History VideoGame / AeroFighters

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--> STOP THE TAKEOVER CAUSED BY THE MILITARY[[note]]Russian stage. Very likely a reference to the 1991 August Coup: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d'etat_attempt][[/note]]

* TimeStandsStill: Mao-Mao's bomb.

* DeathFromAbove: Among others the bomb of the Harrier (AV-8) in ''Aero Fighters'', that brings several Vulcan bombers to carpet-down the screen.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: the bomb of the F-14 in ''Aero Fighters'' consists in a salvo of Tomahawk cruise missiles

--> STOP THE TAKEOVER CAUSED BY THE MILITARY[[note]]Russian stage. Very likely a reference to the 1991 August Coup: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d%27état_attempt][[/note]]

!!The ''Aero Fighters'' / ''Sonic Wings'' series provides examples of:

-> '''Spanky:''' I never thought I'd be browsing TV Tropes over a jungle.

* DeathFromAbove: Among others the bomb of the Harrier (AV-8) in ''Aero Fighters'', that causes several Vulcan bombers to carpet-down the sceen.

--> STOP THE TAKEOVER CAUSED BY THE MILITARY[[note]]Russian stage. Very likely a reference to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt 1991 August Coup][[/note]]

--> STOP THE TAKEOVER CAUSED BY THE MILITARY[[note]]Russian stage. Very likely a reference to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d'etat_attempt 1991 August Coup][[/note]]

* SapientShip: Rabio, a secret character in the SNES ''Aero Fighters'' alongside Lepus, as well as ''Aero Fighters 3'' and ''Special'' (Where he's "piloted" by Kotomi). Of course, this would be completely lost on anyone who didn't play his home series, since he has no lines in any ''Aero Fighters'' appearance.

The series spans six games, the first being on dedicated arcade hardware and the latter two being on the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo arcade platform. ''Aero Fighters 1'' and ''2'' utilize modern fighter jets, but ''3'' has the cast using UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-era planes instead. The next game, ''Sonic Wings Limited'' stayed exclusive to the Zinc arcade board, while ''Sonic Wings Special'' was released for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn and the Playstation. The last installment, ''Aero Fighters Assault'', was exclusive to the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 and [[OddballInTheSeries strayed from the formula]], being a halfway realistic 3D flight simulation (developed by Creator/ParadigmEntertainment) instead of a vertical shoot'em up.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Sonic Wings 3 beginning starts with a surprise attack that destroys the modern jet fighters, which is why the players piloting WWII era aircraft.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first game is a little more serious compared to the later games, despite having moments of comedy. It's also the only game to use a vertical monitor, as opposed to the later games that use horizontal ones.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first game was a little more serious compared to the later games, despite having moments of comedy.

* {{Expy}}: ''Assault'' has a few levels where you encounter a group of four enemy pilots that have the same powers as you and your wingmen. Each one will antagonize either you or one of your wingmen, forcing you to rescue them periodically. If you've played ''Starfox 64'', this probably sounds very familiar.

** The final level of ''Assault'' bears a ''very'' strong resemblance to the Venom 2 level of ''Starfox 64''. You even fight four enemy planes with abilities mirroring those of you and your wingmen before the final level, just like the final showdown with the Star Wolf Team in Venom 2. Throughout the rest of the game you have three wingmen that you ''frequently'' have to save from danger.
*** ''Assault'' only came out four months after ''Starfox 64''. It's possible the similarities are coincidental, but the two games have ''a lot'' of similarities for it to be a coincidence.

** ''VideoGame/SengokuAce'' and ''Gunbird'' are this to the first game. Both are made by a different company (Creator/{{Psikyo}} instead of Video System) but share a very similar engine and have the same director (Shin Nakamura).

* DifficultyByRegion: For some reason, ''Aero Fighters 3'' is a lot more difficult with the European BIOS than either the American mode or the Japanese original. Enemies are a lot more aggressive early on and bullets are faster.

* SharedUniverse: ''Aero Fighters'' acts a "Hub" franchise for a number of other Neo-Geo games, including ''Rabio Lepus'', ''Lethal Crash Race'', ''Tao Taido'', ''Karate Blazers'', ''Spinal Breakers'', and ''Turbo Force''.

** The first boss of ''Aero Fighters 2'' is heavily based on the gigantic spider tank from ''{{Raiden}} 2'', down to the way it explodes.

The squared-off font used in the logo was famously [[IReadThatAs misread]] by Creator/JohnGreen as [[FanCommunityNickname Nerd Fighters]].

** ''Samurai Aces'' and ''Gunbird'' are this to the first game. Both are made by a different company (Creator/{{Psikyo}} instead of Video System) but share a very similar engine and have the same director (Shin Nakamura).

* ExcusePlot: A terrorist organization called Fata Morgana ([[InconsistentDub Or was it]] ''Phutta'' Morgana?) is trying to TakeOverTheWorld with the help of some otherworldly creatures known as the Hildride ([[InconsistentDub or are they]] Hil''droids'')? The protagonists are part of an international peacekeeping force called "Project Blue" trying to stop them. Project Blue and the terrorists were only mentioned in the manuals for ''Special'' and ''Assault'', whereas the Hildride are mentioned a grand total of ''once'' during "The Man"'s solo ending in ''Aerofighters 3''. The first two games? No plot ''at all''.

* ExcusePlot: Something to do with an alien organization called Fata Morgana trying to TakeOverTheWorld and a international peace force called Project Blue trying to stop them.

* HeroicDolphin: There is a dolphin ''fighter jet pilot'' able to communicate in human languages.

* SharedUniverse: ''Aero Fighters'' acts a "Hub" franchise for a number of other Neo-Geo games, including ''Rabio Lepus'', ''Lethal Crash Race'', ''Tao Taido'', ''Karate Blazers", ''Spinal Breakers'', and ''Turbo Force''.