgotten Worlds) transforms into Michelle both as part of her super attack and as part of a combination attack.