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{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ソニックウイングス・スペシャル) is a vertical shoot-'em-up released for the [[Sega Saturn]]. It came in a double CD case with a mini audio CD, and was only released in Japan.
 
{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (ソニックウイングス・スペシャル) is a vertical shoot-'em-up released for the [[Sega Saturn]]. It came in a double CD case with a mini audio CD, and was only released in Japan.
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==Story==
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In the near future, a secret organization is plotting against an otherwise peaceful world. Much of this organization's plans are still unclear. Several countries have launched investigations, but all they have discovered is that its purpose is to destroy the world order, that it possesses unknown chemical weapons, and that it calls itself Fata Morgana.
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To fight against Fata Morgana, a supra-national organization called Project Blue has been established. It is a group of combat experts from all over the world, and is officially part of the U.N. Security Force's special forces units.
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Project Blue operated behind the scenes at first, but the worldwide coup d'etat by Fata Morgana, in which the nerve centers of multiple countries' militaries were seized, forced Project Blue to step up its operations.
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Nevertheless, the world fell into chaos, and Fata Morgana quickly expanded the areas under its control.
 +
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Recently, an intelligence agent has reported that Fata Morgana is close to completing a secret weapon that can kill or wound two-thirds of the world's population.
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 +
Project Blue's secret operations are no longer enough to contain Fata Morgana, so to build a stronger force, all the experts in the world have been called up to participate, in some cases nearly conscripted.
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There's no time to lose. Captain Lord River-n-White's orders: "Use of all weapons is allowed. Launch a full-scale attack!" The enemy awaits you in various parts of the world.
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==Pilots==
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All characters start the game with their modern+era fighters. Completing the once with the character unlocks secret WW2 era fighters.
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{{InfoTable|imagewidths=200|
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Buster Keaton / Mecha Keaton
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=A 26 year old US Navy pilot who once served during the Operation Desert Storm. He has a friendly nature who gets along with everyone and happens to be a bit of a ladies man even though his "charms" never seem to work. He is also hot-blooded and has a strong sense of justice, never allowing villans to have their way.
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Mecha-Keaton is Keaton's alter ego, after being mortally wounded at the end of Sonic Fighters, Keaton goes through an operation to replace most of his body with cybernetics. His personality has not changed a bit, though.
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*Faction: United States of America
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*Aircraft: F-177 Sea Hawk, F4-U Corsair
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Captain Silver
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=Silver is a 50 years old, former US Air Force pilot who lost his close friend Randy during the invasion of Fata Morgana. Taking his friends' pet parrot Flint with him, Silver fights to avenge his friend. Silver is quiet and not very sociable, preferring to spend time alone but he does respect fighting skills of the some members of the Project Blue. He often keeps his distance from more bubbly members of the unit such as Cindy.
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*Faction: United States of America
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*Aircraft: A-10 Thunderbolt II, P-61 Blackwidow
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Hien
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=A taciturn and loner ninja-pilot (?) who serves a mysterious man called "Shogun". Serious and duty-minded, he has little patience for the antics of his fellow pilots even though he and Mao Mao seem to share a special bond.
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*Faction: Japan
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*Aircraft: F-2A (FS-X in the game), J1N1 Gekkou
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Mao Mao
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=Originally a popular idol singer, 20 year old Mao Mao accidently finds herself in the middle of the war when Fata Morgana attacked the world during her photo-shoot. A reluctant pilot, Mao Mao later joined permamently after realizing that she actually enjoyed flying. Although very cheeful and active, Mao Mao can be really lazy and childish at times, often missing missions while spending her time in her room, sleeping. In the game, Mao Mao wears her military uniform (from the first game) and her traditional Japanese dress (from the third game).
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*Faction: Japan
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*Aircraft: F-15J, M6A Seiran
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Volk
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=A former member of Fata Morgana, this tough Russian defected to Project Blue after he was betrayed and almost killed by his former emplyoer. An introverted and scary man, Volk doesn't care about the ideals of the Project Blue and only interested in destroying the organization that betrayed him. He also seems to be a Cyborg, with several of his body parts were replaced with cybernetics. Pretty much nothing is known about his past but he is believed to be in his late thirties.
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*Faction: Russia
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*Aircraft: Ka-50 Hokum, MiG-3
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Chaika & Pooshika
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=17 year old Twin sisters from a remote village in Russia, Chaika and Pooshika joined the Project Blue so they can save enough money to get treatment for their sick father. Pooshika is the more hot-blooded of the two, while Chaika often tries to keep her impulsive twin sister in check. They often end up being paired with Volk, who doesn't really care about either of the girls. Pooshika has a love-and-hate type feeling for Volk, while Chaika thinks he is insane and keeps her distance from him.
