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The Wing of Madoola was designed by Kenji Sada, being his first project at Sunsoft after joining the company in 1986, and developed over the course of six months.
It was Sada's first project at Sunsoft, who joined the company in 1986 after being invited by his former high school friend Kenji Kajita.
The Wing of Madoola was first announced on October 17, 1986, in that week's issue of Famitsu, planning for a November release date.
The game was first re-released alongside Super Arabian and Atlantis no Nazo as a part of the Ultra2000 Sunsoft Classic Games Vol. 1 compilation, published by MediaKite for Microsoft Windows on June 29, 2001.
Sunsoft and publisher Red Art Games localized the compilation into English and was released on September 6, 2024 for Switch, PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and Series S, marking the game's first appearance in western regions.
Kalata stated that Madoola is "only really playable for those with a historical interest in action-RPGs."
The Wing of Madoola was first announced on October 17, 1986, in that week's issue of Famitsu, planning for a November release date.
Between 2021 and 2022, the manga adaptations by Mori and Minazuki were reissued by Tokuma Shoten as ebooks.
Plans for a North American localization never materialized; Sunsoft of America's Richard Robbins criticized the game harshly, saying that action games like Contra sell in North America and that female protagonists were not worth talking about.
Sunsoft and publisher Red Art Games localized the compilation into English and was released on September 6, 2024 for Switch, PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and Series S, marking the game's first appearance in western regions.
In 2007, the Memorial Series Sunsoft Vol. 3 pack was made available by Sunsoft as part of the "Game Archives" line on PlayStation Network.
Kalata stated that Madoola is "only really playable for those with a historical interest in action-RPGs."
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the four reviewers gave 3, 6, 7, and 5, for a total of 21 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine,it scored 17.55 out of 30, as shown below.
Plans for a North American localization never materialized; Sunsoft of America's Richard Robbins criticized the game harshly, saying that action games like Contra sell in North America and that female protagonists were not worth talking about.
An arcade version dubbed The Wings of Madoola was planned for the Nintendo VS. System, an arcade system based on the Famicom hardware.
The VS. edition was exhibited at the 1987 AOU Show, but was shelved after its location test did not go well.
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