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Windjammers 2 announced (Switch/PC, 2019)
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Hah, amazing. I picked up Windjammers for $1.50 a few weeks ago and just got the platinum trophy. the game is stupid fun, but there seemingly was like a handfull of people playing it as online matchmaking either mostly couldn't find anyone or would
repeatedly match me up against the same people. but whatever, game is fun as hell. could definitely see it being a playstation + free game as it desperately needs to expand its audience and it's easy to enjoy/hard to master once it gets its hooks in you.
the concept of there being a windjammers 2 has lrft me
gobsmacked this morning.
repeatedly match me up against the same people. but whatever, game is fun as hell. could definitely see it being a playstation + free game as it desperately needs to expand its audience and it's easy to enjoy/hard to master once it gets its hooks in you.
the concept of there being a windjammers 2 has lrft me
gobsmacked this morning.
First two screenshots of gameplay :
Looks promising, but it all comes down to how it animates.
The animation in the trailer looked superb, so I have a good feeling about this :)
I need to see it in motion but so far I will stick to the first game.First two screenshots of gameplay :
First two screenshots of gameplay :
This looks busy. In a bad way. Will wait to see it in motion.
If it's not Data East / SNK working on it, is there much cause for excitement? I'd have to see who's working on it and what their passion is before I can get excited.
That and gameplay.
That and gameplay.
Wait, no PS4? Interesting. Are they preempting the 'Switch Windjammers outsells PS4 version 3-to-1' news stories?
I like the art style, but they really have to nail the movement and physics!
Also I can't really tell if these are 3D player models (good) or more flash style animated models (bad).
Maybe we'll get options to turn effects off to have a less cluttered screen.
Excited to see it in motion!
Also I can't really tell if these are 3D player models (good) or more flash style animated models (bad).
Maybe we'll get options to turn effects off to have a less cluttered screen.
Excited to see it in motion!
I hope the animation is good. Sucks that it's not the same pixel graphics as the original Windjammers.
At the very least DotEmu, please add GGPO netcode to the game.
At the very least DotEmu, please add GGPO netcode to the game.
First two screenshots of gameplay :
Don't mind the lack of pixel art, but yeah, don't like the artstyle. Not gonna lie, I wish they had a Japanese art director, or at least someone who adhered more to the visual style of the original game.
We'll see how it animates, if it looks as busy and cheap as it does here, and most of all, how it plays and what it adds to the formula, but I'll keep my expectations firmly in check for now. The fact is, Windjammers 1 was an arcade game with the kind of budget you'd expect (though I'm sure it wasn't as costly as a Metal Slug or a King of Fighters), while WJ2 is an indie title, and the game will probably suffer in some way as a result. I wonder if they managed to get one or two people from the original team at Data East to get on board. I doubt it, but it would be cool and reassuring. Hopefully I'm just being a Negative Nancy and I'll be proven thoroughly wrong :).
I'm sure it'll hit other platforms at some point
it'd be weird if it didn't
Well it's the same studio that gave us this last year, so I don't think we have to worry about that.
ok I feel good now
Animations in game have to be SMOOTH.
I'll reserve judgement until we see it in motion, but I'm cautiously pessimistic after seeing those screenshots.
I'll reserve judgement until we see it in motion, but I'm cautiously pessimistic after seeing those screenshots.
Oops, Dotemu was just the publisher, not the developer of Wonder Boy (That would be Lizardcube). Sorry to get your hopes up.
SNK didn't work on the original and Data East has been dead for over a decade now. There are some Data East vets at the license holder now (Paon) but I'm not sure if it's anyone who worked on the original WJ.
Yeah, also, the art in that game looks nothing like the art in WJ2. It's not the same artist behind it. And the animation in Wonderboy's gameplay is better than the animation in WJ2's trailer lol.
But again, we'll see. No use speculating too much before seeing actual footage.
Would you say the same if the situation were reversed?
Well the first was on another console so...
You're saying they should make a NeoGeo version? That'd be cool actually.
Oh I see I've missed the news. At least it is on Switch now.