During a brief and entertaining press conference held in Shinjuku, Tokyo, legendary Shmup publisher Success and equally celebrated developer Video System announced the release date for the imminent Sonic Wings Reunion. The game is a new sequel to the franchise that has not seen a new game release in decades. It is set to release on may 29th, 2025 and will be available on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5 and Steam.
Unfortunately there has not been an Xbox announcement. This must have to do with this being a Japanese releasebonly (as far as we know). We can only hope a Xbox version will be considered once a European or North American publisher picks the game up.
fun fact is that during the presentation an arcade version is mentioned, without any details on what arcade hardware other than that the cabinet will feature an Tate screen to cater the vertical Shmup action.
Last news coming out the presentation is the character line-up. The game features the following characters:
- Keaton (PBF22)
- Glinda (PBA10A)
- Scarlet Flame (PBF2SKAI)
- Mao Mao (PBF15J)
- Koufuru (PBSAA39)
- Lord White (PBF35)
- Whitey (PBX29A)
- Chaika & Pushka (PBIL102)
