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{{Game
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|image=Legendary Wings arcade flyer.png
|title=Legendary Wings
|title=Legendary Wings
|japanese=アレスの翼
|japanese=アレスの翼
|image=Legendary Wings arcade flyer.png
|developer=[[Capcom]]
|developer=[[Capcom]]
|publisher=[[Capcom]]
|publisher=[[Capcom]]
|year=1986
|systems={{syslist|cade|nes}}
|designer=Hiroyuki Kawano<br>Hiroshi Matsumoto<br>Akira Kitamura
|designer=Hiroyuki Kawano<br>Hiroshi Matsumoto<br>Akira Kitamura
|released={{rd|1986|November}}{{sys|nes}}{{na|1988|July}}
|genre=[[Shooter]]
|genre=[[Shooter]]
|systems=[[Arcade]], [[NES]]
|modes=[[Single player]], [[Co-op]]
|modes=[[Single player]], [[Co-op]]
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|series=
}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''''Legendary Wings'''''|アレスの翼|Aresu no Tsubasa|"''The Wings of Ares''"}} is a fantasy-themed scrolling vertical [[shooter]] and [[platform]] game released by [[Capcom]] as a [[arcade]] game in [[1986]]. A home version for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] was released exclusively in North America in [[1988]]. The original coin-op version is included in [[Capcom Classics Collection: Volume 1]] for the [[PS2]] and [[Xbox]] and in [[Capcom Classics Collection: Remixed]] for the [[PSP]].
{{nihongo|'''''Legendary Wings'''''|アレスの翼|Aresu no Tsubasa|"''The Wings of Ares''"}} is a fantasy-themed scrolling vertical [[shooter]] and [[platform]] game released by [[Capcom]] as a [[arcade]] game in [[1986]]. A home version for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] was released exclusively in North America in [[1988]]. The original coin-op version is included in [[Capcom Classics Collection: Volume 1]] for the [[PS2]] and [[Xbox]] and in [[Capcom Classics Collection: Remixed]] for the [[PSP]].


The game starts as a [[shooter]], and then becomes a [[platformer]] when the player is swallowed by various giant heads.
The game starts as a [[shooter]], and then becomes a [[platformer]] when the player is swallowed by various giant heads.
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==Story==
==Story==
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[[Category:Capcom]]
[[Category:Capcom]]
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[[Category:Shooter]]
[[Category:Shooter]]
[[Category:Single player]]
[[Category:Single player]]
[[Category:Co-op]]

Revision as of 14:03, 10 June 2022

Box artwork for Legendary Wings.
Box artwork for Legendary Wings.
Legendary Wings
Developer(s)Capcom
Publisher(s)Capcom
Year released1986
System(s)Arcade, NES
Japanese titleアレスの翼
Designer(s)Hiroyuki Kawano
Hiroshi Matsumoto
Akira Kitamura
Genre(s)Shooter
ModesSingle player, Co-op
LinksLegendary Wings ChannelSearchSearch

Legendary Wings (アレスの翼 Aresu no Tsubasa?, "The Wings of Ares") is a fantasy-themed scrolling vertical shooter and platform game released by Capcom as a arcade game in 1986. A home version for the Nintendo Entertainment System was released exclusively in North America in 1988. The original coin-op version is included in Capcom Classics Collection: Volume 1 for the PS2 and Xbox and in Capcom Classics Collection: Remixed for the PSP.

The game starts as a shooter, and then becomes a platformer when the player is swallowed by various giant heads.

Story

The player (1-2 players) takes control of a young soldier (each player controls a different soldier) equipped with magical wings who must save the world from a malfunctioning supercomputer.

Interestingly, this story is similar to the Xevious series' plots.

Artwork

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Appendices

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