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((short description|1993 video game))
((Infobox video game
|title = Aero Fighters
|image = Aero Fighters Poster.png
|caption =  Arcade flyer
|developer = Video System
|publisher = ((vgrelease|JP|[[Tecmo]] <small>(arcade)</small>))((vgrelease|JP|[[Video System]] <small>(SNES)</small>))((vgrelease|NA|Mc O'River <small>(Arcade, SNES)</small>))
|designer = Shin Nakamura
|composer = [[Naoki Itamura]]
|released= ((collapsible list|title=1992|'''Arcade'''<br>((vgrelease|JP|1992|NA|1992|EU|1992))'''Super NES'''<br>((vgrelease|JP|June 30, 1993|NA|November 1994))))
|platforms=[[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]]
|genre = [[Scrolling shooter]]
|modes = [[Single player]], 2 player [[Cooperative video game|co-op]]
))
'''''Aero Fighters''''', known as ((Nihongo|'''''Sonic Wings'''''|ソニックウィングス|Sonikku~uingusu|)) in Japan, is a [[scrolling shooter|vertically scrolling shooter]] originally released in [[arcade game|arcades]] in [[1992 in video gaming|1992]] by ''Video System'' and was ported to the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] in 1993. It was the first in the ''Aero Fighters'' series, and a spiritual successor to the 1991 ''Turbo Force''.

== Gameplay ==
[[File:ARC Aero Fighters (Sonic Wings).png|thumb|left|Arcade version screenshot]]
((more citations needed section|date=November 2022))

This game uses basic shooter mechanics of the [[Shoot 'em up|SHMUP]] genre of video games. Pressing button 1 fires normal weapons; this can be upgraded by collecting P or the rare F items, though the maximum power level has a hidden ammo count, after which the player will return to the previous power level. Pressing button 2 launches a powerful special attack; uses are limited to how many B items the player has collected (every life starts with two). Some ground enemies will drop score items when destroyed; they appear as the currency of the selected character's nation. By default, players start with three lives, and can acquire one more at 200,000 points.

''Aero Fighters'' is famous for its large cast of characters, unheard of in 1992. Each pair of characters represents one of four nations.<ref name=":0">((Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/aero-fighters-1993-mc-o-river-sns-aere-usa |title=Aero Fighters (1993) (McO'River) (SNS-AERE-USA) |date=1993))</ref> The two-player sides may only select the four characters given (one for each nation).<ref>((Cite web |title=Sonic Wings, Arcade Video game by Video System (1992) |url=https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=sonic-wings&page=detail&id=2502 |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=www.arcade-history.com))</ref> In a two-player game, only a single nation can be chosen.

{|class=wikitable
|-
!Country!! Player 1 !! Player 2
|-
|United States ||McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet|Blaster Keaton ([[Boeing F/A-18 Hornet]])||Keith Bishop ([[Grumman F-14 Tomcat]])
|-
|Japan||Hien ([[Mitsubishi F-2|Mitsubishi FSX]])||Mao Mao ([[Mitsubishi F-15J|Mitsubishi F-15 Eagle]])
|-
|Sweden||Kohful The Viking ([[Saab 37 Viggen|Saab AJ-37 Viggen]])||Tee-Bee 10 ([[Saab JAS 39 Gripen]])
|-
|United Kingdom||Villiam Syd Pride ([[McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II|McDonnell Douglas AV-8 Harrier II]])||Lord River N. White ([[Panavia Tornado|Panavia Tornado IDS]])
|-
|}

The game has seven stages divided into two parts.<ref name=":0" /> The first three stages are selected randomly from a group of four, with one for each character's nation; however, a character will never go to its nation's stage. The other four stages are fixed. After beating all seven stages, the player sees the character's ending, then play much more difficult versions of those stages, after which the game truly ends.

==Reception==
((expand section|date=September 2013))
In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Aero Fighters'' on their May 1, 1992 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month.<ref>((cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=425|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 May 1992|page=25|lang=ja))</ref> ''RePlay'' also reported the game to be the second most-popular arcade game at the time.<ref>((cite magazine|title=The Player's Choice - Top Games Now in Operation, Based on Earnings-Opinion Poll of Operators: Best Video Software|magazine=RePlay|volume=17|issue=10|publisher=RePlay Publishing, Inc.|date=July 1992|page=4))</ref> Despite being a solid entry, the arcade version had little to distinguish itself from the competition. One critic wrote: "''Aero Fighters'' is a thoroughly solid game, let's get that out of the way. It is also a game that is easy to forget. At a time when shooters were a dime a dozen it didn't exactly stand out."<ref>((Cite web |last=lordmrw |date=2020-03-27 |title=Aero Fighters review |url=https://www.classic-games.net/aero-fighters/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Classic-Games.net |language=en-US))</ref>

