The sprite-based graphics are gorgeous, particularly one stage with snow-capped mountains! Mech customization is extremely user-friendly, and requires no knowledge of Japanese. The music is great, particularly in Arcade mode; and having Playstation mode (I would assume Saturn mode is roughly the same on the Saturn) available as well ads a lot of replay value to this shmup! The weapons are great, too! You get a special bomb type weapon which recharges, and the main weapons are great as well-there's a spead vulcan shot, not unlike that found in Vaport Trail, a shell shot (think 1943), a cool laser weapon, and then this green colored weapon which seesm to eat bullets. If you have a Saturn or PS1, and love mech shmups, or like Data East's shmups in general, then I highly recommend Wolf Fang!
I do have some questions about the level progression, though-after the first two stages, you can choose from stages in New Zealand or Austrailia-how many different endings are there? Also, the manual lists like 41 different mech customizations, but I don't see how that's possible with this game.
One trick: if you use the electro-charge (or whatever it is), even the level one discharge will cancel bullets, extremely useful as a "last defense". In Mame you can also check the EU version, which makes you play all levels, without split paths.
