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Sonic Wings Reunion Game Heads West on October 7 for Switch, PS5, PS4
posted on by Alex Mateo
Red Art Games announced on Thursday that it will release Success Corporation's Sonic Wings Reunion, a new game in the Sonic Wings franchise, in the West for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4 on October 7.
The game will launch digitally for all three platforms in North America and Europe. Additionally, the company will release physical editions for the Switch and PS5 versions in Europe.
The release will have language support for English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Players can switch the title screen logo to Aero Fighters Reunion in-game.
The game will launch in Japan for Switch, PS5, PS4, PC via Steam, and arcade on May 29. The Japanese PS5 and Switch versions will get physical and digital releases, while the PS4 release will be digital. The game's official website lists the Japanese releases with text in Japanese, English, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Sonic Wings Reunion is the first new game in the franchise in 26 years.
The vertical-scrolling shooting game takes place in 20XX, when various cities all over the world are being attacked. The "Fata Morgana" organization that has super weapons and uses unknown technology to control the world's military weaponry, has returned. Members of a secret international rescue team named "Project Blue" rise up to face this threat. The game has a vertical "TATE" mode and local co-op play.
Success Corporation's Shinya Nagatomo is producing the new game. Former Video System composer Sōshi Hosoi and singer Suzuka are also involved with the project. Hosoi was the one who came up with the project concept.
Video System released the first Sonic Wings/Aero Fighters vertical-scrolling shooting game in arcades in 1992. The game was ported to the Super Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. The game received several sequels, with Sonic Wings 2 and Sonic Wings 3 launching for the Neo Geo. Sonic Wings Special launched for arcades in 1996, and Aero Fighters Assault/Sonic Wings Assault launched for the Nintendo 64 in 1997.