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*Faction: Russia
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*Aircraft: IL-102, IL-2 Stormovik
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*Trivia: Chaika is named after a Russian restaurant in Shinjuku.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Kowful the Viking
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=This rough Swede, despite his boastful and rowdy personality is a brilliant scientist. He is responsible for creating Tee-Bee and Keaton's robotic body. Embracing his Viking heritage to the fullest, he dresses in full viking armor and helmet and often challenges other pilots to find out who is the best pilot in the unit. He is much younger than he looks.
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*Faction: Sweden
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*Aircraft: AJ-37 Viggen, Ju-87 Stuka
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Tee-Bee A-10
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=Created by Kowful at the request of the Sweden's NDRE agency, Tee-Bee is a robotic pilot designed to fly fighter airplanes. Just like its creator, Tee-Bee is boastful, grumpy and argumentitive. He believes that he is the best robotic pilot in the world. He appearently loves video-games and volleyball.
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*Faction: Sweden
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*Aircraft: F-104 Starfighter, B-239 (F2A) Buffalo
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Whity
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=An intelligent talking dolphin pilot (?) who grew up in an aquarium in Osaka. Usually cheerful and friendly, Whity can be quite temparemental if nature especially oceans, which he believes he is the guardian of, threatened. He seems to pilot his planes by flooding the specially-designed cockpits with water first.
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*Faction: United Nations
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*Aircraft: YF-23 Black Widow, Hs129
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*Trivia: Whity's name was changed to Spanky in the English version of the games, as Whity can be used as racial slur. His Japanese name comes from ''Whity Umeda Mall'' in Osaka.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Lord River-n-White
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=This English nobleman seems to be the de-facto leader of the Project Blue, often barking orders to his fellow pilots. A WW2 veteran, Lord River still remains top of his game as he continues to fly airplanes despite his advanced age. He has a grand daughter who is also a pilot in the Project Blue. He seems to have an unhealty attraction to disguises and cosplay, especially bunny costumes.
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*Faction: United Nations
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*Aircraft: AV-8 Harrier II Plus, Defiant
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Angela
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=Angela is an extremely vain, pompous but likeable French singer, who is also secretly a member of a French rescue team. Despite her cocky nature, Angela is a dedicated pilot with a strong sense of justice and always means well for people around her. Her vain and snobbish personality often causes problems for herself and her fellow pilots, however.
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*Faction: NATO
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*Aircraft: Rafale M, Dewoitine D.520
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*Trivia: Angela's design and attire seems to have based on Japanese dancing troupe ''Takarazuka Revue'' which consists of female performers dressed in male clothing. Fans often debated whether Angela is a man or woman, due to her name change in English versions of Aero Fighters 2 and her ending with Hien in the same game, in which she undresses and appears as a male. Developers states that her ending with Hien in the second game was a joke and she is and was always a woman.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Cynthia and Ellen
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=Cynthia is a young, spoiled but friendly British girl who joins Project Blue for fun after her millionaire father gave her a fighter jet as a birthday present. She always flies with her private tutor, Ellen who is an extremely capable woman who is talented in everything ranging from housework to flying fighter planes. Even though Ellen often tries to rein in her impulsive charge, she nevertheless goes along with her plans anyway.
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*Faction: NATO
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*Aircraft: F-14 Tomcat, Swordfish
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Kotomi Kitashirakawa
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=Younger grand daughter of Lord River, Kotomi is a princess of the Bunnyland. She spends most of her time trying to rescue her often-kidnapped elder sister.
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*Faction: Secret Character
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*Aircraft: Aka-Usagi (She has no secret aircraft)
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*Trivia: Kotomi is a guest character from Neo-Geon two other games; Rabio Lepus and Ojanko High School.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=The Man (Captain Waffle)
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=Captain Waffle is a character from one of Neo-Geo's earlier games: ''Spinal Breakers''. A time-travelling soldier who is trying to stop a race of organic robots (?) called Hildroids, Waffle finds himself in the present time and assists the Project Blue. He is only avaiable for the single player game.
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*Faction: Secret Character
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*Aircraft: Diabloon (A vehicle from Turbo Fighters)
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=The Man (Gore)
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| screenshot=Notavailable.svg
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| desc=Avaiable only in two player mode, Gore is a mysterious man who assists Kotomi to rescue her sister. But can he be trusted...?
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*Faction: Secret Character
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*Aircraft: Diabloon
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}}
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}}
  
