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Giga Wing

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Giga Wing
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Takumi Corporation
Publisher(s)Capcom
Dreamcast
Designer(s)Kei Toume
Composer(s)Yasushi Kaminishi
SeriesGiga Wing
Platform(s)Arcade,Dreamcast
ReleaseArcade
  • NA:February 22, 1999
  • BR:February 22, 1999
  • AS:February 22, 1999
  • JP:February 23, 1999
Dreamcast
  • JP:November 11, 1999
  • NA:July 18, 2000
  • EU:October 20, 2000
Switch
February 17, 2021
Genre(s)Manic shooter
Mode(s)Single-player,local cooperative
Arcade systemCP System II

Giga Wing(ギガウイング,Giga Uingu)is a 1999 verticallyscrolling shooterarcade gamedeveloped byTakumi Corporationand published byCapcomon theirCPS-2arcade system board and ported later that year to theDreamcastconsole. The arcade version is notable for using a horizontally alignedmonitor(much likeTreasure'sRadiant Silvergun), something that is considered rare for a vertical shooter. The Dreamcast version had been scheduled to be released in the U.S. in April 2000,[1]before it was delayed to July 18, 2000.[2]

Gameplay and plot[edit]

Arcade version screenshot.

Giga Wingtakes place during a fictional war within asteampunksetting. The player controls one of four different futuristic aircraft and must destroy enemy aircraft, tanks, ships, and buildings using both guns and missiles mounted on the aircraft and a limited supply of bombs which damage or destroy all enemies on-screen when used. The game is based on the player(s) trying to destroy a medallion which possesses great power. Many of the bosses use the medallion as a weapon. At the end, it shows that an evil man who pilots a ship called the "Stranger" is the real person who is in control of the Medallion, and was responsible for the war, as well as other conflicts in the past includingWorld War II,and the players fight him three times as a mini-boss and as the last boss. He appears to be a friend of Stuck 30 years ago when the players fight him with Stuck.

There are four different characters in the game: Sinnosuke, Ruby, Isha, and Stuck and each of them has their own individual storyline. Players can also do team play mode that has two characters at once, creating a new storyline. In each storyline, there are two endings. In the bad ending, the character the player uses will sacrifice their life in a kamikaze attack that destroys the Medallion. In team up mode, generally one of the character does this, but sometimes both characters survive. In the good endings for either solo or team play, the characters do not sacrifice themselves.

The player chooses one of four different craft and shoots through seven stages. Each level ends with aboss fightand each game begins with three lives. The option to continue is given when all lives are lost, although the seventh stage is only accessible if the player does not use any continues. Each ship inGiga Winghas three attacks: a normal shot (spray of bullets), reflect (reflects enemy bullets and damages enemy ships in the field), and force bomb (nullifies all on-screen bullets). Defeated ships sometimes droppower-ups.Each ship starts out with two bombs and up to seven can be collected. Each bomb left in reserve after any boss fight gives the player a bonus. Players can increase their score multiplier by collecting medals dropped by defeated ships. Player "rank" is determined by score at the end of each level. The game adjusts the difficulty accordingly.

Release[edit]

In February 2021, it was included as part of pack 3 in theCapcom Arcade Stadiumcompilation forNintendo Switch.[3][4][5]

Reception[edit]

The Dreamcast version received "mixed" reviews according to thereview aggregationwebsiteGameRankings.[6]Game Informergave the game a favorable review, andElectronic Gaming Monthlygave it a mixed review, both while the game was still in development.[9][11]Jim Preston ofNextGensaid that the game "should be packaged with bottles of bothVisineandExcedrin."[17]In Japan,Famitsugave it a score of 28 out of 40.[10]

Also in Japan,Game Machinelisted the arcade version in their May 1, 1999 issue as the tenth most-successful arcade game of the month.[18]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^Four critics ofElectronic Gaming Monthlygave the game each a score of 6.5/10, 6/10, 7.5/10, and 4.5/10 in an early review.

References[edit]

  1. ^White, Matt (December 3, 1999)."Giga Wing Coming State Side [sic]".IGN.Ziff Davis.RetrievedJanuary 11,2022.
  2. ^Gantayat, Anoop (June 15, 2000)."Tommo to Distribute Giga Wing in America".IGN.Ziff Davis.RetrievedJanuary 11,2022.
  3. ^Russell, Graham (December 10, 2020)."Capcom Arcade Stadium Brings Retro Hits to Switch in February 2021".Siliconera.Enthusiast Gaming.Archivedfrom the original on December 11, 2020.RetrievedNovember 11,2020.
  4. ^Pineda, Rafael Antonio (December 10, 2020)."News: Capcom Reveals Capcom Arcade Stadium Switch Collection of Arcade Titles".Anime News Network.Archivedfrom the original on December 11, 2020.RetrievedDecember 11,2020.
  5. ^Romano, Sal (December 10, 2020)."Capcom Arcade Stadium announced for Switch".Gematsu.Archivedfrom the original on December 11, 2020.RetrievedDecember 11,2020.
  6. ^ab"Giga Wing for Dreamcast Reviews".GameRankings.CBS Interactive.Archived fromthe originalon August 22, 2019.RetrievedDecember 11,2020.
  7. ^D'Aprile, Jason (July 21, 2000)."GigaWing".Gamecenter.CNET.Archived fromthe originalon August 15, 2000.RetrievedFebruary 22,2021.
  8. ^Gavet, Nicolas (November 2000)."Giga Wing".Consoles +(in French). No. 106. M.E.R.7. p. 93.RetrievedFebruary 22,2021.
  9. ^abHsu, Dan "Shoe"; Chou, Che; Johnston, Chris; Hager, Dean (April 2000)."Giga Wing"(PDF).Electronic Gaming Monthly.No. 129. Ziff Davis. p. 158.RetrievedJanuary 11,2022.
  10. ^ab"ギガウィング [ドリームキャスト]".Famitsu(in Japanese).Enterbrain.RetrievedAugust 22,2019.
  11. ^abReiner, Andrew (March 2000)."Giga Wing (DC)".Game Informer.No. 83.FuncoLand.Archived fromthe originalon June 5, 2000.RetrievedAugust 22,2019.
  12. ^"REVIEW for GigaWing (Import) (DC)".GameFan.Shinno Media. November 10, 1999.
  13. ^"REVIEW for Giga Wing (DC)".GameFan.Shinno Media. August 3, 2000.
  14. ^Bartholow, Peter (December 9, 1999)."Gigawing [sic] Review [Import] (DC)".GameSpot.Red Ventures.Archivedfrom the original on August 22, 2019.RetrievedAugust 22,2019.
  15. ^Williamson, Colin (November 15, 1999)."Giga Wing (Import) (DC)".IGN.Ziff Davis.Archivedfrom the original on August 22, 2019.RetrievedAugust 22,2019.
  16. ^Gantayat, Anoop (July 25, 2000)."Giga Wing (DC)".IGN.Ziff Davis.Archivedfrom the original on August 22, 2019.RetrievedAugust 22,2019.
  17. ^abPreston, Jim (November 2000)."Giga Wing (DC)".NextGen.No. 71.Iamgine Media.p. 124.RetrievedFebruary 22,2021.
  18. ^"Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム cơ ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)".Game Machine(in Japanese). No. 586.Amusement Press, Inc.May 1, 1999. p. 17.

External links[edit]

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