Sonic Wings Reunion Resurrects a Classic Shmup Series for PS5, PS4 1

Sonic Wings, perhaps better known as Aero Fighters, is a legendary shmup which some of you may have played on the Super Nintendo.

It made its PlayStation debut courtesy of Sonic Wings Special, a kind of mash-up title which combined all of the content from the franchise’s first three games, and squeezed them onto Sony’s console. (And SEGA Saturn, to be fair.)

Now, decades after the last release in the series, a new game is in development, Sonic Wings Reunion – and it’s coming to the PS5 and PS4.

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Due out on 7th October, development is being led by Shinya Nagatomo, with original character artist Fumihiko Nantoka and sound designer Soshi Hosoi both involved.

The full game will feature eight playable characters across eight stages, with local co-operative play, a training mode, and a customisable soundtrack featuring music from all past instalments.

Even better, there’ll be a physical edition available to pre-order, with details due to be announced on 27th May.

The Japanese version will actually release later this month, so if you’re desperate to get your hands on this, you could technically download it from the PS Store and play it right now. But obviously the Western release will have much wider language support, including English and more.