Windjammers Announced for PS4 and Vita

<p>A PS4 and Vita version of <em>Windjammers <&sol;em>has been announced at PlayStation Experience 2016&period; Originally released in arcades back in 1994&comma; the game was ported to the Neo Geo in the same year&period; It was called <em>Flying Power Disc <&sol;em>in Japan&comma; but no one can deny how much cooler <em>Windjammers <&sol;em>is as a name&period; Well&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll get to find out how cool the game is when it releases for the PlayStation consoles&period; No release date was given&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"u0pAuIwMmM4" title&equals;"Windjammers PS4 &sol; PS Vita - Announcement trailer PSX 2016"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;u0pAuIwMmM4"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;u0pAuIwMmM4&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Windjammers PS4 &sol; PS Vita - Announcement trailer PSX 2016"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The only re-release this game has had since its original release was for the Wii Virtual Console in Japan&comma; which was eventually de-listed after original publisher Data East filed bankruptcy&period; There doesn&&num;8217&semi;t seem to be many differences between the original release and this one except that there will be online multiplayer included when it launches&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s exciting&comma; though a lot of the fun is playing with friends in the same room&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m interested to see how the game holds up online especially because it is very dependent on speed and reflex&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For those unaware&comma; <em>Windjammers <&sol;em>is essentially <em>Pong<&sol;em> turned up to 11&period; Players control a character who has its own signature ability&period; The objective of the game is to just throw the flying disc past the opponent so they cannot catch it&period; A dash mechanic and throwing makes it a more chaotic version of <em>Pong <&sol;em>and forces a player&&num;8217&semi;s full attention&period; Signature abilities can make the disc move at alarming speeds in varied directions&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s all about knowing what the opponent is about to do and preparing for it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is my personal favourite announcement at PSX 2016&period; Perhaps the best sports game I have ever played&comma; <em>Windjammers <&sol;em>has been a long sought after game for me&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ve played it with friends locally and had a lot of fun&comma; but there hasn&&num;8217&semi;t really been any way to do so without emulating&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s exciting that this game might get a new life in competitive scenes thanks to this re-release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; PlayStation Experience 2016<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;