 
==Production credits==
 
==Production credits==

Revision as of 18:48, 16 October 2020

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Sonic Wings Special
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Media Quest
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP (1/3 track)
Genre: Shooting[1]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥7,800 (8,034)7,800e[2] T-26402G
Sega Rating: All Ages
Non-Sega versions

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Sonic Wings Special (ソニックウイングス・スペシャル) is a vertical shoot-'em-up released for the Sega Saturn. It came in a double CD case with a mini audio CD, and was only released in Japan.

Story

In the near future, a secret organization is plotting against an otherwise peaceful world. Much of this organization's plans are still unclear. Several countries have launched investigations, but all they have discovered is that its purpose is to destroy the world order, that it possesses unknown chemical weapons, and that it calls itself Fata Morgana.

To fight against Fata Morgana, a supra-national organization called Project Blue has been established. It is a group of combat experts from all over the world, and is officially part of the U.N. Security Force's special forces units.

Project Blue operated behind the scenes at first, but the worldwide coup d'etat by Fata Morgana, in which the nerve centers of multiple countries' militaries were seized, forced Project Blue to step up its operations.

Nevertheless, the world fell into chaos, and Fata Morgana quickly expanded the areas under its control.

Recently, an intelligence agent has reported that Fata Morgana is close to completing a secret weapon that can kill or wound two-thirds of the world's population.

Project Blue's secret operations are no longer enough to contain Fata Morgana, so to build a stronger force, all the experts in the world have been called up to participate, in some cases nearly conscripted.

There's no time to lose. Captain Lord River-n-White's orders: "Use of all weapons is allowed. Launch a full-scale attack!" The enemy awaits you in various parts of the world.

Pilots

All characters start the game with their modern+era fighters. Completing the once with the character unlocks secret WW2 era fighters.

Notavailable.svg

Buster Keaton / Mecha Keaton
A 26 year old US Navy pilot who once served during the Operation Desert Storm. He has a friendly nature who gets along with everyone and happens to be a bit of a ladies man even though his "charms" never seem to work. He is also hot-blooded and has a strong sense of justice, never allowing villans to have their way.

Mecha-Keaton is Keaton's alter ego, after being mortally wounded at the end of Sonic Fighters, Keaton goes through an operation to replace most of his body with cybernetics. His personality has not changed a bit, though.

  • Faction: United States of America
  • Aircraft: F-177 Sea Hawk, F4-U Corsair

Notavailable.svg

Captain Silver
Silver is a 50 years old, former US Air Force pilot who lost his close friend Randy during the invasion of Fata Morgana. Taking his friends' pet parrot Flint with him, Silver fights to avenge his friend. Silver is quiet and not very sociable, preferring to spend time alone but he does respect fighting skills of the some members of the Project Blue. He often keeps his distance from more bubbly members of the unit such as Cindy.
  • Faction: United States of America
  • Aircraft: A-10 Thunderbolt II, P-61 Blackwidow

Notavailable.svg

Hien
A taciturn and loner ninja-pilot (?) who serves a mysterious man called "Shogun". Serious and duty-minded, he has little patience for the antics of his fellow pilots even though he and Mao Mao seem to share a special bond.
  • Faction: Japan
  • Aircraft: F-2A (FS-X in the game), J1N1 Gekkou

Notavailable.svg

Mao Mao
Originally a popular idol singer, 20 year old Mao Mao accidently finds herself in the middle of the war when Fata Morgana attacked the world during her photo-shoot. A reluctant pilot, Mao Mao later joined permamently after realizing that she actually enjoyed flying. Although very cheeful and active, Mao Mao can be really lazy and childish at times, often missing missions while spending her time in her room, sleeping. In the game, Mao Mao wears her military uniform (from the first game) and her traditional Japanese dress (from the third game).
  • Faction: Japan
  • Aircraft: F-15J, M6A Seiran

