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Sonic Wings Special

1996 1-2 Players 81%

Sonic Wings Special is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up that combines the features in Sonic Wings, Sonic Wings 2, Sonic Wings 3. and was released for the Saturn and Playstation. 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. 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. The Playstationt has improved music and sound, and allows saving the game for more than once per round.

Release date
August 30, 1996
Developer
Video System
Publisher
MediaQuest
Players
1-2

About this game

Sonic Wings Special

Sonic Wings Special is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up that combines the features in Sonic Wings, Sonic Wings 2, Sonic Wings 3. and was released for the Saturn and Playstation.

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.

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.

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

Genres

Shooter

Modes

Multiplayer

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Developer
Video System
Publisher
MediaQuest

Regional releases

Release date

WorldwideAugust 30, 1996

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