Sonic Wings Special

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Sonic Wings Special
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Media Quest
Developer: Video System
Sound driver: SCSP (1/3 track)
Genre: Shooting
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1996-07-05 ¥7,800 (8,034)7,800e T-26402G
Non-Sega versions PlayStation

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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.

	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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.
	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
	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
	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.
	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
	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.
	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
	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.
	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)
	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

Magazine articles

Main article: Sonic Wings Special/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Flyer

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-02: "1996-02 (1996-02-09)" (1996-01-26)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-06: "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (1996-03-22)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score Computer & Video Games (UK) 0 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 50 Fun Generation (DE) NTSC-J 30 Joypad (FR) NTSC-J 20 MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J 52 Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J 62 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 59 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 67 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 50 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 72 Video Games (DE) NTSC-J 67

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Sonic Wings Special

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Audio Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	81,546,192	1996-05-20	CD-ROM (JP)	T-26402G V1.001
?	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)
音速娘
Vocals: Mao mao

2. Tuki no Sakana (04:48)
つきのさかな
Vocals: Mao mao

3. Onsoku Musume (Karaoke) (03:15)
音速娘 (カラオケ)

► Running time: 11:19