Windjammers is finally confirmed for a release later this year on Nintendo’s Switch, with Data East’s much-loved 90s sports game coming to a console it was seemingly made for.
Why’s it such a perfect fit? It’s something about how Windjammers – which originally released on the Neo Geo in 1994 – is a brilliantly charged multiplayer game told with 90s stylings. At its heart it’s somewhere between a fighting game and Pong, and when played competitively with a friend there’s really nothing quite like it
The original is still the best, though, and it enjoyed a re-release last year on PlayStation 4 courtesy of DotEmu, which introduced online multiplayer and it looks like this same version will be heading to Switch. No release date yet, though it is expected sometime this year.
