Sonic Wings Special
| Sonic Wings Special | |
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| Developer(s) | Video System |
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| Platform(s) | PlayStation, Sega Saturn |
| Release date(s) | Sega Saturn
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| 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.
| Team | Pilot | Normal fighter | Secret fighter |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Blaster Keaton/Mecha-Keaton (Male) | F117 Sea Hawk | F4-U Corsair |
| Captain Silver (Male) | A-10 Thunderbolt II | P-61 Black Widow | |
| Japan | Hien (Male) | FS-X | Gekkou |
| Mao Mao (Female) | F-15 | Seiran | |
| Russia | Volk (Male) | Ka-50 Hokum | Mig 3 |
| Chaika & Pooshika (Females) | IL-102 | IL-2 Stormovik | |
| Sweden | Kowful the Viking (Male) | AJ-37 Viggen | Ju87G Stuka |
| T.B. A-10 (Male) | F-104 Star Fighter | B-239 Buffalo | |
| P.K.F. | Whity (Male) | YF-23 | Hs129 |
| Lord River N. White (Male) | AV-8 Harrier II Plus | Boulton Paul Defiant | |
| NATO | Anjera (Male) | Rafale M | Dowoitine D520 |
| Ellen & Cincia (Females) | F-14 Tomcat | Sword Fish | |
| Secret | Kotomi (Female) | Aka-Usagi | - |
| The Man | Lamborghini 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.