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Roughly 25 years after its PlayStation launch again in April of the 12 months 2000, Star Wars: Episode 1 – Jedi Energy Battles will re-release on Steam this coming 12 months: on January 25, 2025. Courtesy of writer and recreation port specialists Aspyr, Jedi Energy Battles is coming again. I am unsure who was asking for this particular recreation to return in 2025, a traditional film tie-in from the period of each single main blockbuster having a recreation tie-in. Jedi Energy Battles is a very difficult-at-times arcade-style sofa co-op recreation from 2000—however going purely by feedback on the YouTube trailer there are a minimum of some folks with copious nostalgia for it.
Jedi Energy Battles is a mix of irritating platformer and full on beat ’em up as your jedi characters smash down numerous droids. Simply. So many robots. And likewise inexplicable laser partitions you need to keep away from leaping into whereas navigating one of many many bottomless chasms that appear to populate the Star Wars universe.
“Take again the Theed Royal Palace on this quick and livid lightsaber motion recreation. You’ll have the facility of the Pressure and your trusty lightsaber that can assist you keep off legions of battle droids, destroyer droids, assassins, and different creatures from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace,” reads the official description, which I will hazard a guess is almost the identical official description because it was 25 years in the past.
The sport will embody the traditional characters from the unique launch alongside beforehand locked characters who’ve, , weapons and stuff. It’s going to additionally embody the unique two participant sofa co-op mode, which is actually why most individuals who bear in mind this recreation bear in mind it in any respect—as a result of arcade-style stuff actually thrives in that setting.
The re-release can even embody a traditional and New Recreation+ kinds of play.
“Use traditional or fashionable management schemes, toggle your Lightsaber colours to match the movies, get pleasure from new playable characters such because the Tusken Raider, enter traditional cheat codes like Large Head Mode, and uncover extra surprises on this twenty fifth anniversary celebration of Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Energy Battles,” says the shop.
You’ll find it beneath the the embarassingly-formatted title of “Star Wars™: Episode I: Jedi Energy Battles™” on Steam.