Notavailable.svg

Volk
A former member of Fata Morgana, this tough Russian defected to Project Blue after he was betrayed and almost killed by his former emplyoer. An introverted and scary man, Volk doesn't care about the ideals of the Project Blue and only interested in destroying the organization that betrayed him. He also seems to be a Cyborg, with several of his body parts were replaced with cybernetics. Pretty much nothing is known about his past but he is believed to be in his late thirties.
  • Faction: Russia
  • Aircraft: Ka-50 Hokum, MiG-3

Notavailable.svg

Chaika & Pooshika
17 year old Twin sisters from a remote village in Russia, Chaika and Pooshika joined the Project Blue so they can save enough money to get treatment for their sick father. Pooshika is the more hot-blooded of the two, while Chaika often tries to keep her impulsive twin sister in check. They often end up being paired with Volk, who doesn't really care about either of the girls. Pooshika has a love-and-hate type feeling for Volk, while Chaika thinks he is insane and keeps her distance from him.
  • Faction: Russia
  • Aircraft: IL-102, IL-2 Stormovik
  • Trivia: Chaika is named after a Russian restaurant in Shinjuku.

Notavailable.svg

Kowful the Viking
This rough Swede, despite his boastful and rowdy personality is a brilliant scientist. He is responsible for creating Tee-Bee and Keaton's robotic body. Embracing his Viking heritage to the fullest, he dresses in full viking armor and helmet and often challenges other pilots to find out who is the best pilot in the unit. He is much younger than he looks.
  • Faction: Sweden
  • Aircraft: AJ-37 Viggen, Ju-87 Stuka

Notavailable.svg

Tee-Bee A-10
Created by Kowful at the request of the Sweden's NDRE agency, Tee-Bee is a robotic pilot designed to fly fighter airplanes. Just like its creator, Tee-Bee is boastful, grumpy and argumentitive. He believes that he is the best robotic pilot in the world. He appearently loves video-games and volleyball.
  • Faction: Sweden
  • Aircraft: F-104 Starfighter, B-239 (F2A) Buffalo

Notavailable.svg

Whity
An intelligent talking dolphin pilot (?) who grew up in an aquarium in Osaka. Usually cheerful and friendly, Whity can be quite temparemental if nature especially oceans, which he believes he is the guardian of, threatened. He seems to pilot his planes by flooding the specially-designed cockpits with water first.
  • Faction: United Nations
  • Aircraft: YF-23 Black Widow, Hs129
  • Trivia: Whity's name was changed to Spanky in the English version of the games, as Whity can be used as racial slur. His Japanese name comes from Whity Umeda Mall in Osaka.

Notavailable.svg

Lord River-n-White
This English nobleman seems to be the de-facto leader of the Project Blue, often barking orders to his fellow pilots. A WW2 veteran, Lord River still remains top of his game as he continues to fly airplanes despite his advanced age. He has a grand daughter who is also a pilot in the Project Blue. He seems to have an unhealty attraction to disguises and cosplay, especially bunny costumes.
  • Faction: United Nations
  • Aircraft: AV-8 Harrier II Plus, Defiant

Notavailable.svg

Angela
Angela is an extremely vain, pompous but likeable French singer, who is also secretly a member of a French rescue team. Despite her cocky nature, Angela is a dedicated pilot with a strong sense of justice and always means well for people around her. Her vain and snobbish personality often causes problems for herself and her fellow pilots, however.
  • Faction: NATO
  • Aircraft: Rafale M, Dewoitine D.520
  • Trivia: Angela's design and attire seems to have based on Japanese dancing troupe Takarazuka Revue which consists of female performers dressed in male clothing. Fans often debated whether Angela is a man or woman, due to her name change in English versions of Aero Fighters 2 and her ending with Hien in the same game, in which she undresses and appears as a male. Developers states that her ending with Hien in the second game was a joke and she is and was always a woman.

