Windjammers for the Neo Geo was a beautiful little factor – a shiny and summery frisbee-sport hybrid of tennis, volleyball and a preventing game. While it wasn’t an enormous hit in its personal time, Dotemu have introduced that they’re engaged on Windjammers 2, probably due a resurgence of curiosity making Windjammers a current favorite within the preventing game scene. It’s due out in 2019 and headed to PC.
While the announcement trailer solely offers us a peek at what’s presumably the sequel’s intro, the 2 screenshots launched up to now counsel that they’re not straying too removed from the unique’s design. Pixels has been swapped out for sharp comedian guide artwork, however the steep overhead digital camera angle stays unchanged. The aesthetic stays very late 80s/early 90s too, with large shoulder pads, large shades and an enormous palette of colors. It seems like summer season, which is strictly how Windjammers ought to – one thing that the darkish and desaturated imitator Disc Jam forgot.
And right here’s that different screenshot (click on to embiggen), displaying that the overblock tremendous strikes are simply as daft and physics-defying as ever.
Windjammers 2 will likely be developed in home at Dotemu, the prolific French emulation and retro outfit which not too long ago revealed Lizardcube’s Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap. I’m to see if Windjammers 2 catches on with the esports crowd, particularly given its current curiosity within the aggressive preventing game scene. While it didn’t get as a lot airtime as the principle occasions, Evo 2018 included a Windjammers tournament, hosted by wrestler and Neo Geo devotee Austin Watson, higher identified beneath his WWE stage title Xavier Woods. If nothing else, he’ll be completely satisfied.
There’s no launch date for Windjammers 2 past “2019”, however the official Windjammers site ought to have extra information quickly.
