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2''Legendary Wings'' (''The Wings of Ares'' [[MarketBasedTitle in Japan]]) is a fantasy-themed [[ShootEmUp shoot 'em up]] game from Creator/{{Capcom}}, released into [[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame arcades]] in 1986 and published in a home version for the Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1988. The game is a fairly straight overhead-view {{SHMUP}}, with the added twist of special [[UnexpectedGameplayChange side-scrolling platform sections]]: this sections are accessed in several instances (they are the last section before any boss, but there are two optional ones: the "Minus Stage" accessed by entering the mouth of giant stone faces and the "Bonus Stage" accessed by destroying a certain statue on the ground) and has the player character walking (or flying) forward while shooting down enemies and collecting treasure chests for points.
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4Inspired by the legend of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Icarus and Daedalus]], the story is set in a distant future, where humanity has been evolving into an advanced civilization thanks to the help of an alien supercomputer known as "DARK". DARK, however, suddenly starts to malfunction and does the exact opposite: KillAllHumans. With humanity at the brink of extinction, the God of War ([[VideoGame/GodOfWar no, not that one]]) Ares then decides to interfere and grant two humans magical wings: Michelle Heart is given the Wings of Love, while Kevin Walker the Wings of Courage. Together they take to the skies to fight off DARK and his minions.
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6!!This game provides examples of the following tropes:
7%%* AIIsACrapshoot
8%%* AllThereInTheManual
9* AncientEgypt: The bonus stages in the NES game are given an Egyptian-themed redesign. Specially notable with the collectibles, changed into Egyptian symbols and head masks.
10* AWinnerIsYou: Beat the arcade version, and you get a message saying "Thanks to you the world is saved" and then you immediately return to the start of the game. Beat the game twice, and you get the same message and a game over.
11* BizarreAlienBiology: Quite a few of the monsters in game, most notably the Super Suzy and the ship you have to fight immediately after encountering the Super Suzy for the first time (the ship that uses eyeballs as projectile weapons).
12* BlindIdiotTranslation: Especially the NES version, with lines such as "You have saved human race from its extinction".
13%%* BonusStage
14* TheCameo: Michelle Heart appears as one of the many "guests" in Ken's ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Street Fighter Alpha 2]]'' stage.
15** VideoGame/CapcomVs: Michelle Heart is best remembered as one of the {{Assist Character}}s in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfTheSuperheroes''. She also appears in card form in the first two ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom: Card Fighters'' and as part of Captain Commando's solo unit attack in ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone''.
16** Michelle appears in [[https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/powerstone/images/4/4e/FalconConceptB.png/revision/latest?cb=20150119162112 a nose art-style illustration]] on the back of [[AdventurerArchaeologist Edward Falcon's]] flying jacket in ''VideoGame/PowerStone''.
17* ChestMonster: Some walls in the arcade game's bonus areas release enemies when shot.
18* ColorCodedMultiplayer: Particularly in the original overseas version, where Michelle and Kevin were replaced by two palette-swapped angels with differently colored briefs (red for Player 1 and blue for Player 2).
19* CutAndPasteEnvironments: The sidescrolling areas in the arcade game are pretty much the same, just with slightly different enemy placement.
20* EnergyWeapon: The Twin Laser powerup.
21%%* EverythingTryingToKillYou
22* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Giant Head, which is, you guessed it, a giant head.
23%%* {{Flight}}
24* GenderFlip: Michelle Heart (as well as Kevin Walker) were replaced by two palette-swapped generic male heroes for the original overseas version (the later overseas version brought back Michelle and Kevin).
25* InconsistentSpelling: The Japanese version of the arcade game spells Michelle's name as "Michel Heart" during the AttractMode .
26* InexplicableTreasureChests: In the Bonus Stages (arcade version).
27* KillAllHumans: What DARK shoots for.
28%%* MarketBasedTitle
29* MasterComputer: DARK, pretty much.
30* NoNameGiven: The two main characters in the original overseas version of the arcade game, as well as in the NES version.
31* ThePhoenix: In the NES version, you turn into a firebird when powered-up all the way, allowing you to take a few extra shots before dying (you're a OneHitPointWonder otherwise).
32* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Michelle Heart and Kevin Walker respectively. [[note]]In the Japanese version. Her outfit was changed to green in the overseas version[[/note]]
33* PlayingWithFire: The Flame Shots powerup.
34* {{Precursors}}: Not seen per-se, but DARK is said to have been left by aliens.
35* RecurringBoss: The end-of-level bosses are simply just variations on one another, with later ones having more cannons. Except for the NES's TrueFinalBoss, which is a cybernetic GiantEyeOfDoom.
36* SandWorm: Earwig from the NES game, though it doesn't move through sand.
37* SchizoTech: There's a notable mixture of technology with ancient Greek (or Egyptian) ruins, specially in the arcade game. Some pillars are even broken, ''revealing they are technological inside''.
38* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: When in single-player.
39* ShoutOut: [[VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds Sylphie]] cosplays as Michelle in her ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' Hyper Combo.
40* SteamVentObstacle: Giant head statues in the first level shoot out steam.
41* {{Stripperific}}: Michelle is fighting in what seems to be a ''bikini'', while Kevin is in ''briefs''.
42* UnexpectedGameplayChange: The sidescrolling sections.
43* WaddlingHead: The "tentacle-helmet" enemies in the sidescrolling sections.
44* {{Winged Humanoid}}s
45* WombLevel: The Minus Stage in the NES game are completely redesigned into this, including meat-like walls with mouths and hearts, and ribs serving as the ceiling and floor.

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