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Flying Warriors

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Title Screen

Flying Warriors

Based on: Hiryuu no Ken II: Dragon no Tsubasa (JP), Hiryuu no Ken III: Gonin no Dragon (JP)
Developer: Culture Brain
Publisher: Culture Brain
Platform: NES
Released in US: February 1991
Released in EU: May 28, 2015 (Virtual Console)


SoundtestIcon.png This game has a hidden sound test.
LevelSelectIcon.png This game has a hidden level select.


ProtoIcon.png This game has a prototype article

Flying Warriors is a localized remake of Hiryuu no Ken II that employs the graphical and mechanical improvements from Hiryuu no Ken III. It redesigned the transformed states of the main heroes in order to give them Americanized superhero-like designs (or at least what passed for American superheroes in the minds of the Japanese developers), going as far as to even replace the original title theme with a new one that totally doesn't sound like John Williams' Superman theme in any form.

Sub-Page

Read about prototype versions of this game that have been released or dumped.
Prototype Info

Gameplay Change

One great difference of gameplay comparing to Hiryuu no Ken II is that, in duel mode the KO Gauge is increased by succesful defense like in Hiryuu no Ken III, instead of attack. This also affects one of the hidden elite tusk soldiers, whose reveal method has been changed from "finish him with a wave punch" to "defeat him with only wave punches", as you can now gain KO Gauge without attacks in order to enable wave punch with 100 KO Gauge.

Otherwise, the stage layouts are mostly different while keeping the same quest line.

Sound Test

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Enter the password MUSIC. Press Up / Down to select a track, and A to play it. Press B to return to the password screen.

Level Select

Enter the password 8xy, where x is the stage number from 1-4 and y is the sub-stage number from 1-3 (i.e., the password to the last level is 843).

View Ending

Enter the password END to view the ending sequence.

Character Bios

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Enter the password 888 to view the character bios. Press Select to return to the game.

Debug Stage Select

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Game Genie code GESLAPEI will re-enable an in-game stage select routine. During the game, hold A and press Start. A number will appear instead of the game's menu. Select a location number, then press Select.

Vanished Sequel

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According to the ending scene, the Hiryuu no Ken III would have been localized as "Flying Warriors Part 2", but it never happened.