''[[GamePro]]'' gave the Super NES version a negative review, saying the weapons are imaginative but the game suffers from slowdown, mediocre graphics, weak sound effects, and "monotonous" music, concluding that "''Aero Fighters''' action won't stay with you - it's a temporary thrill that eventually retreats to the hanger."<ref>((cite magazine|title=ProReview: Aero Fighters|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=61|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=August 1994|page=60))</ref> 

==Legacy==
An [[Video game console emulator|emulated version]] of the game was released in 2005 for the [[PlayStation 2]] as part of the Japan-exclusive ''[[Oretachi Gēsen Zoku]]'' series. In 2022, the original arcade version will be included as part of the Sega Astro City Mini V, a vertically-oriented variant of the Sega Astro City mini console.<ref>((cite web|last=McFerran|first=Damien|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/12/segas-astro-city-mini-is-getting-a-tate-version-packed-with-shmup-goodness|title=Sega's Astro City Mini Is Getting A 'TATE' Version Packed With Shmup Goodness|work=[[Nintendo Life]]|publisher=Nlife Media|date=December 17, 2021|access-date=2021-12-17))</ref> Copies of the game are rare, with astronomical prices on auction sites.<ref>((Cite web |date=2021-07-20 |title=The 10 Best SNES Shmups ((!)) Blog of Games |url=https://blogofgames.com/the-best-snes-shmups/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |language=en-US))</ref>

===Sequels===
((Main|Aero Fighters 2|Aero Fighters 3|Sonic Wings Special|Aero Fighters Assault))
((see also|Psikyo))
Shin Nakamura, the main designer of ''Aero Fighters'' and a number of other Video System games, disliked the company's plan to start developing on the [[Neo Geo (console)|Neo Geo]]. He wanted to make more vertical games like ''Aero Fighters'', but found it difficult to do so on a horizontal monitor. He and other like-minded employees left to found [[Psikyo]], with the similar ''[[Samurai Aces]]'' being their first game.

McO'River would never publish another title under that name. Back at Video System, meanwhile, other employees teamed up with the remaining ''Aero Fighters'' staff to begin work on sequels. ''Aero Fighters 2'' and ''Aero Fighters 3'' were released for the Neo Geo. ''[[Sonic Wings Special]]'', a sort of "dream match" game based on the three previous entries, was released for the [[Sega Saturn]] and later for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]. Soon after, ''Special'' was reworked for the arcades into ''[[Sonic Wings Limited]]''.  In 1997, ''McO'River, Inc.'' changed its name to ''Video System U.S.A., Inc.''<ref>((cite web | author=IGN staff | date=August 6, 1997 | title=Mc O'River Renames Itself | url=http://ign64.ign.com/articles/061/061169p1.html | website=[[IGN]] | accessdate=2010-02-04))</ref> A year later, Paradigm Entertainment developed ''[[Aero Fighters Assault]]'' for Video System. ''Sonic Wings Special'' and ''Limited'' were both made for a vertical monitor like the first game. Similarly, Nakamura would make ''[[Strikers 1945 Plus]]'' for the Neo Geo a few years later.

==In popular culture==
YouTuber and author [[John Green]], having come across the game in the [[Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport|Savannah Airport]], mistakenly read the title as "Nerd Fighters" while filming a video addressing his brother [[Hank Green]] on the popular YouTube channel [[Vlogbrothers]] on February 17, 2007.<ref name="Braun">((cite book|last1=Braun|first1=Eric|title=John Green: Star Author, Vlogbrother, and Nerdfighter - Gateway Biographies|date=2015|publisher=Lerner Publications|isbn=978-1467772617|pages=23, 24|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ixTBgAAQBAJ|accessdate=26 March 2016))</ref> "Nerdfighters" and "[[Nerdfighteria]]" eventually became the collective title of the Vlogbrothers' fan community.<ref>((cite magazine|first=Michelle|last=Dean|title=A Note on Nerdfighters|url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-note-on-nerdfighters|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|date=March 13, 2013|accessdate=October 25, 2014))</ref> In September 2013, he was given an ''Aero Fighters'' arcade cabinet as a gift.<ref>((cite web|last1=Green|first1=John|title=Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set|website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=523xQXeKWig))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((official website|http://www.hamster.co.jp/american_hamster/))
* ((moby game|id=/aero-fighters))
* [http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=aero-fighters&page=detail&id=35 ''Aero Fighters''] at ''Arcade-History''

((Aero Fighters series))

[[Category:1992 video games]]
[[Category:Arcade Archives games]]
[[Category:Arcade video games]]
[[Category:Hamster Corporation franchises]]
[[Category:Head-to-head arcade video games]]
[[Category:Vertically scrolling shooters]]
[[Category:Super Nintendo Entertainment System games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
[[Category:Video games scored by Naoki Itamura]]
[[Category:Video System games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:Tecmo games]]

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