Notavailable.svg

Cynthia and Ellen
Cynthia is a young, spoiled but friendly British girl who joins Project Blue for fun after her millionaire father gave her a fighter jet as a birthday present. She always flies with her private tutor, Ellen who is an extremely capable woman who is talented in everything ranging from housework to flying fighter planes. Even though Ellen often tries to rein in her impulsive charge, she nevertheless goes along with her plans anyway.
  • Faction: NATO
  • Aircraft: F-14 Tomcat, Swordfish

Notavailable.svg

Kotomi Kitashirakawa
Younger grand daughter of Lord River, Kotomi is a princess of the Bunnyland. She spends most of her time trying to rescue her often-kidnapped elder sister.
  • Faction: Secret Character
  • Aircraft: Aka-Usagi (She has no secret aircraft)
  • Trivia: Kotomi is a guest character from Neo-Geon two other games; Rabio Lepus and Ojanko High School.

Notavailable.svg

The Man (Captain Waffle)
Captain Waffle is a character from one of Neo-Geo's earlier games: Spinal Breakers. A time-travelling soldier who is trying to stop a race of organic robots (?) called Hildroids, Waffle finds himself in the present time and assists the Project Blue. He is only avaiable for the single player game.
  • Faction: Secret Character
  • Aircraft: Diabloon (A vehicle from Turbo Fighters)

Notavailable.svg

The Man (Gore)
Avaiable only in two player mode, Gore is a mysterious man who assists Kotomi to rescue her sister. But can he be trusted...?
  • Faction: Secret Character
  • Aircraft: Diabloon

Production credits

  • Main Director: K.Matsunami, Pirowo
  • Director: Hoso-Q, H.Furukawa
  • Main programmer: Knt., Kaneda Yukio
  • Programmer: GEN, Ag Mm2, M.Arano, Mami
  • Graphic designer: Armored Cruiser, K.Yamamotoya, Kousi, KAZ, Manbow.Y, A.Sakamura, Sacon, Takasu, Akira
  • Music Composer: Hoso-Q, N.Itamura
  • Sound Designer: Pirowo, Norie
  • Opening Movie: T.Tateishi, HZO
Source:
In-game credits
SonicWings Saturn JP SSOpening.pdf
[3]


Magazine articles

Main article: Sonic Wings Special/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

SonicWingsSpecial Saturn JP Flyer.pdf

PDF
Flyer
SonicWingsSpecial Saturn JP Flyer.pdf
Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-02: "1996-02 (1996-02-09)" (1996-01-26)
Logo-pdf.svg
Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-06: "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (1996-03-22)
Logo-pdf.svg

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK)
0
[4]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
50
[5]
Fun Generation (DE) NTSC-J
30
[6]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
20
[7]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
52
[8]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
62
[9]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
59
[10]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
67
[11]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
50
[12]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
72
[13]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-J
67
[14]
Sega Saturn
 48
Based on
11 reviews

Sonic Wings Special

Saturn, JP
SonicWingsSpecial Saturn JP Box Back.jpgSonicWingsSpecial Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
SonicWingsSpecial Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
SonicWingsSpecial Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc
SonicWingsSpecial Saturn JP Disc2.jpg
Audio Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
81,546,192 1996-05-20 CD-ROM (JP) T-26402G V1.001
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
119,690,928 Audio-CD (JP) T-26402G (Disc 2)

Track list

Disc 1

1. Data track  
2. CD Warning message (00:08) 
► Running time: 0:08

Audio Disc

1. Onsoku Musume (03:16) 
Japan 音速娘
Vocals: Mao mao
2. Tuki no Sakana (04:48) 
Japan つきのさかな
Vocals: Mao mao
3. Onsoku Musume (Karaoke) (03:15) 
Japan 音速娘 (カラオケ)
► Running time: 11:19

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
  2. ↑ File:SonicWingsSpecial Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
  3. ↑ File:SonicWings_Saturn_JP_SSOpening.pdf
  4. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-11), page 80
  5. ↑ Famitsu, "1996-07-12" (JP; 1996-06-28), page 1
  6. ↑ Fun Generation, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 79
  7. ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 71
  8. ↑ MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 46
  9. ↑ Mega Fun, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-21), page 80
  10. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 13" (JP; 1996-06-07), page 154
  11. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 18" (JP; 1996-08-23), page 72
  12. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-10 (1996-06-28)" (JP; 1996-06-14), page 233
  13. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 14
  14. ↑ Video Games, "8/96" (DE; 1996-07-31), page 108
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