Sonic Wings Special

Sonic Wings Special
Developer(s) Video System
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Release date(s) Sega Saturn
  • JP July 5, 1996
PlayStation
  • JP August 30, 1996 (MediaQuest)
  • JP August 29, 2002 (HAMSTER)
  • EU August 12, 2004
Genre(s) Shooter game

Sonic Wings Special is a 1996 vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up that combines the features in Sonic Wings, Sonic Wings 2, and Sonic Wings 3.

It was ported to arcade as Sonic Wings Limited.

Game play

Fighters

There are 7 teams, 14 pilots, and 26 fighters in this game, with each team consist of 2 members, and a choice of 2 fighters per pilot, except the secret team, which has 1 fighter per pilot.

Once a player is chosen a team, the other player can only choose pilot and fighter of the respective team.

TeamPilotNormal fighterSecret fighter
USABlaster Keaton/Mecha-Keaton (Male) F117 Sea HawkF4-U Corsair
Captain Silver (Male) A-10 Thunderbolt IIP-61 Black Widow
JapanHien (Male) FS-XGekkou
Mao Mao (Female) F-15Seiran
RussiaVolk (Male) Ka-50 HokumMig 3
Chaika & Pooshika (Females) IL-102IL-2 Stormovik
SwedenKowful the Viking (Male) AJ-37 ViggenJu87G Stuka
T.B. A-10 (Male) F-104 Star FighterB-239 Buffalo
P.K.F.Whity (Male)YF-23Hs129
Lord River N. White (Male) AV-8 Harrier II PlusBoulton Paul Defiant
NATOAnjera (Male) Rafale MDowoitine D520
Ellen & Cincia (Females) F-14 TomcatSword Fish
SecretKotomi (Female) Aka-Usagi-
The ManLamborghini Diablo (Diabloon) -

A pilot's secret fighter is unlocked by completing the game with the chosen pilot.

The NATO and Secret teams are unlocked by unlocking all secret fighters in USA, Japan, Russia, Sweden, P.K.F. teams.

Stages

There are 17 stages in this game, but only 9 are playable at a time. After completing stage 1, 3 stages are randomly chosen out of 5. The game includes a branching system that allows player to choose 1 of 2 branches after completing stages 5, 7, or 8.

If secret fighter is chosen, alternate version of the stages appear instead.

PlayStation version

It has improved music and sound, and allows saving the game for more than once per round.

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