Aero Fighters (known as Sonic Wings in Japan) is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up ("shmup") arcade game released in 1992 by Video System, ported to the Super Famicom in 1993 and the Super Nintendo in 1994. It spawned two sequels for the Neo-Geo, one for the Arcades (with ports to the PlayStation and Sega Saturn) and one in 3-D for the Nintendo 64. The first sequel was notorious for multiple instances of Engrish, such as "I never thought I'd be f...
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Aero Fighters (known as Sonic Wings in Japan) is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up ("shmup") arcade game released in 1992 by Video System, ported to the Super Famicom in 1993 and the Super Nintendo in 1994. It spawned two sequels for the Neo-Geo, one for the Arcades (with ports to the PlayStation and Sega Saturn) and one in 3-D for the Nintendo 64. The first sequel was notorious for multiple instances of Engrish, such as "I never thought I'd be frying over a jungle."
Most of the creative team that worked on Aero Fighters created Strikers 1945 and other shmups for Psikyo.
It adds hidden boss attack and time attack modes, Rabio and Lepus fighters (from Rabio Lepus, known outside of Japan as Rabbit Punch).
To play as Rabio - At character selection screen - Hold R, press Left, Down, Right, X, Y, A, B, Left, Down, Right, Down, X, Y, A, B, press Start, and let go of R.
To play for distance record - At character selection screen - Hold R, press A, Left, Y, Right, X, Down, B, Up, press Start,...
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