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, and spawned two sequels for the Neo-Geo, one for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn (both only in Japan) and a 3-D sequel on 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." Image File history File links Aero_Fighters. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Video System is a software company that has made games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 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Player 1 can only play as the Player 1 Side fighters (F/A-18, FS-X, AV-8B, and AJ-37), and if a second player joins, player 2 must play as the second fighter for player 1's nation (F-14, F-15, JAS-39, or Tornado IDS). The nationality restriction is removed in Aero Fighters 2.

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Aero Fighters was ported over to the Super NES by Video System's U.S. affiliate; McO'River. This version was released on November 30th, 1994; in limited quantities, and is one of the rarest cartridges for the Super NES.^{[citation needed]} The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES, also known as SNES or Super Nintendo, is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia. ... Video System is a software company that has made games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES, also known as SNES or Super Nintendo, is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia. ...

Characters

• Blaster Keaton (F/A-18 Hornet)
• Keith Bishop (F-14 Tomcat)
• Hi En (FSX)
• Mao Mao (F-15 Eagle)
• Kohful The Viking (JAS-39)
• Tee-Bee 10 (AJ-37)
• Lord River N. White (Tornado IDS)
• Villiam Syd Pride (AV-8)

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Trivia

• Red Rabbit from "Rabio Lepus" (also known as "Rabbit Punch") makes a cameo appearance in this game, at Mao Mao's ending.
• In Kowful's and T.B.'s joint ending, you can see plenty of "Turbo Force" arcade machines.
• The game forbids the initials SEX on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to Japanese characters.
• Didier Sénéchal holds the official world record for this game with a maximum 524,400 points. [1]

Series

• 1. Aero Fighters (1992, Arcade; 1994, SNES)
• 2. Aero Fighters 2 (1994, Neo-Geo/Arcade)
• 3. Aero Fighters 3 (1995, Neo-Geo/Arcade)
• 4. Sonic Wings Limited (1996, Arcade) *Japan Only
• 5. Sonic Wings Special (1996, Sega Saturn*, Sony PlayStation#) *Japan Only # Europe/PAL and Japan
• 6. AeroFighters Assault (1997, Nintendo 64)

Aero Fighters 2 is a vertical-scrolling shoot em up arcade game released in 1994 by Video System. ... Aero Fighters 3 is a vertical-scrolling shoot em up arcade game released in 1995 by Video System. ... AeroFighters Assault is a fighting airplane shooter for the Nintendo 64, released in August 1997. ...

External links

• Aero Fighters at Arcade-History
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• Aero Fighters review at insomnia.ac